According to the police, the student was suffering from severe depression due to which he took the extreme step.The deceased has been identified as Kesar Pran Deka.Police said Deka's body was found hanging in the toilet of the institute's guest house, where he had gone to meet his parents...
A survey of various islands of Lakshadweep revealed that a large proportion of hard coral species have undergone severe bleaching due to the prolonged period of marine heat wave affecting the region since October 2023.Marine heatwaves are rare extreme weather events that involve abnormally...
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is facing the hottest summer ever, with temperatures soaring high and normal life of people being affected not only in cities and villages but also in tribal settlements in the dense forest areas of the state. Kani tribal settlement is situated at Chenampara near...
Patna, Bihar is in the grip of extreme heat and the day temperature crossed 4 degrees Celsius at 17 places on Monday.The Meteorological Department said that severe heat will continue in many parts of Bihar in the coming days.While Sheikhpura district recorded the highest temperature of 44...
New Delhi: Large parts of India grappled with scorching heat and suffocating humidity on Monday, with maximum temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius, straining power grids and government agencies issuing health warnings.Due to the scorching heat, authorities in Jharkhand have suspended...
Expressing concern over the scorching heat in Kolkata, southern districts of West Bengal and parts of the northern plains, an association of private bus operators on Monday asked transport and election officials to make arrangements for drinking water for bus staff.The Joint Council of Bus...
Thiruvananthapuram, India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a heat wave warning in Kollam, Thrissur and Palakkad districts of Kerala.IMD said in a statement that heat wave conditions will persist at many places in these districts on April 27 and 28.The alert was issued in...
Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Union Minister and BJ candidate from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Thakur expressed his enthusiasm towards the voters during the Lok Sabha elections and urged them to turn out in large numbers despite the extreme heat. Extreme heat may deter voters from...
The mango belt is known globally for its prized Chausa, Dussehri and Langra varieties and the northern belt accounts for 40 percent of the total mango production in India.Institute director T Damodaran said that out of the 21 million metric tonnes (MT), 4.8 MT comes from UP alone.A...
New Delhi: Amid the possibility of an increase in lawsuits following the Supreme Court's observation that climate change affects the constitutional guarantee of the right to equality, scientists have sought to correct inadequacies in the data through modeling to account for liability in such...
Days after a massive fire broke out at the Ghazipur garbage site in east Delhi, a fire broke out at the Bandhwari landfill site in Gurugram on the outskirts of the national capital on Tuesday.The fire broke out around 5:15 am and more than a dozen fire tenders from Gurugram and Faridabad were...
MUMBAI: Extreme weather conditions could pose a risk to inflation, while prolonged geopolitical tensions could also keep crude oil prices volatile, the Reserve Bank of India's April bulletin said on Tuesday.Retail sales, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), declined to 4.9 percent in March...
New Delhi: Asia continues to bear the brunt of weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023, making it the world's most disaster-prone region, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)'s State of the Climate in Asia -...
New Delhi, India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that the extreme heat scorching large parts of eastern India will continue for the next five days.The second heat wave of this month is going on in parts of West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar.According to the...
Dubai [UAE] Hassan Al Mansouri, Under-Secretary of Infrastructure and Transport Affairs at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), highlighted that the UAE proved to be highly effective in dealing with the consequences of the extreme weather conditions experienced last week Is. Adding...
'Orlando Bloom: To the Edge' features the British actor attempting daring stunts and extreme sports, which 'American Idol' judge Katy Perry is clearly not a fan of, reports Mirror.co.uk. Are.The show has not been well received by the 'Roar' hitmaker.Katy, 39, took to her Instagram to express...
A middle-aged woman reportedly died on Sunday morning, taking the death toll due to the extreme heat in the last two days to four, Xinhua news agency reported.Experts have linked the early onset of extreme heat to climate change and warned that millions of people in the country are at risk of...
New Delhi: Multiple regions around the world experiencing extreme heat simultaneously could become an "emerging feature" of a warming planet, according to a new study.New research reviewing weather and climate to 2023 also notes that many of the extreme events experienced last year are...
Washington [US], 'The Lord of the Rings' actor Orlando Bloom shares how he prepared himself for his travel-adventure show, 'Orlando Bloom: To the Edge' telling People that although he Excelling at three adventure sports in the series – including wingsuiting, free diving and rock climbing – he...
ABU DHABI [UAE], Dubai Customs said its customs operations, including customs declarations, cargo clearance and inspections, continued without interruption at all its centers despite the extreme weather in the emirate, with customs activities in full compliance with all regulations. With remote...