The death toll in the hoard collapse incident in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar jumped to 16 as two more bodies were recovered from a trapped car beneath a billboard, NDRF officials told news agency PTI. “The bodies of a man and a woman were found in the car that crashed under a hoarding in Cheddar Nagar area … Read more
Unusually heavy seasonal rainfall in Afghanistan has triggered flash floods that have claimed hundreds of lives. During the crisis, multiple international aid organizations provided relief supplies, including medicines and other supplies. The World Health Organization said it had shipped 7 tons of medicine and first-aid kits. Flash floods triggered by unusually heavy seasonal rainfall in … Read more
Heavy rains have caused flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, with the death toll rising to at least 78 and more than 115,000 people displaced, local authorities said on Sunday. A man wades through a street flooded by heavy rain with his baby in his arms in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul … Read more
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the southern region of the country on Thursday, where floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains have killed 29 people and the death toll is expected to rise. People walk in a flooded area next to the Taquari River during heavy rains in Encantado, Rio Grande do … Read more
The human toll from wild elephant encounters in Odisha has hit an all-time high so far in 2023-24 after a tribal woman was killed by ivory in Sundargarh district on Saturday morning, surpassing the one recorded in 2023-24 148 fatalities. March 2023, officials familiar with the development said. A woman was trampled to death by … Read more
Health officials in the Gaza Strip say more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out nearly five months ago, with scores of casualties caused by attacks on crowds waiting for aid in Gaza City. Thursday. On February 29, 2024, Israeli and Palestinian Hamas … Read more
Members of more farm unions, including those from the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Kirti Kisan Union, joined the protesters at the Ladhowal toll plaza on Tuesday. Farmers from SKM and Kirti Kisan Union across the state joined protesters at Ladhowal toll plaza on Tuesday. (HT photo) Commuters got free passes at toll plazas for … Read more
Published on February 20, 2024 at 07:38 AM IST Hamas has released for the first time the number of militants killed in Gaza since the war began last year. A Hamas official in Qatar told Reuters the group estimated about 6,000 militants were dead in Gaza, half the number Israel has so far claimed to … Read more