Day: October 16, 2019

Japan typhoon death toll climbs, while floodwaters recede

2:30 pm October 16, 2019

Tokyo: Japan’s government said Wednesday that the death toll from a weekend typhoon that caused widespread flooding has climbed to 63, with another 11 presumed dead. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that another eight people were missing in typhoon-hit areas in central and northern Japan. At least 200 people were injured, 30 of […]

Fire at California oil facility prompts health worries

2:26 pm October 16, 2019

Crockett (US): A fire at a fuel storage facility in the San Francisco Bay Area prompted a hazardous materials emergency Tuesday afternoon that led authorities to order about 12,000 people in two communities to stay inside with all windows and doors closed. Emergency sirens blared and thick plumes of black smoke and flames filled the […]

Kim vows to fight US sanctions, visits sacred N Korean peak

2:21 pm October 16, 2019

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to surmount US-led sanctions he says have inflicted “many hardships and trials” on his country. State media on Wednesday showed Kim riding a white horse to climb Mount Paektu. The highest peak on the Korean Peninsula is considered sacred by North Koreans, and Kim often visited […]

Exide forays into manufacture of e-rickshaws

2:01 pm October 16, 2019

Kolkata: Lead-acid battery major Exide Industries Ltd said it is foraying into the manufacture of e- rickshaws. Its e-rickshaw brand ‘Exide Neo’ was launched on Wednesday. It will be initially launched in select markets and then introduced across the country in a phased manner, Exide Industries MD and CEO Gautam Chatterjee said. “The e-rickshaw sector […]

ONGC to look at HPCL, MRPL merger post-June 2021

ONGC Videsh makes two new oil discoveries in Colombia, Brazil

1:51 pm October 16, 2019

New Delhi: ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), on Wednesday said it has made two new oil and gas discoveries in Colombia and Brazil, strengthening its reserves in Latin America. OVL made an oil find in Colombia’s onshore exploration block CPO-5 in the Llanos basin and major […]

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