Day: August 27, 2020

No major impact of Ola, Uber drivers' strike in Delhi

Ola, Uber drivers threaten to go on strike from Sept 1

3:20 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: Drivers working with mobility platforms Ola and Uber have threatened to go on strike in Delhi-NCR from September 1 in support of their various demands like fare hike and extension of moratorium on repayment of loans. Around 2 lakh drivers working with cab aggregators will take part in the strike if the government fails to solve our […]

Typhoon damages buildings, floods roads on Korean Peninsula

3:15 pm August 27, 2020

Seoul: A typhoon damaged homes and other buildings, flooded roads and toppled utility poles on Thursday on the Korean Peninsula before weakening to a tropical storm. South Korean authorities said no casualties have been reported, and North Korean state media did not mention any deaths or injuries. The storm by afternoon was heading into China after passing near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, South […]

Heavy rains bring respite from heat in Kashmir

3:09 pm August 27, 2020

Srinagar: Heavy rainfall over the past two days in Kashmir has brought respite from the rising temperatures as the mercury has plunged by several degrees across the valley, officials said on Thursday. They said the continuous rainfall across Kashmir since the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday has also brought relief to the farmers as the valley had reeled under dry […]

‘Extremely dangerous’ hurricane Laura makes landfall in US

3:07 pm August 27, 2020

Houston: Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana early Thursday after strengthening into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 classification, with the US authorities warning of potentially catastrophic impacts. The National Hurricane Center said that Laura, packing 240 km per hour sustained winds, brought a “catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding” to the state. It intensified rapidly into a Category 4 hurricane as it barreled toward the Louisiana and Texas coasts and was on […]

Former Supreme Court judge Justice A R Lakshmanan dead

2:42 pm August 27, 2020

Chennai: Justice A R Lakshmanan, former Judge of the Supreme Court and ex-chairman of the Law Commission of India died following a heart attack at a hospital, his family said on Thursday. He was 78 and he died at a hospital in Tiruchirappalli on Wednesday at 11.30 pm and is survived by two sons and […]