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Clear weather, below-normal temperatures in Delhi

Rains likely to end week-long sultry spell in Delhi on Sunday

9:05 pm August 30, 2019

New Delhi: The Delhi residents reeled under sultry weather on Friday as rains continued to elude the national capital. However, light rains may provide some reprieve on Saturday evening, the weather department said. On Friday, the city recorded a high of 36.7 degrees Celsius, two notches more than normal, and a low of 28 degrees […]

Brazil’s burning ban takes effect as Amazon fires rage

11:56 pm August 29, 2019

Porto Velho (Brazil): A 60-day ban on burning in Brazil takes effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in the Amazon and data showing hundreds of new blazes in the rainforest. The decree issued by President Jair Bolsonaro comes after escalating international pressure over the worst fires in the Amazon in years that […]

US ready to fight Amazon fires only in cooperation with Brazil

12:42 pm August 29, 2019

Washington: The US is ready and willing to help Brazil fight forest fires in the Amazon, an aide to President Donald Trump said Wednesday, but only if it involves working with the Brazilian government. On Monday the countries of the G7 — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — pledged 20 […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

4 Bangladeshi citizens among 19 convicted in 2014 Burdwan blasts

9:25 pm August 28, 2019

Kolkata: A special NIA court has convicted 19 people, including four Bangladeshi citizens, in the 2014 Burdwan blast case, officials said on Wednesday. All of them confessed to their crimes before the court, they said. Two people were killed on October 2, 2014 in the busy Khagragarh locality of West Bengal’s Burdwan district when an […]

Respiratory ailments rise in Brazil as Amazon fires rage

9:04 pm August 28, 2019

Porto Velho, Brazil: Lingering smoke in the Amazon is reportedly causing increased respiratory problems — particularly among children and the elderly — as fires in the region rage. “The kids are affected the most. They’re coughing a lot,” said Elane Diaz, a nurse in the Rondonia state capital of Porto Velho, as she waited for […]