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Season’s heaviest showers in Delhi; country braces for more rain in next 2-3 days

11:52 pm August 13, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi witnessed its heaviest spell of rains this season on Thursday, and a flood-related death was reported in Bihar, while the meteorological department predicted more rainfall in the country over the next two-three days. In Uttar Pradesh, two members of a family were killed and as many seriously injured when a wall of their ‘kutcha’ […]

Large parts of country likely to receive heavy to very heavy during next 2-3 days: IMD

7:28 pm August 13, 2020

New Delhi: Large parts of the country are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall during the next two-three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. The IMD said a low pressure area has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha and West Bengal coasts. There is also a monsoon trough plus a convergence of southwesterly winds with […]

Four men arrested by Haryana police for cheating people by cloning ATM cards

8:20 pm August 11, 2020

Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Tuesday said they have busted an interstate gang and arrested four men involved in cheating people by cloning ATM cards. “They first stole data and then used it to clone cards and later used them at different ATM machines,” a spokesperson of state police department here said. Police said an ATM cloning machine as well as a […]

Geothermal springs in Himalayas release large amount of carbon dioxide: Study

11:40 pm August 10, 2020

New Delhi: The Himalayas host hundreds of geothermal springs and they release a huge amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a study by the scientists of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG). The scientists at the WIGH, a Dehradun-based institute under the Department of Science and Technology, studied geothermal springs which cover about 10,000 square kms […]

COVID-19: India’s case tally crosses 18 lakh, recoveries surge to 11.86 lakh

11:00 pm August 3, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 18-lakh mark on Monday, just a day after it went past 17 lakh, with 52,972 cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to over 11.86 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of COVID-19 tests carried out in India has also crossed the 2 crore-mark, […]