Natural Disaster
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At least 16 dead, several stranded as blizzard sweeps through US
The winter storm also left more than 7,00,000 persons without power supply on Christmas eve.
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Indonesia earthquake toll rises to 310, over 36,000 residents displaced
The tremors of magnitude of 5.6 hit Cianjur region in the country’s West Java province on Tuesday.
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The devastation in Java shows how dangerous shallow earthquakes can be
Though the Cianjur quake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale, its shallow depth of 10 km ended up causing far more destruction.
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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How Pakistan’s massive power outage has reaffirmed fears of a Sri Lanka-style economic collapse
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Two earthquakes strike coast off Solomon Islands, buildings damaged
A tsunami warning that was issued in the morning was withdrawn in the afternoon.
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Indonesia earthquake: Toll rises to 268, over 13,000 taken to evacuation centres
The country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency has said that 151 persons are still missing while 1,083 are injured.
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Uttarkashi avalanche toll rises to 26 as seven more bodies recovered
Three trainee mountaineers are still missing.
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Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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Uttarkashi avalanche toll rises to 16, trekking banned for three days due to rain alert
Twenty-nine trainees of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering are stranded in the hills.
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Uttarakhand: Woman who climbed Mt Everest among those killed in Danda-2 peak avalanche
Nehru Institute of Mountaineering has said that 10 bodies have been spotted out of which four have been recovered.
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Uttarakhand: 10 mountaineers dead as avalanche hits Danda-2 peak
Eight persons have been rescued.
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The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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China: 66 killed due to earthquake in Sichuan province
Landslides hampered traffic movement. Power connection and communication lines in villages near epicentre have been snapped.
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At least 13 dead after cloudburst near Amarnath cave in Jammu and Kashmir
The cloudburst occurred around 5.30 pm on Friday, resulting in heavy discharge of water in a canal adjoining the cave.
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155 children dead, 250 injured in Afghanistan earthquake, says UN
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake had hit southern Afghanistan provinces on June 22, leaving 1,150 dead and at least 1,600 injured.
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The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared