Pakistan’s second city of Lahore will close primary schools for a week over record pollution, government authorities said Sunday, to avoid exposing millions of children to smog several times above levels deemed dangerous. For days, the city of 14 million people has been enveloped by smog, a mix of fog and pollutants caused by low-grade […]
Read MoreOnly a single case of dengue was recorded in Nepal in 2004. Two decades later, thousands of cases are being reported across the country. Nepal is fighting a surge in dengue cases, a potentially deadly disease once unheard of in the country’s high-altitude Himalayan regions, as climate change and urbanisation nurture fever-bringing mosquitoes in new […]
Read MoreTyphoon Kong-Rei could hit Taiwan’s east coast on Thursday, prompting the country’s meteorological department to issue warnings of heavy rain and winds in several parts of the island. The US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center said on Wednesday that the storm, with winds of about 300 kilometers per hour (186 miles per hour) at its […]
Read MoreBhutan, considered one of the happiest countries in the world, is working on a mega project, one that has the potential to redefine not just how sustainable living can be achieved, but become a global model unlike any other in the world today. The project – a mega ‘Mindfulness City’ in Gelephu. The Gelephu ‘Mindfulness […]
Read MoreThe death toll from Typhoon Trami, which hit the northeastern coast of the Philippines, has risen to more than 100. The country’s disaster management agency said Trami, the deadliest storm of the year, hit on Friday. More than half a million people have been displaced by the storm. Al Jazeera reported on Sunday (October 27). […]
Read MoreThe death toll from floods in the Philippines has risen to 76. The floods were caused by the influence of summer storm ‘Trami’. ‘Trami’ hit the northeastern coast of Luzon, the most populous island of the Philippines, on Thursday. The storm caused flooding and landslides. Although Trami was initially reported to have killed 26 people, […]
Read MoreTyphoon Trami, which hit the northeastern coast of the Philippines, killed 26 people on Thursday. More than 150,000 people have now been displaced by the storm. The typhoon, locally known as Christine, is known as Trami in other countries. Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and landslides on the main island of Luzon in the […]
Read MoreTrami, locally known as severe tropical storm Kristine, dumped heavy to torrential rain on the main island of Luzon triggering widespread flooding and landslides. Tropical Storm Trami has killed at least 26 people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes in the Philippines, officials said on Thursday, as it made landfall on the […]
Read MoreA 4.1 magnitude earthquake was felt in various parts of the country including the capital Dhaka. There were no immediate reports of damage from the earthquake. The tremor was felt at 12:43 pm on Thursday. Vulcano Discovery confirmed this information. According to the website, the epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km south of Dhaka. […]
Read MoreThe federal government has recommended immediate grants of Rs5 million to 10 million to each of the 71 local units declared disaster crisis zones. The financial assistance is aimed at providing relief and carrying out rehabilitation, and reconstruction works in the disaster-affected areas. In a meeting on Thursday, the executive committee of the National Disaster […]
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