Heat-harassed tourists desert monuments in Taj city
byAgra May 20 (IANS) With the temperature a tad short of 46 degrees Celsius Monday, pedestrians were few and far between, even as the…
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Heat hits Himachal, mercury shoots up by 7 degrees
byShimla: Mercury continued to rise across the hills of Himachal Pradesh today, with temperatures recorded one to seven degrees Celsius above the season’s average. Shimla,…
Mount Everest ice cores to help study climate change
byBeijing, May 20 (IANS) Scientists from China have obtained three ice cores from Mount Everest with the aim to understand more about climate change,…
‘Close Agra monuments in afternoon’
byAgra: Employees at monuments in Taj city Agra should get a four-hour lunch break to give them some respite from the scorching heat, Federation of…
Rohtang Pass to reopen for tourists from Wednesday
byManali: The majestic Rohtang Pass, which is still wrapped in a thick blanket of snow near this picturesque tourist resort of Himachal Pradesh, will be…
Kerala church says no to Chinese coffins
byThiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) A Kerala church has asked its followers not to use Chinese made coffins, saying they are not environment friendly. “Swarga…
Mercury soars in Delhi, could cross 45 degrees Celsius
byNew Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The mercury is set to cross the 45 degrees Celsius mark in Delhi Monday, the hottest day of the…
Tornadoes tear through central US
byWashington, May 20 (IANS) Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs…
Thousands of Taiwanese protest n-power project
byTaipei, May 20 (IANS) About 10,000 Taiwanese took to the streets here Sunday to protest against further development of nuclear power on the island….
Searing heat across north, west India, mercury to rise further
byNew Delhi: It was a blazing weekend across northern plains and central plateau of India which reeled under the intense summer heat. Temperatures today…