Chennai airport runway flooded as Cyclone Michaung nears India
Chennai, IndiaReuters At least four people died, factories closed and the runway of one of India’s busiest airports lay submerged due to torrential rain, as two southern states were braced on Monday for the impact of a severe cyclone. Cyclone Michaung was expected to make landfall on the coast of the southern Indian state of […]
At least 207 dead, 900 injured in massive train crash in Odisha, India
Updated: 8:30am (AEST)Bhubaneswar, India Reuters At least 207 people were killed and 900 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha on Friday, according to government officials in the eastern Indian state, in India’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade. The death toll is expected to increase, state Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said in […]
Heavy rains in India, Sri Lanka kill 41, authorities say
Chennai, India/Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Heavy rains across southern India and Sri Lanka have killed at least 41 people, authorities said on Thursday, with weather forecasters expecting the downpours to ease in the next few days as stricken communities pumped out the deluge. The Indian Meteorological Department forecast light to moderate rain in most affected areas, […]
Call for prayer as southern India faces water shortages amid crippling drought
Christian organisation GFA World has called for Christians around the world to pray as a drought in southern India puts hundreds of millions at risk. GFA World, formerly known as Gospel for Asia, says that as many as 600 million people – almost half of India’s population – face acute water shortages with the city of […]
Struggle for water intensifies as taps run dry in India
Beed, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Residents of the drought-hit Indian village of Salegaon are so desperate for water they have started lining up their pots two days before the tanker is due to arrive. When it does, the neatly lined up pots go flying as the villagers rush forward. Usually only about half get water, leaving […]
KNOW IT ALL: KAZAKHSTAN’S CAPITAL AND 10 OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE CHANGE THEIR NAMES
In light of the move to change the name of Kazakhstan’s capital from Astana to Nur-Sultan, UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at 10 other cities which have changed their name…
Indian Christians protest after part of church demolished to make road wider
World Watch Monitor Part of a Protestant church in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has been demolished to make way for a wider road, despite the local court being yet to announce its verdict on the proposal, AsiaNews reports. A wing of the Emmanuel Church, which belongs to the Church of South India, and some adjacent houses were […]