At least 15 dead in eastern India over 24 hours as temperatures soar
Bhubaneswar, India Reuters At least 15 people have died of suspected heatstroke in India’s eastern states of Bihar and Odisha on Thursday, authorities said, with the region gripped in a debilitating heatwave expected to continue until Saturday. India has been experiencing a blisteringly hot summer and a part of capital Delhi recorded the country’s highest […]
India, Pakistan brace for fast approaching cyclone
Mandvi, India/Karachi, PakistanReuters Authorities in India’s western state of Gujarat evacuated more than 75,000 people from vulnerable coastal communities with cyclone Biparjoy expected to whirl in from the Arabian Sea and make landfall by Thursday evening. Early on Thursday, the storm, classified as a very severe cyclone, was centred 180 kilometres off Jakhau port in […]