300,000 people evacuated, airports closed post Cyclone Mora

Around 360 flights operating in and out of the international airport of the Chinese capital were cancelled today due to incessant rain that continues to batter the city. The airport said operations were seriously affected and the situation will likely ...

A paramilitary policeman carries a woman over a section of road damaged by anearthquakein Jiuzhaigou county in southwesternChinasSichuan province. Beijing: At least 19 people were killed and nearly 250 others injured after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake ...

At least 19 people were killed and about 250 others injured in the powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake that jolted a mountainous region in China’s southwest Sichuan province rose to 19 on Wednesday with rescuers racing against time to find survivors buried in the rubble. IMAGE: Chinese paramilitary police carry a survivor after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county, Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan province, China. Photograph: Chengdu Economic Daily/Wang Qin via Reuters The ...

India's latest communication satellite GSAT-17 was on Thursday successfully launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. IMAGE: Ariane 5 carrying ISRO's GSAT-17 lifts off from the Spaceport in French Guiana. Photograph: Kind courtesy Arianespace Configured around I-3K extended bus, GSAT-17 with a lift-off mass of about 3,477 kg carries payloads in Normal C-band, Extended C-band and S-band to provide various communication ...

Amid expectations of good monsoon rains, progress on the reforms front and fairly positive global cues, the Indian stock indices Sensex and the Nifty50 scaled new all-time highs last week, and the mood is expected to stay fairly upbeat in the coming week as ...