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Heavy rain lashes Delhi, Noida; waterlogging situation on ITO road. Check updates In view of incessant rains, Telangana Education Minister Sabita Indra Reddy has declared holidays for all educational institutions in the state on 26-27 July. The announcement was made on the direction of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, officials said.

heavy rainfall battered the southern state, causing deaths and house collapse. The weather office has also issued flash-flood warnings in some parts of coastal and north interior Karnataka. In an official statement, the Chief Minister's Office said, “District Commissioners have declared holidays for schools and colleges in the vulnerable regions and it is advised for all citizens to adhere to the instructions of local administration." It also said that the government has reviewed the risk-prone areas and is well-prepared to tackle the situation, according to a report published by the news agency ANI.

Delhi University (AQI 59). An Air Quality Index (AQI) between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'. Speaking of Yamuna water level in the national capital, Yamuna river in the national capital is still flowing just few centimetres below the danger mark.

AIIMS, the national capital is reporting about 100 cases per day. As per Dr Titiyal, “We are getting at least 100 cases of conjunctivitis per day. There is usually a seasonal increase in conjunctivitis cases, which coincides with the flu season.

rain-related incidents in the last two days. A 12-year-old girl in Shedimane village of Hebri taluk died after falling into a river near her house on Sunday, said officials. The body of an elderly woman, who was missing since July 11, was found in the Annalu River on Sunday.

Yamuna water level near the old Yamuna Bridge was recorded at 205.24 metres against the danger mark of 205.33 metres. It was 205.32 metres at 7:00 pm. The rise in water level has been a matter of concern, leading to a flood-like situation in the national capital and adjoining regions.

Syria and damaged its propeller, America's military said on Tuesday. Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich, the head of US Air Forces Central, in a statement, revealed that on Sunday, the Russian fighter aircraft flew dangerously close to a US MQ-9 drone on a defeat-ISIS mission, harassing it and deploying flares from a position directly overhead, with only a few metres of separation between aircraft. «One of the Russian flares struck the US MQ-9, severely damaging its propeller.

Yamuna river in the national capital is still flowing just few centimetres below the danger mark. At 10:00 pm Tuesday, the Yamuna water level near the old Yamuna Bridge was recorded at 205.24 metres against the danger mark of of 205.33 metres. It was 205.32 metres at 7:00 pm.

A third successive heat wave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of the country following more nighttime evacuations from fires that have raged out of control for days

Maine is poised to launch an offshore wind program that would meet clean energy goals and produce enough power for about 900,000 homes from floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine

Massachusetts environmental regulators have denied a request by the company dismantling a shuttered nuclear power plant to release more than 1 million gallons of radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay

TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli government’s adoption of the first part of a controversial judicial overhaul on Monday unleashed turbulence in the streets of Israel and in the halls of the Knesset.

The state of West Virginia is appealing a court ruling that temporarily blocked construction on a contentious natural gas pipeline

Punishingly high temperatures have been stifling much of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, with record heat reported in swaths of North America and Europe, as well as parts of Africa and Asia. Last month was the hottest June ever recorded, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Early July saw the Earth’s hottest week on record.

ANI. Meanwhile, at least four people lost their lives in Udupi and Vijayapura in rain-related incidents, the authorities said on Tuesday.

The extreme heat blanketing the southern regions of the U.S., Mexico, and Europe this month would have been nearly impossible without the warming effects of human-induced climate change, according to a study released Tuesday by a group of European scientists who carry out rapid assessments of extreme weather events. The study by World Weather Attribution, a group of researchers based in London and the Netherlands, found that three separate heat waves in July across the Northern Hemisphere were made much worse because of decades of fossil-fuel emissions that have raised the planet’s average temperature by 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th century.

Catastrophic effects could be released all over the world if the AMOC collapses. The US, Europe, and other places may see abrupt and severe weather shifts. While coastal towns like Boston and New York might witness a rise in sea level, Europe might experience an ice age. The East Coast may need to prepare for hurricanes and harsher storms. Additionally, across the central and western United States, precipitation and snowfall may be severely reduced. AMOC: A Crucial Climate Co

Mahabubnagar district in Telangana following downpour as heavy rain continued to lash the state leading to inundation of low-lying areas and disruption of road links at several places in the state on Tuesday. The two teenaged girls, who were crossing the stream, did not realise the current of water and got swept away, police said. Their bodies were found by local people later, they said.

Vadim Ostanin, an activist associated with Vladimir Putin’s critic Alexei Navalny's organization, has been sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russia for being part of an «extremist community.» He was arrested in December 2021 and faced trial in Barnaul after being transferred from Moscow. Alexei Navalny's team has claimed that Ostanin had been involved in «legal political work» at the Anti-Corruption Foundation's local headquarters in Barnaul.

National Rice Research Institute at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) said, allaying fears of any further increase in the food grain's prices that had peaked on account of sluggish sowing and higher exports. There is no cause of worry for the paddy crop either in rainfall-deficient states or even in those states witnessing excessive rainfall and flooding, said AK Nayak, director at the apex rice research institute in the country. Retail prices of non-basmati rice had increased 3% in the past one month and 11.5% in one year, despite the imposition of a 20% export duty in September 2022. This prompted the government to impose a ban on the export of non-basmati white rice. In the eastern parts of the country, rainfall activity has picked up, boosting sowing, said Nayak, adding that the sowing window in these areas is open till August. «This will make up for any lack in the beginning of the season,» he said. Talking about northern states such as Punjab and Haryana which have been impacted by excessive rains and flooding, he said the paddy crop has a high tolerance for standing water and any damage is caused only if there is water above the canopy for 6-7 days or if there is submergence.