WELLINGTON: Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific island nation, with the number of people killed and injured expected to rise.The government’s disaster management office said early Wednesday that 14 deaths were confirmed, but hours later … Read more
A catastrophic landslide at a construction site alongside a railway line in China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen late on Wednesday night has left 13 people missing. The accident happened at around 11pm at the Shenzhen-Jiangmen railway’s fifth section in Baoan district’s Hangcheng Street area. Immediate emergency response measures were initiated, with provincial and city … Read more
Claiming that it was her government which took measures to save the lives of people from the cyclone Remal that hit the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not speaking the truth about efforts made by Delhi in monitoring it and rescue efforts after the storm. … Read more
