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Dramatic Videos Show Kerala Rain Nightmare As Floods Take Cars, Bus
Five districts in Kerala are likely to see heavy rain where a red alert has been sounded.
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Joker Star Joaquin Phoenix And Rooney Mara Welcome Baby Boy: Report
The couple have reportedly named their son after Joaquin's late brother, actor River Phoenix
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"3 Suspects," Says Kerala Chief Minister On Killing Of Pregnant Elephant: 10 Points
Three suspects have been identified in investigations into the death of a pregnant elephant who died due to severe mouth injuries caused by crackers, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said today. "Justice will prevail," Mr Vijayan promised in tweets responding to a tide of anger and grief after visuals of the elephant, dead in a river, emerged...
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With Ropes, Belt, Pregnant Woman Carried Across River In Flood-Hit Kerala
A pregnant woman who was living in a house on the banks of a river in Kerala's flood-hit Attappadi district was carried across the river in a rope by rescue personnel today.
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28 Dead As Rain Batters Kerala, No School, Kochi Airport Shut Till Sunday
Flight operations at Cochin International Airport in Kerala have been stopped till 3 pm on Sunday due to heavy rain, airport officials said today. The water level in Periyar river and a canal near the airport has been rising. At least 28 people have died in the floods since Thursday, the state government said; officials said the number of dead is l...
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"Cant Write When I Pleas": Poignant Letters By An Illiterate In 1860s US
In 1864, an irritated Union soldier named John C. Arnold wrote to his wife, Mary Ann, back in Pennsylvania, complaining that he'd had no recent letters from her.
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Kerala Floods: Number Of Deaths Rises To 29, Army Rescues 54 Tourists
When it rains, it pours; and Kerala is experiencing it. Dams, reservoirs and rivers have overflowed, roads have caved in, sections of highways collapsed, and homes swept away in ferocious floods. People are homeless, tourists are stranded, and wildlife is in danger as more than half of Kerala is dealing with severe flooding due to the unforgiving r...
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Heavy Rain Kills 26 In Kerala, Red Alert For Idukki Dam: 10 Points
As water levels continue to rise in rivers and reservoirs of Kerala, a third red alert has been issued for Idukki reservoir and the shutter of one of the dams will be opened again today to maintain the water level. Four naval teams and a Sea King helicopter have been sent to Wayanad to evacuate stranded people. Army has deployed over 200 personnel ...
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No Ambulance, Family Carries Kerala Pregnant Woman For 7 km In Bedsheet
A pregnant woman in Kerala was carried by her family in a bedsheet tied to poles for around 4 km in the early hours of Monday. In footage that is in wide circulation on social media, four men walk barefoot on what appears to be a slippery and rock-filled track along a river as they carry the woman.
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UK Historian Wants Soldier's Skull, Taken As 'War Trophy', Buried In India
The skull of an Indian soldier who was among those executed after the revolt of 1857 against the East India Company should be repatriated to India and buried where he participated in his last battle, said a British historian, associated with British Imperial History at Queen Mary College in London.
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Australia's ''Punk Turtle'' Risks Being Last Of The Mohicans
Australia's Mary River Turtle - with its green Mohican-style hair and ability to breathe through its genitals - is one of the world's most distinctive reptiles.
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Lush Green Fields Turn Into Stark Barren Land As Cauvery Shrinks
In Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, vast stretches of the once fertile Cauvery delta have turned into barren fields. 32-year-old Arogya Mary has given up on agriculture as a livelihood. Her 36-year-old husband died on the same field less than six months ago after a heart attack. Ms Mary says her husband was heartbroken that there was no water to so...
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Worries Deepen For Rural Madurai As River Vaigai Shrinks
Just 30 km away from Tamil Nadu's Madurai town, 38-year-old Ramachandran can barely walk through his dying fields of maize, spread over three acres of land. Scarcity of water has left him with nothing this harvest season. His family of six is dependent on him.
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On Holiday In Kerala, 3 St Stephen's College Students From Delhi Drown In River
Three students from Delhi's famous St Stephen's College, who were on a holiday trip to Kerala, have drowned in the Periyar River in Ernakulam district. A local resort owner who was with them drowned as well.
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Coming Soon: SeaBubbles, The 'Flying' Water Taxi
To unclog the busy streets of Paris, two entrepreneurs are building an egg-shaped river shuttle that will essentially fly above the Seine, the next iteration of which will be summoned by a smartphone and piloted by a robot.
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Dramatic Videos Show Kerala Rain Nightmare As Floods Take Cars, Bus
Five districts in Kerala are likely to see heavy rain where a red alert has been sounded.
-
Joker Star Joaquin Phoenix And Rooney Mara Welcome Baby Boy: Report
The couple have reportedly named their son after Joaquin's late brother, actor River Phoenix
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"3 Suspects," Says Kerala Chief Minister On Killing Of Pregnant Elephant: 10 Points
Three suspects have been identified in investigations into the death of a pregnant elephant who died due to severe mouth injuries caused by crackers, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said today. "Justice will prevail," Mr Vijayan promised in tweets responding to a tide of anger and grief after visuals of the elephant, dead in a river, emerged...
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With Ropes, Belt, Pregnant Woman Carried Across River In Flood-Hit Kerala
A pregnant woman who was living in a house on the banks of a river in Kerala's flood-hit Attappadi district was carried across the river in a rope by rescue personnel today.
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28 Dead As Rain Batters Kerala, No School, Kochi Airport Shut Till Sunday
Flight operations at Cochin International Airport in Kerala have been stopped till 3 pm on Sunday due to heavy rain, airport officials said today. The water level in Periyar river and a canal near the airport has been rising. At least 28 people have died in the floods since Thursday, the state government said; officials said the number of dead is l...
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"Cant Write When I Pleas": Poignant Letters By An Illiterate In 1860s US
In 1864, an irritated Union soldier named John C. Arnold wrote to his wife, Mary Ann, back in Pennsylvania, complaining that he'd had no recent letters from her.
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Kerala Floods: Number Of Deaths Rises To 29, Army Rescues 54 Tourists
When it rains, it pours; and Kerala is experiencing it. Dams, reservoirs and rivers have overflowed, roads have caved in, sections of highways collapsed, and homes swept away in ferocious floods. People are homeless, tourists are stranded, and wildlife is in danger as more than half of Kerala is dealing with severe flooding due to the unforgiving r...
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Heavy Rain Kills 26 In Kerala, Red Alert For Idukki Dam: 10 Points
As water levels continue to rise in rivers and reservoirs of Kerala, a third red alert has been issued for Idukki reservoir and the shutter of one of the dams will be opened again today to maintain the water level. Four naval teams and a Sea King helicopter have been sent to Wayanad to evacuate stranded people. Army has deployed over 200 personnel ...
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No Ambulance, Family Carries Kerala Pregnant Woman For 7 km In Bedsheet
A pregnant woman in Kerala was carried by her family in a bedsheet tied to poles for around 4 km in the early hours of Monday. In footage that is in wide circulation on social media, four men walk barefoot on what appears to be a slippery and rock-filled track along a river as they carry the woman.
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UK Historian Wants Soldier's Skull, Taken As 'War Trophy', Buried In India
The skull of an Indian soldier who was among those executed after the revolt of 1857 against the East India Company should be repatriated to India and buried where he participated in his last battle, said a British historian, associated with British Imperial History at Queen Mary College in London.
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Australia's ''Punk Turtle'' Risks Being Last Of The Mohicans
Australia's Mary River Turtle - with its green Mohican-style hair and ability to breathe through its genitals - is one of the world's most distinctive reptiles.
-
Lush Green Fields Turn Into Stark Barren Land As Cauvery Shrinks
In Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, vast stretches of the once fertile Cauvery delta have turned into barren fields. 32-year-old Arogya Mary has given up on agriculture as a livelihood. Her 36-year-old husband died on the same field less than six months ago after a heart attack. Ms Mary says her husband was heartbroken that there was no water to so...
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Worries Deepen For Rural Madurai As River Vaigai Shrinks
Just 30 km away from Tamil Nadu's Madurai town, 38-year-old Ramachandran can barely walk through his dying fields of maize, spread over three acres of land. Scarcity of water has left him with nothing this harvest season. His family of six is dependent on him.
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On Holiday In Kerala, 3 St Stephen's College Students From Delhi Drown In River
Three students from Delhi's famous St Stephen's College, who were on a holiday trip to Kerala, have drowned in the Periyar River in Ernakulam district. A local resort owner who was with them drowned as well.
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Coming Soon: SeaBubbles, The 'Flying' Water Taxi
To unclog the busy streets of Paris, two entrepreneurs are building an egg-shaped river shuttle that will essentially fly above the Seine, the next iteration of which will be summoned by a smartphone and piloted by a robot.
