A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Taiwan Wednesday, the strongest in 25 years. Around two dozen of almost 50 hotel workers who had been misplaced have now been located.
The current preferential treatment in property tax for residential land, which reduces taxes by up to one-sixth, incentivises owners not to demolish vacant homes.
The town of Grindavík has been evacuated & the iconic Blue Lagoon geothermal spa temporarily closed as authorities in Iceland brace for a likely volcanic eruption.
Search teams from Spain, Britain and Qatar joined Moroccan efforts to find survivors from the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck in the High Atlas Mountains late on Friday.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center previously issued a caution on possibility of waves ranging up to 1 metre above the tide level across 26 locations in the South Pacific.
Locals say that their elders told them that Hatay – the capital of the Antakya province – witnessed seven earthquakes in its history but it was 'reborn from its ashes'.
The epicenter is about 82 km from the nearest China border and was strongly felt in areas in China’s western Xinjiang region, including Kashgar and Artux, CCTV reported.
Monday's earthquake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and was felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon.
Berber, a 62-year-old diabetic, survived 187 hours after the walls of his groundfloor flat were propped up by a fridge and a cabinet, leaving him an armchair to sit in & a rug for warmth.
On 12 September 1947, deputy PM Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the nation 'with a heavy heart and in obedience to the call of duty' to call for an end to the communal violence and unspeakable brutalities.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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