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.
The four Labradors are part of the two battalions sent from India to carry out rescue operations in Turkey. During the Nepal earthquake in 2015, 18 canines had accompanied NDRF teams.
Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
The abundance of vacant homes would pull the construction industry downwards that would push the economy towards recession.