Chennai, Jan 4 (UNI) The Tamil Nadu government has declared two more Ramsar sites, making it the highest in India with 16 sites. The two new Ramsar sites declared by the government are Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary and Longwood Shola Reserve Forest in Ariyalur and the Nilgiris district respectively. The State Government was committed to protect…
Agartala, Feb 4 (UNI) Taking part in the launch of the most modern Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches equipped with state-of-the-art features in the Agartala-Deoghar-Agartala weekly express train on Saturday, Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said the Prime Minister’s HIRA (highways, internet way, railway, and airway) model of development gave a boost to the…
Moscow, Feb 4 (UNI) Twenty bodies were pulled from under the rubble of what used to be a popular bakery in the city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), the Russian Emergencies Ministry told Sputnik. “The bodies of 20 deceased people have been recovered from under the rubble in Lysychansk after the shelling….
Srinagar, Feb 4 (UNI) Kashmir valley, including Srinagar, received the biggest snowfall of the season, resulting in the cancellation of all flights at Srinagar Airport on Sunday, officials said. All the flights to and fro at the Srinagar International Airport have been cancelled due to bad weather, officials said. It was still snowing in Srinagar…
Washington, Feb 4 (UNI) Incumbent US President Joe Biden won the Democratic primary in the US state of South Carolina, the first official nominating contest for the party, on Saturday, the CNN projects showed. According to the broadcaster’s projects, Biden is leading with over 96% of the votes, while his Democrat rivals, Congressman Dean Phillips…
Lima, Feb 4 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted near coast of northern Peru at 2331 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 122.5 km, was initially determined to be at 8.03 degrees south latitude and 79.73 degrees west longitude.
Windhoek, Feb 4 (UNI) Namibian President Hage G. Geingob passed away early Sunday while receiving cancer treatment in a hospital in the capital city of Windhoek, the presidential office announced. He was 82. “It is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that our beloved Dr. Hage G. Geingob, the President of the…
