More than 50 snakes were seized by Forest department officials in a day-long drive to prevent snake charmers from duping 'Shiv bhakts' outside temples across Agra.


53 snakes seized in Agra


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A part of kerosene subsidy savings in India could be invested in helping the vulnerable section of society access clean lighting through off-grid solar lighting technologies, a new study has suggested.


Invest kerosene subsidy savings in solar lighting: Study


About 30,000 Australian Muslims gathered in Sydney on Wednesday to pray for an end to what has been called the "worst drought in living memory".


Australian Muslims pray for rain


An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale has jolted Venezuela's northeast coast, with no immediate reports of casualties.


7.3-magnitude quake jolts Venezuela, no tsunami threat


An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has rocked Venezuela's northeast coast. There were, however, no immediate reports of casualties.


6.3-magnitude quake jolts Venezuela


The Indian Railways has appealed to its employees to donate one day's salary each towards the Kerala relief fund, an official said on Tuesday.


Railways urges staff to donate one day's salary for Kerala relief work


In the wake of loss of around 370 human lives and widespread destruction due to torrential rains in Kerala and parts of Karnataka, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences on Tuesday proposed to set up a cyclone warning centre in Thiruvananthapuram.


Cyclone warning centre proposed in Thiruvananthapuram


People returning to their flood-battered homes in Kerala from relief camps were are being greeted by snakes and other reptiles and insects.


Crocodile, snakes take over Kerala's flooded homes


At least 11 hikers were killed in flooding caused by heavy rain in the southern Italian region of Calabria, officials said on Tuesday.


Flash floods kill 11 hikers in Italy


Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not declaring floods in Kerala as national disaster, the Congress on Monday said he did not release enough central fund so as to use the money on self-promotion.


PM intends to use funds on self-promotion: Congress


The Kerala government on Monday informed the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) that the floodwaters in the state had started receding as the rains had abated.


Floodwaters receding, Kerala tells NCMC


Leading liquor major Diageo India donated Rs 1 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, the company said on Monday.


Diageo donates Rs 1 crore to flood-hit Kerala


The DANICS Officers Association on Monday announced a donation of Rs 1.5 lakh and contribution of one-day salaries by its members for the Kerala flood survivors.


Kerala floods: Officers contribute Rs 1.5 lakh, one-day salaries


The central government has declared the devastating Kerala floods as a "calamity of severe nature".


Centre declares Kerala floods as 'calamity of severe nature'


The IAS and IPS officers in Odisha have decided to contribute their one day's salary to help the flood-affected people of Kerala.


Odisha IAS, IPS officers to contribute 1-day salary for Kerala


Even as different estimates of losses suffered by Kerala in the monsoon floods are doing the rounds, general insurance experts on Monday said that there will certainly be an increase in the premium charged by reinsurers for covering flood risks.


Reinsurance premium may go up for flood risk cover


The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday formed an expert committee headed by a retired judge to decide whether to allow Vedanta Limited to open its Sterlite Copper plant in Tuticorin, which was shut by the Tamil Nadu government on environmental grounds.


NGT forms panel to decide fate of Vedanta's copper smelter


Social networking giant Facebook is donating $250,000 (nearly Rs 1.75 crore) for relief work in Kerala, which has been battered by torrential rains, floods and landslides, leaving over 300 dead amid massive destruction, the company said on Monday.


Facebook donates Rs 1.75 crore for Kerala flood victims


The Kerala unit of CPI on Monday admonished Forest Minister P. Raju from the party for leaving for Germany last week when the state was in the grip of devastating floods and directed him to return immediately.


Kerala CPI asks Minister to return from Germany


Health officials on Monday began disposing of carcasses after numerous animals became victims of the worst ever floods to hit Kerala.


Carcasses disposed of in Kerala


A Keralite working in Sultanate of Oman in a supermarket has been terminated from his job following a highly insensitive post he wrote in the wake of the worst-ever floods in the state.

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