Running of trains has been affected in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of Assam following landslides triggered by incessant rains for past few days.


Train services suspended in Assam's hill section due to landslide


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Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell announced on Wednesday it is bringing their marquee event - Shell Eco Marathon (SEM) - to India for the first time.


Shell's eco-marathon challenge comes to India in December


The Southwest Monsoon has already covered most parts of northeast India while the floods caused due to heavy rains are creating havoc in Tripura and Mizoram, officials said on Wednesday.


Monsoon covers most of northeast, creates havoc in Tripura, Mizoram (Lead, correcting figure in para six)


In a move to reduce deaths from lightning, the Odisha government on Wednesday signed an MoU with US-based firm Earth Networks for a lightning detection and warning system in the state.


Odisha signs MoU with Earth Networks for lightning warning system


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to a bill aiming at formulating safety procedures and standard specifications for construction and maintenance of dams.


Cabinet approves Dam Safety Bill



Monsoon covers most of northeast, creates havoc in Tripura, Mizoram


Organic and vegan products are the new must-haves that beauty conscious people and skincare lovers are rooting for. While some brands have been able to spot and bank on the gaping gap in the variety available, consumers are becoming more receptive to know the importance of using chemical-free products with right ingredients on their body.


Growing love for organic skincare in India


Four persons, including a man and his daughter, were killed in a lightning strike in West Bengal's Bankura district as thundershower lashed parts of the state on Tuesday, police said.


Lightning kills four in Bengal


Driven by large-scale projects, the solar installation in India during January-March period of the current calendar year was 3,269 megawatt (mw), up by over 9 per cent compared to 2,991 mw installed in the corresponding period last year, a report said on Tuesday.


3.3 gw solar installed in Jan-March period: Report


In a bid to reduce evaporation of reservoir water and increase sourcing of solar power, Tamil Nadu is looking at the feasibility of setting up a floating solar power plant, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said on Tuesday.


TN to study feasibility of 250 MW floating solar power plant


Hundreds of schools and colleges were shut on Tuesday due to heavy rainfall in Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru districts in Karnataka as the southwest monsoon advanced vigorously, officials said.


Schools, colleges shut in rain-hit Karnataka districts


The death toll from the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on June 3 has increased to 114 after another four bodies were found, according to authorities.


Guatemala volcano eruption toll reaches 114


At least 42 labourers got injured in a lightning strike while working in a tea garden in West Bengal's Alipurduar district on Monday afternoon, police said.


42 tea labourers injured in lightning strike


Heavy rains and gusty winds lashed many parts of Karnataka on Monday, disrupting normal life, as southwest monsoon advanced vigourously.


Heavy monsoon hits normal life in Karnataka


Punjab is all set to counter dust pollution from grain markets across the state with installation of dust collectors on nearly 50,000 grain cleaning machines, thus providing relief to 300,000 directly-affected workers, it was announced on Monday.


Punjab to install 50,000 dust collectors in grain markets


Indian weather forecasting agencies will focus their energies on predicting dust storms, which have claimed more than 100 lives across north India this summer, a senior official said on Monday.


Indian weather forecasters to focus on dust storms


Shimla's story from natural streams to water shortages is also the tale of indiscriminate constructions that turned the summer retreat of the then British rulers into a concrete jungle in the past few decades.


Parched Shimla a tale of environmental degradation


An agreement on first transfer of technology for lithium-ion batteries was signed here on Sunday between the government-run Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd, an official statement said on Sunday.


India to soon start making lithium-ion batteries


A 21-year-old aspiring cricketer died on the spot after he was struck by lightning during practice at the Calcutta Cricket Academy here, the club's secretary said.


Youth cricketer dies in lightning strike


With the monsoon around the corner, the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Delhi government has extended the deadline for desilting of the city drains to June 30.


Delhi extends desilting deadline to June 30


Actors Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kapoor have joined hands to raise funds for animal welfare as a part of 'Be Kind to All Kind campaign.

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