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Japan flood: Death toll crosses 100
As many as 103 people have died so far as Japan faces a long recovery process after floods and landslides.The torrential rains in parts of Japan killed at least 90 people in the southwest, while 13 others have since died from cardiac arrests, raising the total death toll to 103, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, reported CNN.As the emergency rain warnings have been lifted, the country is now turning its focus to search and rescue efforts wherein the police, fire departments and the military are scouring affected areas for the dozens of people still missing or unaccounted for."We will unite and move swiftly to deliver those necessities to the disaster victims by coordinating closely with local government," said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a meeting with the disaster response task force.According to CNN, thousands of houses have been damaged, and even the ones that stand intact have been impacted.Nearly 17,000 households are still without power, and phone lines are ..
1 killed, 9 injured in separate road accidents in Amethi
One person was killed and nine others seriously injured in separate road accidents here, police said today. Sharda Prasad (45) of Ramapur-Tikari village was killed and two others were injured after their motorcycle was hit by a vehicle, they said The accident occurred on the Amethi-Pratapgarh road. They were taken to a community health centre where Prasad was declared dead, police said. In another road accident, at least seven people, including four women, were injured when two tempos collided with each other near Utelwa village on the Sultanpur-Lucknow national highway, they said. They were referred to a trauma centre in Lucknow after primary treatment, police said.
Two policemen and driver killed in road accident
Two policemen and the driver of the vehicle, in which they were travelling, were killed this morning when it met with an accident on National Highway 34 near Nakashipara in Nadia district, police said. According to Nadia SP Rupesh Kumar, the mishap happened in the wee hours when the vehicle, in which the policemen of Uttar Dinajpur district were travelling to Kolkata, met with the accident killing two policemen and the driver. Another policemen who was in the same vehicle was seriously injured and was undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital, the SP said adding that the vehicle was travelling from Uttar Dinajpur to Kolkata on official work. "The cause of the accident is yet not known. Whether it has hit by any other vehicle needed to be find out because there is no eye witness of the accident. We are probing into it," Kumar said.
Woman dies in roof collapse
A woman died and two of her family members were injured when the roof of her house collapsed here, police said today. The deceased was identified as Santosh (65), a resident of Topkhana area of Ambala Cantonment. She was sleeping in her room along with her husband Shyam Lal and granddaughter Anchal when the roof of her house collapsed around midnight yesterday, the police said. She was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her dead while her husband and granddaughter sustained minor injuries.
Focus on meeting demand, Goyal to Coal India
Taking stock of coal supply situation in the country, Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday asked Coal India to focus on meeting coal demand, particularly that of power sector.
Schools to implement child safety guidelines from this session in Jaipur
With an aim to ensure safety of school children, all government and private schools in Rajasthan's Jaipur have been asked by the government to implement child safety guidelines from this academic session. The guidelines have been drafted by the Department of Child Rights in consultation with school principals here. A provision of child safety audit has also been made in 'Jaipur declaration-2018' which was prepared by the department in consultation with the principals of 20 government and private schools and with the feedback of parents as well as students, Shruti Bharadwaj, additional director of the department, told PTI. The initiative was taken after a seven-year-old boy in Ryan International School in Gurgaon was killed last year, she said. There are several guidelines of the Supreme Court and government about child safety in schools but it is often seen that these are not followed properly," she said. A provision of child safety audit has also been devised in which schools will ...
CAG faults CMDA over 2015 Chennai floods
The December 2015 floods here was a result of failure of CMDA, the city development authority, to check large-scale construction along waterways and illegal conversion of agricultural land and water bodies, CAG said. "Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority failed to check large-scale constructions along waterways, which choked waterways and altered land uses in metropolitan area,it said. Allowing conversion of agricultural land without government approval and unauthorised conversion of water bodies, non-urban and Open Space and Recreation land for various other purposes resulted in drastic changes in land use and thereby contributed to the floods," the CAG said The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on 'Performance Audit of Flood Management and Response in Chennai and its Suburban Areas for the year ended March 2016' was tabled on the concluding day of the assembly session today. The report also said the state lacked a law on Flood Plain Zone to protect ...
Thai cave rescue: 4 more boys rescued by divers
Four more boys were rescued on Monday by divers from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, where 12 of them and their soccer coach have been trapped for more than two weeks, authorities said.
Rescuers search for dozens still missing after Japan floods
Rescuers in southwestern Japan dug up more bodies today as they searched for dozens still missing after heavy rains caused severe flooding and left residents to return to their homes unsure where to start the cleanup. More than 100 people were confirmed dead in the disaster. Minoru Katayama, 86, rushed back to his home in Mabi city, in Okayama prefecture, and found his 88-year-old wife, Chiyoko, collapsed on the first floor. Floodwaters had started rising so fast that the elderly couple was caught by surprise. "My wife had bad legs and she could not climb up the stairs, or nobody else was around to help us out," he told national broadcaster NHK. His wife, who stayed behind and let her husband flee, was among more than 20 people who were found dead in the city, where a river dike collapsed. At a hospital in Mabi town, about 300 patients were temporarily trapped inside, but all had been safely airlifted by emergency rescue workers by early today. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency .
2 killed after pickup rolls down into gorge
A pickup veered off the road and rolled down into a gorge on Chamba-Killar highway, killing two passengers and injuring the driver, police said today. The vehicle was on its way from Pangi to Chamba when the accident occurred last night. Raj Kumar (30), the pickup driver, was grievously hurt in the accident and referred to Chamba hospital, the the police said. A case has been registered, they added.
Tourists on honeymoon collide while zip-lining, husband dead
An Israeli newlywed couple on their honeymoon collided while zip-lining in Honduras, leaving the husband dead and the wife seriously injured, the Washington Post reported.
Rains batter Mumbai for third day, normal life hit
Heavy rains continued to batter Mumbai, its surroundings and large parts of Maharashtra for the third consecutive day on Monday, hitting normal life and disrupting rail and road traffic, an official said.
Thai official: 4 boys brought out of cave today
An aide to the Thai Navy SEAL commander says four boys were brought out of the flooded cave in northern Thailand today and the ongoing rescue operation is over for the day. The aide, Sitthichai Klangpattana, didn't comment on the boys' health or say how well the operation has gone. A total of eight of the 12 boys have now been brought out of the treacherous cave system by divers, including four who were brought out on Sunday, when the rescue operation began. The boys and their 25-year-old coach have been trapped for more than two weeks after heavy rains flooded the kilometers- long cave network made up of caverns connected by tight passages. A total of four ambulances have left the area around the flooded cave in northern Thailand where members of a youth soccer team have been trapped for more than two weeks, suggesting eight of the 13 trapped people have now been extracted. Thai officials have been tight-lipped about the rescue operation, and would not comment on how many people were
Dalai Lama sympathise with Japan flood victims
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressing his sympathy for the victims of the unprecedented floods in western Japan in recent days, his office said on Monday.
Four ambulances leave site of Thai cave
A total of four ambulances have left the area around the flooded cave in northern Thailand where members of a youth soccer team have been trapped for more than two weeks, suggesting eight of the 13 trapped people have now been extracted. Thai officials have been tight-lipped about the rescue operation, and would not comment on how many people were removed today. Yesterday, teams of divers brought out four of the trapped boys but waited several hours before confirming their safe rescue. Multiple calls to senior government officials and military personnel leading the operation to rescue the members of the youth soccer team rang unanswered this evening. Yesterday, officials waited until several hours after the rescued boys had been transported to hospitals to announce their rescue. As of this morning, eight boys and their coach remained in the cave where they have been trapped by floods since June 23. Thai public television has aired live video of a medivac helicopter landing close to a .
Two more ambulances leave site of Thai cave
Two more ambulances have been seen leaving the site of a flooded cave in northern Thailand where young members of a soccer team and their 25-year-old coach have been trapped for more than two weeks. That brings to three the number of ambulances that have left the site Monday during the second day of a high-risk operation to bring the boys out of a labyrinth cave system made up of tight passageways and flooded chambers. Yesterday, teams of divers brought out four of the trapped boys but waited several hours before confirming their safe rescue. Authorities have been tightlipped about the progress of Monday's operation. Thai authorities are being tight-lipped about who was inside an ambulance seen leaving the site of a flooded cave Monday, as they were the night before when four of the 13 people trapped inside the underground complex were rescued. Multiple calls to senior government officials and military personnel leading the operation to rescue the members of the youth soccer team rang
Japanese PM cancels trip to Europe, Middle East
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday cancelled his trip to Europe and the Middle East to attend to the search and rescue operations underway in the country pummeled by torrential rain.
Flood-postponed EU-Japan summit moved to Tokyo
Tokyo will now host an EU-Japan summit on July 17 to sign a free trade accord after the Japanese premier cancelled the talks in Brussels because of deadly floods at home, the European Commission said today. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called off the trip this week to Belgium and three other countries as the death toll from flooding and landslides caused by record rains hit 100. The summit between Abe, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council chief was postponed until next week after the pair discussed the floods by telephone today, Juncker's spokesman Margaritis Schinas said. "The two sides agreed that the EU-Japan summit scheduled to take place in Brussels this Wednesday will instead take place in Tokyo next week on the 17th of July," Schinas told reporters in Brussels. "On this occasion, they will sign the economic partnership agreement and the strategic partnership agreement," Schinas said. He added that Juncker, who heads the commission, the ...
Fire at snacks factor in Rajasthan
A major fire broke out at a private snacks manufacturing unit in Rajasthan's Bikaner district today, police said. However, no loss of life was reported, they said. The fire broke out at 'Bikaji Namkeen' factory in Gandhi Nagar Industrial Area and six fire tenders brought the flames under control, chief fire officer Roop Singh said. Bikaner Superintendent of Police Sawai Singh Godara said that a damage in boiler pipe triggered flames which gradually engulfed the factory. Nearly 500 employees were rescued safely and no loss of life was reported, he added.
EAC nod to convert GMR's aviation SEZ into multi-product SEZ
: The Expert Appraisal Committee under the Union Environment ministry has accorded permission to convert GMR group's aviation SEZ into multi-product special economic zone at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here. According to the minutes of the EAC meeting held on June 25 last, the SEZ can now have industrial units, activities relating to aviation in addition to pharmaceutical formulation, gems and jewellery, electronic and commercial developments among others. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) cited poor response from aviation companies for setting up shop in the aviation SEZ as a reason to convert it into a multi-product SEZ. The infra major had last year said the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park spread in the layout of 253.85 acres had an occupancy rate of just 11 per cent over the last six year and if allowed it to convert into a Multiproduct SEZ, within 3-4 years it will be fully operational. No further expansion of any sort for the proposed