10,000 Trees May Be Cut For Expanding Dehradun Airport: Report

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:30:00 +0200ndtvnews (en)

Dehradun: Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.

MIL-OSI China: 5.0-magnitude quake hits waters off eastern Taiwan

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:26:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off eastern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Beijing Time on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.85 degrees north latitude and 122.14 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 116 km, the center said. Multimedia Investments Ltd sites ForeignAffairs.

5.0-magnitude quake hits waters off eastern Taiwan

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:51:00 +0200china.org.cn (en)

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off eastern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Beijing Time on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.85 degrees north latitude and 122.14 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 116 km, the center said.

No damage, injuries reported after earthquake in Northern Taiwan

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:43:00 +0200ChinaPost (en)

The intensity was 3 in Taipei, New Taipei and Taoyuan counties, and 2 in Taichung, the data showed. (NOWnews) TAIPEI (The China Post) — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook northern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB), but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

5.0-magnitude quake hits waters off eastern Taiwan: CENC

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:19:00 +0200china.org.cn (en)

BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off eastern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Beijing Time on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.85 degrees north latitude and 122.14 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 116 km, the center said.

5.0-magnitude quake hits waters off eastern Taiwan: CENC

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:09:00 +0200xinhuanet_en (en)

BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off eastern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Beijing Time on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.85 degrees north latitude and 122.14 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 116 km, the center said.

5.0-magnitude quake hits waters off eastern Taiwan: CENC

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:53:00 +0200nampa (en)

. Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off eastern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Beijing Time on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.85 degrees north latitude and 122.

Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:42:00 +0200messenger-inquirer (en)

After the virus killed the 27-year-old Chaudhary in late July, his mother wept inconsolably. With her son gone, Premlata Chaudhary said, how could she go on living? Three weeks later, on Aug. 18, the virus took her life, too — yet another number in an unrelenting march toward a woeful milestone.

No damage or injuries reported after earthquake in Northern Taiwan

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:11:00 +0200ChinaPost (en)

The intensity was 3 in Taipei, New Taipei and Taoyuan counties, and 2 in Taichung, the data showed. (NOWnews) TAIPEI (The China Post) — A magnitude 4 earthquake shook northern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB), but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

Nissan's Re-Leaf is an emergency international rescue electric vehicle

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:10:00 +0200dailymail (en)

The vehicle modifications were carried out by UK-based engineering and motorsport firm RJN, with project management by GTA Global Ltd. The vehicle was developed after Nissan used a fleet of electric Leafs to help with disaster support in Japan when the strongest earthquake in Japan’s history –....

Worldwide grief: COVID-19 death toll tops 1 million

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:50:00 +0200gulfnews (en)

Neh Delhi: Joginder Chaudhary was his parents' greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village. For the coronavirus, though, he was just one more in a million. Image Credit: AP.

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:03:00 +0200startribune (en)

"It's not just a number. It's human beings. It's people we love," said Dr. Howard Markel, a professor of medical history at the University of Michigan who has advised government officials on containing pandemics and lost his 84-year-old mother to COVID-19 in February. "It's our brothers, our sisters.

'Don't worry about frequent quakes in Kashmir'

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 04:55:00 +0200greaterkashmir (en)

Seismologists ascribe the frequent quakes in Kashmir to the collision of Indian and Eurasian plates, saying there was nothing to worry. G. Suresh, senior scientist at National Centre for Seismology, said that “there has been increase in tremors for last some time in Kashmir and along Ladakh- China border.

Worldwide grief: Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 03:15:00 +0200independent-UK (en)

After the virus killed the 27-year-old Chaudhary in late July, his mother wept inconsolably. With her son gone, Premlata Chaudhary said, how could she go on living? Three weeks later, on Aug. 18, the virus took her life, too — yet another number in an unrelenting march toward a woeful milestone.

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 03:03:00 +0200startribune (en)

"It's not just a number. It's human beings. It's people we love," said Dr. Howard Markel, a professor of medical history at the University of Michigan who has advised government officials on containing pandemics and lost his 84-year-old mother to COVID-19 in February. "It's our brothers, our sisters.

Sin fronteras: Cuba y Asia, las rutas sanitarias de la colaboración en tiempos de la COVID-19

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 02:49:00 +0200cubadebate (es)

Luego se producirían otras catástrofes en la región asiática que también movilizó la solidaridad de Cuba. En octubre de 2005, luego del terremoto que sacudió a Pakistán y causó alrededor de 70 mil muertes, Cuba ofreció al entonces presidente pakistaní, Pervez Musharraf, los servicios de 200 médicos en 24 horas.

THE 1920 HAIYUAN EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:06:00 +0200agenparl (en)

The 1920 Haiyuan earthquake in China . It is widely thought that in terms of landslides, one of the most deadly earthquakes was the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake in China, which had a magnitude of about 8.5. It is generally accepted that this earthquake, which occurred on 16 December 1920, killed at least 234,000 people.