Cyclone Nisarga: Very strong winds uprooted trees near the beach, blocking roads. New Delhi: The trees swayed in strong winds and many fell when Cyclone Nisarga hit Alibaug near Mumbai, bringing heavy rain and gusts. Palm trees lining a road shook violently and power poles also wobbled as the storm swept through the coastal city 150 km from Mumbai. Very …

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said he will send migrants home on flights using his annual MP fee (File) New Delhi: Aam Aadmi party leader Sanjay Singh said today that he would use the air tickets to which he is entitled as a deputy to help stranded migrant workers reach Patna from Delhi on flights. Tomorrow he would take migrant workers …

The two lumpy moons, Phobos and Deimos, were discovered in 1877 and are named after the sons of Ares from Greek mythology (Mars is named after the Roman god of war, who is Ares in Greek). Phobos means fear or panic and Deimos means fear. For a long time it was thought that they were actually asteroids captured by the …

Cyclone Nisarga: This is the first such storm to hit Mumbai in nearly 100 years. Tropical storm Nisarga, which intensified in a “severe cyclonic storm” this morning, made landfall off the coast of Maharashtra. This is the second cyclone to hit India in two weeks and the first storm to hit Mumbai, the worst affected city in the country by …

A woman watches the waves roll off the shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India on June 3. Rafiq Maqbool / AP A cyclone is expected to make landfall near Alibag in the Indian state of Maharashtra, a region already recovering from the impact of the coronavirus, on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Indian Department of Meteorology. Maharashtra has …

Kerala Elephant Incident: Fruit exploded in its mouth and led to inevitable tragedy. Thiruvananthapuram: No arrests have been made a week after a pregnant elephant died in the Palakkad district of Kerala, standing on a river. He had eaten a pineapple filled with biscuits, supposedly placed by some locals. The elephant’s death and the trauma it suffered have caused great …

Tonight, Los Angeles police began arresting a small group of protesters outside the mayor’s residence, hours after the curfew. Many of the protesters were still sitting on the ground, hands together, singing “peaceful protest,” CNN correspondent Kyung Lah said at the scene. “One by one, you see two officers advance. You can see the two officers advance, bow, ask the …

President Rodrigo Duterte had decided to retain the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) “in light of political and other developments in the region,” Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Tuesday in a post on social media. The agreement, signed in 1988, gives US military planes and vessels free entry to the Philippines and relaxes visa restrictions for US military personnel. …

New Delhi: India’s coronavirus case count has crossed two lakhs after a record number of 8,909 people tested positive for deadly virus infection in the past 24 hours. The total number of cases in the country was 2,07,615, including 5,815 deaths, according to government data. The country is currently the seventh among the 10 nations most affected by the virus. …

The main fight was an undeniable referendum on King, not for his conservatism, but for his effectiveness in office. His lack of power, far more than his specific words and his track record of comments on race, became a central theme in this year’s race, with opponents arguing that he cannot represent his views in the House or on the …