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India’s ‘Jallikattu’ out of Oscar race Jallikattu is the second Malayalam film to be submitted as India’s entry to the Oscars after Adaminte Makan Abu in 2011. (Twitter ) Share Via Director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Malayalam language independent action film Jallikattu, which had been selected as India’s official entry to the 93rd Academy Awards for the foreign film category, is out of the Oscar race. The 15 shortlisted films are from Chile ( The Mole Agent), Czech Republic ( Charlat...

India glacier burst: Dozens trapped in tunnel, scores still missing Reuters/Lucknow Photo: Reuters The workers were among 197 people who officials said were still unaccounted for as the death toll from the disaster. Rescuers raced to free around 35 Indian construction workers trapped in a tunnel, two days after the hydroelectric dam they were helping to build was swept away by a wall of water from a collapsed glacier that barrelled down a Himalayan river. Also read: The workers were among 197 p...

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Absence of an Early Warning System Cost Many Lives at Joshimath Lessons from the 2013 Kedarnath tragedy were never learnt, and the state only got its first Doppler radar in 2020. Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police watch as a machine is used to clear a tunnel after the flood, in Tapovan, Uttarakhand, February 8, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer Government10/Feb/2021 New Delhi: As a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Joshimath, in Chamoli district, and hurtled downstream on the Dhauli Ga...

URL copied Flash floods wreaked havoc in Uttarakhands Chamoli district on February 7. For the last three days, family members of around 40 workers missing from the Rishiganga hydel project site visit the rescue site daily hoping for a miracle and hear some good news about their dear ones. With pain and agony writ large on their face, the family members blame the authorities for not doing enough to trace the missing people.  A multi-agency rescue work, involving teams from Army, ...

“We are the last generation that can prevent irreparable damage to our planet,” were the opening remarks of the United Nations General Assembly’s former President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés at the 2019 Climate and Sustainable Development meeting. Citing the conclusion of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, she added: “Eleven years is all we have ahead of us to change our direction.” The stark proclamation aimed to stir member states into taking preventati...

Updated Feb 10, 2021 | 12:09 IST During a secret expedition to the Nanda Devi mountain, a joint Indian and American team had left behind a nuclear-powered device after being caught in a blizzard. The device was never found. Uttarakhand glacier disaster&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP Dehradun: Days after the Uttarakhand glacier burst disaster in Chamoli district which left scores dead and more than a hundred missing, local villagers have expressed concerns that the trage...

Vatican City (CNA) -Speaking at his general audience on Feb. 10, the pope explained that prayer helps us to see the "infinite grace" that lies beyond the visible world.  "And thus, Christian prayer instills an invincible hope in the human heart: whatever experience we touch on our journey, Gods love can turn it into good," he said. In his address, he continued the cycle of catechesis on prayer which he launched in May and resumed in October following nine reflections on healing the world after...

Himalayan Glacier Disaster Shows Impacts of Climate Change: Scientists The destruction has left at least 32 people dead. Why Global Citizens Should Care Billions of people rely on glaciers in some part for agriculture, industry, and drinking water. While everyone feels the effects of climate change, its impacts fall more heavily on those living in poverty. Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations’ Global Goals, including goal 3 for climate action. Join the movement and take action on th...

Thirty-four bodies had been recovered by Wednesday evening but 170 people were still missing