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The toll in the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey this week could go as high as 40,000 the U.N. official for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr Sergio Piazzi, said today. "It is a possibility," Mr.

A blanket of thick smog hung over Hong Kong on Friday, with health authorities warning people who are suffering from respiratory and heart ailments to avoid areas of heavy traffic. The roadside air

The Environment Agency in Japan has decided to hold an Asian version of the Ramsar Convention (Convention on Wetlands of International Importance) next summer to preserve wetlands

About 220 people have so far died in the current spell of floods in Bihar and the condition continues to be grim with major rivers Ganga, Kosi, Burhi Gandak, Mahananda, Bagmati and Punpun in spate,

Japanese watch major, Citizen, launched a range of watches for the Indian market, including its light powered watch eco-drive and its citizen quartz range. The quartz range of watches comprise over

The Supreme Court, upholding the Noida residents plea about effluents and sewerage system has issued directions for upgradation of sewerage management system in East Delhi areas and in some of the

Pollution and environmental degradation has affected South Asia's only open-air natural ice skating rink in Shimla , as a result of which this unique 78-year-old ice field is threatened. Once, the

Three days after Hurricane Floyd struck eastern North Carolina, almost two thirds of the state remained virtually paralyzed Sunday, entire towns submerged, the death toll mounting, and 300 roads,

A number of districts in the state, including Nadia, Murshidabad and Malda, are likely to witness severe floods in the coming weeks, the state irrigation minister, mr Debabarata Bandopadhyaya, said

The waves of flood which started on June 6 is now improving. With the recession of the water, people have started moving back into their homes. Restoration work has begun in some places. But in

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