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Bee experts decry the image of “killer bees” in popular culture, as underscored by a 1978 thriller starring Michael Caine, The Swarm. Photo Credit: Getty Images

INDIA. New Delhi: On the occasion of International Tiger’s Day, while announcing that India's 14 Tiger Reserves have been recoganised as Global CA/TS, ...

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The explosion was heard several kilometres away and sent a column of black smoke into the air. Photo Credit: Twitter

Rising temperatures means more moisture in the atmosphere, increasing the intensity of storms and rainfall. Photo Credit: Pixabay

According to National Health Service (NHS) new coronavirus cases in the country are approaching 50,000 a day, and roughly 620,000 people in England and Wales were told to isolate by the app from July 8-July 14. Photo Credit: Twitter

The incident came as storms hit the south of England, bringing the recent heatwave to an end. Photo Credit: Twitter

NIGERIA. Niger State: The Federal government of Nigeria IFAD Assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has distributed N26 million farm inputs to 616 farmers...

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Saturday retrieved 52 bodies from sites of landslides, rescued 1,800 stranded people, and evacuated 87 others to safer places in Maharashtra which have witnessed floods due to heavy rains.

In a series of disasters, over 70 people reportedly died in a dozen hill slides, landslides, house-crashes, and other incidents after torrential rains shook Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Satara, and other districts of Maharashtra, with the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard rushing to rescue the marooned populace, on Friday.