CHENNAI/HYDERABAD, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Authorities in southern India on Monday closed schools and offices, halted flights and evacuated coastal areas ahead of a severe cyclonic storm expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours, causing torrential rains. Cyclone Michaung is
NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (Reuters) – People in New Delhi woke up to a thick layer of toxic haze on Friday, and some schools were ordered to be shut for two days as the air quality index (AQI) entered the “severe” category
Patna, Sept 20 (PTI) The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved the recruitment of 69,692 teachers in state-run schools, an official said. The cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, also approved a 100 per cent hike in the monthly honorarium for
NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Authorities closed down some schools and offices and declared more than seven villages as containment zones in the southern state of Kerala after it recorded two deaths from the rare and deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus. One