Continuous rainfall triggers waterlogging in many areas of Thoothukudi

Continuous rainfall triggers waterlogging in many areas of Thoothukudi

Pumps have been deployed on many roads to pump out the the rainwater in Thoothukudi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH Continuous rainfall in Thoothukudi has caused severe hardship for residents as rainwater has inundated several areas. Efforts to drain stagnant water in the city have been intensified. The northeast monsoon has been very … Read more

Houses in Kukrail ‘green belt’ marked in red triggers panic

Houses in Kukrail ‘green belt’ marked in red triggers panic

Excavators being used to demolish illegal constructions along the Kukrail river, at Akbarnagar in Lucknow, Saturday, June 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI After officials of the Irrigation Department put ‘red marks’ on many houses located in Pantnagar, Rahim Nagar and Abrar Nagar localities in Lucknow, all within 50 meters of the ‘green belt’ on … Read more

Heavy rain triggers landslides in parts of Sikkim, 1 killed, 3 missing

Heavy rain triggers landslides in parts of Sikkim, 1 killed, 3 missing

At least one person was killed and five others went missing after incessant rainfall caused massive landslides in Sikkim’s Mangan district, officials said on Thursday. The landslides blocked roads, inundated or damaged houses, and washed away electricity poles. A body was discovered in the Pakshep area of Mangan district, while three people went missing from … Read more

Road rage, parking issues, and FASTag deactivation are top three anxiety triggers for Bengaluru car owners

Road rage, parking issues, and FASTag deactivation are top three anxiety triggers for Bengaluru car owners

A survey of car owners conducted by Park+, a private app that facilitates parking solutions, has found road rage, car parking and FASTag deactivation as the main triggers of anxiety among car owners in Bengaluru. The survey included responses by 22,000 Bengaluru car owners and was undertaken to understand anxiety triggers for car owners driving … Read more

The mutilated body of woman found in Malda triggers panic, and a political row

The mutilated body of woman found in Malda triggers panic, and a political row

  The body of an unidentified woman with multiple injuries in West Bengal’s Malda district not only triggered panic among the people but also sparked a political war of words between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The body, found in Harishchandrapur in Malda, had been disfigured with acid. It was … Read more

Teaching job candidates in Bihar not competent, says Education Minister, triggers row

Teaching job candidates in Bihar not competent, says Education Minister, triggers row

Bihar Education Minister Chandra Shekhar on Wednesday triggered a row by saying that teaching job candidates in the State were not competent to teach subjects such as English, physics, chemistry and mathematics due to which many seats remained vacant. He said that teachers from other States would provide quality education. The Minister defended the decision … Read more

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s visit to boundary village in Odisha triggers political controversy

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s visit to boundary village in Odisha triggers political controversy

Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan visits during Utkal Divas (Odisha foundation day) celebrations with villagers, at Kotia of Koraput district, on April 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan visited Phatsineru, a village in Kotia Gram Panchayat of … Read more

Facing My Smoking Triggers

Facing My Smoking Triggers

After 15 years of smoking, Adrian Diaz Bulibasa decided it was time to quit. “I wanted to have a baby and I didn’t want the health of my future baby to be affected by my choices,” he says. But quitting was hard. Bulibasa, who lives in London and is the editor-in-chief of the website bestformyfeet.com, … Read more

Weird Migraine Triggers, Symptoms, and Types

Weird Migraine Triggers, Symptoms, and Types

When you think of migraines, head pain probably comes to mind. But a migraine can feel like weakness, dizziness, or a stomachache, too. Migraine can affect different parts of your nervous system — and it can show up in some surprising ways and from some unusual triggers. Most migraine headaches typically fall into one of … Read more