The smartphone with its 225 grams isn’t exactly lightweight, but it looks classy with its trademark graphite glass finish rear panel

The fire that began on Monday afternoon with a blast in a benzene storage tank of the refinery later spread to two other adjoining tanks, Jawahar Nagar police station inspector A B Mori said

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather

Agency urges the chemical industry to better prepare for extreme weather

Solution containing lithium salt-solvent clusters makes lithium metal batteries safer and long-lasting

Solution containing lithium salt-solvent clusters makes lithium-metal batteries safer and long lasting

Experts urge water industry to study plastic pipes’ vulnerability

Nylon 6 nanofibers contain flame-retardant core

The new device comes with hands-free Alexa control and a new processor 

Family members of a cancer patient who passed away later in the day, alleged that the death was due to inhaling of smoke due to the fire.

Fire in shanty caused by battery explosion spreads to gas cylinder and injures youth, damaging multiple shanties

Only green crackers are allowed in markets to ensure low pollution and air quality control

Kolkata Police crack down on illegal firecrackers, arresting 292 people and seizing over 500 kg of banned fireworks

The Kolkata Traffic Police registered cases against 841 people on charges such as rash driving and drunken driving. In an incident in Ward 110 of Patuli area, an adolescent boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion. In Howrah district, three people, including two children, died after a house where firecrackers had been stored caught fire.

Rain has been forecast; advantage home team against a depleted Kings XI.

The blast at the IOCL refinery in the Koyali area on the outskirts of Vadodara occurred at 4 pm, triggering the blaze.

City slumped to a fourth consecutive loss in all competitions with a 2-1 defeat at Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday

Experts debate problems for central banks in era of ultra-low interest rates

May 3-9 is Arson Awareness Week 2020, which focuses on the crucial role that firefighters play in the community to protect the public in emergency situations. Fire accidents can occur anywhere unexpectedly including homes, factories and health-care facilities. In the United

To help policymakers more confidently prepare for the effects of climate change, a group of preeminent climate scientists evaluated the scientific work and expert judgments behind the most recent projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change regarding the potential ecological, social, economic and meteorological repercussions of climate change.

A Princeton University-led study has found that trees worldwide develop thicker bark when they live in fire-prone areas. The findings suggest that bark thickness could help predict which forests and savannas will survive a warmer climate in which wildfires are expected to increase in frequency.

After six weeks of negotiating, the UN Security Council was close to agreeing on a resolution for a global ceasefire during the Covid-19 pandemic. Seems fair, right? Let's agree to stop killing each other for a while, so we can focus on the virus that's killing us instead?

China proposed that the text explicitly mention a commitment by member nations to support the efforts of the World Health Organization — who Donald Trump has blamed (without evidence) for withholding information on the coronavirus outbreak.

So the US looked at the resolution and said "LOL no," despite last minute efforts to reach a compromise. As The Guardian reports:

On Thursday night, French diplomats thought they had engineered a compromise in which the resolution would mention UN “specialized health agencies” (an indirect, if clear, reference to the WHO).

The Russian mission signaled that it wanted a clause calling for the lifting of sanctions that affected the delivery of medical supplies, a reference to US punitive measures imposed on Iran and Venezuela. However, most security council diplomats believed Moscow would withdraw the objection or abstain in a vote rather than risk isolation as the sole veto on the ceasefire resolution.

While everyone else seemed game to go along with these compromises, the US insisted it was one big Chinese trick. As one diplomat told CNN:  "This discussion has been taken hostage by issues that do not have to do with the real issues at stake. Instead it has been transformed into a fight between the US and China. Read the rest

Today, we came across an interesting video where Govinda can be seen shaking his leg with actress Kriti Sanon on his hit song 'Main Toh Raste Se Ja Raha Tha'.

Fire officials are asking people in B.C. to test smoke alarms and take care in the kitchen as 15 people have died in the province so far this year due to fires — three times the number of deaths for the same time period in 2019.

Seven thousand were reported homeless after fire destroyed homes in Lorega cemetery, Cebu City, on 18 March. OM helps provide basic relief.

THE Treasury has bombarded us all week with facts, figures and forecasts making the case for the UK to remain in the European Union. Its big report, on Monday, warned Brexit would tip the country into a year-long recession, resulting in up to 820,000 job losses within two years.

Johanna went to TeenStreet for the first time when she was 14 years old, but the experience impacted her beyond the one-week duration of the event.

Cartagena, Colombia :: Logos Hope's eager new crewmembers must pass fire and water safety tests before they can step aboard.

Royal Enfield Meteor 350 Fireball is expected to come with multiple optional accessories. Very recently, images that appear to be the screenshots of the official configurator have leaked on the web revealing some juicy details.

At least one person has died and dozens were evacuated following a fire at a Moscow hospital which has been treating coronavirus patients.
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The government’s surprise move to increase excise duty and cess on petrol and diesel may not help the exchequer in raising tax revenues by much.

A fire broke out in a cardboard factory in outer Delhi's Bawana today morning, Delhi Fire Service officials said.