In view of rising pollution levels, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has enforced Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR with immediate effect.
A day after a tourist vehicle carrying 11 people, including 10 tourists and a driver, plunged nearly 1,000 feet into the Teesta River around the Munsithang area in North Sikkim, rescue efforts to search for eight others are still underway.
At least three people died after a car lost control and plunged into a well in Balamvaripalli village in Andhra Pradesh's Annamayya district, police said on Sunday.
The speeding van plunged into the well after hitting a bike in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district on Sunday, leaving 12 persons, including a biker and a rescuer, dead, a senior police officer said. All bodies have been recovered from the well all bodies and are conducting post-mortems.
"9 passengers travelling in the van died, while a brave jawan from the village who was carrying out a rescue operation also lost his life. A total of 10 people have died, and 3 others were rescued alive," said the DIG.
A driver plunged a car into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night, killing at least nine people and injuring several others, CNN reported.
The US stock markets tanked more than 5 per cent on Friday after Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs sparked fear among investors of a global economic recession.
The rout on Wall Street began early, with all three major indexes opening in the red. US stocks witnessed a drop throughout the day, and despite a brief afternoon rally, they closed in the red.
A swift rescue operation, led by SSP Poonch and supported by SDRF teams, was launched to save those trapped. Search efforts are ongoing to locate any remaining victims.
According to Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Jagdish Chandra, "The 14 people were returning after attending a wedding ceremony in Punjab's Fazilka when the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a canal in Fatehabad."