NEW DELHI- India's prime minister on Thursday urged states and federally administered territories to prepare heat action plans, as south Asia swelters under...
NEW DELHI- India's prime minister on Thursday urged states and federally administered territories to prepare heat action plans, as south Asia swelters under...
India said that deaths in 2020 rose at a slower pace than previous years despite the proliferation of the novel coronavirus, in a...
India is considering restricting wheat exports as severe heat waves have damaged crops, prompting the government to prioritize domestic consumption over supplying the...
BEIJING: Beijing on Wednesday closed around 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of...
MANILA: Philippine presidential candidates were in the provinces on Tuesday to drum up more support as the campaign entered its homestretch, in an...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 4% compared with a year earlier in the quarter ending in March after the Chinese territory...
NEW DELHI: India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past...
TAIPEI: Taiwan announced on Tuesday it was cutting to seven days from 10 mandatory quarantine for all arrivals, its latest relaxation of the...
TOKYO: Japanese mother of three Maiko Takahashi was never one to pinch pennies or accept hand-me-downs for her children even though circumstances for...
TOKYO: Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first time in nearly a decade,...
NEW DELHI: India's electricity demand touched a record high in April as its northern states reeled under the hottest pre-summer months in decades,...
MANILA: Ferdinand Marcos Jr has maintained his wide lead in the Philippines presidential election race in a new survey released on Monday, but...
Manila: Eight people have died, including six children, after a fire tore through scores of homes near the Philippines capital Manila, local officials...
A Shanghai nursing home resident was mistakenly taken to the morgue while still alive, state media reported, as the city's Covid-19 outbreak and...
Seoul: South Korea has loosened rules requiring masks to be worn outdoors as COVID-19 cases drop, but many people are not taking them...
Shanghai/Beijing: China's commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID-19 cases outside areas under lockdown,...
Unprecedented heat waves, which are putting lives, crops and power supply at risk in India, are set to continue in the northwestern and...
BEIJING: A woman was rescued Sunday from the rubble of a building in central China more than 50 hours after it collapsed, leaving...
