Melbourne, April 15 (IANS) Authorities said on Wednesday that 12 more people have died after eastern Papua New Guinea (PNG) was hit by Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila, taking the total reported death toll to 23. Jelta Wong, the Member of Parliament for the Gazelle District in PNG’s East New Britain Province, told The National newspaper that 10 people died when they were buried by a landslide in the remote Lamarain village on Sunday.He said that all 10 bodies were successfully recovered and describ…
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Melbourne, April 7 (IANS) Authorities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon Islands have issued warnings over a Category 3 cyclone that is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flooding.The PNG National Weather Service said in an emergency warning for the eastern Milne Bay Province on Tuesday morning that Tropical Cyclone Maila will cause very heavy rain and flooding, coastal inundation and gale force winds.It said that people in the region, particularly residents of islands in the Solomon Se…
Sydney, Jan 20 (IANS) A man was taken to the hospital on Tuesday morning after he was attacked by a crocodile in the northeast Australian state of Queensland.Emergency services were called to reports of an animal-related incident at a stream near the small town of Ingham, over 1,000 km north of Brisbane in Queensland’s tropical far north, at around 8:40 a.m. on Tuesday.A spokesperson for the Queensland Ambulance Service told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that a man aged in his 20…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Union Minister for Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said on Sunday that India offers a $300 billion investment opportunity across renewable energy generation, storage, green hydrogen, grids and manufacturing by 2030.Addressing the 16th Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the Union Minister added that with stable policies and transparent markets, India continues to remain one of the most attractive destinations f…