Municipal authorities are finding it difficult to implement the ban on plastic carry bags of thickness less than 50 microns in Thripunithura. Better response is required from the residents to make it a success. The merchants in town had agreed to stop using plastic carry bags below 50 microns but the mission of…
Jayalalitha, 68, who was serving her fifth term as chief minister, suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday night. Dramatic displays of emotion are not unusual in southern Indian politics and Jayalalitha, with her queenly manner and numerous subsidies for the poor, had inspired a cult of personality. Many in Tamil Nadu…
A passenger plane crashed into a steep hillside Wednesday in northern Pakistan, killing all 48 people on board, including one of the country’s most famous recording artists. A senior Pakistan International Airlines official told NBC News that that one of the engines on the plane had developed a technical fault. The…