China virus toll surges past 1,650
Over 9,400 patients have been discharged since the epidemic began while nearly 530,000 people who had been in close contact with the infected were followed up, with around 30 percent of these still under observation.
Feb 16, 2020, 12:22 PM IST
Coronavirus outbreak: Process for evacuating Indians from China's Hubei province on, says MEA
Indian embassy also opened three hotlines and said the process to evacuate Indians from China's Coronavirus-hit Hubei province underway.
Jan 29, 2020, 18:45 PM IST
Over 140 people feared buried in China landslide
Some 40 homes in the village of Xinmo were swallowed by the cascading debris after the side of a mountain collapsed, blocking a two kilometre (one mile) stretch of river, according to a statement from the Maoxian government news office.
Over 2 lakh people facing water shortage in China
The province has received an average precipitation of 10.5 mm since the beginning of the month, only 10 per cent of the normal volume, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said in a release.
Sep 25, 2016, 07:57 AM IST
21 killed in explosion at power plant in China
The blast occurred at a coal-fired power station in Dangyang city in Hubei.
Aug 11, 2016, 17:48 PM IST
Donate sperm, not kidney, to get the new Apple iPhone 6s
A Chinese sperm bank's online advertisement asking technophiles to donate sperm for fulfilling their dream for Apple's latest offering iPhone 6s has gone viral in China.
Sep 21, 2015, 10:35 AM IST
