IIT-Mumbai convocation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over three gold medals, 43 silver medals, and 36 Awards for Excellence in Thesis Work to students of Indian Institute of Technology-Mumbai, and delivered the keynote address to repeated applause from the students on Saturday.
Precautions in Erode
Residents move to safe places as Cauvery water enter their area in Bhavani in Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
Paddy transplantation programme begins in Mandya
Agricultural labourers transplant paddy during a programme organised by Janata Dal (Secular) at Seethapura, Pandavapura taluk, in Mandya district of Karnataka on Saturday.
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy's much hyped 'paddy seedlings transplantation' programme begins at Seethapura, Pandavapura taluk in Mandya district district on Saturday.
Under-construction flyover collapses in Basti
A worker being rescued from the debris.
Three persons were injured after a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed in Basti district of eastern Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The flyover is located on National Nighway 28 near Phutaiyya crossing.
Asian Games torch lit in Bandung, Indonesia
Officials lit the 2018 Asian Games torch during the torch relay in Bandung, West Java province on August 11, 2018.
Officials on Saturday lit the 2018 Asian Games torch in Bandung, Indonesia.
Jakarta and Palembang in Sumatra are set to host about 11,000 athletes and 5,000 officials from 45 Asian countries for the August 18 to September 2 Games, the world's biggest multi-sport event behind the Olympics.
Indonesia started with less time than most host countries after it agreed to hold the Games when Vietnam pulled out.
However, officials say they are ready to take the Games in their stride.
- AFP
All 9 passengers in Japan's chopper crash confirmed dead
Investigators work near the wreckage of a Japanese search and rescue helicopter that crashed into the central mountains in Nakanojo, Gunma prefecture, northwest of Tokyo Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018.
All nine people aboard a Japanese search and rescue helicopter that crashed into the central mountains were confirmed dead on Saturday, authorities said.
The Bell 412EP helicopter carrying seven local rescue workers from the Gunma prefecture and two from a flight service company lost contact about an hour after takeoff on Friday and crashed.
Prefectural officials said the last person aboard was retrieved Saturday and pronounced dead.
- AP
Kerala CM and team survey flood affected areas
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and Revenue Minister E. Chandrasekharan to conduct an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and Revenue Minister E. Chandrasekharan have set out from the State capital to survey the flood-ravaged parts of the State. The team were to conduct aerial survey of the entire eastern stretch of the State and will visit the worst-hit areas in Idukki, Wayanad, Kozhikode and Ernakulam.
However, the team was unable to land in Idukki due to the weather conditions. "Bad weather at the decided landing spot near Kattappana in Idukki has forced them to abandon landing," said the CM's office on Twitter. "Now the team is heading towards Wayanad."
California issues evacuation orders
The Holy Fire burns near homes in Lake Elsinore, California, southeast of Los Angeles, on August 10, 2018. - Authorities battling massive wildfires in large swathes of California issued mandatory evacuation orders and health warnings Friday over the worsening air quality as the flames grew ever closer to populated areas.
Authorities battling massive wildfires in large swathes of California issued mandatory evacuation orders and health warnings over the worsening air quality as the flames grew ever closer to populated areas.
After almost a month of wildfires, the National Weather Service warned that satellite images showed “widespread smoke” drifting from the fires into western and central Canada before heading back south in the US Northern Plains.
- AFP
