With decreasing wind speed and a break on odd-even scheme during Guru Nanak Jayanti, the air pollution drew a steep rise with AQI touching 500-mark at several places in the national capital. The situation is likely to worsen as it may enter the 'Emergency' zone today.

A public health emergency has been declared in Delhi and nearby areas by the pollution control body appointed by the Supreme Court, as the air quality dropped to 'emergency' or 'severe-plus' category for the first time since January, on Friday.

A massive 'bomb cyclone' is unleashing the U.S. Rocky Mountain and Plains states leading to high winds and drifting snow that stranded motorists. Following the extreme weather condition, more than 1,300 airline flights has been cancelled.

At least 13 people died in Iran after drinking poisonous alcohol over the past 48 hours, Iran's Emergency Department said on Saturday.

An Indian-origin "serial prank caller" in Singapore who repeatedly made nuisance calls to the police, despite being jailed for the same offence previously, was jailed for three years on Thursday.

Paying rich tributes for late DMK President and former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at the memorial meeting 'Sun that rose in the South,' leaders of various political parties, regional and national, called for the opposition unity against the BJP government at the Centre.

The Department of Atomic Energy's (DAE) centre in Kalpakkam, about 80 km from Chennai, successfully conducted a surprise/unannounced annual site emergency exercise on Monday.

A journalist, author, columnist, human rights activist, diplomat, peacenik and a doughty fighter against the Emergency - Kuldip Nayar saw Indias modern history being made and wrote about it with depth and passion. Though he wore many hats in his long career, he remained a quintessential journalist till his last breath and did not shy away from speaking his mind, including on communal upsurge.

Researchers have developed a simple laboratory score which is safer and faster at diagnosing patients who visit the emergency department with heart attack symptoms.

The World Health Organisation South-East Asia chapter on Sunday commended humanitarian workers across the globe for their life-saving assistance and long-term rehabilitation of communities affected by acute events.