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2024 Wayanad Landslides
The 2024 Wayanad landslides were a series of landslides that occurred in Punjirimattom, Mundakkai, Wayanad, Mundakkai, Chooralmala, and Vellarimala villages in Meppadi panchayat, Vythiri taluk in Wayanad district, Kerala, India in the early hours of 30 August 2024. The landslides were caused by heavy rains that caused hillsides to collapse, destroying the areas below. The disaster was one of the deadliest in Kerala's history, with reports of over 336 fatalities, 397 injuries, and 78 people missing. Deforestation, seismic sensitivity, poor building construction, and global warming have been identified as possible causes for the landslides and fatalities. Many government agencies such as the armed forces, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), fire and rescue services, and forest and wildlife authorities, as well as volunteers, launched a large-scale rescue mission to search for survivors. Background Wayanad is at risk of landslides during monsoon seasons. Located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In India
The Republic of India uses only one time zone (even though it spans across two geographical time zones) across the whole nation and all its territories, called Indian Standard Time (IST), which equates to UTC+05:30, i.e. five and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). India does not currently observe daylight saving time (DST or summer time). The official time signal is given by the Time and Frequency Standards Laboratory. The IANA time zone database contains only one zone pertaining to India, namely ''Asia/Kolkata''. The date and time notation in India shows some peculiarities. Background History Ancient India The 4th century CE astronomical treatise Surya Siddhanta postulated a spherical earth. The book described the thousands years old customs of the prime meridian, or zero longitude, as passing through '' Avanti'', the ancient name for the historic city of Ujjain, and ''Rohitaka'', the ancient name for Rohtak (), a city near the Kurukshetra. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
