Year: 2020

7000 fire fighters fail to control California wildfire

7000 fire fighters fail to control California wildfire

A pilot died while responding to California’s Hills Fire earlier this week, as thousands of emergency personnel work to extinguish others burning across the state. The pilot, who remains unidentified in official reports, became the first casualty of California’s latest string of wildfires when an emergency Call When Needed helicopter

COVID-19:Meghalaya to close all entry points from September

COVID-19:Meghalaya to close all entry points from September

With an aim to relax the burden of the Covid-19 frontline workers, the state government of Meghalaya on Thursday decided to close all the entry points to the hill state for one week every month starting from September. Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma, in his tweeter handle, said, “Government has