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Odisha Train Tragedy

by Nikhitha Kumar | Jun 7, 2023 | Safety, Travel

On 2 June, a triple train crash was reported at Bahanaga Bazar Railway station in Balasore, Odisha. The crash involved a goods train and 2 passenger trains, the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express and the Bengaluru-Howrah Express. The deadliest accident in two decades...

Raging Wildfires in Several Canadian Provinces

by Harshitha Paderu | Jun 1, 2023 | Safety, Situation Room, Travel

In April, an ice storm caused severe destruction in Ontario and Quebec, resulting in fatalities and large-scale disruption of power supply. As the month of May set in, temperatures got warmer, and untamable forest fires hit several Canadian provinces, including...

Haiti – On The Edge

by Zaid Mughal | May 17, 2023 | Safety, Situation Room, Travel

On 15 May 2023, United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General António Guterres asked the international community for intervention, warning that Haiti’s tragic situation is endangering the security of the Caribbean and beyond.Guterres urged the international community...

A Race Against Time: Nevado Ruiz Volcano’s Increased Instability

by Nikhitha Kumar | May 3, 2023 | Safety, Travel

Nevado del Ruiz is a stratovolcano in Colombia, located on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in the Andes Mountain range. One of the most active volcanoes in the country, Nevado Ruiz, has been showing increased seismicity over the past few weeks, and...

The 2023 Sudan Crisis: A Power Struggle That Could Turn into A Fight to The Death

by Medha Bhagwat | Apr 19, 2023 | Affaires, Safety, Situation Room

There is no denying the fact that Sudan has confronted numerous coups and long periods of social unrest since gaining independence in 1956. However, the recent burst of violence in its capital, Khartoum, has brought to the world the realities of the North African...

Dog Infected With Bird Flu – Do We Need To Worry?

by Ronald St. John | Apr 14, 2023 | Health, Safety

On 4 April 2023, Canadian media reported that a dog in Oshawa, Ontario, died due to an infection caused by a strain of avian influenza virus (bird flu) known as H5N1. The dog acquired the virus after chewing on an infected dead wild goose. There are no reports of...