In a stinging observation, the Kerala High Court (HC) on Wednesday said that the Union Government has "virtually failed" the victims of the 2024 landslides in Wayanad by not exercising its powers to ...

A weather system – southwesterly wind flow associated with the southwest monsoon or "habagat"– has been prevailing over Metro Manila, Visayas, Mindanao, the state-run weather agency said on Thursday.