More than 130 schools in the southern Indian state of Karnataka's capital Bengaluru were closed Thursday after three leopards strayed into the campus of one of the schools in the last three days.
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Indonesians were shocked upon the acquittal of compensation of a firm identified of having committed forest fire in South Sumatra.
Six people were dead while two others were seriously injured in s forest fire in Java Island of Indonesia on Sunday, a senior official said Monday.
Indonesia is facing uphill to deal with forest fire that massively engulfing forest areas in at least eight provinces in Sumatra and Kalimantan as the El Nino weather continues to ensue across the country, risking the health of millions of people.
The Indonesian government has taken legal action against companies allegedly involved in causing forest fire in the country that triggered haze enveloping Singapore and Malaysia, police said here on Tuesday.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has pledged a decisive commitment to tackle the devastating forest fire problem in Sumatra, planning to strengthen legal basis to protect the forest and peatland areas.
A forest fire that has raged in east China's Shandong Province since Thursday afternoon was contained on Friday morning. No casualties were reported and hundreds of locals have been evacuated to emergency shelters nearby.
More than 1,000 people are trying to put out a forest fire which broke out on Monday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Tuesday.
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