At least five people lost their lives and several others were injured following a devastating blast at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Bihar.

Taiwan halted domestic and international transit, closed financial markets, and shuttered schools as severe Typhoon Champi neared landfall with destructive winds and torrential rains.

A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck remote regions of Tibet, killing at least 16 people and displacing over 12,000 residents as emergency crews mobilize.

A probe into the Chorbagan pandal revealed critical hazards, including low visibility and narrow approach corridors that severely compromised crowd evacuation routes.

Widespread rainfall drenched coastal and interior South India on Friday as meteorologists tracked a developing low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal.