The Japanese government announced its decision to honour former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the country's highest decoration "the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum" posthumously.
The Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services of Puducherry declared a public health emergency in the Karaikal region after an outbreak of acute diarrhoeal cases over the last few days.
The new ozone hole was discovered over the tropics, the area between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn, and has reportedly been there for over 30 years.
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