Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass bleaching of its corals that was among the worst on record.

The devastating cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district claimed four lives, while many others, including 11 Army personnel were missing. Rescue operations are underway.

In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court has stripped criminal matters of the roster of a Allahabad High Court judge “till he demits office” after he “erroneously” upheld summons of criminal nature in a civil dispute.