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- India
OREVA group reopened Morbi bridge without informing municipality, sans approval: Civic body tells HC
Ahmedabad: The Morbi municipality has told the Gujarat High Court that the company tasked with renovating the bridge, which collapsed killing 135 people, reopened it without any prior approval and without informing…
- India
10 of 12 bodies recovered from Mizoram stone quarry collapse
Aizawl: A total of 10 bodies have been recovered as of Wednesday after a large portion of a stone quarry in Mizoram collapsed and fell on 12 workers, officials said. The number…
- India
Morbi tragedy: Gujarat HC chastises state govt over nonissuance of tender
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday demanded direct answers and chastised the manner in which the contract for maintenance of a 150-year-old bridge in Morbi, which collapsed on October 30, killing over…
- India
Cough syrup deaths: SC dismisses J-K’s plea against NHRC order on compensation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the Jammu and Kashmir administration against an order of the National Human Rights Commission to pay compensation of Rs 3…
- Health
Over one million deaths in Africa linked to air pollution exposure: Report
Boston: According to a new report published by the US-based research organization Health Effects Institute, nearly the entire African continent faces some of the most severe health impacts in the world due…
- India
Toll in Army helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh rises to 5
Itanagar: The toll in the Army helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh rose to five with the body of the last missing personnel recovered on Saturday, a defence spokesperson said. The advanced light…
- India
India in touch with Gambia over deaths linked to cough syrup
New Delhi: India is in touch with the Gambia in the wake of a WHO report that potentially linked the death of 66 children in that country to four Indian-made cough syrups.…
- World
Bangladesh sees highest daily spike of 8 dengue deaths
Dhaka: Bangladesh has reported eight more fatalities from dengue, the highest daily caseload, bringing the death toll to 83 so far this year. The South Asian country has witnessed a significant spike…
- Pakistan
Death toll from devastating Pakistan floods reaches 1,693
Islamabad: The overall death toll in Pakistan from the devastating floods has increased to 1,693 after 15 new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)…
- World
4 in 5 US pregnancy-related deaths are ‘preventable’: CDC
Los Angeles : Four out of five pregnancy-related deaths in the US are preventable, according to a new report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report…
- India
Bihar: Four arrested in connection with Begusarai mass shooting
Begusarai: Four people were arrested on Friday in connection with the Begusarai mass shooting in Bihar, in which one person was killed and 11 others were critically injured, police said. A 30-year-old…
- Hyderabad
Centre orders preliminary enquiry into Secunderabad e-bike showroom fire
New Delhi: The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has ordered a preliminary enquiry into the fire incident at an electric bike showroom in the Secunderabad area of Hyderabad, a senior government official…
- World
Pak floods: Officials struggle to stop largest freshwater lake from overflowing
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Tuesday struggled to stop the country’s largest freshwater lake from overflowing amid unprecedented floods as their efforts to lower its water levels failed, displacing around 100,000 people in…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Congress protests in front of DPH office against deaths in sterilisation row
Hyderabad: Workers of the Telangana Congress on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the state Director of Public Health and Family Welfare G Srinivasa Rao’s office against the deaths of women…
- India
Dalai Lama mourns loss of lives in Himachal rains
Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has expressed grief over the loss of lives due to incessant rain in Himachal Pradesh. “I offer my condolences to you, to the families who have…
