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- India
Assam floods: 24.9 lakh affected; incessant rains worsen situation
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam worsened on Wednesday following incessant rain, with five more people losing their lives in the deluge and the number of affected people rising to 24.92 lakh,…
- World
Floods kill 82 people in Bangladesh
Dhaka: Floods triggered by heavy seasonal rain and overflowing of rivers in Bangladesh have killed 82 people since last month, authorities said. According to the daily flood report of the Health Emergency…
- Afghanistan
Death toll of devastating Afghan quake climbs to 1,100
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has announced that the death toll in the devastating 6.1-magnitude quake that hit Paktika province earlier this week has increased to 1,100, while the number of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Health dept on alert as Covid cases cross 800-mark
Bengaluru, June 24 (IANS) The Karnataka Health Department is on an alert after the Covid cases in the state breached 800-mark in the last 24 hours. The state reported 858 new Covid…
- India
COVID-19: 12,249 infections, 2300 active cases in 24 hours
New Delhi: India reported 12,249 new coronavirus infections and 13 deaths, while active cases went up by over 2,300 in a 24-hour span, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.…
- India
India’s new Covid cases at 12,213; cross 10K-mark 1st time after Feb 26
New Delhi: India on Thursday reported 12,213 fresh Covid cases in a single-day rise as against the previous day’s count of 8,822 infections, the Union Health Ministry said. This is the first…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP now has 126 active Covid-19 cases
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh now has 126 active cases of Covid-19. On April 29, when the state government issued the last Covid-19 bulletin, the state had 20 active cases of the infection. Over…
- Middle East
Congo fever death toll rises to 27 in Iraq
Baghdad: In Iraq, the death toll due to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever has risen to 27. Authorities, struggling to contain the disease released the data on Saturday. The latest figures reflect the steep…
- Delhi
Delhi reports 622 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in last 24 hrs
New Delhi: Delhi reported 622 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the Delhi government health bulletin on Thursday. With this, Delhi’s COVID-19 tally increased to 19,10,613. The national…
- India
With 7,240 new Covid cases, India reports nearly 40% spike
New Delhi: For a second day in a row, India reported a nearly 40 per cent spike after it registered 7,240 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, against the 5,233…
- World
Covid hospitalisations hit new record high in Aus capital
Canberra: The number of people hospitalised for Covid-19 in Australia’s capital Canberra has hit a new record high, authorities said on Tuesday. According to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Health Department, there…
- Middle East
Amnesty calls on Houthis to release 4 journalists on death sentence
The human rights organization Amnesty International has called on the Houthi group in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, for the immediate release of four Yemeni journalists facing the death penalty, ahead of the appeal hearing,…
- Bangalore
Two dead as heavy rainfall pounds Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Bodies of two labourers were recovered on Wednesday morning as heavy rain pummeled the city throwing life out of gear. Heavy rainfall is likely to continue for three more days, the…
- Delhi
Delhi reports marginal rise in new Covid cases, two deaths
New Delhi: Delhi on Tuesday reported marginal rise at 393 fresh Covid cases, against 377 recorded on the previous day, as well as two new deaths, as per the state government health…
- World
China could see 1.6 mn Covid deaths if curbs are lifted
Taipei: The lifting of zero-Covid policies in China would see a “tsunami” of infections and almost 1.6 million deaths, a study claims, citing in part China’s low vaccination rate among elderly residents,…
