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Flood situation further improves as water level recedes in Assam
India | Jul 31, 2019, 07:27 PM ISTA population of 5,18,623 in 691 villages in 26 revenue circles of 12 districts are currently affected by the inundation, according to a bulletin of Assam State Disaster Management Agency (ASDMA).
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Bihar, Assam flood toll touches 174; widespread rains predicted in northern India
India | Jul 23, 2019, 11:19 PM ISTFloods in Bihar and Assam claimed four more lives on Tuesday taking the toll to 174, while two persons were killed due to lightning in Uttar Pradesh, even as the northern states are expected to receive widespread rains in the next few days.
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Indian stand-up comedian Manjunath Naidu to Ian Cognito, entertainers who died on stage during live shows
Celebrities | Jul 22, 2019, 02:37 PM ISTManjunath Naidu died while performing live on stage in Dubai on July 19. This isn't the first time that entertainers have lost their lives while performing live on stage. There have been several unusual deaths on the live stage earlier that have left people shocked to the core.
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49 Japanese encephalitis deaths reported in Assam: Health minister
India | Jul 06, 2019, 03:58 PM ISTA total of 49 deaths and 190 cases of Japanese encephalitis have been reported till July 5 in Assam, where the transmission season is at its peak, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
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Muzaffarpur AES deaths: Youth Congress leaders protest near Union Health Minister's residence in Delhi
India | Jun 27, 2019, 12:45 PM ISTOne more child died in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday due to AES. The recent death took place in the Kejriwal hospital. The death toll has reached 132 in the district.
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17 dead in lightning, rain-related incidents in UP
India | Jun 24, 2019, 09:48 PM ISTAt least 17 people have lost their lives, while 19 others have sustained injuries in various incidents of lightning and excessive rainfall across the state.
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Over 2.4k HIV deaths in Maharashta in 11 months: Health Minister Eknath Shinde
India | Jun 18, 2019, 05:32 PM IST"Between April 1 last year and February this year, 2,460 people have died (of HIV infection) in Maharashtra.
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AES death toll in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district touches 69
India | Jun 15, 2019, 12:27 PM ISTTill date, more than 140 cases of AES have been reported from 11 districts - Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Samastipur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhojpur and Aurangabad.
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Killer borewells: Recent cases of children falling in deadly holes
India | Oct 29, 2019, 08:35 AM ISTIn the past, there have been a number of cases wherein children have fallen into open borewells and massive rescue operations to save them have been undertaken. Mentioned below are some of the cases when children have fallen into borewells.
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Indonesia quake deaths top 130, aid effort intensifies
World | Aug 08, 2018, 01:13 PM ISTAid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 131 people, while rescuers Wednesday doubled down on efforts to find the dead, pulling another body from the rubble
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14 more die in UP rains; toll rises to 106
India | Aug 01, 2018, 04:07 PM ISTAccording to reports, two people were killed each in Farukhabad and Bahraich while one each in Kheri, Raebareli, Lucknow, Kanpur Dehat, Barabanki, Sitpaur and Sultanpur.
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Maharashtra: MNS workers storm government office amid rage over pothole deaths
India | Jul 16, 2018, 11:43 PM ISTAccidents on pothole-riddled roads have claimed five lives in adjoining Thane region since last month.
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Gujarat: 7 killed, 24 injured as truck falls into rivulet
India | Jun 23, 2018, 03:31 PM ISTThe driver of the truck lost control over the vehicle due to which it veered off the bridge and fell into the water body, police said.
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37 die in clash between inmates, police at Venezuelan prison
World | Aug 17, 2017, 07:57 AM ISTAt least 37 people were killed and 14 law enforcement personnel wounded when armed inmates resisted authorities' attempt to impose order at a prison in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas
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Viral fever haunts Kerala, 103 deaths so far
India | Jun 18, 2017, 04:01 PM ISTWith over 100 deaths being reported since January in Kerala due to various types of fevers, the government on Sunday appealed to the people to join the government’s mass sanitation drive on a war footing
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Heart diseases cause the one-third deaths worldwide, study
Lifestyle | May 18, 2017, 01:42 PM ISTCardiovascular diseases is an alarming threat to the global health. A recent study has revealed that heart diseases account for nearly one-third of deaths worldwide.
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NHRC asks Maha govt to explain sexual abuse and deaths of 500 tribal schoolgirls
India | Jan 25, 2017, 09:06 AM ISTThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Maharashtra government to explain reports of sexual abuse and mystery deaths of over 500 tribal girls in state-run ashram schools, an official said here on Tuesday.
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Air pollution claimed over 80,000 lives in Delhi, Mumbai in 2015
India | Jan 19, 2017, 11:34 AM ISTA new study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay has found that air pollution contributed to a total of 80,665 premature deaths of adults over 30 years in Mumbai and Delhi in 2015, a two-fold jump from 1995.
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Around 40 deaths reported since centre launched demonetisation drive
India | Nov 17, 2016, 07:52 AM ISTNearly 40 deaths – including suicides, cardiac arrests in long queues, hospital casualties and a murder in a fit of rage – in the past few days have been attributed to demonetisation.
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90 pc of world population breathing bad air, causing one in nine deaths globally: WHO
World | Sep 27, 2016, 01:54 PM ISTOver 90 per cent of the world’s population is breathing poor quality air, an analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed, with air-pollution responsible for over 11 per cent of deaths globally.