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Bikaner-Guwahati train accident: Death toll rises to 9; ex-gratia payment announced
The death toll in the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train accident has risen to nine and as many as 36 people have been injured in the accident
14 Jan 2022 1:52 PM
Active COVID-19 cases in country increase to 1,61,334
An increase of 345 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours
29 Oct 2021 10:18 AM
India reports 38,667 new coronavirus cases, 478 fresh fatalities
The ministry said the country has now reported less than 50,000 daily new cases for 48 consecutive days
14 Aug 2021 10:55 AM
Active COVID-19 cases register increase for second consecutive day
An increase of 4,404 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours
29 Jul 2021 11:05 AM
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena asks Bollywood stars to help flood-affected people
In 2019 too, the MNS had blasted the Bollywood starts for ‘turning their back’ to the plight of flood victims in the state
26 Jul 2021 9:16 AM
India records 2.57 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 4,194 fatalities
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in the country surged to 2,30,70,365
22 May 2021 11:12 AM
Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Death toll rises to 28
Operation ongoing to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a swamped tunnel at the Tapovan power project
09 Feb 2021 12:13 PM
Record spike in virus cases in US as states push ahead with reopening
Many state health officials partly attribute the increase to gatherings over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in late May
15 Jun 2020 10:24 AM
Pakistan puts foot down on safety breaches as coronavirus cases top 100,000
Pakistan has been setting records for the number of new daily infections over the last 10 days, partly reflecting increased testing
08 Jun 2020 3:53 PM
Global coronavirus death toll tops 3,75,000
United States recorded most deaths, with 105,160, ahead of Britain with 39,045, Italy with 33,475, Brazil with 29,937 and France at 28,833
02 Jun 2020 1:23 PM
Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses Spain's
Brazil is second in the number of confirmed cases, though trailing far behind the United States which has 1.7 million infections
30 May 2020 11:02 AM
Patient tally continues to fall in France
Two weeks after lifting lockdown, France had an increase of 0.2%, below the average 0.3% increase of the past seven days in new virus cases
24 May 2020 3:43 PM
Cyclone Amphan death toll rises to 85 in Bengal, residents protest over basic needs
People in various parts of Kolkata staged protests and blockades since Friday night demanding immediate resumption of power and water supply
23 May 2020 3:33 PM
Virus hits young people harder in Brazil
A closer look at the data from Brazil raises questions about the widely held idea that COVID-19 is mainly dangerous for the elderly
22 May 2020 12:53 PM
Coronavirus tally in India nears 1 lakh, deaths cross 3,000
A record jump of 5,242 cases in the last 24 hours
18 May 2020 10:48 AM
India's covid19 infections cross 70,000-mark, death toll rises to 2,293
Of the 2,293 deaths, Maharashtra accounts for the highest number of fatalities at 868
12 May 2020 10:52 AM
Italy tops 30,000 coronavirus deaths
Compared to Italy, only United States and Britain have seen more deaths from the virus
09 May 2020 3:43 PM
Brazil emerges as next big coronavirus hotspot
New cases rose roughly 9.2% over the last 24 hours, while deaths increased roughly 7.8%
07 May 2020 12:58 PM
Coronavirus infects 90k frontline healthworkers across the globe
International Council of Nurses reveal the disease has killed more than 260 nurses, as per data from 30 countries
07 May 2020 12:38 PM
Italy begins to emerge from world's longest nationwide lockdown
Italy's staggered reopening is complicated by a highly decentralised system that allows the country's 20 regions to layer on their own rules
04 May 2020 8:50 AM
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