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Railways doubles compensation amount to rail accident victims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 26 (ANI): The Indian Railways on Monday doubled the compensation amount in case of death during accidents w.e.f. from January 1, 2017.
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Odisha: One killed, 10 injured in picnic bus accident
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Nayagarh (Odisha) [India], Dec.26 (ANI): At least one person was killed and 10 others injured on Monday after a picnic bus carrying students met with an accident near Maichheli village of Odisha's Nayagarh district.
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User-friendly designs in medication packaging can reduce probability of er
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Dec.11 (ANI): A recent research published in the journal Human Factors suggests that a simple redesign of medication packages can lead to a decrease in the frequency of patient errors and accidental overdoses.
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Admiral Lanba meets kin of victim of INS Betwa accident
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 6 (ANI): Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba, who arrived here late last night to take stock of the situation, on Tuesday directed that the ship, in due course of time, be made upright and complete her refit to rejoin the fleet.
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SC asks Centre to amend laws to provide harsher punishment for rash, negli
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 6 (ANI): As 1.5 lakh people are killed in 5 lakh road accidents reported every year, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government to amend certain laws to provide harsher punishment for rash and negligent driving.
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INS Betwa accident: Bodies of two missing crew members fished out
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai/ New Delhi [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): The bodies of two missing navy crew members were fished out, while other 14 minor injured were discharged after first-aid at Indian Naval Hospital (INHS) Asvini, after INS Betwa which was undergoing refit at Naval dockyard in Mumbai slipped on dock bl
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PM Modi approves grant of Rs. 3 Lakh for treatment of 'traffic cop mo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved the grant of Rs. three lank from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the treatment of Doris Francis, the mother from Ghaziabad who turned into a 'traffic cop' after she lost her
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3 killed, 6 injured in road accidents due to fog in Uttar Pradesh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Allahabad/ New Delhi [India], Dec. 2 (ANI): At least three people were killed and six other suffered injuries after a truck ran over them in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, due to poor visibility as shallow to moderate fog in parts of the state since last night.
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China: At least 40 dead in power plant construction site accident
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Nanchang [China], Nov. 24 (ANI): At least 40 people were killed after a under construction platform of a power plant's cooling tower collapsed in east China's Jiangxi Province Thursday.
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Kanpur train tragedy: Railway route at accident site now functional
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur [India], Nov. 22 (ANI): In Uttar Pradesh, the railway route at accident site in Kanpur dehat has become functional from last late night hours and passenger trains are now passing through the Pukhrayan route where the accident occurred on Sunday.
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Normal traffic to be restored by midnight, rescue operation on war footing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21(ANI): A day after India witnessed one of its worst train accidents in recent years, the Indian Railways on Monday clarified that initial forecast for restoration of train traffic is late midnight today and added that rescue operations are going on at war footing.
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Kanpur train tragedy: Death toll reaches a staggering 133, frantic search
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur [India], Nov. 21 (ANI): At least 133 passengers were killed while more than 180 persons were injured, out of which nearly 50 are reported to be grievously wounded, in the worst train accident in recent years when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Pukhrayan of Kanpur
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