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Mexico: 112 people killed due to extreme temperatures since March
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
As per the health secretariat's report, the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon was hit the hardest with 64 deaths confirmed. Dozens of deaths were also reported across Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sonora, and Campeche.
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Ulta Rath Yatra tragedy: Tripura CM orders magisterial enquiry into electr
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In the incident, seven people, including three children and three women, were electrocuted to death during the 'Ulta Rath' while 16 people sustained injuries.
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Easier access to opioid medicines could lower opioid-related deaths: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to a Rutgers study, increasing access to prescribed opioid medications may reduce opioid overdose mortality in the United States.
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Six dead, 10 injured in Himachal floods
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Principal Secretary said that they have received reports of six deaths, ten injuries, and 303 animal deaths so far. He further added that the loss due to rain is expected to be Rs 3 crore.
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NHRC issues advisory to Centre and states to stop suicides in prisons, see
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Commission has observed that most of the unnatural deaths of prisoners occur due to suicide. Therefore, besides focusing on their mental well-being to stop suicides, the Commission has emphasized that the barracks as well as the toilets should be kept free of objects because most suicide
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Mansukh Mandaviya chairs meeting with States and UTs to assess heat-relate
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Effective disaster response and management is a collaborative work and with coordinated actions between the Centre and states, it can be ensured there are no deaths due to heatwaves, Mandaviya said on Wednesday.
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Mansukh Mandaviya to review heatwave preparedness with affected states tod
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will review heatwave preparedness with the affected states over a video conference at noon today, informed health department sources.
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee objects to Governor's decision to observe S
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mamata Banerjee said West Bengal was carved out of the undivided State of Bengal in 1947 through a most painful and traumatic process that involved the uprooting of millions of people across the border, resulting in deaths and displacement of innumerable families.
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"Govt should improve electricity system": Mayawati targets UP govt over de
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh over the rising heatwave deaths and said that it should improve the electricity supply immediately.
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Patients coming for treatment complain of chest pain, difficulty in breath
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"Most of the patients who are coming for treatment complain that they first had chest pain, difficulty in breathing, and then fever. We are getting urine tests, blood tests, and other tests done. The rest of the patients came to the hospital out of fear and panic," said Dr AK Singh.
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Uttar Pradesh: No "concrete" evidence to link deaths in Ballia to ongoing
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"We do not confirm the reports of people falling ill and dying due to heatwave. Had it been true, similar deaths would have also been reported from other districts which have been recording similar day temperatures in the past few days. No such complaint has come from there," Dr Singh, Healt
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UP: CM Yogi takes cognizance of death of tigers in Dudhwa, directs for inq
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to an official statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office, CM Yogi on Thursday directed officials to conduct an investigation into the untimely deaths of big cats and sought a detailed report on the same.
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