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Left-wing organisations protest over Sterlite deaths
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 23 (ANI): Left-wing organisations on Wednesday held a joint protest against the death of 12 people during the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. The protest also saw left-wing student bodies such as Democratic Youth Federation of India, All I
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Anti-Sterlite protest: Congress accuses TN govt, police for deaths
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Calling it a massacre, the Congress on Wednesday blamed the Tamil Nadu government and the state police for the killings of protesters during Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi.
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Sterlite Copper expresses sorrow over violence in Tuticorin
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 23 (ANI): Sterlite Copper has released an official statement expressing sorrow and regret over the deaths that took place during the anti-Sterlite protest in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin on Tuesday.
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Undiagnosed hypertension one of leading risk factors for deaths
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes have overtaken communicable diseases as the leading causes of mortality in urban areas, as per a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
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Nipah Virus outbreak: Health Ministry reviews situation in Kerala
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda along with Secretary Health reviewed the situation in Kerala on Sunday, in relation to the deaths which occurred because of the Nipah virus (NiV).
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Gender bias leads to extra 239,000 girl deaths per year in India
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 15 (ANI): Gender discrimination results in "excess" deaths of girls under the age of five per year in India, according to a recent study.
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80 dead in 5 states due to lightning, thunderstorm: MHA
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] May 14 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday said that 80 people were killed and 136 injured due to lightning strike and thunderstorm that hit various states across the country since yesterday.
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President, PM Modi condole thunderstorms deaths
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): President Ramnath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi condoled the deaths due to thunderstorms which struck in various parts of the country on Sunday, claiming 29 lives and leaving scores of people injured.
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After 12 deaths, cops to use drones to catch feral dogs in Sitapur
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 08 (ANI): As stray dogs continue to create a menace in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, the police on Tuesday announced that drones and night vision binoculars will be used to track the feral dogs in the town and adjacent areas.
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Chhattisgarh HM downplays jaundice deaths
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Korba (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 05 (ANI): On being asked about the deaths in Chhattisgarh due to jaundice, state Home Minister Ramsewak Paikra on Saturday gave an irresponsible remark and said, "death is inevitable."
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Shocking: Now, Bihar minister says no deaths in Motihar bus mishap
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Motihari (Bihar) [India], May 04 (ANI): A day after it was reported that 27 people had died after a bus fell into a ditch on National Highway-28, Bihar's Disaster Management Minister, Dinesh Chandra Yadav, on Friday, shockingly said that there were no casualties.
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WHO to member countries: Fast-track efforts to eliminate rabies
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] May 3 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called upon Member States and partners to accelerate efforts to end rabies which causes 59 000 agonizing and painful deaths globally every year, one person every nine minute, mostly children and the poor.
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