The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to frame a new policy for granting compensation for the deaths or loss of limbs caused by the Chinese Manjha within eight weeks. The High Court has asked the government to place the policy in the court.
Thirteen new deaths from a second spell of heavy rain in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa raised the death toll to 59 on Saturday, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
The recent casualties occurred in Shangla and Charsadda districts, adding to the devastation caused by continuous heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms over the past few days.
The heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms have lashed several parts of the country in the past few days, resulting in a total of 39 deaths, out of which 12 occurred on Sunday: six in KP, four in Punjab and two in Balochistan, officials said.
After the medical journal Lancet's claim on the lack of accuracy and transparency in sharing data on health raised concerns, government sources asserted that India has a robust system of documenting births and deaths under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, through the Civil
The announcement, made on the Health Ministry's Telegram channel on Saturday, said that 11,371 of the 33,091 deaths had "incomplete data" -- namely the victim's full name, identity number, date of birth, or date of death
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday condemned the deaths of Indian students in the US and said that the cause of their deaths was more than one, adding that the investigations of two recent cases are underway, with Indian authorities taking up the issue with the concerned authoriti
New Delhi [India], April 10: World Animal Protection is alarmed to note the recent incidents of elephants turning violent in Rajasthan, Kerala and West Bengal and causing bodily damage and human deaths. A Russian tourist was attacked by an elephant in the precincts of Amer Fort in Jaipur rec
One 16th Assam Rifles Maram of Hengbung AR post vehicle on Monday knocked down a local resulting in his death, the press release from Imphal police stated.
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], April 4: In 2022, India faced a challenge, with over 14.1 lakh new cancer cases and more than 9.1 lakh deaths due to the disease. The risk of developing cancer before the age of 75 in India is calculated at 10.6%, with a mortality risk of 7.2%. These numbers
US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to speak today in their first phone call since an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, CNN reported.