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Maha Kumbh: NDRF rescues 22-year-old from drowning in Ganga
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"An incident happened today when a 22-year-old devotee while bathing in the Ganga at Gada Madhav Ghat went into deep water which became uncontrollable due to the strong current and started drowning," read a statement by the NDRF.
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Uttar Pradesh: SDRF rescues youth from drowning in Yamuna at Prayagraj
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel deployed at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj rescued a youth from drowning in the Yamuna River near the Sangam late on Sunday.
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AAP drowning in the quagmire of corruption in Delhi, says Pushkar Singh Dh
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Dhami while addressing the meeting said that while development work was going on rapidly in states with double engine governments, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who was drowning in the quagmire of corruption in Delhi, had not even implemented the schemes launched by the Central Government for th
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Toddler found dead in well in Kerala's Balaramapuram
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
A two-year-old girl, who went missing earlier in the day, was found dead in a well at Balaramapuram here on Thursday, said the police.
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Prayagraj: NDRF conducts mock drill ahead of Mahakumbh; DIG says "fully pr
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
MK Sharma said, "The NDRF is fully prepared for Kumbh. You must have seen how to deal with the kind of challenges we may face. This was a demonstration of the same, including saving drowning people. If a boat capsizes, how to save the people on board, how can we provide a safe environment
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Mother, infant daughter drown as car plunges into Barak River in Assam's C
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The bodies of the mother-daughter duo were recovered during rescue operations carried out by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and local residents.
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"With sustained commitment, collective action, we can ensure that everyone
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries in South East Asia region to strengthen measures to prevent drowning which disproportionately affects children and the vulnerable population, an official release said.
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WHO urges countries in South East Asia to strengthen measures to prevent d
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
According to WHO's first Global status report on drowning prevention, the South-East Asia region reported 83 000 drowning fatalities in 2021, which accounts to 28 per cent of the global drowning burden and contributing substantially to the nearly 30 lives lost to drowning every hour, across
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Five Russian women rescued from drowning in Goa
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Drishti Marine, a lifeguarding agency from Goa rescued five Russian women from drowning on Tuesday off Candolim, Benaulim beaches.
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Karnataka: 3 students drown in pool in Mangaluru; resort owner, manager ar
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Police have arrested the owner and the manager of a resort in Mangaluru, in connection with the drowning of three students from Mysuru at a private beach resort, a senior police official said.
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UP: NDRF trains sailors on rescue ops, safety measures ahead of Maha Kumbh
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Ahead of the Kumbh Mela scheduled for January 2025 in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conducted special training for sailors on Sunday, providing them with detailed instructions on how to carry out rescue and relief operations in the event of drowning i
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Delhi: 13-year-old boy drowns near Rajendra Park
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The local police station received a distress call regarding a young boy who had fallen into the drain. Police personnel from PS Nangloi rushed to the spot and found that a 13-14-year-old boy had slipped into the water.
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