With one in two children in India experiencing alarming levels of lead poisoning, the government and civil society representatives held consultations with international experts to consider a comprehensive national response to the issue.
The bodies are those of six adults and two children - one below the age of three who had a Canadian passport, and another an infant who was also a Canadian citizen, CBC reported citing the police chief for the nearby Kanien'keha:ka community of Akwesasne, Shawn Dulude.
According to ISPR, two children died during the operation, in which officials alleged that eight people, whom the media wing called "militants" also left two soldiers wounded.
New series of these protests are taking place after the enforced disappearances of Baloch women. On 3rd February Pakistan Army in collaboration with Intelligence agencies forcibly disappeared Rahim Zehri, his mother Mahbas Khatoon, his wife Rasheeda Zehri, and their two children from Gishkor
Five members of a family including two children were killed after the car they were travelling in collided with another vehicle in Gujarat's Vadodara on Friday night.
On Thursday, two women were pulled from the debris in Turkey's southern city of Kahramanmaras, and a mother and two children were rescued in Antakya nine days after the earthquake. The rescue in Antakya came 228 hours after the earthquake, VOA reported citing the state-owned Anadolu news
In a shocking incident, an ex-corporator from the BJP and his wife and their two children - who were suffering from muscular dystrophy - died by suicide in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday evening, said the police.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday took cognisance of the Sitapur incident in which four members of a family, including two children, died of apparent breathlessness after going to sleep with a lantern.
Two children, including a three-year-old girl from Karnataka, were among 14 persons who were rescued from drowning off Goa's beaches and a river over the weekend, which witnessed heavy tourist footfalls ahead of the festive week.
According to Delhi Police, two children sustained minor injuries while the third child is critical. However, the condition of the child who has been admitted to hospital is now stable.