Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday declared mucormycosis (black fungus) as an epidemic disease. This move comes about as the state has reported an increase in the number of black fungus cases since the detection of the first one May 10 in a 71-year-old male patient....
Ahmedabad: As many as 53 people have lost their lives in incidents related to cyclone Tauktae in different parts of Gujarat, officials said Thursday. Most of the casualties were due to incidents of wall collapse due to the cyclone, which made a landfall Monday night...
Mumbai: The death toll in the barge tragedy near Bombay High Fields increased to 37 with 11 more bodies recovered and brought to shore, officials said here Thursday. On Wednesday, at least 26 persons on board the drifting Barge P305 were found dead in the...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: ‘Cyclone Yaas’ is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around May 25, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Wednesday. Then it is likely to move north-westwards and reach West Bengal and adjoining Odisha coasts May 26 evening. There are enough indications...
New Delhi: India broke its own previous record of Covid deaths in 24 hours after the the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Wednesday said the nation recorded 4,529 deaths -- the highest number of fatalities from Covid infection. There were 2,67,533 new cases...
Bhubaneswar: After the nationwide crunch of remdesivir, a new challenge has come up for the state government and private health setups in the form of a massive shortage of amphotericin and other important drugs that are found useful for the treatment of black fungus. According...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended the lockdown in the state. Amid growing concern over the increasing daily Covid-19 cases, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra Tuesday announced that the lockdown has been extended till June 1 morning. During this period, the earlier relaxation of six...
Ahmedabad: Four people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pounded parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the western coast, officials said Tuesday. The landfall process of the eye of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae, which hit the...
Mumbai: Very severe cyclonic storm ‘Tauktae’ with winds gusting up to 185km per hour began making landfall on the Gujarat coast Monday night. Prior to landfall, Cyclone Tauktae dumped heavy rains on this city. It has already forced the evacuation of over 1.5 lakh people...
Kolkata: A special CBI court on Monday granted bail to two West Bengal ministers, a TMC MLA and a former minister arrested by the central investigating agency in connection with the Narada sting tape case. Special CBI court judge Anupam Mukherjee granted bail to senior...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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