Hantavirus outbreak: How an African lab identified the deadly Andes strainA hantavirus scare aboard a cruise ship off Cape Verde prompted a rapid scientific response, with researchers in Senegal quickly identifyin...
22 May, 2026, 01.12 PM IST
Bengaluru, India's IT capital, has highest dowry-related cases among metro cities: NCRB reportBengaluru leads metropolitan cities in dowry-related cases with 878 incidents reported in 2024, accounting for 87% of metro cases. Delhi, h...
09 May, 2026, 03.44 PM IST
Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak: What is Andes strain? Symptoms, mortality rate, treatment, vaccines and all details you need to knowHantavirus Andes strain update: A deadly Andes strain hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship has resulted in three deaths...
07 May, 2026, 10.09 PM IST
Who is Xu Zewei, alleged Chinese hacker extradited by the FBI from Italy?The FBI has brought alleged China-linked hacker Xu Zewei to the United States. FBI Director Kash Patel stated his recent Italy trip was vit...
29 Apr, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
HC directs Delhi govt to pay Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to kin of COVID-19 victimThe Delhi High Court has directed the city government to pay Rs 50,000 ex gratia to the family of a man who died from COVID-19 complication...
11 Feb, 2024, 12.28 PM IST
Congress demands revising COVID-19 death toll in Assam; demand compensation of Rs 4 lakh for victims kinAccusing the government of going to great lengths to hide the actual death figures, Saikia wrote, "We demand a detailed survey to create an...
27 Nov, 2021, 04.35 PM IST
India's first memorial for Covid-19 victims installed in TelanganaProject Madad believes that "India cannot afford to forget" the near and dear ones lost in this crisis nor let down the caution against COV...
12 Nov, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
Pleas in SC seek Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kin of those who died of COVID-19The apex court was hearing two separate pleas seeking directions to the Centre and states to provide Rs 4 lakh compensation to the families...
24 May, 2021, 02.16 PM IST
PIL for transportation, cremation of COVID-19 victims: HC seeks Delhi govt's standThe petitioner, advocate Mujeeb Ur Rehman, claimed that apart from a lack of medical facilities, the people of Delhi are also suffering fro...
17 May, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
Maharashtra: Social group ensures dignified farewell to COVID-19 victimsA social welfare group is working round-the-clock with the Pune civic body to give a dignified farewell to COVID-19 victims, irrespective o...
27 Apr, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Meet Varsha Verma, who ferries bodies of COVID-19 victims to graveyards for free in LucknowDuring the course of the day, there are countless trips to the crematorium, sometimes from Lohia to KGMU, sometimes to Baikunthadham or Gul...
22 Apr, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Delhi crematoriums, graveyards struggle to manage resources as Covid-19 kills 409 in just 13 days"At this rate, we will run short of land in a month," he tells at the Qabristan Ahle Islam near ITO. "Since last week, on an average 10-15 ...
14 Apr, 2021, 09.08 PM IST
Chhattisgarh: Morgues overflow with bodies of COVID-19 victimsIn some videos on social media, bodies were seen lying on stretchers outside the mortuary of Raipur's Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Hospital (DB...
13 Apr, 2021, 02.24 PM IST
Burial of coronavirus victims turns a logistical challenge for Bengaluru’s BBMPCivic officials ET spoke with said the city’s graveyards are congested places with small entry gates, making it difficult for earthmovers t...
29 Jul, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
In Mumbai, the wait to cremate the dead is only getting longerOut of four electric crematoriums in eastern suburbs, two have not been functioning for the past two weeks; other two running beyond capaci...
14 Jun, 2020, 11.15 AM IST
Authorities in Tripura have a tough time disposing bodies of COVID-19 victimsA 50-year-old woman had allegedly committed suicide in a quarantine centre in the state capital Agartala. Tripura’s Law Minister and govern...
03 Jun, 2020, 10.32 PM IST
COVID-19: No transmission via dead bodies, BMC tells Bombay High CourtThe affidavit was filed by the BMC in response to a plea filed by a group of suburban Bandra residents seeking an order restraining burial ...
19 May, 2020, 07.12 PM IST