Rare but ruthless: How Hantavirus strikes fast, and should you be concernedA rare hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship has drawn global attention after multiple infections and three reported deaths prompted ...
08 May, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Thalapathy Vijay gets mobbed at Vijayakanth’s funeral: ‘Leo’ star narrowly evades being hit with a slipper!Vijayakanth’s funeral took place in Chennai. The DMDK party founder was admitted to a private hospital after being diagnosed with Covid-19.
29 Dec, 2023, 09.44 PM IST
Amid Covid-19 surge, satellite pictures show crowds at China crematoriums: ReportChina’s government has emphasized that less than 40 people have died of Covid-19 in the country since December 7 when the administration de...
12 Jan, 2023, 09.01 PM IST
Bessie Laurena Hendricks, believed to be oldest in US, passes away at 115Hendricks celebrated her 115th birthday at the home on November 7.
06 Jan, 2023, 08.15 AM IST
Top epidemiologist sounds alarm bells on Covid spike in ChinaAccording to Feigl-Ding, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) goal is "let whoever needs to be infected, infected, let whoever needs to die,...
20 Dec, 2022, 08.42 AM IST
In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes and crematoriums are busyIn recent days in Beijing the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has hit services from catering to parcel deliveries. Funer...
18 Dec, 2022, 05.54 PM IST
In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep upAfter declaring that the Omicron strain has weakened, and unprecedented public protests against a zero-COVID policy championed by President...
17 Dec, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II tests Covid positive after attending Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. Read to knowThe Danish Royal Palace announced that 82-year-old Queen Margrethe II had canceled her official duties after testing positive for the coron...
22 Sep, 2022, 11.44 PM IST
'So many bodies piled up': Hong Kong funeral services overwhelmed by COVIDSince the fifth wave of coronavirus hit the former British colony this year, it has reported more than a million infections and more than 8...
06 Apr, 2022, 06.57 AM IST
Tamil Nadu announces further relaxation of Covid-19 curbs; allows political, cultural gatheringsHowever, people should continue to follow Covid preventive measures such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing, and get vaccin...
02 Mar, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
Cost of death: How and why funeral rates have gone up across this Covid-wracked countryThe past few weeks have been harrowing for the 49-year-old funeral arranger at Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan cremation ground. There were days wh...
22 May, 2021, 11.00 PM 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
Prince Philip will not have a state funeral or lie in state"The funeral will not be a State Funeral and will not be preceded by a Lying-in-State. His Royal Highness's body will lie at rest in Windso...
09 Apr, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
Love, loss & recovery: Flowers find meaning beyond Valentine's Day this FebruaryThe $35 billion floral industry is perhaps more involved in family joy, grief and milestones than any other.
09 Feb, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
With Google Meet and Zoom cremations, the pandemic has changed the way people mourn and honour the deadAs the world passes the grim milestone of over one million people dying of Covid-19, remembering, honouring and sanctifying the dead has be...
29 Sep, 2020, 10.54 AM IST
Southern states take key steps for Covid funeralsTelangana and Karnataka are also creating facilities for the scientific disposal of used personal protection equipment (PPE) kits worn by h...
11 Jul, 2020, 07.51 AM IST
Muslim men at the forefront of arranging funerals of Covid victims in Bhavnagar“People are scared and more often than not, refuse to even touch the bodies of their dead kin,” says Kalvaa, who had started helping the po...
14 Jun, 2020, 07.55 PM IST