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Who is Andy Burnham, the lawmaker seeking to replace Keir StarmerThe 56-year-old politician presents himself as an amiable northern everyman who prefers T-shirts to a suit and tie and spends spare time pl...
What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola as cases outpace responseA rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly in Congo and Uganda. The Bundibugyo virus has no approved treatments. Health workers face challe...
What to know about the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola causing an outbreak in CongoA rare Bundibugyo virus outbreak in Congo, with over 200 deaths, lacks specific treatments or vaccines, complicating response efforts. Whil...
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...
Pompeii victim was likely a Roman physician who fled Vesuvius with his medical kit still in handArchaeologists in Pompeii discovered a physician who died attempting to escape Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, taking his medical kit. Modern tech...
Hantavirus-hit liner reaches Rotterdam, crew being quarantined and ship disinfectedThe MV Hondius arrived at Landtong, a narrow peninsula about 10 km long that is part of Rotterdam port and far from any urban centre. Sever...
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...
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...
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...
Climate crisis is a gender issue, women face higher risks, less representationClimate change disproportionately impacts women, who are often excluded from decision-making despite their crucial roles in crisis response...
UP horror: Woman and lover murder husband, tie him up before slitting his throat; wife sleeps beside body with kidsIn a disturbing incident, a woman and her lover sedated her husband, tied his hands and legs to the cot, before slitting his throat. The wi...
Rahul seeks fair compensation for families of Covid victimsSharing a video from that interaction, the former Congress chief on Saturday tweeted, "Prime Minister, do listen to Pratiksha, who lost her...
7,91,353 claims settled, ex gratia released to kin of Covid victims as on May 27, Govt tells LSA total of 3,171 claims were rejected in Andhra Pradesh.
SC appreciates Centre's stand on ex-gratia assistance for kin of COVID victimsThe apex court had in its June 30 verdict directed the NDMA to recommend within six weeks the guidelines for ex-gratia assistance on accoun...
SC asks Centre if PM-headed NDMA decided on ex-gratia compensation to families of COVID victimsThe Centre, which in its affidavit said that paying ex-gratia compensation was beyond the fiscal affordability and the finances of central ...
Centre lost all sense of balance, responsibility towards people: Congress on ex gratia for Covid victimsIn a tweet on Saturday, the Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, "Power-drunk Modi government has lost all sense of balance...
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...
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 ...
Supreme Court refuses to order uniform ex gratia for Covid victimsA bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and RS Reddy dismissed the plea saying that every state has a different policy and gives compensation as ...
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...