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Beyond the body: The deeper reality connecting science and spiritualityModern science reveals we are cosmic dust, our bodies composed of stardust formed billions of years ago. This understanding highlights our ...
Why Vikings Buried Their Horses With Them, and What Archaeologists Just Found Is SurprisingNew Viking discoveries in Sylta, Sweden, has offer a glimpse into ancient life. Over 500 iron artifacts linked to horse gear were unearthed...
Manipur Violence: 23 bodies buried, another burial likely next weekA mass burial was conducted in Phaijang village, Manipur, for the bodies of 23 individuals who died during ethnic clashes. Four of the bodi...
Manipur violence: SC issues direction for ensuring burial or cremation of bodiesThe Supreme Court has issued directions for ensuring burial or cremation of bodies lying in mortuaries in Manipur, where ethnic clashes had...
Family to fulfil Chandy's wish for a common man's burial without state honoursBurials or cremations of former chief ministers of the state are usually held with full state honours after the performance of religious ri...
Bodies floating on Ganga: NGT asks UP, Bihar govts to inform number of human corpses found in riverThe tribunal sought to know whether any criminal case was registered and any prosecution was launched against any person for violation of t...
Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea against overcharging for cremations, ambulancesThe bench said the petitioner, a Delhi-based NGO trust, has referred in the plea about recommendations of the National Human Rights Commiss...
Surat's death data suggests official tally of COVID fatalities is too lowThe data, gathered from site visits and logs reviewed by Reuters, shows the facilities buried or cremated more than 6,520 bodies in April 2...
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...
Covid-19 or not, floating body in river a custom in many villagesTradition plays a big role behind people dumping the bodies in the Ganga, said MP Singh, the district magistrate of Ghazipur where at least...
Plea to increase cremation, burial sites in national capital: HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt standA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi government, National Disaster Management ...
Karnataka releases Rs 571 crore to district administrations for COVID-19 managementAimed at relieving the pressure on crematoriums and burial grounds, Karnataka government on Wednesday had permitted cremation or burial of ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Blocking burial or cremation of victims of notified disease to attract 3-yr jail term in Tamil NaduThe move comes in the wake of public protests against the burial of two doctors who died of COVID-19 in the city recently, with one of them...
Meghalaya HC orders action against those hindering burial, cremationA division bench of Justice HS Thangkhiew and Justice W Diengdoh said any person, local body or Dorbar Shnong (local chieftain) or organisa...
- Eco-friendly cremations gaining acceptance in China
Cremation of the deceased instead of traditional practice of burials is gaining increasing acceptance in China with nearly 50 per cent of t...
Eco-friendly cremations gaining acceptance in ChinaChina is promoting eco-friendly burials ahead of the traditional Qingming holiday, when Chinese pay respect to their dead ancestors.
AP government to distribute 1 lakh acres land to poor on November 1Andhra Pradesh government has drawn up a plan to distribute one lakh acres of land to landless poor in the state on November 1, a state min...