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Assam OIL facility fire: Death toll rises to four after injured worker diesA fire incident at an Oil India facility in Dibrugarh, Assam resulted in four fatalities among workers. The blaze occurred during maintenan...
Gambhira Bridge collapse: From Morbi to CSMT, India's long list of falling bridgesThe collapse of the Gambhira Bridge in Gujarat highlights India's persistent struggle with bridge failures. A study reveals over 2,130 brid...
Assam Transport Strike: All public, commercial vehicles to stay off road for two days in protest against new hit-and-run lawA 48-hour strike in Assam halts public transport, protesting a new law on hit-and-run cases. Transporters' unions demand withdrawal, citing...
Assam launches COVID-19 vaccination drive for 15-18 year olds in DibrugarhA total 405 eligible school students would be provided the jabs in the camp organised by Dibrugarh District Administration and District Hea...
Over 23 crore COVID-19 tests conducted in India, cumulative positivity rate 4.98 pcA total of 3,71,43,255 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered through 6,15,267 sessions, as per the provisional report till Thursday...
COVID-19: India's active caseload falls below 1.5 lakh; no fresh deaths in 21 states, UTsThe country reported 78 new Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday, the health ministry said, as it underlined that a steady decline is being obser...
No new deaths due to COVID reported in 17 states, UTs in India: Health ministryA total of 17 states and union territories that have not reported any new deaths in the last 24 hours are Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Pud...
COVID-19: India now 3rd topmost country to give highest doses of vaccineThe ministry said 12 states in India have vaccinated more than 2 lakh beneficiaries each. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 6,73,542 of all ...
India becomes fastest country to reach 4 million COVID-19 vaccination markThe ministry said that 14 states and Union Territories (UTs) have not reported any deaths in the last 24 hours. These states include Arunac...
Over 1.91 lakh people vaccinated on Day 1; no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation reported: Health MinistryThousands of healthcare and sanitary workers at the frontline of India's COVID-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday as Prime Minister...
India's COVID-19 fatality rate at 1.50 per cent, lowest since March 22: Health ministryWith an effective containment strategy, aggressive testing and standardised clinical management protocols based on holistic standard of car...
13 districts with high COVID-19 mortality told to address low testing, ensure timely hospitalisationIn a high-level virtual meeting chaired by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, the eight states were directed to ensure availability of ...
COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 63.13 pc with record 28,472 patients recuperating in 24 hoursThe health ministry said that effective clinical management of COVID-19 cases has led to an improvement in recovery figures while case fata...
COVID-19: India's case fatality rate 'progressively falling', among lowest in worldThere are 29 states and union territories with a case fatality rate (CFR) lower than India's average, with five of them having a CFR of zer...
28 states, UTs ban smokeless tobacco products, spitting due to coronavirusPublic health experts have welcomed the move by the central government to ban the use of tobacco products and spitting in public places to ...
Lockdown Toll: 600 road crashes in first 40 days, 30% victims migrants returning homeAround 57% of deaths were of people driving during the lockdown, with over speeding being the main causes of these crashes, said a report b...
Indian Tea Association (ITA) strongly condemns assault on senior medical officer of Teok tea gardenNothing can justify the perpetrators’ indulgence in the murderous violence and attack which was unleashed on the 73 year old doctor who was...
Day 3 of Assam hooch tragedy: Toll touches 143Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital to check on the victims undergoing treatment.
Mizoram government mulling new drug policy to counter abuseAccording to official sources, 1,234 people have died of drug abuse in the state since 1984 till May 25, this year.
- Ultras kill 12 in Assam
Militants fatally shot 12 people in northeastern India's restive Assam state, stepping up violence ahead of Indian Independence Day celebra...