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HC notice on pesticide poisoning:Maharashtra govt orders probe into farmers’ deaths in Yavatmal.
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Division bench consisting of Justice Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Justice Swapna Joshi issued notice to respondents on a petition filed by social activists Jammu Anand, Haribhau Gulhane and Ambedkarite Party of India, directed them to file reply by October 30. The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court issued notice to State Agriculture Secretary, Agriculture.Commissioner and Yavatmal Collector on the petition...
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Devendra Fadnavis chopper crash lands in Latur, CM and all on board escapes unhurt.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis chopper on Thursday crash landed in Nilanga in Latur. Fadnavis and his team escaped unhurt. "Our helicopter did meet with an accident in Latur but me and my team is absolutely safe, nothing to worry", tweeted Fadnavis.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.courtesy:NMTV
A Maharashtra Sikorsky helicopter VT-CMM took off from Nilanga SE of Latur at 1200...
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Major cave-in on Chennai’s Anna Salai:traps bus and car in giant crater.
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In a shocking incident, a state-run bus and a car met with an accident after Chennai’s prominent Anna Salai caved in on Sunday.
Visuals from Anna Salai show a Honda City car and the MTC bus trapped in a huge crater that had suddenly formed on the road near the Church Park school.
According to sources , the bus and a...
An inferno burned early Sunday in a high-rise tower complex being built alongside Dubai's largest mall, its thick black smoke shrouding the world's tallest building nearby in this desert metropolis.
The site is next to the Dubai Mall and near the 63-story The Address Downtown Dubai tower, which was heavily damaged in a fire on New Year's Eve on 2015.
Sunday's...
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WHO:300 million people suffer from depression and mental health issues:800,000 commit suicide yearly.
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Depression is a common illness worldwide, with more than a whopping 300 million people affected according to World Health Organisation (WHO). Depression is different from usual mood fluctuations and short-lived emotional responses to challenges in everyday life.
Especially when long-lasting and with moderate or severe intensity, depression may become a serious health condition. It can cause the affected person to...
The process of naming a storm is the only most interesting thing in those dangerous situations. The same happened with Debbie which tore through parts of northeastern Australia this week.
Debbie started life as a tropical low off Queensland state, but formed into a cyclone just after Caleb - another weather system brewing off Western Australia - fizzled out.
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Howling winds, heavy rain and huge seas pounded Australia's northeast on Tuesday, damaging homes, wrecking jetties and cutting power to thousands of people as Tropical Cyclone Debbie tore through Queensland state's far north.
Cyclone Debbie tore through Queensland causing flooding and bringing down power lines as winds reached more than 160mph at tourist resorts along the world-famous Great Barrier Reef.The...
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Indian cities may face deadly heatwaves due to global warming: increasing droughts, heatwaves and floods:scientists
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‘Heat stress’,the effect on the human body,rises at a faster rate than temperature, partly because warmer air can hold more moisture. Humid air absorbs more liquid at a slower rate so human’s main method of cooling down, sweating, is less effective.
Global megacities like Kolkata could face annual deadly heat waves like the one that claimed over 2,000 lives in...
In Australia, another case of racial assault has been raised. An Indian Man from Kerela was allegedly assaulted by a group of Australian teenagers who had commented some racial abuses to the man at a Restaurant in Hobart.
Li Max Joy, a 33-year-old nursing student and working as a part-time taxi driver in Australia, alleged that a group of teenagers which included...
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Andhra Pradesh woman Techie, young son, found dead in New Jersey home:probe launched.
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A female Indian software professional and her seven-year-old son were murdered in the US, the deceased woman's family has alleged.
The Andhra Pradesh-based family said the 40-year-old N Sasikala and her son, Anish Sai, were found dead at their New Jersey home.
Sasikala’s husband N. Hanumantha Rao found the bodies when he returned home from work on Thursday evening.
According to information...