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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicDeath toll

Topic: Death toll

Bamboo scaffolding, 2,000 housing units: What we know of Hong Kong’s deadly fire

The blaze killed at least 44 residents and left hundreds missing in Hong Kong’s worst residential fire in more than half a century.

NaMo-asana, recommended for Trump & vegan food trucks ‘behind enemy lines’

NaMo-asana, recommended for Trump & vegan food trucks 'behind enemy lines'

The other ‘Operation Sindoor’ making waves in Bihar & Yamraj doesn’t want you to share your OTP

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

At least 184 dead after nightclub roof collapses in Dominican Republic nightclub

The roof collapsed during a Rubby Perez concert, killing the famed singer. The Ministry of Culture will honor him Thursday as a merengue icon and national artistic figure.

Washington plane crash: Fire chief says no survivors likely, 28 bodies pulled out of Potomac River

DC fire chief John Donnelly said he was confident that all bodies would be recovered, though it would take a little bit of time and may involve more equipment.

30 people died in Maha Kumbh stampede, 60 others injured, says UP Police

The tragedy took place when massive crowds gathered to take a holy dip on Mauni Amavasya.

More than 7 killed, 10 injured in stampede at Mahakumbh

PM is closely monitoring the situation & is in contact with state govt. Video & photos after stampede show bodies being taken away on stretchers, people sitting on the ground crying.

Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: 3 more succumb, forest officials suspect fungus-laden crops were cause

Forest officer says elephants are believed to have consumed millet crops that had gathered fungus as villagers stacked them near the fields for several days. Post-mortem report awaited.

Doda, Kathua, Poonch: Security forces lost 51 men in Jammu since 2021, walking into repeated ambushes

This year alone, 11 personnel lost their lives — four Army soldiers in Doda, five soldiers in July in Kathua, one IAF personnel in May in Poonch district and a CRPF personnel in June.

Assam flood toll swells to 46 as eight more dead, 80% of Kaziranga park submerged

Floodwaters of the rain-swollen Brahmaputra & its tributaries have affected over 11 lakh people in 28 districts, inundating roads, villages, embankments & farmlands.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.