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Topic: Deaths

7 more dead in Maharashtra govt hospital, claims ex-CM Ashok Chavan, toll 31 in 48 hours

A three-member expert committee of the Aurangabad district has been formed to look into the deaths.

Heavy rains flood Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul, death toll rises to 36

Weather forecaster Climatempo said that even though showers had stopped on Tuesday, they were expected to return and continue till Sunday.

Seven, including 2 children, die by electrocution during Rath Yatra in Tripura’s Unakoti

The incident happened Wednesday afternoon in Uttar Pabiacherra, Kumarghat, during the 'Ulta Rath Yatra' or return car festival organized by ISKCON, the police said.

Titanic’s calamitous end made headlines in 1912. Here’s why we are obsessed with it even now

‘Titanic exhibitions’ in New York, Seville and Hong Kong attract huge crowds, and people also take life risks to experience the wreckage in cramped submersibles.

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board to look into submersible implosion, investigate circumstances and safety regulations

Questions about the OceanGate-owned submersible's safety were raised in 2018 during a symposium of industry experts, and in a lawsuit filed by the company's ex-head of marine operations.

Crematorium, hospital in UP’s Ballia fill up as heatwave scorches town

The deaths in Ballia have triggered a row as the UP government replaced a district health official for citing heat as the cause of deaths.

2 dead in India from H3N2 influenza virus, 90 cases so far in country

One person died in Karnataka, the other in Haryana, according to reports.

How excess rainfall & not illegal salt mining caused the mass bird deaths at Sambhar Lake in 2019

In 2019, people in Rajasthan witnessed a strange phenomenon — birds dying by thousands around Sambhar Salt Lake. New research now shows how rainfall helped toxic bacteria thrive there.

Noida pharma company linked to Uzbekistan deaths halts cough syrup production, says report

Drug maker Marion Biotech said it regretted the deaths and informed about the govt conducting an enquiry. 'We'll take action as per report,' the company's legal representative said.

At least 20 killed as 5.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia’s West Java province

At the epicentre Cianjur, several homes and an Islamic boarding school were damaged. The national disaster agency has reported 14 deaths while a local official noted 300 injuries.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.