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Why insurers won’t save a heating world from floods and fire

Anyone who’s tried to put in a claim knows insurance isn’t charity. If it becomes too expensive to cover losses for natural disasters, insurers will pull back toward areas that are profitable.

Three patients die in fire at private hospital in Thane

The fire broke out at the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa in Mumbra locality near Thane at 3.40 am. There were no coronavirus patients in the hospital. said an official.

13 Covid-19 patients die in hospital fire in Maharashtra’s Palghar

The fire was preceded by an explosion in the AC unit of the intensive care unit, District Disaster Control Cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said.

5 dead in fire at Pune’s Serum Institute, officials say Covishield production won’t be hit

SII official says Covishield vaccines are safe and the manufacturing site is also unaffected after fire breaks out at the Serum Institute's Manjari facility, which is under construction.

Fire in wood godown kills man in Delhi’s Mundka on Diwali night

Fire incidents were also reported from two West Bengal districts where nearly 50 shanties were gutted on Diwali night. No casualties were reported.

Oil tanker authorities ignored warnings of possible fire from crew, Sri Lanka court told

The MT New Diamond, carrying two million barrels of crude oil from Kuwait to India, caught fire off the Sri Lankan coast on 3 September, killing one crew member and injuring another.

Oil tanker in Sri Lankan waters catches fire again, Indian Navy joins containment efforts

The MT New Diamond, which was transporting crude oil from Kuwait to India, caught fire on 3 September, killing one Filipino crew member and injuring another.

Opposition leads protest against Pinarayi Vijayan government over Kerala Secretariat fire

The protesters alleged that Tuesday's fire was a 'move to destroy the files' related to the gold smuggling case. Kerala govt has said that none of the important files were destroyed.

Opposition alleges destruction of Kerala gold smuggling files after fire at secretariat

The Congress demanded an NIA probe into the matter while BJP state chief K Surendran courted arrest for forcefully entering the secretariat complex soon after the fire broke out.

California fights ‘historic’ fires as 1.4 million acres burn in more than 7,000 blazes

The burned acreage in California this year is 25 times larger than a year ago. Firefighters are currently battling 625 blazes.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.