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TopicMystery deaths

Topic: mystery deaths

Fever to death in 48 hrs: Govt gropes in dark as mystery disease grips Haryana village, water under lens

Villagers say 20 have died in 1 month in Chhainsa, govt doctors say death toll is 7. As cause of deaths yet to be identified, doctors testing villagers for Hepatitis B, C & HIV & also testing water.

In Jammu’s Budhal, fear grips villagers in wake of 17 ‘mysterious deaths’ in 45 days

MHA has formed inter-ministerial team, while J&K Police has formed SIT to probe cause of deaths of 17 members of three interrelated families in Budhal between 5 Dec and 19 Jan.

8 dead in 6 months & now a Russian tycoon’s ‘suicide’ — mystery deaths of Putin critics in 2022

Millionaire Pavel Antov was found dead in Odisha's Rayagada on 24 December. Multiple top executives of Russian state-owned Gazprom died under suspicious circumstances this year.

Daughter of Russian sausage tycoon, Putin critic ‘consented’ to his cremation in Odisha

Chats recovered from phones of Pavel Antov, his deceased fellow traveller Vladimir Bidenov & travel agent show they planned trip last month and were to visit Assam after Odisha.

Ruptured lung, fractured ribs — autopsy report says Russian millionaire suffered internal injuries

Pavel Antov allegedly jumped from hotel terrace in Odisha hours after Bidenov, with whom he was sharing a room, was cremated. Latter's autopsy report show serious heart conditions.

No injuries or blood found on body of Russian tycoon who died mysteriously in Odisha hotel

'No viscera sample was preserved' for Antov who was found dead at hotel in Rayagada on 24 Dec, 2 days after death of friend Bidenov. State Crime Branch is investigating the deaths.

7,500 people examined, but no one knows who wielded knife that killed Shobhit Modi 11 yrs ago

The engineering student was stabbed near his home in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj in 2011. Police closed the case in 2018 after an extensive probe, but family says they'll ‘never have closure’.

The ‘poisoned’ prince of Bhowal who rose from his pyre, became a sanyasi & reclaimed his kingdom

Kumar Ramendra Narayan Roy ‘died’ in 1909, but an ascetic claiming to be the man surfaced over a decade later, saying his wife conspired to poison him. His ‘death’ remains a mystery.

‘Shocking and startling facts’ revealed about the Delhi Zoo in a govt report

Charges levelled include mysterious deaths, no postmortems, illegal capturing and housing of animals, manipulation of records and criminal conspiracy.

Scrub typhus, the disease that killed Lt Gen Jaggi, is one of the most under-diagnosed in Asia

A rare bacterial infection spread through insect bites can kill through mutliple-organ failure and is on the rise in India.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.