Authorities in India’s southern Kerala region have issued a statewide alert after a case of the Zika virus was confirmed, officials said Friday. A further 13 suspected cases were being investigated, state health minister Veena George said. A 24-year-old pregnant woman was found to be infected with the mosquito-borne disease …
Read More »Fire at Indian chemical factory kills 18
Eighteen people were killed in a fire on Monday at a chemical factory in the western Indian city of Pune, police said. The police said 20 people had survived the blaze and the charred bodies of all those killed had been recovered. An inquiry has been ordered by the district …
Read More »At least 11 dead, 1000s evacuated as flash floods hit western India.
At least 11 people have been killed and six are missing after the western Indian city of Pune and its neighboring areas were hit by heavy rain and flash floods, a government official said on Wednesday. More than 28,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas and the local administration …
Read More »India wall collapse kills 15, including two children.
Fifteen people, including two children, have died after a wall collapsed in Pune, India. Two people were rescued by India’s National Disaster Response Force and are in hospital, Pune police commissioner K Venkatesham said. The squad recovered the bodies of nine men, four women, and two children. And Venkatesham suggested …
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