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Bengaluru Woman Kills Self After Fight With Husband Over 3-Day-Old Sambar
A domestic dispute over repeatedly serving three-day-old sambar ended in the death of a 27-year-old woman in Bengaluru.
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The Cotton Farmers Of Maharashtra Are Being Poisoned, Many Dead
The recent deaths of at least 20 farmers and agricultural labourers due to pesticide poisoning in this cotton-growing district has shocked the country and earned the government the wrath of the country's top human rights body, the NHRC.
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Rights Body Asks Centre, Maharashtra For Report On Pesticide Poisoning
The Maharashtra government and the Centre have been asked to file a report on the pesticide poisonings in the state's Yavatmal district, in which at least 20 farmers have died. The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to top officials of the state and the Centre, who have been given a month to file the report.
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'Don't Have Money To Buy Protection Kits': Maharashtra Farmers On Pesticide Poisoning
At least 20 farmers have died of pesticide poisoning in the last few weeks in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, but the question now is how could the commonly used pesticides cause deaths? It will be clear only after the probe is completed, the government said.
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Pesticide Poisoning In Yavatmal, Maharashtra: 14 New Patients Admitted To Hospitals
Fourteen new patients of pesticide poisoning were admitted in various hospitals of the district today, said a senior district official.
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Weedkiller Likely Cause of Nigeria 'Mystery Disease': WHO
Pesticide poisoning was the likely cause of the mysterious deaths of at least 18 people in a southwestern Nigerian town earlier this week, the World Health Organization said today.
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Bengaluru Woman Kills Self After Fight With Husband Over 3-Day-Old Sambar
A domestic dispute over repeatedly serving three-day-old sambar ended in the death of a 27-year-old woman in Bengaluru.
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The Cotton Farmers Of Maharashtra Are Being Poisoned, Many Dead
The recent deaths of at least 20 farmers and agricultural labourers due to pesticide poisoning in this cotton-growing district has shocked the country and earned the government the wrath of the country's top human rights body, the NHRC.
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Rights Body Asks Centre, Maharashtra For Report On Pesticide Poisoning
The Maharashtra government and the Centre have been asked to file a report on the pesticide poisonings in the state's Yavatmal district, in which at least 20 farmers have died. The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to top officials of the state and the Centre, who have been given a month to file the report.
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'Don't Have Money To Buy Protection Kits': Maharashtra Farmers On Pesticide Poisoning
At least 20 farmers have died of pesticide poisoning in the last few weeks in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, but the question now is how could the commonly used pesticides cause deaths? It will be clear only after the probe is completed, the government said.
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Pesticide Poisoning In Yavatmal, Maharashtra: 14 New Patients Admitted To Hospitals
Fourteen new patients of pesticide poisoning were admitted in various hospitals of the district today, said a senior district official.
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Weedkiller Likely Cause of Nigeria 'Mystery Disease': WHO
Pesticide poisoning was the likely cause of the mysterious deaths of at least 18 people in a southwestern Nigerian town earlier this week, the World Health Organization said today.
