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Myanmar Earthquake Aftermath: Satellite Images Show Huge-Scale Destruction
The stench of decaying dead bodies permeated the air in Mandalay-- Myanmar's second-largest city-- on Sunday, two days after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,700 people and left countless others buried.
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E-Challans Of Over Rs 9.4 Crore Issued At Bihar Toll Plazas In 10 Days
The Bihar Transport department and traffic police have issued over 16,700 e-challans worth Rs 9.49 crore in a week through e-detection system installed in 13 toll plazas in the state for violation of motor vehicle act, officials said.
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Morocco Earthquake: Death Count Rises To Nearly 2,900, Over 2,500 Injured
Morocco Earthquake: At least 2,862 people were killed in the strongest-ever earthquake to hit Morocco, the interior ministry said on Monday, revising an earlier toll of nearly 2,700 dead.
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5 Pics Of Massive Turkey-Syria Quake That Killed Over 11,700
Heartrending scenes of a newborn plucked alive from the rubble and a broken father clutching his dead daughter's hand have laid bare the human cost of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey that by Wednesday had claimed over 11,700 lives.
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"It's Now A Race Against Time": Turkey-Syria Earthquake Deaths Top 11,700
Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 11,700 people.
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US Crosses 700,000 COVID-19 Deaths: Report
US fatalities from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation's capital Washington.
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US Covid Daily Deaths Surpasses 2,700, Highest Since April: Monitor
The number of deaths linked to coronavirus in the US surpassed 2,700 in one day as of Wednesday evening, the highest since April, Johns Hopkins University said.
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Biggest Single-Day Spike Of Over 4,700 COVID-19 Cases In Karnataka
Karnataka on Wednesday reported the biggest single-day spike of 4,764 new COVID-19 cases and 55 fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 75,833 and the death toll 1,519, the health department said.
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80 Dead In China, 2,700 Infected As Wuhan Virus Outbreak Spreads
China said on Monday that the death toll from a deadly viral outbreak spiked to 80 as the hard-hit epicentre province of Hubei suffered 24 new fatalities, while total confirmed cases nationwide rose sharply to 2,744.
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Over 700 Injured In Iran Earthquake
More than 700 people were injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook western Iran, state television reported in an updated toll Monday.
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How Satellites Can Prevent Deaths From Landslides
ISRO is yet to develop a satellite-based Early Warning System (EWS) for landslides like the one that buried 50 people at Kotrupi village in Himachal Pradesh on August 13 or the June 2013 Kedarnath landslide in Uttarakhand that killed 5,700, and many more in the past that have taken a heavy toll of human life.
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Anger Erupts As 1700 Still Missing In Ecuador Quake
The death toll from Ecuador's earthquake was set to rise sharply after authorities warned that 1,700 people were still missing and anger gripped families of victims trapped in the rubble.
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Deadly Pakistan Heatwave Shows Signs of Easing
A deadly heatwave that has killed nearly 700 people in southern Pakistan showed signs of easing today, bringing some respite to the sweltering city of Karachi.
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Pakistan Heatwave Deaths Close to 700: Officials
Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heatwave in Pakistan, officials said today, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency was declared in hospitals.
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As Many As 700 Migrants Feared Drowned in Mediterranean
More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in the latest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday.
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Myanmar Earthquake Aftermath: Satellite Images Show Huge-Scale Destruction
The stench of decaying dead bodies permeated the air in Mandalay-- Myanmar's second-largest city-- on Sunday, two days after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,700 people and left countless others buried.
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E-Challans Of Over Rs 9.4 Crore Issued At Bihar Toll Plazas In 10 Days
The Bihar Transport department and traffic police have issued over 16,700 e-challans worth Rs 9.49 crore in a week through e-detection system installed in 13 toll plazas in the state for violation of motor vehicle act, officials said.
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Morocco Earthquake: Death Count Rises To Nearly 2,900, Over 2,500 Injured
Morocco Earthquake: At least 2,862 people were killed in the strongest-ever earthquake to hit Morocco, the interior ministry said on Monday, revising an earlier toll of nearly 2,700 dead.
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5 Pics Of Massive Turkey-Syria Quake That Killed Over 11,700
Heartrending scenes of a newborn plucked alive from the rubble and a broken father clutching his dead daughter's hand have laid bare the human cost of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey that by Wednesday had claimed over 11,700 lives.
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"It's Now A Race Against Time": Turkey-Syria Earthquake Deaths Top 11,700
Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 11,700 people.
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US Crosses 700,000 COVID-19 Deaths: Report
US fatalities from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation's capital Washington.
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US Covid Daily Deaths Surpasses 2,700, Highest Since April: Monitor
The number of deaths linked to coronavirus in the US surpassed 2,700 in one day as of Wednesday evening, the highest since April, Johns Hopkins University said.
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Biggest Single-Day Spike Of Over 4,700 COVID-19 Cases In Karnataka
Karnataka on Wednesday reported the biggest single-day spike of 4,764 new COVID-19 cases and 55 fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 75,833 and the death toll 1,519, the health department said.
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80 Dead In China, 2,700 Infected As Wuhan Virus Outbreak Spreads
China said on Monday that the death toll from a deadly viral outbreak spiked to 80 as the hard-hit epicentre province of Hubei suffered 24 new fatalities, while total confirmed cases nationwide rose sharply to 2,744.
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Over 700 Injured In Iran Earthquake
More than 700 people were injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook western Iran, state television reported in an updated toll Monday.
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How Satellites Can Prevent Deaths From Landslides
ISRO is yet to develop a satellite-based Early Warning System (EWS) for landslides like the one that buried 50 people at Kotrupi village in Himachal Pradesh on August 13 or the June 2013 Kedarnath landslide in Uttarakhand that killed 5,700, and many more in the past that have taken a heavy toll of human life.
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Anger Erupts As 1700 Still Missing In Ecuador Quake
The death toll from Ecuador's earthquake was set to rise sharply after authorities warned that 1,700 people were still missing and anger gripped families of victims trapped in the rubble.
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Deadly Pakistan Heatwave Shows Signs of Easing
A deadly heatwave that has killed nearly 700 people in southern Pakistan showed signs of easing today, bringing some respite to the sweltering city of Karachi.
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Pakistan Heatwave Deaths Close to 700: Officials
Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heatwave in Pakistan, officials said today, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency was declared in hospitals.
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As Many As 700 Migrants Feared Drowned in Mediterranean
More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in the latest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday.
