Eleven people have been killed and hundreds hospitalised after a pre-dawn gas leak at a chemical plant in eastern India on Thursday that left unconscious victims lying in the streets, authorities said. Fears that the death toll from the incident on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, an industrial port city in Andhra Pradesh state, might rise […]
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A 74-year old woman, Yerramatti Raja Rao is set to deliver twin babies on Thursday in India after being married for 54 years without a child. The birth of the twin babies will topple a record set by another Indian woman who gave birth to twin babies in 2015 at the age of 70. The […]
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15 persons were killed and six injured in a road accident in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, while they were returning home after attending a marriage local media reports said. The road mishap occurred when a passenger bus collided with another vehicle in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district. The injured were reportedly admitted […]
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Eight people were killed and 22 injured after a hijacked bus crashed into pedestrians in east China’s Fujian province on Tuesday afternoon, state media reported. A hijacker carrying a knife has been detained and is being investigated by local police, state television CGTN said. The incident happened at about 3:20 pm (0720 GMT) in the […]
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Police said on Saturday that 11 people including two children died and more than 90 were hospitalised after consuming a religious food offering at a temple in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The police said two people have been questioned in connection with the incident on Friday, after devotees fell ill when they ate […]
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The World Bank has said Nigeria will take over India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age of five by 2021. In its bi-annual economic update on Nigeria, the Bretton Woods institution, said Nigeria records the highest number of child malaria deaths anywhere in the world. The bank added that Nigeria […]
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Nigeria’s High Commissioner to India, Maj.-Gen. Chris Eze (Rtd), has urged India to take advantage of the economic reforms embarked upon by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to strengthen its businesses in the country. Eze made the call at an event in New Delhi to mark the 58 Independence Anniversary of Nigeria and 60th anniversary […]
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Fourteen men have been arrested by the police on Saturday after a teenager was raped and burned alive at her home in eastern India, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country. The 16-year-old was abducted from her home when her family was away to attend a wedding and raped in a forested […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged telecommunications company, Globacom Limited, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for an alleged fraud of $6,786,674.61. The firm was charged alongside its Indian Chief Marketing Officer, Ashok Israni, who was listed as the first defendant in the case. The one count filed before […]
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A snake charmer escaped death by the whiskers during a live show in Uttar Pradesh, India, after a deadly python coiled around his neck and almost strangled him. At first, people thought it was part of an act, as the python coiled harder around the neck of the charmer who incidentally owns the snake, in […]
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