Covid: South Africa variant found in Hampshire village
Surge testing will be held in the area along with similar schemes in Middlesbrough and Walsall. Source link
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Bihar polls 2020: A cancer village that has fallen prey to arsenic, and netas’ apathy
In December last year, the United States-based National Center for Biotechnology Information released a report saying 18 out of Bihar’s 38 districts have arsenic contamination in groundwater, threatening a population of one crore. In several villages of poll-bound Bihar, cancer due to arsenic and other skin issues are a major worry rather than Covid-19. India … Read more
Parents out on work, 4 siblings in Jalgaon village found butchered with axe
Four children aged between 3-12 years were hacked to death with an axe in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon while their parents were out for work. Police have formed an SIT to further investigate the case. The house in Jalgaon has now been sealed by the police. Four children aged between 3-12 years were hacked to death with … Read more
Stripped, hair chopped, filmed: Married woman ‘punished’ in Arunachal village for eloping with another man
In the hope of a better life after five years of an abusive marriage, a woman had decided to elope with a man who she thought would change her life for the better. She thought her misery would end. But luck had something else in store. She was pronounced guilty by villagers. In the dead … Read more
‘Living in fear’: After losing daughter, Hathras victim’s family plans to leave village
The family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died after allegedly being raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, has said they have been living in fear since the tragedy while adding that they plan to leave their home. The Dalit woman’s kin told India Today on Wednesday that they wish to leave Bhoolgarhi village of Hathras … Read more
Hathras case: Nationwide outrage as cops seal victim’s village, UP govt suspends SP, DSP
The nationwide uproar over the alleged mishandling of the Hathras gangrape and murder case by the Uttar Pradesh administration has put the Yogi Adityanath government in a spot. As the criticism over the hurried cremation of the 19-year-old victim and alleged pressure on the family poured in from all quarters, Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath suspended … Read more