Tag: india
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12 killed in stampede at Indian shrine
A stampede at one of India’s holiest shrines left at least 12 people dead on New Year’s Day, a local official said. Thousands of devotees were at the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu, northern India when the stampede happened around 2:30 a.m. local time Saturday. Another 16 people were injured and have been hospitalized,…
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India’s daily Covid-19 cases rise by 22,775
Kolkata, India (CNN) – India on Saturday reported 22,775 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, health ministry data shows, adding to concerns for authorities around the country about the rising number of cases. The data indicates that thickly populated metros, such as the national capital New Delhi, financial center Mumbai and Kolkata in…
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India’s unwinnable battle against spitting.Covid-19.
The war against spittle It turns out, there was a time when people everywhere were spitting everywhere. In India, spitting was celebrated in royal courts, and grand spittoons were a centrepiece in many homes. In Europe in the middle ages, you could spit during a meal, as long as it was underneath the table. Erasmus…
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