In the past, there have been a number of cases wherein children have fallen into open borewells and massive rescue operations to save them have been undertaken. Mentioned below are some of the cases when children have fallen into borewells.
Aid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 131 people, while rescuers Wednesday doubled down on efforts to find the dead, pulling another body from the rubble
According to reports, two people were killed each in Farukhabad and Bahraich while one each in Kheri, Raebareli, Lucknow, Kanpur Dehat, Barabanki, Sitpaur and Sultanpur.
Accidents on pothole-riddled roads have claimed five lives in adjoining Thane region since last month.
The driver of the truck lost control over the vehicle due to which it veered off the bridge and fell into the water body, police said.
At least 37 people were killed and 14 law enforcement personnel wounded when armed inmates resisted authorities' attempt to impose order at a prison in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas
With over 100 deaths being reported since January in Kerala due to various types of fevers, the government on Sunday appealed to the people to join the government’s mass sanitation drive on a war footing
Cardiovascular diseases is an alarming threat to the global health. A recent study has revealed that heart diseases account for nearly one-third of deaths worldwide.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Maharashtra government to explain reports of sexual abuse and mystery deaths of over 500 tribal girls in state-run ashram schools, an official said here on Tuesday.
A new study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay has found that air pollution contributed to a total of 80,665 premature deaths of adults over 30 years in Mumbai and Delhi in 2015, a two-fold jump from 1995.
Nearly 40 deaths – including suicides, cardiac arrests in long queues, hospital casualties and a murder in a fit of rage – in the past few days have been attributed to demonetisation.
Over 90 per cent of the world’s population is breathing poor quality air, an analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed, with air-pollution responsible for over 11 per cent of deaths globally.
The latest report, released by the World Bank on Thursday, shows that India has the second highest number of deaths due to air pollution in 2013 after China. In 2013, air pollution claimed 1.4 million
The onset of the monsoon across the country as well as the national capital has led to a spurt of incidents of high fever and vector-borne diseases, including dengue, malaria and chikungunya. However, in what
New Delhi: Fungal infections kill more people than malaria and breast cancer globally and are a threat to human health, according to experts. Scientists have warned of the increasing threat that killer fungal infections poses
New Delhi: At least 31 cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital this year with nearly half of them in the month of June, according to a municipal report released today. Three
New Delhi: Deaths caused due to AIDS in India have come down to nearly 55 pc since 2007, while new HIV infections saw a reduction by 66 pc since 2000 and around a million people
The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week
A team of Venezuelan workers rescued a 72-year-old man caught up in the wreckage of a collapsed buildings, two weeks after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that had killed nearly 650 people in the country. According to
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said serious efforts are underway to bring down by 50 per cent the number of fatalities in road accidents in country.
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