MUMBAI: Over 50 residents were rescued from various floors of a 12-storey building in Kurla-west after a fire broke out on Friday night.The incident took place in a Slum Rehabilitation Authority(SRA) building located opposite Kohinoor Hospital. According to BMC’s disaster management, the fire was confined to electrical wiring, scrap materials etc in the electrical duct from the ground to the 12th...
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NEW DELHI: Three men were arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly duping more than 100 people with the promise of high paying jobs in leading overseas firms in Turkey and Ethiopia, officials said on Friday. Police first arrested a 33-year-old Sohail Nijam and at his instance arrested his other associates - Afroj Alam, 32, and Parvej Alam, 42, they said. According to police, the three men wanted to...
CHENNAI: Up to nine people can get infected while travelling on a half-full city bus with one Covid-19 positive passenger, shows a study by scientists at the Anna University and Puducherry-based ICMRVector Control Research Centre. The numbers can increase if there are more infected patients or if the bus is more crowded or if the passengers travel longer distances. In the study, recently published in...