MUMBAI: The state has confirmed 16 cases of scrub typhus, a bacterial disease spread by infected mite bites, in three districts: Aurangabad, Jalna, and Buldhana. With several states in India grappling with an outbreak of this disease, the Maharashtra public health department has alerted all districts to increase surveillance.Officials say most cases have been identified and treated at Dr Hedgewar...
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KOLKATA: The surge in dengue cases in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) areas of Salt Lake and Rajarhat-Gopalpur continued with 358 new infections reported in the last one week. From January, the 1,391 people have been affected in the BMC areas so far this year. According to civic officials, around eight to 10 cases are being reported from each ward everyday on an average. In the last one...
KOLKATA: A fire broke out in a building in Kolkata near Chandni Market on Friday evening. No one was injured in the incident.The fire was reported from Maddan Street inside an office. It was controlled around 8.30 pm, one and a half hours after the initial blaze broke out.4 fire tenders were finally pressed in to service. The fire did not spread beyond the top floor of the five storey building. Although...
By Avishek dubeyGHAZIABAD: A fire broke out in a mini food corner shop no-5 near Nainital Bank Sector-04 Vaishali in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Thursday evening.The fire department officials suspected that the incident might have happened due to a short circuit. No casualty was reported. According to the fire department, a total of 3 fire tenders were used to control the situation. The food corner was...