23 dead, 6 injured in massive blast at Tamil Nadu firecracker unit; owner on the run, licence may be cancelled | Chennai News

VIRUDHUNAGAR: A powerful explosion killed 23 workers and injured six at a firecracker factory in Kattanarpatti village Sunday afternoon, underscoring a long history of fatal blasts in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu – part of India’s main fireworks manufacturing belt centred around Sivakasi.The blast struck around 3.20pm at Muthuramlingapuram panchayat, roughly 520km southwest of Chennai,…

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Indian slum children face both thinness & obesity: Study highlights double burden of malnutrition | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Children growing up in India’s urban slums are no longer battling just undernutrition. By the time they reach primary school, many are becoming overweight or obese, creating a dangerous “double burden of malnutrition” that could fuel future epidemics of diabetes and heart disease.That is the key finding of a new study published last week…

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Telangana DCA raids medical shop for selling habit-forming drugs without prescription | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, officials have raided a medical shop at Ramanthapur for allegedly selling habit-forming medicines without prescription and seized 120 bottles of a cough syrup.Acting on specific intelligence, the DCA officials raided SVR Medicals at Sri Nagar Colony, Ramanthapur, on Saturday and seized stocks of codeine-containing Tossex cough syrup and tramadol-containing…

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Bengal chief secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal orders crackdown on illegal toll booths in Bengal | India News

NEW DELHI: The newly formed BJP-led West Bengal government under chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday launched a crackdown on illegal toll booths and unauthorised drop gates operating across the state.The directive was issued by chief secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal, whose appointment had triggered political controversy as he previously served as the state’s chief electoral…

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Gruelling Gig: Stiff Targets + Heat Stress | Noida News

‘No water, no shades’ Gig workers battle scorching days with barely any relief: Raushan Pandit, 18, works 16-hour delivery shifts through the heatwave, carrying glucose powder as his only defence against dehydration Chaudhary Kushal Pal Singh, 40, drives goods between Zepto’s Faridabad warehouses — and spends entire shifts waiting beside his truck in unbearable heat….

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