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India: Covid-19 tally rises to 2,088,611 as deaths surge to 42,518; landslide death toll rises to 19 as 47 go missing
NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (AP): India has recorded 933 Covid-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours as fresh infections surged by another 61,537 cases to reach nearly 2.1 million.
South Korea floods, landslides kill 26 as heavy rains continue
SEOUL (Reuters) - At least 26 people have died after 46 days of heavy rains in South Korea, with the country's longest monsoon in seven years causing more flooding, landslides and evacuations on Saturday.
India's plane mishap death toll rises to 18, bigger tragedy averted
NEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua): The death toll in early Saturday morning's plane crash in south India has risen to 18, including the two pilots, as two investigating teams have reached the site to find out the exact reason of the mishap.
Thailand: Big jump in Covid-19 cases - 15 on Friday and all imported
BANGKOK, Aug 7 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): There was a big jump in new Covid-19 cases after 15 Thais tested positive in state quarantine over a 24-hour period, the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Friday (August 7).
North Korea's Kim inspects flood relief; worry grows about crops
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to provide food and shelter for hundreds of families who lost their homes in floods, the KCNA state news agency reported on Friday.
Eight COVID-19 patients die in hospital fire in western India
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Eight COVID-19 patients died in a fire that broke out in the intensive care ward of a private hospital in India's western city of Ahmedabad early on Thursday, officials said as they launched a probe into the incident.
Two rescue workers killed in South Korea floods after boats capsize - Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - Two rescue workers were killed and five were missing in South Korea on Thursday after their boats overturned in floodwaters, Yonhap news agency reported, as heavy rain across the Korean peninsula threatened to bring new floods and landslides.
Water crisis averted after man alerts authorities of illegal waste dumping into river
NILAI: Prompt action by a member of the public who reported a man dumping what is believed to be used engine oil into a monsoon drain here prevented water supply to areas located near the Negri Sembilan-Selangor border from being disrupted.
Coronavirus complicates South Korea flood response as hundreds gather in shelters
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean officials are working to keep more than a thousand people displaced by flooding safe and healthy with anti-coronavirus measures in place at crowded shelters as the government weighed declaring disaster zones on Wednesday.
Annual fest a muted affair for Hindus due to virus
THE annual Aadi Perukku festival was a much more muted affair for local Hindus this year, reported Makkal Osai.
