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As of 22 October 2013, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has said that seven deaths have occurred in the Loi relief camp in the aftermath of last month's riots in Muzaffarnagar even as organisers at Malakpur camp in Shamli district admitted that eight babies died at the camp. In Joula camp out of 30 deliveries in the camp three ...
Disasters and accidents The death toll from the tornados that hit Oklahoma City on May 31 rises to nine. (News Limited) Three people are killed in apartment building explosion in Manila, Philippines. (Sydney Morning Herald via AFP) An Ontario, Canada air ambulance crashes killing its two pilots and two paramedics. (BBC) International relations The United States calls on China to provide a full ...
According to the 2013 global survey of traffic collisions by the UN World Health Organization, India suffered a road fatality rate of 16.6 per 100,000 people in 2013. [5] India's average traffic collision fatality rate was similar to the world average rate of 17.4 deaths per 100,000 people, less than the low-income countries which averaged 24.1 ...
There were 916 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in 2013. One of these tornadoes was the largest ever at 2.6 miles wide. A total of 120 fatalities were confirmed worldwide in 2013: 55 in the United States, 36 in Bangladesh, 24 in China, three in Turkey, and two in Brazil. Despite the high death toll along with several large outbreaks ...
The death toll in a stampede at the main railway station in India's capital New Delhi rose to at least 18, including five children, media reports said on Sunday, citing the Press Trust of India ...
Govind Singh Kunjwal, Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker, and the NDMA's vice-chairman, Shashidhar Reddy, on 1 July, estimated that "more than 10,000" were killed by the floods. The Home Ministry estimate of the death toll was lower at 800. [38] Vijay Bahuguna, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, thought that the death toll "will exceed 1000".
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.
The United States fines the Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories $500 million after they are found guilty of selling adulterated drugs to the United States. [181] The U.S. Internal Revenue Service admits that it targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny. [182] May 20 – A tornado kills 24 people and wounds over 300 in ...