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India's Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat
Workers in India's Kerala state are now getting a three-hour afternoon siesta as part of a series of benefits aimed at combating soaring temperatures and improving labor conditions, government officials said on Wednesday. Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is ...
Tens of thousands of pilgrims thronged one of Hinduism's holiest temples in southern India on Saturday as it reopened amid high security, but women aged between 10 and 50 were absent despite a court order allowing them to enter. Hindu activists, meanwhile, imposed a strike ...
Over 500 women register to enter flash point Indian temple in Kerala state
A new standoff between Hindu traditionalists and Indian police over a flash point shrine is looming in the coming week, with 560 women reportedly registering to visit the side when it reopens next Saturday. India's Supreme Court in September ruled that all females should be ...
India's flood-hit Kerala state faces shortages of 'rat fever' drug
India's flood-ravaged Kerala state is facing shortages of a drug that fights an infectious bacterial disease after the worst flooding in a century, forcing authorities to turn to other states to help ramp up supplies. Suspected cases of leptospirosis, a waterborne disease known locally as ...
India warns of 'extremely grave' crisis as floods kill 106, leave dozens missing, 150,000 homeless
Hundreds of troops led a desperate operation to rescue families trapped by mounting floods in India's Kerala state Thursday as the death toll reached 106 with nearly 150,000 left homeless. Helicopters airlifted stranded victims from rooftops and dam gates were thrown open as incessant torrential ...
Latest fatality blamed on Nipah virus in India's Kerala state brings death toll to 13
Another patient has died in India from the Nipah virus, taking the number of fatalities from an outbreak of the rare disease to 13, authorities said Sunday. Officials in the southwestern state of Kerala said that in addition to the latest fatality two patients have ...
