
Fire kills 69 in Bangladesh capital: Official
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 11:26 AM
At least 69 people have died in a huge blaze that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, fire officials said. Dozens of people were trapped in the buildings, unable to escape onto narrow streets clogged with traffic, as the highly combustible stores of chemicals, body sprays and plastic granules erupted in flames.

Over 1,000 children died in Adani hospital in Kutch in 5 years: govt
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 11:20 AM
Over 1,000 children had died at the Adani Foundation-run G K General Hospital in Bhuj town of Kutch district during the last five years, the Gujarat government told the legislative assembly. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said in his written reply that as many as 1,018 children had died at the Adani Foundation-run hospital in the last five years.

West Bengal told to return Rs.193 cr received under Ayushman Bharat
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 11:03 AM
The Centre has asked the WB government to return the Rs.193-crore it had received for the central government's Ayushman Bharat scheme, along with any interest earned, since the state has pulled-out of it. This follows the Mamata Banerjee-led state government's failure to respond to a January-11 letter in which the Centre had urged it to reconsider its stand of pulling out of the scheme.