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Since 2000, India has reduced malaria deaths by two-thirds and halved the number of malaria cases

Six men were abducted and shot at by suspected militants at Kheroni in Tinsukia district. Four of them died on the spot, one at a hospital and the sixth is injured. 

Collisions, derailments, accidents at level crossings, train fires and similar accidents that have serious repercussions in terms of casualties and damage to property are called consequential train accidents

The police arrived at the apartment when the security guard complained of a stench emanating from the house, where the four bodies were found in separate rooms. A suicide note was also recovered from the spot

Dr Sajjan Shetty, Joint Director of Communicable Disease and Control Programme, confirmed two deaths due to swine flu and 400 positive cases in Karnataka.

With this, Karnataka has become the first state to give legal protection to good samaritans through a legislation amidst the rising incidents of accidental deaths in India, which saw 1,50,785 people getting killed in road accidents in 2016.
 

The officials have said that the state will receive heavy rains for four to five days, but the extent of rain is said to decrease in the third week of October. 

From over 2,000 deaths in 2013, deaths due to potholes across the country increased to over 3,000 in 2014 and 2015.   

The media outlets reported that the cows died after 450 were 'booted out' from a gaushala to make way for a huge TV to host PM Modi’s interaction as part of his ‘Swachhta hi Seva’ (SHS) campaign

Russia blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria.

Karnataka Doctors at Siddaganga hospital allegedly claim cardiac arrest as the reason for many deaths. People of Tumakuru protest in front of the hospital.