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At least 19 have died and 50 injured in a blast at a firecracker factory at Batala in Punjab. At least 10 are feared to be trapped inside the debris. 

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named a crater on Pluto after Indian scientist Bishun Khare. Here are interesting facts about the scientist who made the country proud

 

An explosion near a temple in Thiruporur has created panic in the area after one person died and four others were injured. A portion of the temple's compound wall and that of the neighbouring structure were damaged due to the explosion

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley died at the AIIMS in Delhi at 12:07 pm on Saturday (August 24). The 66-year-old BJP leader was undergoing treatment after he was admitted on August 9

Shah Rukh Khan was very close to his parents and sister. When he was 15 years old, his father died due to cancer. Later, his sister went into a state of shock.

A private chopper that was carrying relief material to victims of floods, crashed in Uttarakhand. Three people died

The probe conducted by the Gandhi Nagar Police found the body in a bucket. The body was given for funeral rites from a private hospital. The body is that of an 80-year-old patient who died at Kalathipadi hospital in Kerala

In the wake of an H1N1 outbreak, the Kerala health department has issued an alert in the state. In this year a total of 42 people died, and 821 persons were confirmed to have contracted the disease in the state.

IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman is the main accused in the case relating to the death of a Kerala journalist, KM Basheer who died in an accident on August 3 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
 

 New York City's chief medical examiner, which conducted the autopsy, said it was too early to confirm exactly how Epstein died

The engineers, who died on Thursday, were laid to rest on Monday in Sarov, which hosts Russia's main nuclear weapons research centre, where they worked.
 

All 26 crest gates of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) were lifted on Monday due to heavy inflow of water. Two people were washed away by floods and one died while attempting a selfie

Deep dive with Abhinav Khare brings to you the often forgotten freedom fighter Matangini Hazra who died and yet kept the Indian flag flying high. Matangini Hazra changed the pages of history and yet is hardly remembered.

Leaders from across the globe remembered the veteran BJP leader, who died on Tuesday night after a massive cardiac arrest at the age of 67, remembering her variously as "good friend", "dear sister" and "extraordinary woman".

The last rites of veteran BJP leader Sushma Swaraj are being conducted at Lodhi Crematorium in New Delhi. The senior BJP leader died of a cardiac arrest on August 6.