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2021-05-19 17:36:52 At least 16 people, including a woman labourer and four minors, died after being struck by lightning in various districts in Bangladesh in a span of 24 hours.The Netrakona, Faridpur, Manikganj, and Kishoreganj districts were among the most affected areas of the country Open / Comment

2021-05-19 16:07:26 Narendra Modi has planned a series of meetings with state government officials in the next few days to take stock of the coronavirus situation, as infections spread into rural parts of the country. The federal government said that it continues to help states under a "whole of government" approach to slow the spread of the pandemic Open / Comment

2021-05-19 14:30:53 The Indian Navy has intensified its search operations in the Arabian Sea to look for missing people after Barge "P305" near the Bombay High off-shore oil rigs sank because of Cyclone Tauktae. A total of 273 people were on board the barge at the time. Some 184 people have been rescued so far Open / Comment

2021-05-19 13:28:31 While India grapples with Cyclone Tauktae on the west coast, the east coast is bracing for another powerful cyclone this year. A low-pressure area is likely to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal and will make landfall around 23 May, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned Open / Comment

2021-05-19 13:01:53 India registers record COVID-19 death toll of 4,529 Open / Comment

2021-05-19 05:18:31 Check out the highlights of the night in our latest updates:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on Wednesday and undertake an aerial survey of the region affected by the cyclone Tauktae

The District and Sessions Court at Mapusa in northern Goa is expected to pronounce its judgment on Wednesday in the trial of a former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, Tarun Tejpal, accused of rape

Hospitals in Delhi have reported a rise in the number of cases of the Black Fungus disease, or mucormycosis, among people recovering from COVID-19 during the second wave of the pandemic Open / Comment

2021-05-18 18:57:40 The Indian government has revised its clinical management guidelines and dropped convalescent plasma therapy from the list of treatments prescribed for the management of adult coronavirus patients.

The therapy involves the use of blood plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19. Open / Comment

2021-05-18 15:58:39 Disastrous cyclone Tauktae hit the western regions of the Asian subcontinent on 16 May. It has already passed through the southern Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Goa resulting in six deaths and the destruction of public property and many houses.

India's Navy and Air Force have been deployed to help with rescue operations.

Take a look at the strongest cyclone to hit the western regions of India since 1998. Open / Comment