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Since Storm Daniel swept across the Thessaly plain and nearby areas last week causing extensive flooding, 46 cases of gastroenteritis and 24 cases of respiratory infection have been reported so far, Xinhua news agency quoted Deputy Health Minister Eirini Agapidaki as saying to reporters on Tuesday.There is no need to panic, but people should follow the authorities’ instructions regarding drinking water and should avoid contact with contaminated waters and dead animals, she warned.At least 38,000 sheep and 7,000 other farm animals have reportedly drowned, and nearly 20,000 carcasses have already been removed from the area, officials told journalists.According to the…

The meeting is being held for the second consecutive day to finalise the candidates.Screening Committee chairman Jitendra Singh, former chief ministers Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, state in charge Randeep Surjewala are also present along with other senior leaders of the party to decide on the candidates.Party sources related to development said that in the meeting, a list of 66 Assembly seats will be discussed, on which the party has not wonor is weak and or has won occasionally.He said that on the same model as BJP, Congress also wants to finalise its candidates by first discussing the weakest seats.There are…

The meeting between Kim and Putin comes amid concerns that they might advance an arms negotiation and bolster military cooperation, reports Yonhap News Agency.With the participation of delegations, Kim and Putin began talks at the spaceport, according to Russian news agencies. Hours earlier, they shook hands and briefly exchanged conversation as Putin welcomed Kim ahead of their first talks in more than four years.”(North Korea’s) relations with Russia are the top priority of Pyongyang,” Kim was quoted as saying at the start of the talks.Kim told Putin his country will work together with Russia to “fight against imperialism,” adding that…

The court also stayed the hearing of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) petition in Vijayawada ACB court seeking custody of Naidu, who iscurrently lodged in Rajahmundry Central Jail.Alleging that he was being targetted by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government out of political vendetta, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo has sought orders to set aside his judicial custody and also quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the CID.The CID sought time to file counter to the quash petition. While allowing time to the CID, the High Court adjourned the hearing to September 19.Naidu was arrested in the…

A notification is shown on X that the @ncpspeaks1 account has been suspended for violating its rules, though details are not mentioned.The NCP, led by Sharad Pawar, with its official X account (@ncpspeaks) had reportedly complained that the splinter group’s X account (@ncpspeaks1) was similar to its own official account.However, sources in the Ajit Pawar-led NCP claimed that the X account is likely to be restored on Wednesday.–IANSqn/dpb

Christchurch, Sep 13 (IANS) New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Wednesday announced the signing of former all-rounder Andre Adams as women’s team bowling coach for their upcoming tour of South Africa. Adams will reacquaint himself with New Zealand head coach Ben Sawyer later this month when the White Ferns embark on an eight-match white-ball tour (three ODIs followed by five T20Is) of South Africa.Having represented New Zealand on 47 occasions and taken 10 wickets at the 2003 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, Adams will team up with Sawyer once again after the pair worked alongside each other previously in T20 franchise…

San Francisco, Sep 13 (IANS) Hit by emotional scars apparently inflicted by his father early in life, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk went on to have a fluid mix of girlfriends, ex-wives, ex-girlfriends and significant others, and has many children with multiple women, his biography by American author-journalist Walter Isaacson has revealed.Time and again, Musk has referred to his desire to increase the global population as an explanation for his unique family situation.“Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming,” Musk said last year.Isaacson’s book, titled ‘Elon Musk’ which is…

After reaching BJP state headquarters in a procession with his supporters on Tuesday evening, he had to return disappointed as state BJP presidentand union minister G. Kishan Reddy and other senior leaders were not present.Several corporators of BJP in Greater Hyderabad are said to be opposing the entry of Chikoti Praveen into the party. Some have even warned the party leadership that they will resign en masse if he was taken into the party.According to BJP sources, Kishan Reddy is also not in favour of admitting the controversial figure into the party. However, party MP and former stateBJP president Bandi…

He left from his residence at Kalighat in South Kolkata at around 11.10 a.m. and reached the ED office at 11.32 a.m. After reaching the CGO complex he went straight to the ED office without answering the queries of the waiting media persons.This is the first time that he will be facing the questioning from ED in relation to the school job case.Earlier, the ED had summoned him on June 13 for questioning in connection with the case. However, he skipped that meeting. On May 20, the CBI sleuths questioned Banerjee in connection with the school recruitment case for a…

According to preliminary statistics, as of 5 a.m. on Wednesday, authorities had rescued some 70 people and sent 54 others to hospital, the Vietnam News Agency reported.The fire broke out first at the first storey of the block with a floor area of over 200 square meters, where some 150 people live, in Khuong Dinh ward, Thanh Xuan district, reports Xinhua news agency.In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam saw 1,286 fires and explosions which killed 69 people, injured 64 others, and caused property losses of nearly 200.7 billion Vietnamese dong ($8 million), the country’s General Statistics Office…