Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
Friday, July 03, 2009 BEIJING: Thousands driven from their homes as monsoon rains cause devastation across China. A state of emergency has been declared in the provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu and Anhui. The government has already moved tens of thousands of people from low-lying areas along the Yellow River. Chinese authorities have warned that much wider damage could be caused if the Yellow River floods, since it runs high above the surrounding countryside due to heavy silting. Each summer floods triggered by seasonal rains devastate wide areas of China. Millions of people remain vulnerable to waterborne diseases.
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