Uttarakhand flash floods: 136 missing after disaster to be declared dead
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NDRF personnel carry out rescue and restoration work at the Tapovan area, weeks after the glacier burst at Joshimath.
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The region was hit by one of the worst tragedies in recent years
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The Uttarakhand government has initiated the process to declare 136 people missing in the 7 February Chamoli disaster, as dead , and issued a notification to that effect on Monday.
Of the 206 people missing in the Chamoli disaster, search and rescue workers have recovered 70 bodies and 29 human organs from the debris so far after the region was hit by one of the worst tragedies in recent years, according to the state government on Tuesday.
Covid-19 update: India sees decline in new cases amid second wave scare
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As many as 10,584 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours
With 13,255 new discharges, the cumulative number of patients to have been cured of the disease has reached 1,07,12,665
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After seeing rising daily new cases last week, India reported a plunge in fresh infections on Tuesday.
As many as 10,584 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health. The total number of cases now stands at 1,10,16,434. There are 1,47,306 active cases in the country, as of Tuesday.
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