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Sri Lankan Government Apologises For "Forced" Cremation Of Muslim Covid Victims
Sri Lanka's government Tuesday formally apologised to the island's Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe.
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Crematoriums In China Fill Up Amid Rise In Covid Cases: Report
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at a meteoric pace in China, crematoriums throughout the country are getting packed and people are forced to wait for hours to get their loved ones cremated, American broadcaster CNN reported.
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Funeral Homes With Sick Workers Struggle To Keep Up In Covid-Hit Beijing
Funeral homes across China's Covid-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick.
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Can't Change Funeral SOP For Parsi Covid Victims: Centre To Supreme Court
The government told the Supreme Court it will not change cremation/burial protocols for the bodies of those who died of COVID-19 in order to accommodate funeral rites of the Parsi community, who traditionally allow corpses to decay naturally.
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UP Man Kidnapped, Murdered For 2 Crores Ransom, Cremated As Covid Victim
The 23-year-old son of a cold storage owner in Uttar Pradesh's Agra was kidnapped and murdered earlier this week by his friend and four others for a ransom of Rs 2 crore, police has said.
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NGOs Perform Last Rites Of Unclaimed Bodies Of Covid Victims
At times, when families of COVID-19 victims could not claim bodies of their kin due to the fear of infection, social activists have come forward to give them a dignified burial/cremation
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Sprint Legend Milkha Singh Cremated With Full State Honours In Chandigarh
Iconic sprinter Milkha Singh, who died late last night of of COVID-19 complications, was cremated in Chandigarh on Saturday evening with full state honours.
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From Feeding Migrants To Cremations, 10 Techies From Hyderabad Ease Covid Suffering
10 techies from Hyderabad are helping COVID-19 patients by providing them with COVID care kits, which includes medicines, masks, PPE kits and other such items
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Karnataka Minister Immerses Unclaimed Ashes Of Covid Victims In Cauvery
It is a tradition in much of southern Karnataka to immerse the ashes of those who have been cremated in the river Cauvery.
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Court Notice To Delhi Government Over Plea On Cremation Of Covid Victims
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi government on a plea that sought direction to the government of national capital to formulate a concrete plan for providing facilities for cremation of corpses of COVID-19 patients.
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Woman's Body Taken For Cremation In Garbage Van In UP Amid Covid Fear
Even in times of unspeakable crises, dignity in death can be considered a basic human right. But even that was too much to ask for a woman in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday when her body was taken for cremation in a municipal garbage van.
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Delhi Police, Twitter Hail Covid Hero Who Has Helped Cremate 1,100 People
With COVID-19 cases surging in the country, it has thrown unimaginable challenges at frontline workers, including police personnel who are often the first responders to an emergency situation.
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Grieving Daughter Jumps On Father's Body During Covid Cremation In Rajasthan
In a tragic incident, a 34-year-old woman sustained severe burns in Rajasthan after she jumped on the funeral pyre of her father during his cremation. Her father had died after contracting COVID-19, police said today.
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Patna To Get 3 New Crematoria, Government Stops Charging For Incineration
Bihar capital Patna yesterday recorded over 120 cremations, an overwhelming majority of them COVID-19 victims. Such is the situation that even residents and small traders located near crematoria in the city are astounded by the unprecedented rush.
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UP Girl Lights Father's Funeral Pyre After No Aid From Neighbours
A 15-year-old girl lit the funeral pyre of his 52-year-old father, who passed away battling COVID-19 in Noida, with support from policemen who made arrangements for the cremation after the locals refused to help the teenager and her mother.
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Sri Lankan Government Apologises For "Forced" Cremation Of Muslim Covid Victims
Sri Lanka's government Tuesday formally apologised to the island's Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe.
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Crematoriums In China Fill Up Amid Rise In Covid Cases: Report
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at a meteoric pace in China, crematoriums throughout the country are getting packed and people are forced to wait for hours to get their loved ones cremated, American broadcaster CNN reported.
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Funeral Homes With Sick Workers Struggle To Keep Up In Covid-Hit Beijing
Funeral homes across China's Covid-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick.
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Can't Change Funeral SOP For Parsi Covid Victims: Centre To Supreme Court
The government told the Supreme Court it will not change cremation/burial protocols for the bodies of those who died of COVID-19 in order to accommodate funeral rites of the Parsi community, who traditionally allow corpses to decay naturally.
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UP Man Kidnapped, Murdered For 2 Crores Ransom, Cremated As Covid Victim
The 23-year-old son of a cold storage owner in Uttar Pradesh's Agra was kidnapped and murdered earlier this week by his friend and four others for a ransom of Rs 2 crore, police has said.
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NGOs Perform Last Rites Of Unclaimed Bodies Of Covid Victims
At times, when families of COVID-19 victims could not claim bodies of their kin due to the fear of infection, social activists have come forward to give them a dignified burial/cremation
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Sprint Legend Milkha Singh Cremated With Full State Honours In Chandigarh
Iconic sprinter Milkha Singh, who died late last night of of COVID-19 complications, was cremated in Chandigarh on Saturday evening with full state honours.
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From Feeding Migrants To Cremations, 10 Techies From Hyderabad Ease Covid Suffering
10 techies from Hyderabad are helping COVID-19 patients by providing them with COVID care kits, which includes medicines, masks, PPE kits and other such items
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Karnataka Minister Immerses Unclaimed Ashes Of Covid Victims In Cauvery
It is a tradition in much of southern Karnataka to immerse the ashes of those who have been cremated in the river Cauvery.
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Court Notice To Delhi Government Over Plea On Cremation Of Covid Victims
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi government on a plea that sought direction to the government of national capital to formulate a concrete plan for providing facilities for cremation of corpses of COVID-19 patients.
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Woman's Body Taken For Cremation In Garbage Van In UP Amid Covid Fear
Even in times of unspeakable crises, dignity in death can be considered a basic human right. But even that was too much to ask for a woman in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday when her body was taken for cremation in a municipal garbage van.
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Delhi Police, Twitter Hail Covid Hero Who Has Helped Cremate 1,100 People
With COVID-19 cases surging in the country, it has thrown unimaginable challenges at frontline workers, including police personnel who are often the first responders to an emergency situation.
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Grieving Daughter Jumps On Father's Body During Covid Cremation In Rajasthan
In a tragic incident, a 34-year-old woman sustained severe burns in Rajasthan after she jumped on the funeral pyre of her father during his cremation. Her father had died after contracting COVID-19, police said today.
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Patna To Get 3 New Crematoria, Government Stops Charging For Incineration
Bihar capital Patna yesterday recorded over 120 cremations, an overwhelming majority of them COVID-19 victims. Such is the situation that even residents and small traders located near crematoria in the city are astounded by the unprecedented rush.
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UP Girl Lights Father's Funeral Pyre After No Aid From Neighbours
A 15-year-old girl lit the funeral pyre of his 52-year-old father, who passed away battling COVID-19 in Noida, with support from policemen who made arrangements for the cremation after the locals refused to help the teenager and her mother.
