28 garment workers killed in flooded factory in Morocco

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Toxic Gas Incident: 2 Dead, 7 Hospitalised in Ahmedabad Factory

ABP News

Two workers lost their lives and seven were hospitalized after they inhaled toxic gases at a textile factory in Ahmedabad, India. The incident took place at Devi Synthetics in the Narol industrial area of the city. Total nine workers inhaled toxic fumes that leaked while acid was being transferred into a tank. Out of nine workers, 7 are hospitalised, with …

Law Crime Health Safety Ahmedabad

2 months ago

Terrorists Kill 7 Construction Workers in Jammu and Kashmir Attack

Firstpost

Seven employees of an infrastructure company were killed in a targeted terrorist attack on a construction site near the Sonamarg health resort in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district. The attack, which took place on Sunday evening, was one of the deadliest on civilians in the valley since the June 9 incident in Reasi in which nine pilgrims were killed after …

Ganderbal

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Tunisia's coast guard finds bodies of 13 migrants washed up on its shores

The Independent

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3 months ago

Brick by brick, Morocco rebuilds 12th-century mosque destroyed by 2023 earthquake

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Heavy rains, floods kill at least 11 in S. Morocco

China Daily

RABAT -- At least 11 people have been killed and nine others went missing after torrential rains battered southern Morocco, the Interior Ministry said in a provisional report on Sunday. Seven of the fatalities were reported in the Tata province, while four others, including a foreign national, were found in the provinces of Errachidia and Tiznit, ministry spokesperson Rachid El …

4 months ago

M.P.: 5 labourers killed as roof of under-construction cottage collapses at resort

The Hindu

Five labourers were killed after the roof slab of an under-construction cottage of a resort collapsed in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, an official said on Friday. The incident occurred at Choral village in Mhow tehsil, about 40 km from the district headquarters, on Thursday night when the labourers were sleeping under it, the police official said. She said that the …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour norm violations led to 3 deaths in Vasant Vihar: Officials

Hindustan Times

The bodies of three workers trapped in an under-construction basement, which was inundated due to heavy rain in Vasant Vihar on Friday, were recovered after a 28-hour-long operation involving fire personnel, Delhi Police, and National Disaster Response Force and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Delhi labour department officials on Saturday said that construction workers should not be allowed to stay …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Riots erupt in drought-stricken central Algeria over months of water shortages

Associated Press

TIARET, Algeria — Violent riots erupted in a drought-stricken Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water shortages left taps running dry and forced residents to queue to access water for their households. In Tiaret — a central Algerian city of less than 200,000 located 155 miles southwest of Algiers — protestors wearing balaclavas set tires aflame and set …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

1 dead, 5 injured as workers fall into storm water drain at Sewri

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: In a repeat of recent mishaps at construction sites in the city leading to the death of workers, a 22-year-old labourer was killed and five of his colleagues were injured on Sunday morning when they fell into a storm water drain under reconstruction at Sewri. The deceased was identified as Mehboob Alam Ismail Ali, a resident of Haji Bunder, …

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9 months ago

Refugee camps in Chad are overcrowded and running out of aid, and Sudanese refugees keep coming

The Independent

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

To save water, drought-hit Morocco is closing its famous public baths three days a week

Associated Press

RABAT, Morocco — For years, Fatima Mhattar has welcomed shopkeepers, students, bankers and retirees to Hammam El Majd, a public bath on the outskirts of Morocco’s capital, Rabat. Notice posters are shown outside at a Moroccan traditional bath, known as hammam, while it is empty of customers, in Rabat, Morocco, Monday, March 4, 2024. The closures affect the roughly 200,000 …

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1 year ago

More than 2,000 mine workers extend underground protest into second day in South Africa

The Independent

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1 year ago

Illegal garment factories thriving despite recent fires, complaints

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Illegal garment factories continue to thrive and pose fire hazards in several slum pockets in the city despite multiple complaints by activists and two recent incidents of fire in these factories – essentially slum homes with multiple sewing machines – in Santacruz East. An official from the buildings and factories department of BMC’s H East ward the civic body …

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1 year ago

The death toll from a mining tragedy in South Africa rises to 13 after a worker dies at a hospital

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Bangladesh garment factories reopen after violent wage hike protests

Firstpost

Tens of thousands of workers are fighting for a minimum salary of 23,000 taka, up from the 8,300 taka established by the government five years ago Following several days of violent protests calling for a nearly three-fold increase in the minimum wage, hundreds of thousands of workers returned to major industrial centres as Bangladeshi garment factories reopened on Wednesday. A …

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1 year, 1 month ago

4 labourers from Bihar die of suffocation inside septic tank in Surat

Hindustan Times

Four migrant labourers from Bihar lost their lives due to suffocation while working inside a septic tank in a village in Surat, police said on Wednesday. Preliminary investigation suggests that two workers initially fell unconscious during the septic tank cleaning process, prompting two others to attempt a rescue, a police official aware of the matter said. "Four workers had gone …

Bihar Septic Tank

1 year, 1 month ago

Dozens of workers feared trapped after India tunnel collapse

Al Jazeera

Rescue efforts are under way to reach workers trapped in tunnel collapse in India’s Uttarakhand state. Dozens of construction workers are feared trapped after the road tunnel they were building collapsed in northern India’s Uttarakhand state, with rescuers scrambling to reach them beneath piles of debris. “Pray to god that those workers trapped inside the tunnel are brought out safely,” …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Morocco debates how to rebuild from September quake that killed thousands

Associated Press

MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco — When a historic earthquake struck Morocco in September, Ahmed Aazab tightly hugged his wife and four children as their home’s brick walls tumbled around them. Hocine Azab and his wife Zahrat play with their grand daughter in their tent, after they were displaced by the September earthquake, in Moulay Brahim, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Oct. 7, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Bangladesh garment worker killed during pay protests

Al Jazeera

Police use tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protests by hundreds of workers who rejected pay rise. Police said on Wednesday that they used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protests by stone-throwing crowds in the garment hub of Gazipur, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka. Last month, several fashion brands including Abercrombie & Fitch, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages

The Hindu

Police in Bangladesh's capital on November 2 used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than 1,000 garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight day to demand better wages. The workers get 8,300 takas, or $75, as a monthly minimum wage and they often need to work overtime to make ends meet, labour unions …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Police in Bangladesh disperse garment workers protesting since the weekend to demand better wages

Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police in Bangladesh’s capital Thursday used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse more than 1,000 garment factory workers who took to the streets for a sixth straight day to demand better wages. Nazmul Hasan Firoz, additional deputy police commissioner at Pallabi in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, said police dispersed the workers “peacefully” using tear gas as they …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Violence erupts as garment workers protest in Bangladesh

Live Mint

Bangladesh, the second-largest garment-producing country in the world after China, witnessed protests over the weekend after BGMEA offered to increase the monthly minimum wage by 25% to reach USD 90, instead of the USD 208 demanded by the workers. Currently, Bangladesh has nearly 3,500 factories with some four million workers employed, mostly women, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Two dead as Bangladesh garment workers protest low pay

The Hindu

Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh walked off the job in protest at low wages Monday, sparking clashes with security forces and damaging multiple factories in unrest that left at least two people dead, police said. Police said at least 10,000 workers left their shifts and staged protests in Gazipur, the country's largest industrial city, where a six-storey factory was …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Migrant workers in Sikkim recount nightmare as they leave for home states

Hindustan Times

Naresh Kumar was fast asleep when police sirens woke him up around 3am on October 4. A migrant worker, Kumar recalled that fateful night when flash floods hit Sikkim which has claimed at least 82 lives so far with around 140 still missing. A flash flood triggered by an outburst in a glacial lake in north Sikkim on Tuesday night …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Haridwar: 15 workers injured in steel factory blast

Hindustan Times

Fifteen workers have sustained severe injuries following a blast at a steel factory at Shri Ekanya, formerly Shri Gayatri Steel Factory, in Manglaur block of Haridwar district, police officials said. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to factory workers, the blast occurred at the boiler site around 12:30am on Thursday, causing panic among the labourers. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} In March …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Haridwar: 15 workers injured in steel factory blast

Hindustan Times

Fifteen workers have sustained severe injuries following a blast at a steel factory at Shri Ekanya, formerly Shri Gayatri Steel Factory, in Manglaur block of Haridwar district, police officials said. We will take strict action if we find any laxity on the part of the factory management,” Manglaur police station in-charge Mahesh Joshi said. In March last year, one person …

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1 year, 3 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Moroccan earthquake shattered thousands of lives

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Moroccan earthquake shattered thousands of lives

Associated Press

AMIZMIZ, Morocco — With their arms around each other, three boys walked through the streets of their town at the foot of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. People observe a burial prayer for …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Responders dig for bodies in Moroccan mountain villages devastated by last week's earthquake

The Hindu

The stench of death wafted through the village of Imi N’Tala high up in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, where last week's catastrophic earthquake razed the hamlet's mud-brick buildings and killed dozens of residents. Everything is gone.” The scene in Imi N'Tala, which is mainly home to herders and farmers and lost 96 people to Friday's earthquake, mirrored the situation in dozens …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Responders dig for bodies in Moroccan mountain villages devastated by last week’s earthquake

Associated Press

IMI N’TALA, Morocco — The stench of death wafted through the village of Imi N’Tala high up in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, where last week’s catastrophic earthquake razed the hamlet’s mud-brick buildings and killed dozens of residents. Everything is gone.” The scene in Imi N’Tala, which is mainly home to herders and farmers and lost 96 people to Friday’s earthquake, mirrored …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Death toll from Morocco earthquake surpasses 2,900

China Daily

Ylias, 13, who is an injured earthquake survivor, is comforted by his father in front of his mother Zainab, 33, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco September 12, 2023. MARRAKESH - The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Morocco has risen to 2,901, and the injuries to 5,530, according to the latest statement released …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Morocco earthquake news: Race to find survivors as death toll rises to 2,901

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

British family describe Morocco earthquake terror as they fled crumbling hotel and spent night sleeping outside: 'We grabbed our four-year-old and ran as the walls were cracking'

Daily Mail

She says they have had no direct communication with their travel agency Carina Lewis, 43, was holidaying with her family when the earthquake struck A British mother has described her family's terror at being caught in Friday's Moroccan earthquake which forced them to flee their crumbling hotel and spend a night sleeping outside. A British mother has described her family's …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Morocco earthquake death toll surpasses 2,800, over 2,500 injured

Firstpost

Search teams from Spain, Britain and Qatar joined Moroccan efforts to find survivors from the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck in the High Atlas Mountains late on Friday, flattening the traditional mud brick houses ubiquitous in the region Villagers in parts of Morocco devastated by the country’s biggest earthquake in over a century camped outside for a fourth night on …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Morocco earthquake death toll rises to 2,800 as search for survivors continues

Live Mint

Villagers in parts of Morocco, struck by the country's most powerful earthquake in more than a century, endured their fourth night sleeping outdoors on September 11 as the death toll climbed to over 2,800 people, Reuters reported. Search teams from various countries have joined Moroccan efforts to locate survivors after the 6.8 magnitude quake hit the High Atlas Mountains late …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Photos: Survivors question rescue efforts after Morocco’s earthquake

Al Jazeera

Homeless, traumatised and in some cases feeling abandoned by the authorities, many survivors of Morocco’s powerful earthquake escaped death only to fear they were now on their own to stay alive. “We feel abandoned here, no one has come to help us,” said 43-year-old Khadija Aitlkyd from among the ruins of her village of Missirat in a remote area high …

Morocco Earthquake Hit

1 year, 3 months ago

Maps and photos: Morocco earthquake damage

CNN

CNN — Nearly 3,000 people are dead, towns and villages are decimated and rescuers are trawling for survivors after a massive earthquake ripped through Morocco. While casualties are still being updated, it has already become the second deadliest earthquake in North Africa since at least 1900, EM-DAT data shows. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images/Twitter The Kharbouch Mosque, a small place …

Morocco Marrakech Quake

1 year, 3 months ago

Morocco earthquake: ‘Life finished here,’ survivors recount horrific ordeal

Live Mint

Morocco's deadliest earthquake in over six decades took the life of a young woman named Mina Ait Bihi, who was on the phone with her fiance when the shaking started on September 8. Her 25-year-old fiance Omar Ait Mbarek watched her being dug out with her phone and being carried away in blankets to a makeshift cemetery that already held …

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1 year, 3 months ago

What to know about the Morocco earthquake and the efforts to help

Associated Press

AMIZMIZ, Morocco — An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise after rescue crews dug out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble. The earthquake cracked and crumbled parts of the walls that surround Marrakech’s old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site built in the 12th …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Death toll from Morocco earthquake rises to 2,122

China Daily

An emergency worker and a dog search bodies on the rubbles, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, Sept 10, 2023. AMIZMIZ, Morocco - At least 2,122 people have been killed and 2,421 injured since a massive earthquake struck central Morocco on Friday night, according to the latest update from the Moroccan Interior Ministry on Sunday. The …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Rural residents in Morocco grapple with the earthquake’s deadly aftermath

Al Jazeera

The earthquake has revealed fault lines in Morocco’s society as residents in the countryside struggle to access aid. The hardest hit are the poor rural villages that line the valleys and peaks of one of the Atlas Mountains near the city of Marrakesh – one of Morocco’s most popular destinations for tourists. “I’ve never known anything like this,” he said, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Here’s how to help earthquake-hit Morocco reduce the risk of disease

Al Jazeera

To stay alive, earthquake survivors need access to clean drinking water and proper sanitation services as a priority. But one critical priority stands out among the rest: to keep earthquake survivors alive, they need access to clean drinking water and proper sanitation services. First and foremost, humanitarian teams working in the parts of Morocco affected by the earthquake should act …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Rescuers in Morocco race against time searching for quake survivors

China Daily

Emergency crews work, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, Sept 10, 2023. AMIZMIZ, Morocco - Rescuers are racing against time to search for survivors on Sunday around 40 hours after a deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc in central Morocco. Xinhua reporters saw piles of building debris left by the quake in a residential neighborhood in Amizmiz, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Morocco mourns its earthquake victims as the search for survivors goes on

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Moroccans sleep in the streets for 3rd night following an earthquake that took more than 2,100 lives

Associated Press

AMIZMIZ, Morocco — People in Morocco slept in the streets of Marrakech for a third straight night as soldiers and international aid teams in trucks and helicopters began to fan into remote mountain towns hit hardest by a historic earthquake. Amid offers from several countries, including the United States and France, Moroccan officials said Sunday that they are accepting international …

France Team Earthquake Near Aid Morocco Town

1 year, 3 months ago

Morocco earthquake kills thousands, reducing homes to rubble as rescue teams search for survivors

ABC

A powerful magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Morocco has killed thousands and destroyed many buildings. The earthquake struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday night. People are waiting at the airport to leave Morocco after the deadly earthquake. Many homes were destroyed in the earthquake, including Abdellatif Ait Bella's home.

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1 year, 3 months ago

Live Updates: Offers from abroad start to pour in to Morocco after devastating earthquake

Associated Press

Follow live updates of a deadly, powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than 2,000 people and causing widespread damage in and around the city of Marrakesh. A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. WHAT TO KNOW: — …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Morocco: 296 dead after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake

Op India

On the night of Friday, September 8, 2023, a powerful earthquake struck Morocco, registering 6.8 on the Richter Scale. Tragically, the Interior Ministry of the North African country reported that the earthquake had claimed the lives of at least 600 individuals, with an additional 153 sustaining injuries. Reports of damage after 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits Morocco pic.twitter.com/tQqYsosW8x — BNO News September …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Morocco earthquake: At least 632 killed, houses damaged; PM Modi ‘extremely pained’. Top updates

Hindustan Times

At least 632 people were killed after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Morocco on Friday night, the interior ministry said. Residents posted videos showing buildings reduced to rubble and dust and parts of the famous red walls that surround the old city in historic Marrakech, a UNESCO World Heritage site, damaged. The earthquake damaged buildings in major cities and sending …

Earthquake Morocco Marrakech

1 year, 3 months ago

Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, damaging some buildings and sending people into the streets

The Independent

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28 garment workers killed in flooded factory in Morocco

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