Cheating in exams plague-like pandemic, must be dealt with heavy hand: Delhi HC
'Copying and cheating in examinations is like Plague. It is a pandemic which can ruin society and the educational system of any country. For any country's progress, the integrity of the educational system has to be infallible,' said the bench.
Dec 27, 2022, 16:42 PM IST
Mice plague hits Australia: Rodents destroy grains in silos, chew electrical wires
Vast tracts of land in Australia's New South Wales state are being threatened by a mouse plague that the state government describes as absolutely unprecedented.
May 30, 2021, 08:45 AM IST
China's Bayannur city sounds alert for bubonic plague
The suspected bubonic plague case was reported on Saturday by a hospital in Bayannur. The local health authority announced that the warning period will continue until the end of 2020.
Jul 06, 2020, 07:28 AM IST
Madagascar faces plague epidemic, almost 100 killed
The World Health Organization says that it is working hard to prevent the spread.
Oct 20, 2017, 18:57 PM IST
Black Death plagued humans since Bronze Age
It turns out the plague was plaguing humans far earlier than previously believed.New research using ancient DNA has revealed that plague has been endemic in human populations for more than twice as long as previously thought and that the ancestral plague would have been predominantly spread by human-to-human contact, until genetic mutations allowed Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis), the bacteria that causes plague, to survive in the gut of fleas.
Oct 23, 2015, 09:19 AM IST
Infectious diseases killed 1,433 in China in September
A total of 1,433 people died from infectious diseases in China in September, with HIV/AIDS the top cause of death, according to figures released by the health authority on Saturday.
Oct 11, 2015, 10:46 AM IST
