Eight workers died and six were injured in a molten steel accident at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. PM Narendra Modi announced ex gratia assistance, while Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu ordered relief measures and a probe was launched

The woman, who had recently travelled from Uganda, was admitted to the state-run Epidemic Diseases Hospital in Bengaluru as a precautionary measure after she complained of mild body ache