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In Madanapalle, Annamayya district, a 55-year-old man allegedly stalked and hacked his 53-year-old wife with a sickle. Passers-by rushed to her aid, forcing the assailant to flee. She was taken to hospital and is now in SVRR Hospital, Tirupati.

People dying and falling sick after drinking contaminated water and the government suspending lower-level officials for negligence is common in Kalyana Karnataka region. However, repeated occurrences of such incidents demonstrate poor action on the ground to prevent such tragedies. 

As the reason for the deaths, and illness among other villagers, is not clear, the residents remain worried.

Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla presented the coveted Elephant Family environmental award to Indian conservationists Kartiki Gonsalves, the filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers and The Real Elephant Collective (TREC) of 70 Adivasi artists at a ceremony here.