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Heatstroke kills 11 at gov’t awards event in India’s Maharashtra

People gather to attend the awards ceremony on the outskirts of Mumbai [AFP]

Eleven people have died of heatstroke in India after an estimated one million spectators waited for hours in the sun at a government-sponsored awards ceremony, officials said.

About 50 people were hospitalised and 600 others fell ill at the event near the western city of Mumbai on Sunday when temperatures hit close to 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) with high levels of humidity, local media reported.

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