Over 600 pilgrims dead, including 68 Indians, during Hajj in Saudi Arabia, says diplomat

As many as 68 Indian nationals died during the Hajj pilgrimage this year, which was marked by searing heat and intense high temperatures. The overall death toll has risen to 600.

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