At least ten people were killed and 37 others injured in a traffic accident in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Local authorities said that the accident occurred on the Badaun-Meerut State Highway in Bulandshahr district when a passenger vehicle collided head-on with a bus. All the deceased were passengers in the vehicle, which was carrying nearly 20 people, they added. India records the highest number of road fatalities in the world, with approximately 135,000 deaths due to traffic accidents annually. India also ranks second globally, after China, in terms of countries with the highest number of fatal traffic accidents. Source: Qatar News Agency