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Photo: AI Generated/GeminiStudy Estimates 4.9 Million Children Died Worldwide Before Age Five in 2024
New Delhi: A series of five research papers published in The British Medical Journal estimate that globally, 4.9 million children died before turning five in 2024, including 2.3 million neonatal deaths. Mortality was found to be highest in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, even as researchers cited uncertainty in values due to data sparsity and…
Photo: File Photo/Delhi High Court/PTIDelhi High Court Declines Urgent Hearing on Plea Against Cockroach Janta Party Protest
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to hear a petition raising law and order concerns arising from digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party’s call for a protest at Jantar Mantar here on June 6 to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over examination-related lapses. The counsel for ‘Save India Foundation’…
Photo: TGCTraders want authorities to fix dilapidated roads & clogged drains
Local entrepreneurs have urged government authorities to quickly repair dilapidated roads and clean clogged drains in the Adityapur industrial area. They stated that the roads are in extremely poor condition. If not repaired immediately, commuters will face severe difficulties navigating the potholed and rutted streets once the monsoon begins. “Motorists and pedestrians will face accidents…
Photo: NDTVMalviya Nagar blaze: Hotel owner sent to police custody for 4 days
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A day after a massive blaze broke out at the multi-storied Flourish Stay B&B, which claimed 21 lives in Malviya Nagar area, the property’s owner, Lavkesh Bajaj, has been sent to four days of police custody, officials said on Thursday. Lavkesh Bajaj was arrested after a massive manhunt by Delhi…
Photo: AI Generated/GeminiTrek gone wrong: Search continues for missing MBA student, two held
Uttarkashi: A massive search operation was underway for a 23-year-old MBA student who went missing under mysterious circumstances five days ago during a trek to Dayara Bugyal here, officials said on Wednesday. Police registered a case and detained her two travel companions for questioning following a complaint by her family. Authorities suspended the registration of…
Photo: AI Generated/GeminiDelhi Police identify nine of 12 foreigners killed in Malviya Nagar fire
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Delhi Police have identified nine of the 12 foreign nationals who lost their lives in the Malviya Nagar fire incident. Twenty-one people died in the tragic fire at Hotel Flourish Stays in Malviya Nagar. Of these 21, nine were Indians while 12 were foreigners from countries such as Bangladesh,…
Photo: AI Generated/GeminiLG orders compliance check at all hotels
New Delhi: Hours after a devastating blaze tore through a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu ordered a month-long drive to check fire safety compliance at all hotels, nursing homes, coaching institutes, restaurants and other vulnerable commercial establishments, officials said. Sandhu chaired…
Photo: IANSOdisha govt to launch AI smart surveillance in registration offices
Bhubaneswar, June 2 (IANS): The Odisha government will soon launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Smart Surveillance System equipped with advanced CCTV cameras across all registration offices in the state to curb the activities of middlemen and enhance transparency in the land registration process. The Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Tuesday chaired a…
Photo: PTIHigher petrol, diesel prices threaten to rekindle inflation pressures
New Delhi: Rising petrol and diesel prices are poised to add fresh inflationary pressures to India’s economy, with higher transport and manufacturing costs expected to feed through to consumer prices in the coming months, Crisil said in a report on Tuesday. Petrol and diesel prices have increased by about Rs 7.5 per litre since May…
Photo: IANS/AICCJVM Shyamali Teen Whistleblower Appears Before Parl Panel on CBSE OSM Tender
Seventeen-year-old Class 12 student from Ranchi, Sarthak Sidhant appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Tuesday at the Parliament House Annexe to present his findings on alleged irregularities in CBSE’s On-Screen Marking (OSM) tender process. He had been in the headlines after exposing the irregularities of the tender…
