Even though summer officially begins in June, severe heat waves are already plaguing much of North and Central India. Wednesday saw temperatures beyond 50 degrees Celsius in several places in Rajasthan and Delhi. How Bad is it Now? Delhi, home to 20 million people, saw its first heat-related fatality on Wednesday when a worker, 40, passed away from heatstroke, according to local media. Authorities said they are looking into whether a sensor malfunction at the neighbourhood weather station in Mungeshpur on Wednesday resulted in the 52.9 C reading because it was so alarmingly high. In some areas of the city,…
Author: Rajvini Rout
A cross-state child trafficking ring was caught by police in the Rachakonda Commissionerate of Greater Hyderabad, saving 13 infants, the youngest of whom was only two months old. How did the investigation begin? The racket was discovered after police opened a probe into it when Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) Shobha Rani was detained on May 22 for allegedly selling a kid for ₹ 4.50 lakh. Rachakonda Police initiated an investigation into the “sale” of a baby girl after receiving a tip, which led to the discovery of the child trafficking ring. In April of this year, the Central Bureau of…
An AI-generated image with the slogan ‘All Eyes on Rafah’, calling for people’s attention to Israel’s ongoing strike on Gaza has drawn millions of shares on Instagram in less than 24 hours, shedding light upon a social media uprising by supporters of Palestinians following a deadly Israeli airstrike. Image in Detail The AI image depicts tents in a camp arranged to spell out “All Eyes on Rafah,” an area to the south of Gaza, with refugee tent camps, where officials said at least 45 civilians died after a deadly Israeli strike on Sunday. The image has been shared mainly through…
In a new development in the Pune Porsche car accident case, which killed two young IT professionals, police have arrested a peon, Atul Ghatkamble, of Sassoon General Hospital who allegedly collected a bribe of 3 lakh rupees. The bribe was supposed to be meant for two senior doctors, identified as Dr Ajay Taware, head of Sassoon General Hospital’s forensic medicine department, and Dr Shrihari Halnor, the chief medical officer. In an unlikely twist in the case, they were earlier arrested by the Pune Police for allegedly manipulating the blood samples of the accused teen driver. They have been remanded in…