Seven babies killed in Delhi Hospital fire
Seven new born babies were charged to death after a
Children’s hospital in Vivek Vihar colony in Delhi caught fire on Saturday
night .
The owner of the hospital has been arrested . Police said
that the hospital’s licence had expired .
Rajkot inferno toll climbs 33 ;over 15 persons are still
missing
At least 33 people got killed in the fire that broke out on
Saturday evening at the TRP gaming zone in Rajkot . More than 15 persons are
still missing .
The Gujarat high Court on Monday took suo Motu cognisance of
the incident and posted it for the hearing on Monday .
The court called the incident a “ Man made disaster “.
The police have lodged
an FIR against six people and two have been arrested . The organisers had not
applied for a fire NOC ( No objection certificate ) .
The state government has not given any figures on missing
and casualties yet .
Remal makes landfall : One lakh evacuated in Bengal
The Severe Cyclonic storm Remal started its landfall between
Sagar island in West Bengal Khepupara in Bangladesh at 9:15 PM on Sunday . By
11:30 PM a cyclone storm touched the land .
To prevent loss of life, the West Bengal administration had
evacuated people from low lying and coastal areas of South 24 Pargana , North
24 Pargana and Purba Medinipur to storm shelters .
over one lakh people
were shifted from coastal and vulnerable areas
to safe areas .
Many trains have been cancelled. Howrah .
A Red Alert has been issued
for fishermen . 14 teams of NDRF have been deployed in coastal areas .
PM Modi took stock of the preparedness in the face of the
storm .
Wary Jharkhand labourers return home from unrest hit
Manipur
Last week one of the labourers from Jharkhand was killed and
two labourers were injured by armed miscreants in Imphal .
This is the first such incident on non locals since conflict
between Meitie and Kuki started last year .
This has resulted in
labourers from Jharkhand returning back from Manipur En Masse .
Centre in its systement behind UAPA ban on seven militant
groups in Manipur had cited such attacks on non locals as one of the reasons.
India records trade deficit with 9 of top 10 trading
partners in 2023 – 2024
India has recorded a trade deficit with nine out of top 10
trading partners .
China has emerged as the biggest trading partner of India in
2023 -24 . Only with trade with the US
India has a positive trade balance .
Trade balance – Export – Import .
If the trade balance is positive then it is trade surplus .
If the trade balance is negative then it is a trade deficit means
Import is higher than export .
Trade deficit generally weakens countries currency reserves
.
The trade deficit is
not always a bad thing . In certain cases like importing raw material , it is not necessarily bad for the economy .
World
Israel PM ‘opposed’
to ending the war in Gaza , convenes War cabinet
The Israeli Prime Minister convened a war meeting on Sunday
, in which he said that he “ strongly opposes “ ending the war in Gaza , ahead
of his war cabinet .
Meanwhile , heavy fighting emerged in Gaza . Hamas fired
several rockets on Tel Aviv for the
first time in months .
Hamas is continuously demanding ceasefire and withdrawal of
Israeli forces. But Netanyahu said that it will give time for Hamas to reunite
and an October 7 like attack will happen again
Saudi appoints Syria ambassador after more than a decade
Saudi Arabia sent a new ambassador to Damascus on Sunday .
Last year the two nations started to talk after the Syrian Civil war was over .
At least 134 , including one MSF worker killed in clashes
across Sudan’s El Fasher
At least 134 have died in a single hospital in Darfur city
of El Fasher in Western Sudan , Doctors without borders said on Sunday .
Civil war had started in Sudan last year between Army chief
Abdel Fatah Al Burhan and Parliamentary Rapid Support Forces ( RSF ) .
Nearly a million seek shelter as cyclone strikes
Bangladesh
Nearly a million people fled from coastal regions to
concrete shelters before the cyclone hit Bangladesh .
Authorities have raised the danger signal to highest level .
Wind speeds of around 90 kmph was recorded .
Three ports and International airport in Chittagong has been
closed .
Sports.
Kolkata Knight Riders
( KKR ) defeated SunRisers Hyderabad ( SRH )
IPL 2024 , Award
Orange cap – Virat Kohli
Purple Cap – Harshit
Most Valuable Player – Sunil Naraine
Emerging Player – Nitish Reddy
Editorial
Absolute numbers
ECI should do
everything to reinforce faith in the democratic process
A total 58 Lok Sabha seats in eight states voted on Saturday
in the sixth phase .
Polling is completed in 486 Lok Sabha constituencies in 28
states .Voting is also over in 105 Lok Sabha constituencies of Odisha .
The voting percentage in the sixth phase was highest in West
Bengal ( 79 % ) . Anantnag Rajouri
recorded a turnout of 54.30 % ,
which is highest in the constituency .
Delhi faced “ urban Apathy “ and the voting percentage here
was seen to be 57.67 %.
The Election Commission of India ( ECI ) for the first
time released data on the absolute
number of votes cast in each phases .
Earlier The Supreme Court of India refused to direct the
Commission to disclose details of form 17 C.
The form 17 C contains data on polling in each constituency .
The editorial says that though SC has done well to publish some data that
was not published in the previous election , measures need to be taken to make things more transparent .
Editorial
Punishing Hamas
Netanyahu is
rendering Israel’s global standing weaker
The editorial talks about the recent verdict of the
International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) on Gaza . Israeli Occupation in Gaza
The International Court of Justice’s ruling that Israel must
immediately stop its offensive in Gaza . ICJ directed Israel to open Rafah border for aid delivery . It
directed Israel to allow UN investigators to gather information regarding war
crimes in Gaza .
Earlier ICC judgement had warranted Israeli PM Netanyahu ,
defence minister Yoah Gallant and three Hamas leaders .
Despite all these, Israel is continuing with its offensive
in Rafah . The editorial says that by doing this Mr Netanyahu is making Israel
weaker and leaving the cause of
Palestinian stronger .
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An Overview of
Europe’s AI convention
The Council of Europe ( COE ) on May 17 re-adopted
“ Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence , Human Rights and
Democracy and Rule of Law “ also known as “ AI convention” .
A “ framework Convention “ is a legally binding treaty that
specifies the broader commitment and initiatives under convention , and set
mechanisms to achieve them .
The convention does not create a new human rights principle
, but asserts that human and fundamental rights that are protected by
International and National laws will stay protected at the time of application
of AI systems as well .
The Council of Europe ( COE ) currently has 46 members .
What is the current
status with respect to spice export
Last month Singapore and Higkong returned a certain spice
mix product of MDH and Everest alleging high levels of Ethylene Oxide ( ETO ) ,
The Indian authorities have now initiated several.measures to ensure that
Indian spices comply with food safety standards .
ETO is a sterilising agent which is used to decontaminate
the product . Many of the manufacturer get their initial products from Mandis
and then uses ETO for decontamination .
The spice Board of India has issued detailed protocol to all
the manufacturers to prevent ETO manufacturing .
The board also said that it was starting mandatory testing
of Spice consignments exported to Hong Kong and Singapore .
