Indian Sub-continent

Jaipur, May 6 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday alleged that the BJP and the government run by it at the Centre are suppressing the media, which only shows debates on religious polarisation while ignoring real issues.

Gehlot said this expressing concern over India's ranking in the Press Freedom Index, in which country stood at 150th spot among 180 nations.

DHAKA, May 6 (NNN-BSS) – In a spirit of friendship and good neighbourly relations, Bangladesh yesterday sent emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka.

At a token handover ceremony, held at the State Guest House Padma here, yesterday, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister, AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister, Zahid Maleque, handed over a few boxes of medicines to the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Sudharshan D.S. Seneviratne.

KABUL, May 6 (NNN-ANA) – At least nine people were killed, 10 others injured and three went missing, in recent floods triggered by heavy rains in Afghanistan, authorities said today.

In addition, some 300 houses were destroyed and 2,000 houses were partially destroyed by the floods, on Tuesday and Wednesday, in 11 provinces of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, the State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, wrote on Twitter.

Kanpur: In a bid to revolutionise the water purification process, a novel device has been devised by IIT Kanpur.

This device is able to produce inorganic contaminant-free water at a cost as low as 2 Rs per litre.

There is no maintenance cost even. It has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology here.

The device was developed by IIT Kanpur researchers in collaboration with those at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

It will help overcome the challenges in both water availability and water quality monitoring.

New Delhi, May 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the delay in hearing the bail application of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a land grabbing case, saying this is a travesty of justice.

A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai noted that Khan has got bail in 86 out of 87 cases, and said it would hear the matter on May 11.

NEW DELHI, May 6 (Reuters) - India's main opposition Congress party on Friday demanded a hefty rise in compensation for the families of those who died of COVID-19, after the World Health Organization estimated the country's toll was nearly 10 times the reported figure.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has rejected the WHO estimate released on Thursday that 4.7 million people died in India as a result of the pandemic until last year, when hospitals ran out of oxygen and beds due to a record wave driven by the Delta variant. 

HINAUTI, India, May 6 (Reuters) - India's scorching summer heat adds new risks this year to an energy-sapping challenge that tribal woman Munni Adhivasi has surmounted every day for two decades, by trudging for miles to carry home water.

Munni, who said she feared dying in the heat, teared up as she railed against the government's failure to provide drinking water to more than 200 tribal families in her hamlet of Hinauti in northern Uttar Pradesh.

HINAUTI, India, May 6 (Reuters) - India's scorching summer heat adds new risks this year to an energy-sapping challenge that tribal woman Munni Adhivasi has surmounted every day for two decades, by trudging for miles to carry home water.

Munni, who said she feared dying in the heat, teared up as she railed against the government's failure to provide drinking water to more than 200 tribal families in her hamlet of Hinauti in northern Uttar Pradesh.

Kanpur: Divyendu Tripathi alias Munna Tripathi has received tremendous applause from fans.

According to Divyendu, his character Munna Tripathi became a hit. Fans of UP and MP used to gather outside his vanity van.

They would then shout enthusiastically, “Munna Bhaiyya”, he maintained.

Divyendu said that it was an overwhelming experience.

However, he added that many also create a ruckus, which is not good.

He feels that this ruckus leads to unwanted incidents.

Bengaluru, May 4 (PTI) Karnataka Electric Vehicles-Manufacturers and Dealers Association (KEVMDA), in collaboration with Key Media, is organising a national-level electric vehicle (EV) exhibition 'EV Expo 2022' here from May 6-8.

The expo is set to be held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC).

Over 100 firms manufacturing two-wheelers and four-wheelers, battery companies, spare-parts manufacturers, distributors, and financial service providers are expected to participate in it, said a release from KEVMDA.