1. Visakhapatanam gas leak: Death toll reaches 10, CM Jagan announces compensation
Addressing the media after meeting with the victims of gas leak incident, chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced a total of Rs. 1 crore as compensation to be paid to the families of the deceased.
2. Chhattisgarh: 7 people hospitalized after gas leak from paper mill
At least 7 workers of a Paper Mill were hospitalised after being exposed to a gas leak reportedly while cleaning a tank in the mill, 3 of them are in critical condition.
3. Visakhapatnam gas leak: What did LG Polymers manufacture?
The gas leak at Visakhapatnam, which has affected thousands, took place at a plant belonging to LG Polymers India. According to LG Polymers, it is one of the leading manufacturers of polystyrene and expandable polystyrene in India, which have various applications in electronics, and industries.
4. TDP demands probe into gas leak incident, asks Centre to shut polymer unit
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu demanded a probe into the gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam and urged the Centre to immediately send medical experts to the district as it may not have the required expertise to treat people affected with styrene gas.
5. Vizag Tragedy: NHRC issues notice to Andhra Pradesh Government and Centre
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to Andhra Pradesh Government and Centre over deaths and sufferings to several people due to styrene gas leakage in Vizag district.
6. Vizag gas tragedy: Film fraternity prays for victims
Celebrities from the Hindi and Telugu film industry expressed grief over the gas leak disaster in Vizag on Thursday that reminded everyone of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy.
7. Bois Locker Room: Only 9 posted objectionable material
The 18-year-old boy, who was arrested by the Delhi Police Cyber Crime Cell (CCC) in the ‘Bois Locker Room’ Instagram group, has revealed that the group had 26 members in total and nine of them shared photos of girls and engaged in sexually explicit conversation.
8. Over one-third of total COVID-19 cases in Delhi recorded from May 1-6
Delhi has witnessed 5,532 novel coronaviruses till Wednesday, in which one-third of the cases are from May 1-6. On Wednesday 428 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in the national capital, the largest number in a single day.
9. First aircraft to evacuate Indian citizens stranded in UAE leaves Kochi
The first Air India Express flight for evacuating Indians, mostly Keralites, stranded in Abu Dhabi, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, departed from Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) at 12.30 pm on Thursday.
10. 'Shat shat naman', Amitabh Bachchan remembers Rabindranath Tagore on birth anniversary
Amitabh Bachchan took to social media to remember literature laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary. Tagore was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his literary work.
