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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <keyword id="28762" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="fire">fire</keyword> at <keyword id="6358650" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hospital">hospital</keyword> in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> <a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1385429644141236229">killed 13 COVID-19 patients</a> early Friday morning, per AFP and local <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> reports.</li><li>The fire broke out after an air-conditioning unit short-circuited and exploded in the hospital's ICU.</li><li>India is battling <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-cases-highest-single-day-rise-global-record-2021-4">a devastating surge in COVID-19 cases</a> that's overwhelming its medical system.</li></ul>A fire that broke out early Friday morning in a hospital in India has <a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1385429644141236229">killed 13 COVID-19 patients</a>, according to AFP and multiple local news reports.The fire broke out around 3:15 a.m. at the Vijay Vallabh Hospital in the Maharashtra province after <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/virar-fire-13-covid-19-patients-die-in-fire-at-vijay-vallabh-hospital/articleshow/82208721.cms">an air-conditioning unit short-circuited and exploded</a> in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to The Times of India. Around 90 patients were inside the hospital at the time and 18 were in the ICU, which occupies the second floor of the four-story hospital, officials told The Times.Five of the ICU patients were rescued and moved to other hospitals, officials said. The fire was put out by around 5:30 a.m.Maharashtra's chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray, said he had <a href="https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1385438367672795146">ordered an investigation</a> into the incident.On Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences to victims' loved ones and said that he had approved <a href="https://twitter.com/PMOIndia/status/1385435619241824264">payments of roughly $2,700</a> for each next of kin of those who died in the fire, while those "seriously injured" would receive a payment of about $670.The hospital fire isn't the first fatal disaster at an Indian hospital this week. On Wednesday, 22 <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> patients who were on ventilators <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-coronavirus-nashik-hopsital-oxygen-tank-leaks-coronavirus-patients-dead-2021-4">died after an oxygen tanker leaked</a> at their hospital in Nashik, also in the Maharashtra province.Maharashtra, India's second-most populous state and where Mumbai is located, recorded <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maharashtra-covid-tally-over-4mn-5-districts-report-highest-growth-in-a-week-101619146734810.html">67,013 new COVID-19 cases</a> on Thursday, bringing its total to more than four million.<h2>A second virus wave ravages India</h2>India is in the midst of a massive second <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> wave that's overwhelming its hospitals.On Thursday, the country <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-cases-highest-single-day-rise-global-record-2021-4">reported 314,835 new coronavirus cases</a> - a single-day world record. India's seven-day average of new cases is 235,150 per day, far outstripping any other country, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html">The New York Times'</a> COVID-19 case tracker. The next-highest daily average is in the US, which is reporting an average of 61,774 cases per day - about a quarter of India's average daily new cases.Experts told the BBC the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56811315">actual death toll in India is likely much higher</a> than the official numbers due to backlogs at crematoriums and people dying at home before they can get to hospitals or be tested for COVID-19. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hospitals-overwhelmed-in-covid-19-2nd-wave-gatherings-continue-2021-4">Hospitals in India are running out of beds</a>, COVID-19 treatment drugs, and oxygen supplies for patients who need ventilators. At least <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hospitals-run-out-of-oxygen-amid-covid-19-surge-2021-4">six hospitals in Delhi have run out of oxygen</a> and others have said they have <a href="https://t.co/lj9dMBe8dp?amp=1">only hours' worth of oxygen</a> left. Many patients have <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56799303">died while awaiting treatment</a> or after being turned away from overwhelmed hospitals, according to the BBC.<div type="image" title="india coronavirus deaths virus" height="1666" width="2222" msid="82210623" hostid="261"></div>The dire oxygen shortage has led some people to take matters into their own hands. Earlier this week, desperate relatives of COVID-19 patients <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-covid-second-wave-oxygen-shortage-2021-4">stole oxygen cylinders from a hospital</a>.Meanwhile, two judges at the Delhi High Court are calling on <a href="https://www.insider.com/steel-plants-in-india-open-hospital-covid-oxygen-2021-4">India's steel-making plants</a> that use industrial oxygen to halt operations and donate oxygen to hospitals, as Insider's Cheryl Teh reported. At least two steelmakers, Tata Steel and SAIL, have pledged to donate oxygen for treatment of COVID-19 patients.India has administered about 135 million vaccine doses, leaving only <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/?sref=BLKWHazc">1.5% of its population</a> fully vaccinated, according to Bloomberg's Vaccine Tracker.

A fire broke out at a hospital in India, killing 13 COVID-19 patients in the ICU

<ul class="summary-list"><li> A notorious "<keyword id="11911195" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gangster" source="Orion">gangster</keyword>" was shot dead in an Indian <keyword id="12180026" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="courtroom" source="Orion">courtroom</keyword> on Friday, CNN reported.</li><li>The gangster was killed by two rival gang members who were disguised as lawyers, police said.</li><li>All three men died and an inquiry into the incident is underway, according to police.</li></ul>An Indian gangster was shot dead in a <keyword id="11893294" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-delhi" source="Orion">New Delhi</keyword> courtroom by two rival gang members dressed as lawyers, according to <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/24/india/india-man-shot-courtroom-intl-scli/index.html">CNN.</a>The gunmen, wearing their disguises, opened fire while Jitender Gogi, 30, was standing trial for <keyword id="13542" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="murder" source="Orion">murder</keyword>, the media outlet reported."Two gangsters killed in immediate counterfire by Police as they opened fire in lawyers attire at a gangster UTP (under trial prisoner) in Rohini court premises this afternoon," said a tweet by <a href="https://twitter.com/DelhiPolice/status/1441347825330122753?s=20">Delhi Police. </a>"All three gangsters dead. No other injury or death occurred." Police added that an inquiry is underway.According to <a href="https://www.news18.com/">News 18,</a> Gogi was jailed last year for his alleged involvement in 19 murder and attempted murder cases.<a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/gogi-vs-tillu-delhi-gangsters-bond-that-ended-in-bloodshed-101632507909325.html">The Hindustan Times</a> reported that, for years, Gogi had run a sophisticated organized <keyword id="11893298" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="crime" source="Orion">crime</keyword> syndicate. The paper said that he continued to commit crimes from jail, having reportedly used secret cellphones to extort people of money from inside his high-security prison cell.One of Gogi's suspected killers, Sunil Maan, was a childhood friend before the two became deadly rivals, The Hindustan Times said. The two had fought a bloody turf war for more than a decade, the paper said.

A gangster standing trial for murder was shot dead in a courtroom by 2 rivals disguised as lawyers, say police

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A student traveling on an American Airlines flight was accused of urinating on another passenger.</li><li>The airline company said the passenger would not be allowed on future flights.</li></ul>A passenger with Indian citizenship was accused of urinating on a fellow passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi on Saturday, a report says.According to the Indian news agency ANI, a named 21-year-old student in the US, was drunk when the incident involving a US citizen occurred during the flight. He is banned from traveling on American Airlines, the airline later said. "American Airlines flight 292, with service from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) was met by local law enforcement upon arrival in DEL due to a disruptive customer. The flight landed safely at 9:50 pm," American Airlines said in an emailed statement to Insider."Upon aircraft arrival, Purser informed that the passenger was heavily intoxicated and was not adhering to crew instructions on board. He was repeatedly arguing with the operating crew, was not willing to be seated and continuously endangering the safety of crew and aircraft and after disturbing safety of fellow passengers, finally urinated on pax seated on 15G," American Airlines <a href="https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/american-airline-bars-indian-citizen-from-flying-after-urinating-on-us-citizen-mid-air20230305102643/">said in a statement to ANI</a>."We're grateful to our crew members who are consistently dedicated to the safety and care of our customers and handled the circumstances with the utmost professionalism," the airline added. The Press Trust of India <a href="https://www.ptinews.com/news/national/american-airline-flyer-urinated-on-fellow-passenger-in-drunken-state-sources/525652.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the intoxicated man was asleep when the incident occurred and that he later <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/university-student-held-for-peeing-on-passenger-in-delhi-bound-flight-101677989995421.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized to his fellow passenger </a>who complained. Delhi Police said legal action is being taken on the basis of a complaint from American Airlines, per PTI. The flight took off from New York on Friday evening and landed nearly 15 hours later at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday. A similar incident happened on a flight from New York to New Delhi in January. Wells Fargo fired an employee who was also accused of urinating on a fellow Air India passenger mid-flight, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wells-fargo-fired-employee-urinated-female-passenger-air-india-flight-2023-1">Insider reported.</a>

American Airlines passenger accused of urinating on another flyer during a New York-Delhi flight, report says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Police arrested three people in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> for allegedly <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/covid-19-3-arrested-in-delhi-for-selling-painted-fire-extinguishers-as-oxygen-cylinders/articleshow/82414284.cms">repainting fire extinguishers to look like oxygen cylinders</a>, the Times of India reported.</li><li>The accused <keyword id="386981" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="scammers">scammers</keyword> sold "many" of the fire extinguishers to families of COVID-19 patients for $180 each, police say.</li><li>As India is overwhelmed with record COVID-19 cases, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/world/asia/india-covid19-black-market.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">virus-related scams abound</a>, per the Times. </li></ul>Police arrested three people in India earlier this month for allegedly <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/covid-19-3-arrested-in-delhi-for-selling-painted-fire-extinguishers-as-oxygen-cylinders/articleshow/82414284.cms">repainting fire extinguishers to look like oxygen cylinders</a> and selling them to family members of COVID-19 patients, the Times of India reported.In a police investigation, the accused scammers admitted they had already sold "many" of the fake canisters for about $180 each, police told the Times of India. As The New York Times reported, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/world/asia/india-covid19-black-market.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">fire extinguishers could explode</a> if filled with high-pressure oxygen."This guy should be charged with homicide," Mukesh Khanna, a local charity volunteer who filed a police complaint about the scammers, told the Times. "He was playing with lives." India is facing <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-covid-crisis-oxygen-tank-shortage-2021-5">a severe medical oxygen shortage</a> as it battles <a href="https://www.insider.com/virus-swallowing-people-india-crematoriums-overwhelmed-2021-4">a devastating second COVID-19 wave</a>, leaving desperate family members to source their own oxygen canisters for their infected loved ones. Last month, relatives of COVID-19 patients resorted to <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-covid-second-wave-oxygen-shortage-2021-4">stealing oxygen cylinders from a hospital.</a><div type="image" title="india covid oxygen shortage" height="1486" width="1982" msid="82701411" hostid="261"></div>The alleged fire extinguisher scam was discovered after Khanna, who volunteers for an NGO that provides free oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 patients, complained to police that a company called Varsha Engineering in Alipur, in the state of Delhi, was overcharging for oxygen, per the Times of India. Police then raided the business and discovered the scheme, seizing 532 fire extinguishers, spray-paint cans, electric grinders used to remove the red paint from the extinguishers, and about $675 in cash.In recent weeks, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-covid-19-black-market-oxygen-crisis-1000-markup-2021-4">prices of oxygen cylinders in India</a> have shot up to an average of more than $250 in a country where the <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD?name_desc=false">gross per capita income is $2,210 per year.</a> One man <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210422-india-s-covid-19-shortages-spur-black-market-for-drugs-oxygen">told AFP last month</a> that he paid about $600 for a cylinder. In the US, hospitals can <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/world/americas/mexico-covid-oxygen-shortage.html?referringSource=articleShare">buy oxygen cylinders for about $80</a>, according to The New York Times.As India battles a deadly second <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> wave, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/world/asia/india-covid19-black-market.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">virus-related scams are proliferating</a>, according to The New York Times. Police in New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have arrested more than 370 people in the past month alone on allegations of coronavirus-related scams, per the Times. People have been accused of everything from selling fake vials of remdesivir, a drug used to treat the virus, to stealing used funeral shrouds and reselling them as new.India reported <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/india">a record 414,188 new virus cases</a> in a single day on May 6, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The country of more than 1.2 billion people has reported over 24.6 million total cases and 270,284 deaths. Experts say the <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-coronavirus-covid-crematorium-funeral-burial-delhi-2021-4">actual death toll is likely much higher.</a>

3 people in India repainted fire extinguishers to look like oxygen cylinders and sold them to families of COVID-19 patients, police say

<ul><li><keyword id="37587" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tahir-Hussain">Tahir Hussain</keyword> who was wanted in an Intelligence Bureau officer murder case, has surrendered before Rouse Avenue court in Delhi. </li><li>In an <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-riot-tahir-hussain-surrender-ib-staffer-death-sad-1652702-2020-03-05">interview</a> with India Today TV, he declined all charges against him and claimed to be innocent. </li><li>“On February 24, police conducted a search of my building and moved us out from there. Later, we shifted to a safe location," Hussain said. </li></ul>Tahir Hussain, the suspended AAP Councillor, who was wanted in an Intelligence Bureau officer’s murder case, has surrendered before Rouse Avenue court in Delhi. He went absconding after he was declared a party of interest in the murder which took place during the Delhi riots, last week. In an <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-riot-tahir-hussain-surrender-ib-staffer-death-sad-1652702-2020-03-05">interview</a> with India Today TV, he declined all charges against him and claimed to be innocent. He also said that he went absconding after the news spread widely on the internet and social media. "I worked to stop violence, I'm innocent. I stopped people from climbing up my building. On February 24, police conducted a search of my building and moved us out from there. Later, we shifted to a safe location," Hussain said. Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has suspended him from the party while he went missing. Hussain has been wanted over the murder of Ankit Sharma an IB officer, who was found dead during the riots in February. However, he went absconding and yesterday (March 5) he was booked in another attempt to murder case by Delhi police. According to an IANS report, a case has been lodged in Khazuri Khas police station against him. The complainant, who received a bullet injury during the <keyword id="4930213" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-Violence">Delhi violence</keyword>, has said in the FIR that Hussain was among the rioters who opened fire at him, as per an IANS report. However, no official information has been issued about the complaint so far.

Tahir Hussain surrenders before at Delhi court, claims to be innocent

<ul><li>The petitioner has sought an injunction against WhatsApp to prevent it from rolling out the new privacy policy in India.</li><li>The petitioner wants the Delhi High Court to grant injunction until the Indian government passes the personal data protection bill.</li><li>Earlier reports suggest that the Indian government is already examining WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.</li><li>WhatsApp has come under fire from its users as well as internet activists after it announced its new privacy policy earlier this month.</li></ul>WhatsApp's troubles are mounting. After widespread backlash from its users as well as privacy activists, now a petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court against WhatsApp's new privacy policy. The petition, <a href="https://twitter.com/barandbench/status/1349683935354134530">according</a> to Bar &amp; Bench, seeks direction from Delhi High Court to the Indian government to make sure that WhatsApp does not share user data with third parties. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="80262586" title="The Indian government may call WhatsApp to explain why its new data privacy policy applies in India but not in Europe" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> The petitioner has sought the intervention of the Delhi High Court to ensure that the Indian government frames its guidelines to protect the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. WhatsApp recently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/whatsapp-will-stop-working-if-you-do-not-agree-to-its-new-terms-and-privacy-policies/articleshow/80127866.cms">announced</a> that it is updating its terms of service and privacy policies from February 8, 2021. If you want to use the app after this date, you will have to agree to the new terms and privacy policies. If you do not accept these policies, you will not be able to use the app. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Indian government is already examining WhatsApp’s new privacy policy" comment="subhead" text="Indian government is already examining WhatsApp’s new privacy policy">Indian government is already examining WhatsApp’s new privacy policy</cmsannotation> <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/govt-steps-into-whatsapp-row-examining-data-sharing-update/articleshow/80260037.cms">According to a report</a>, the Indian government has started examining the controversy surrounding WhatsApp’s new update. “We are collecting details,” said an official source. The issue is reportedly being discussed at the highest levels of the IT ministry. One of the reasons behind this could be the different approach WhatsApp has taken with respect to privacy in the European Union, and countries like India. “Also, the privacy update sought by WhatsApp in user agreement in European Union is seen as lenient while in India it is wide-ranging and may have terms that may potentially harm user privacy,” the official source added. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Trade body calls for WhatsApp ban in India" comment="subhead" text="Trade body calls for WhatsApp ban in India">Trade body calls for WhatsApp ban in India</cmsannotation> The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has asked that the Indian government should either restrict WhatsApp from implementing the new privacy policy or ban WhatsApp and Facebook in India. WhatsApp has issued a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/whatsapp-says-your-privacy-wont-be-affected-if-you-dont-use-these-features/articleshow/80225748.cms">clarification</a> stating that your privacy won’t be affected if you don’t use the two optional features. However, it has mentioned that any chats with businesses will be shared with Facebook and ads will be shown based on these chats. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/whatsapp-will-stop-working-if-you-do-not-agree-to-its-new-terms-and-privacy-policies/articleshow/80127866.cms">WhatsApp will stop working if you do not agree to its new terms and privacy policies</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/whatsapp-says-your-privacy-wont-be-affected-if-you-dont-use-these-features/articleshow/80225748.cms">WhatsApp says your privacy won't be affected if you don't use these two optional features</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/how-to/how-to-move-whatsapp-groups-to-signal-app/articleshow/80213969.cms">How to move WhatsApp group to Signal app</a>

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New Delhi, The <keyword id="6354944" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="aam-aadmi-party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword> (AAP) on Wednesday claimed unidentified men on Tuesday night opened fire on the convoy of its MLA-elect <keyword id="6391535" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="naresh-yadav">Naresh Yadav</keyword>. The party said one person was killed in the attack. AAP Rajya Sabha MP <keyword id="6360239" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="sanjay-singh">Sanjay Singh</keyword> told IANS that on late Tuesday night, Yadav was attacked when he was returning from temple. "The convoy of Yadav was attacked. Unidentified men opened fire at the convoy when Yadav was returning from the temple after results. A party volunteer Ashok has been killed," Singh told IANS. Singh said the a party volunteer was injured following the attack. He blamed the law and order situation in Delhi for the incident. The AAP swept the Delhi Assembly elections as it bagged 62 of 70 seats here.

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