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Topic: Delhi fire incident

After Kodagu assault case, Karnataka HC orders stricter safety & regulation framework for homestays

Among the host of guidelines were directions to maintain fire safety, law and order, food safety laws, and the need for a structured inspection and enforcement mechanism.

Malviya Nagar fire: TISS alum had come to Delhi for new job, friends found her body in AIIMS morgue

Friends, professors and colleagues recount the final hours of the 26-year-old's life as investigators probe the blaze that killed 21 people and injured several others.

8 of family came in from different cities to see critically ill relative. All died in Malviya Nagar fire

As the bodies were charred beyond recognition, the family members recognised them only by their rings, bangles and chains on them.

Malviya Nagar fire: Deaths mostly due to asphyxia, those who jumped off top floors in critical condition

The critically injured sustained severe pelvic and spinal injuries from the fall, apart from smoke inhalation-related lung damage, says a doctor.

As Malviya Nagar fire captures headlines, a look at how fires have plagued Delhi in the last 8 years

The cause of most fires in Delhi has been electrical short circuits and cooking gas cylinder blasts. Several major incidents in illegal factories.

21 die in fire at south Delhi B&B, 40 rescued. Cause of fire not yet known

The blaze triggered panic as guests tried to escape smoke-filled rooms. Some people jumped out of higher floors of the building on to mattresses laid out on the road by locals, an official said.

Madhubani paintings & pashmina shawls destroyed by fire, Dilli Haat stall owners rue livelihood lost

A total of 40 stalls were gutted in the fire. Shopkeepers estimate a loss of at least Rs 10 crore, demand compensation & question lack of fire safety preparedness at the cultural hub.

After Vivek Vihar tragedy, Delhi ACB probe finds 34 nursing homes with no fire NOC, 17 without licence

ACB has submitted interim report to vigilance dept, listing 65 nursing homes it has inspected so far. In Vivek Vihar, nursing home had no fire extinguishers or emergency exits.

Lapsed licence, no fire exit & oxygen refilling — why Delhi hospital fire was disaster-in-waiting

Blaze that engulfed Baby Care New Born Hospital in C-Block of East Delhi's Vivek Vihar, claimed lives of 6 newborns. Residents say warned of hazard posed by oxygen refilling centre.

No registration, cruelty to infant — Delhi hospital where 6 newborns died in fire not new to controversy

A case of criminal intimidation & cruelty to a child was filed in 2021 against hospital owner Dr Khichi and a nurse. Another complaint was regarding non-registration of hospital with Delhi govt.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.