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  • Man arrested for eating a snake, claims ‘kept COVID-19 at bay’

    Man arrested for eating a snake, claims ‘kept COVID-19 at bay’

    A man from India’s Tamil Nadu ate a dead snake to “protect” himself from contracting the COVID-19.

    The  50-year-old Vadivel was arrested and charged with a fine of Rs 7,000 after he posted a video of him eating a poisonous snake on social media.

    He claimed that snakes are good antidotes to Covid-19 and keep the deadly virus at bay.

    As per reports, the man caught the reptile in a field and killed it before eating it.

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    A forest officer in Madurai district said the agriculture worker had been prompted to eat the snake by other people. He had been drunk at the time of the incident.

    Fortunately, the man didn’t bite into the venom glands of the snake, identified as a common krait, a species of highly venomous reptiles native to the Indian subcontinent.

    Its venom consists of powerful neurotoxins that can even be fatal for humans if not treated. The reptile had been found dead in a drain, the forest officer said.

    Warning: This video contains graphic content.

  • VIDEO: Flight returns after bat seen flying in business class cabin

    VIDEO: Flight returns after bat seen flying in business class cabin

    An Air India flight from New Delhi to New York City had to return back to New Delhi shortly after takeoff as a bat started flying around the cabin in business class of the plane.

    Once the plane was back at the Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport, the staff contacted the wildlife department.

     “On arrival, it was learnt that crew members saw a bat inside the cabin,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials told news agency ANI.

     “Wildlife staff were called to catch and take away the bat. The aircraft landed safely at around 3:55 am and later it was declared Aircraft on Grounded (AoG).”

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    The plane reportedly underwent a complete fumigation, after which the bat’s body was found from the business class cabin.

    “The probable reason/cause may be loading vehicles like those for catering,” an Air India official told Business Today. “All the time rats/bats come from their vehicle.”

  • ‘Safer in jail’: 21 Indian prisoners don’t want parole amid COVID-19

    ‘Safer in jail’: 21 Indian prisoners don’t want parole amid COVID-19

    21 prisoners in Uttar Pradesh, India do not want parole to stay safe and healthy during the Covid pandemic. Parole is a temporary hold-up of the sentence.

    As per reports, the Director-General of Jail Administration Anand Kumar said that the prisoners who have requested that to the authorities are kept in nine prisons of Uttar Pradesh.

    He said that the reason is that when they get three months of parole then these days will be added to the sentence period later.

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    The second main reason is that the prisoners feel that the kind of food and the healthcare services they are getting in jails will not be possible once they are out on parole for 90 days.

    They said that medical facilities are available and daily health checkups are done in jails. They also get food on time so they are safe and healthy in prison and not when they are out trying to make money and living.

    Four requests from Lucknow jail, two from Maharajganj jail and three from Ghaziabad jail have been reported.

    Kumar said that the prisoners have written their requests clearly so they have to agree to take their viewpoint and respect it.

    Due to the extraordinary gush of Covid-19 cases in the country, the Supreme Court on May 8 ordered for decongestion of jails with immediate release of all the inmates who were approved for bail or parole last year.

    The top court had taken suo motu cognizance of the congestion of prisons all over the country on March 16, 2020, saying that it is hard for the prisoners to keep social distancing to avoid the spread of coronavirus.

  • Bride dies during her wedding ceremony, sister marries groom

    Bride dies during her wedding ceremony, sister marries groom

    A young bride fell ill, fainted and died during her wedding ceremony forcing the families to solemnize the marriage between the groom and a sister of the bride.

    As per reports, the incident happened earlier this week in Samaspur, India.

    After exchanging garlands and other wedding rituals, the couple was preparing for the final ceremony of ‘pheras’ when Surabhi suddenly fell unconscious beside her groom, Manjesh Kumar.

    The family instantly called a doctor who declared her dead telling them she suffered a severe  cardiac arrest.

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    The wedding celebrations immediately turned into mourning.

    Surabhi’s brother Saurabh said: “We did not know what to do in the situation. Both the families sat together and someone suggested that my younger sister Nisha should be married to the groom. The families discussed the matter and both agreed.”

    Surabhi’s body was kept in another room and the marriage of Manjesh and Nisha was then celebrated. After the wedding, when the guests left with the bride, Surabhi’s last rites were held,” he said.

    Surabhi’s uncle Ajab Singh, said, “It was a tough call for our family. One daughter lay dead in one room and another daughter’s wedding was being solemnized in the other room.”

    “We have never witnessed such mixed emotions. The grief over her death and the happiness of the wedding have yet to sink in,” he added.

  • ‘Mouse plague’ in Australia: Mice crawl into beds and bite residents

    ‘Mouse plague’ in Australia: Mice crawl into beds and bite residents

    Farmers in Australia are facing several problems due to a severe mice plague in the country. They allegedly have to put the legs of their beds in buckets of water to stop the mice from biting them while they are asleep.

    Millions of mice are running riot in the eastern part of the country and are causing a serious destruction to farms by eating crops and attacking grain silos.

    As per reports, livestock farmers have to scoop hundreds of dead mice they have managed to either drown in buckets or poison.

    Kodi Brady, a farm owner said, “It does play massive impacts on your mental health. I don’t sleep because I’m paranoid, you know, you can hear them in your walls and your roof.”

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    Brady has been laying bait for mice for the last six months and despite efforts to seal his house, the rodents remain in large number.

    “Your social and emotional wellbeing is shot and you are absolutely buggered,” he said.

    The region has been fighting a mice plague for numerous months after heavy rains in recent years relieved the country’s worst drought in 50 years. The wet weather not only helped produce the country’s largest ever grain crop but also provided plenty food to mice.

    Mice – believed to have arrived in Australia along with the first European settlers – are well suited to the country’s often harsh climate.

    They can survive long periods of dry weather and when the weather turns, they thrive and rapidly reproduce as food and water gets available.

    BBC News interviewed three farmers who spoke about living through the worst mouse plague in memory.

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  • Man fined for hurting woman’s feelings

    Man fined for hurting woman’s feelings

    The court in the United Arab Emirates has ordered a young man to pay a woman Dh20,000 (Rs 840560) in compensation for hurting her feelings via text messages.

    According to details, the young woman registered a lawsuit demanding the defendant pay her Dh100,000 as compensation for text messages he sent, in which he alleged her of having a relationship with many men and of sending him her pictures with an objective to seduce him.

    The complainant indicated that she got a message from the man’s phone alleging her of befriending men, pointing out that a criminal judgment had been issued against him which required a fine.

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    She accused the man of insulting her after the judgment and asked the court for compensation for all damages she suffered.

    The defendant demanded that the case be rejected, claiming the complainant was trying to get him charged because she wanted to negotiate the amount of Dh39,000 she owed him and that a verdict was issued relevant to this matter requesting the woman to return the amount to him.

    The court ruled that in the light of the evidence, the defendant had been convicted in the criminal case for insulting the plaintiff. It stated that the incident caused moral damage, hurting the petitioner’s feelings and her reputation and ordered the young man to pay her an amount of Dh20,000 in addition to legal fees and charges.

  • Man tries to slit wife’s throat because she ‘cheated on him in dream’

    Man tries to slit wife’s throat because she ‘cheated on him in dream’

    A man in Egypt tried to kill his wife in front of her children because he saw her cheating on him in his dream.

    Residents of the area the couple lives in recently shared a disturbing video clip that showed the husband, who reportedly suffers from mental disorders, being arrested.

    Several people were seen escorting the accused, 37-year-old man to police after he tried to run away after committing the crime. He was in a state of breakdown and his clothes were stained with blood.

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    An eyewitness, Mustafa Essam said when the suspect woke up, he went to his wife Amal and told her: “I knew everything … before he tried to kill her by slaughtering her by the neck with a knife,” according to Sky News Arabia.

    A security source said the accused made strange statements during the inquiry including: “While I slept .. I dreamed that my wife was cheating on me, so I decided to get rid of her.”

    Fortunately, the wife is alive and in the intensive care room in a hospital.

  • Indian couple gets married on plane to avoid COVID restrictions

    Indian couple gets married on plane to avoid COVID restrictions

    Following a drastic increase in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, India has imposed a strict lockdown to curb the virus spread hindering the plans of those who had organised traditional and fancy Indian weddings.

    A couple hailing from Tamil Nadu did not bother even for a raging pandemic and seems to have decided nothing would stand in the way of their special day.

    Rakesh and Dakshina bucked restrictions in their home state to charter a SpiceJet flight from Madurai to Bangalore, along with over a hundred guests, so they could get married in mid-air with all their relatives and friends.

    The couple reportedly waited until the aircraft was flying over the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple to bless their union.

    India Today reported that the couple had actually tied the knot in a private ceremony held earlier, but decided to host a ceremony onboard an aircraft to make their big day ‘memorable’.

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    The couple claimed that all passengers on board were their relatives who had taken the COVID-19 test and presented negative test results.

    An airport director confirmed to ANI that a SpiceJet chartered flight had been booked from Madurai but said officials were unaware of the mid-air marriage ceremony.

  • Gaza’s largest bookshop destroyed by Israeli airstrikes

    Gaza’s largest bookshop destroyed by Israeli airstrikes

    Gaza’s largest bookstore was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday. Established in 2008, the shop housed thousands of books, including the largest collection of English literature in Gaza, and was also part of a publishing house that focused on Palestinian writers.

    Defending the attack, the Israeli military claimed that the strike was intended to destroy Hamas tunnels.

    The two-story bookshop was built 21 years ago and was one of the Gaza Strip’s largest sellers of books for children, students, academics and anyone else who loved to read. He also printed books and published stories written by local authors.

    “The books may be under rubble but that will not stop us,” writer Nada Abu Mideen told The National. “We will keep writing to show the world that we deserve life.”

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    A GoFundMe has also been set up to help rebuild the store.

    This wasn’t the only bookstore that was destroyed in Gaza this week. Others, including the Iqraa library, were also either completely or partially destroyed.

    Bookstore owner Shaban Aslim can be seen holding back tears as he is interviewed in front of the rubble.

    “The bookstore was like my soul,” said Mansour, 53, who was born in the Gaza Strip and said that he had built this bookstore by starving himself.

  • Bride marries wedding guest after groom-to-be ‘disappears’

    Bride marries wedding guest after groom-to-be ‘disappears’

    An Indian woman got married to a wedding guest after her groom-to-be mysteriously disappeared from the venue.

    As per reports, the incident happened in the Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The “jaimala ceremony” in which the bride and the groom exchange garlands had taken place in Maharajpur town. Family members were preparing for the final wedding rituals when the groom fled the venue.

    Both the families started searching for the youth but they could not find him anywhere.  After looking for a while, the bride’s family got to know that the groom was not missing. He had run away from the wedding for reasons only known to him.

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    The bride’s family was surprised and the bride was also distressed after the incident. Meanwhile, one of the family members proposed that the girl can marry another suitable boy.

    The bride’s family then selected a potential groom from the wedding guests. Both the sides discussed a few things and agreed on the proposal. The wedding was then celebrated at the venue.

    Later, the bride’s family later registered a police complaint against the groom and his family members.