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  • Indian woman delivers baby while standing in queue for COVID -19 test

    Indian woman delivers baby while standing in queue for COVID -19 test

    A 22-year-old pregnant woman in India delivered her baby while standing in the queue for a coronavirus test. According to reports, she was refused admission to the hospital till she cleared the virus test 

    The woman, Palak, was in labour when she arrived at the hospital but was asked to go to the area where tests are done. She could hardly stand and later collapsed delivering the baby on the spot.

    The incident created panic and the medical staff shifted the woman and the newborn to a ward.

    An investigation into the incident has been ordered by the institute while a faculty member, two senior and two junior residents of the obstetrics and gynaecology department have been asked to go off duty.

    The woman’s husband, Raman Dixit, a daily wager, told reporters that Palak was nine months pregnant and labour pains started after which he took her to the hospital.

    “However, staff in the emergency ward of gynaecology did not admit her and told them that she first needed to undergo a COVID-19 test, as per protocol. The test costs Rs1,500 (around PKR 3,000). I was not carrying much cash. I made my wife stand along with a relative in the queue for the COVID-19 test and went home to bring the money. When I returned, I found that my wife had already given birth and was admitted to the ward,” said Raman.

    Dr Srikesh Singh, the spokesperson of the hospital, said that the woman and her baby are doing fine.

    Officiating Director, Prof Nuzhat Hussain, said: “A three-member committee will submit its report on the incident in three days. Till then, the five staff members will remain off duty. The head of obstetrics and gynaecology has been asked to explain why instead of providing emergency care when the woman was in labour pain, she was sent for COVID-19 testing.”

     

  • Fawad Chaudhry has a savage response to an Indian troll

    Fawad Chaudhry has a savage response to an Indian troll

    When an Indian Twitter user tried to troll Prime Minister Imran Khan and Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry, the minister had a savage response for her.

    Replying to Chaudhry’s video in which he was announcing that PM Imran Khan has handed over the first batch of ventilators to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), a Twitter user Mishupreet Kaur said: “Imran ne to bola ghabrana nhi hai ye ghabrah kyu raha hai (Imran said not to worry, then why is he getting nervous).”

    Responding to the tweet, Chaudhry said PM Imran Khan said that to the people of Pakistan and not to the Indians.

    “You have to worry,” he added. “Rest assured[d], under Modi India will be Endia.” 

    Meanwhile, PM Imran on Monday inaugurated inaugurated the facility of country’s first-ever indigenously made ventilators and handed over the first batch of ‘SafeVent SP100’ portable ventilators to NDMA.

     According to APP, the facility in the northern town of Haripur has a production capacity of up to 300 ventilators a month. 

     “It’s a landmark achievement for Pakistan,” PM said, congratulating the team behind the project, the engineers and scientists at National Radio & Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) and the Ministry of Science & Technology. 

    He further said that the country has “abundant talent to take us to self-reliance in new technological innovation and the government will strongly support any initiative to harness the potential of our youth”.

  • Indian bride and groom cancel wedding after fight over PM Narendra Modi

    A couple in Uttar Pradesh, India reportedly cancelled their wedding because they have different views about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The bride was of the view that Modi is responsible for India’s economic collapse while the groom disagreed.

    The situation transpired when the bride-to-be and the groom met at a temple to decide how to divide the wedding expenses. The discussion led to India’s present economic condition and the bride-to-be, who is a government employee, held PM Modi responsible for India’s poor economic condition. The groom-to-be, a businessman turned out to be a Modi supporter and disagreed with her.

    The argument turned into a heated discussion after which both of them decided to part ways and called off the wedding.

  • Ex-Indian cricketer recalls when ‘shy’ Imran Khan didn’t leave his hotel room to play Holi

    Ex-Indian cricketer recalls when ‘shy’ Imran Khan didn’t leave his hotel room to play Holi

    Former India wicketkeeper Kiran More has recalled the time when Pakistani and Indian cricketers celebrated the festival of Holi together in Bangalore.

    Pakistan toured India in 1986-87 for five Tests and six ODIs, and after the first four Tests ended in a draw, More’s mind harked back to the time when the players from both teams, except then Pakistani skipper and now prime minister (PM), Imran Khan, got together ahead of the final match in Bangalore and “painted the hotel red”.

    “We were really fighting hard for that whole series, but in that Test match, I’ll never forget that Holi we played on the rest day, with the Pakistani team and Indian team,” More said on ‘The Greatest Rivalry‘ podcast.

    “[It was] at Bangalore’s Westin hotel, I still remember. The whole hotel was painted red. The swimming pool, all the rooms, every corner of the hotel was painted red. And we had a great time. Both Pakistani and Indian cricketers were trying to get Imran Khan out of his room. He was the captain, and he was a shy character. We were also trying to get into his room to put colour on him.”

    More further revealed how Javed Miandad kept the party going even after the Holi celebrations were done with. A day before the final Test, players of both teams had a ball, but despite repeated efforts, were unable to get a shy Imran out of his hotel room.

    “He didn’t come out. Javed [Miandad] was instrumental in that Holi time, the whole day, we did Holi together, we had lunch together. Had bhangra music, there were a few friends of ours who joined that party. We had a great time, and next day, we were playing a Test match again,” More added.

    “On the field, both teams wanted to win, and sledging was huge that time from both sides. Off the field, it was a great time that we had. I’ll never forget that Holi.”

  • Indian family lands in hospital after confusing methi leaves with marijuana

    A family from Uttar Pradesh, India ended up in a hospital after confusing marijuana leaves with methi and mistakenly making a ‘ganja sabzi’ out of it. 

    A local vegetable seller, Naval Kishore sold a packet full of weed claiming that it was methi to a villager’s son, Nitesh as a prank. 

    Nitesh gave the packet of weed to his sister-in-law to cook it. According to reports, the family of six unknowingly ate the cooked marijuana leaves.

    Minutes after they ate their food, the family started feeling uncomfortable and asked their neighbours to call a doctor. While their neighbours were calling a doctor, the entire family fainted. 

    The neighbours immediately called the police after which the family was hospitalized. The police cracked the mystery after they found a cooking pot with the leftover food next to an uncooked pack of weed. 

    The cooked marijuana and raw leaves were detained and the police went on to investigate the vegetable vendor for his irresponsible act.

    The police has caught the vegetable vendor for putting so many lives at risk. Authorities further confirmed that a case will be registered after a formal complaint is filed. 

  • ‘We want freedom’: Protests in Kashmir after elderly man’s killing in front of 3yo grandson

    ‘We want freedom’: Protests in Kashmir after elderly man’s killing in front of 3yo grandson

    Hundreds of people in occupied Kashmir staged protests on Wednesday, accusing government forces of killing an elderly man in front of his minor grandson during a gun battle with Kashmiri fighters, which also left a trooper dead.

    The Kashmiri fighters opened fire from a mosque attic in the northern town of Sopore, setting off a battle with security forces, paramilitary police spokesperson Junaid Khan told AFP.

    The family of Bashir Ahmed Khan alleged that he was dragged out of his car after the showdown and shot dead by paramilitary troopers.

    His three-year-old grandson, who was travelling with him, was later pictured sitting on his chest.

    “Locals said that he [Khan] was brought out of his car and shot dead by the forces,” Farooq Ahmed, a nephew of the deceased man told AFP.

    “They told us that someone in uniform then put the child on his chest as he lay dead on the road and took photographs,” Farooq Ahmed said.

    The photo of the child sat on the body of his dead grandfather was widely shared on social media.

    Paramilitary spokesman Khan said the allegation was “baseless”. Police also denied the claims, saying legal action would be taken for “false reports and rumours”.

    “There was no retaliation from the security forces,” Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar told reporters.

    Hundreds assembled at the man’s funeral near the main city of Srinagar shouting, “We want freedom”.

    Government forces have intensified counterinsurgency operations against Kashmiri fighters since a coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March.

    Since January, at least 229 people have been killed during over 100 military operations across occupied Kashmir, including 32 civilians, 54 government forces and 143 fighters, according to the Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), a rights group.

  • Man falls in love with beggar girl while distributing food, marries her

    Man falls in love with beggar girl while distributing food, marries her

    A unique wedding has been seen in Kanpur, India where, while distributing food on the pavement, a young man fell in love with a begging girl and both of them tied the knot amid the lockdown.

    Anil, a driver from Kanpur’s Kakadeo area came across a beggar, Neelam when he went out to distribute food as per the instructions of his employer among the needy. He was attracted to Neelam that turned into true love.

    Talking to an Indian news outlet, the bride said, “My father died long ago and my mother suffered a paralysis stroke. My brother and sister-in-law used to beat me up and one day they threw my mother and I out of the house.”

    Left without a roof over her head and little resources, Neelam started begging to make ends meet.

    “He started talking to me when he came to know about my circumstances. One day, he convinced me to give up begging. We started interacting daily, and developed a friendship which blossomed into love”, said Neelam.

    Anil told reporters: “I admired her courage and guts. She was not only fending for herself but also for her paralysed mother.”

    Anil shared his feelings with his employer who guided him to take care of Neelam and her mother because the lockdown had made their life much more difficult. And then he started providing to them two times a day.

    His employer, Lalta Prasad convinced Anil’s family to let him marry the girl he loved and he finally proposed to Neelam.

  • Woman finds out she is a man during treatment

    Woman finds out she is a man during treatment

    A woman in India discovered that she was a man suffering from testicular cancer while getting treatment for abdominal pain at a Kolkata hospital.

    According to reports, the woman led a normal life with no complications for 30 years. Her 28-year-old sister, who underwent necessary tests following the revelation, was also diagnosed with ‘Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome’ — a condition in which a person is born genetically male, but has all physical traits of a woman.

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    The 30-year-old woman is also married for the last nine years. She visited city-based Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Hospital with severe pain in lower abdomen a couple of months ago, following which clinical oncologist Dr Anupam Dutta and surgical oncologist Dr Soumen Das conducted her medical tests, and found out her “true identity”.

    “From her appearance, she is a woman. Starting from her voice, developed breasts, normal external genitalia, everything is that of a woman. However, uterus and ovaries have been absent since birth. She has also never experienced menstruation,” Dr Dutta said.

    It’s a very rare condition, and can be found one in every 22,000 people, he said. A biopsy was conducted, following which she was diagnosed with testicular cancer, also called seminoma.

    Currently, she is undergoing chemotherapy and her condition is stable.

    “The person has grown up to be a woman. She is married to a man for almost a decade. Currently, we are counselling the patient and her husband, advising them to continue living life as they have been.”

    Reports reveal that the couple had tried for babies a number of times but failed. The patient’s two maternal aunts were also diagnosed with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome in the past, the oncologist said.

    “It’s probably in the genes. We have come to know that two of her aunts from the maternal side were also suffering from a similar condition,” he added.

  • Patient dies after ‘family unplugs ventilator to turn on air cooler’

    Patient dies after ‘family unplugs ventilator to turn on air cooler’

    A 40-year-old man died at a hospital after his family members allegedly unplugged the ventilator he was on to plug in an air cooler.

    Hospital authorities said a three-member committee will probe the incident.

    According to reports, the patient, who was suspected to be suffering from COVID-19, was brought to the ICU of the government-run hospital in the Kota city of India’s Rajasthan state on June 13. His test report, however, came negative later.

    The man was shifted to an isolation ward on June 15 as a safety measure after another patient in the ICU tested positive for the disease.

    Since it was very hot in the isolation ward, his family members bought an air cooler the same day. On finding no socket for the cooler, they allegedly unplugged the ventilator.

    They immediately informed doctors and medical staff, who administered CPR upon the patient, but he died.

    Hospital Superintendent Dr Naveen Saxena said the committee comprising the deputy superintendent, nursing superintendent and chief medical officer on duty will probe the incident and submit a report.

    The committee has recorded statements of medical staff in the isolation ward but the family members of the deceased patient are not responding to the panel, he alleged.

    The family members allegedly did not seek permission to plug in the cooler and when the patient died, they “misbehaved” with the medical staff and the resident doctor on duty, other hospital authorities said.

  • 21-year-old hangs himself while playing PUBG

    21-year-old hangs himself while playing PUBG

    A 21-year-old committed suicide in India’s Uttar Pradesh state while playing the popular online game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).

    As per reports, a 21-year-old man named Shivam hanged himself while playing PUBG. 

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    The victim was an IT graduate who moved to Kanpur to look for a job and was living at his grandmother’s house when he took the extreme step.

    Family members of the deceased claimed that he was addicted to PUBG and used to play the online game for hours on his smartphone.

    They claimed that he was playing PUBG in his room so they were not aware when he hanged himself from the ceiling fan after which they called police.

    The post-mortem report confirmed that Shivam died of suicide.

    PUBG is is an online multiplayer battle royale game that has billions of downloads and a huge fan base.