Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India:
1. Living in Delhi akin to passive smoking: Expert
Living in Delhi could be like exposing yourself to second-hand smoke from several people all day. C Arden Pope III, Mary Lou Fulton professor of economics at Brigham Young University , told Times of India in an interview that being exposed to PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) of 100 to 150 micrograms per cubic metres constantly was likeliving in a house where 1015 packs of cigarettes were smoked every day . On most days throughout the year, Delhi's PM 2.5 levels are more than 100 micrograms per cubic metres. Since one person usually doesn't smoke that many packs, it could be like passive smoking from five to six people, he said.
While most studies in the West are done based on pollution range there, Pope said no survey had assessed what could be the impact of very severe PM 2.5 levels, such as in India, on health.
2. Teen hangs self with mom’s sari after fight over sleeping late
A 17-year-old boy committed suicide yesterday morning, after a spat with his mother over sleeping late. The deceased, identified as Narendra Yadav, had a fight with his mother who scolded him for sleeping till 11.30 am.
“After the fight, he got agitated and committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling using his mother’s saree,” investigating officer Pradip Pandit told the Mid-Day.
Narendra, visited his family residing in Kesharmill, Thane, five days back. After failing in Std XI, he was sent to his native village in Gorakhpur ( Uttar Pradesh), where he took admission directly in Std XII 12 and secured 74%.
3. After Nehru, Rajasthan now axes RTI Act from textbook
After doing away with references to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and several other other freedom fighters from school History curriculum, the Rajasthan government’s revised syllabus has also removed a page highlighting the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
A prominent section on page 105, which was part of chapter 12 of the previous Social Science textbook for Class VIII in state schools, has now been removed in the “restructured” book. The section highlighted the RTI Act, and the people’s movement that led to it, The Indian Express reported.
4. Muslim group names scholarship after Modi
An Aligarh-based Muslim group has decided to institute a scholarship in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Forum for Muslim Studies and Analysis will award the Modi scholarship to economically backward Muslim students who are in the 12th standard or doing graduation, The Hindu reported. To begin with, it will be given to 10 students.
5. Woman disappears from IGI washroom
Returning from their honeymoon in the hills, newly married couple Sarvesh and Anisha (names changed) landed in Delhi on Monday on a SpiceJet flight from Bagdogra. They were preparing to board a connecting flight home to Lucknow when Anisha handed her phone and purse to her husband, saying she would be back from the washroom in a minute. That's the last Sarvesh saw of her, The Times of India reported.
CCTV footage at IGI airport shows Anisha, wearing a blue saree, entering the washroom at 6.14pm. Three minu tes later, a burqa-clad woman comes out, exits the terminal and walks up to the VIP parking where a man meets her. Sarvesh, who was shown the footage after he re ported his missing wife to the Central Industrial Security Force, told the security personnel that the burqa-clad woman's body structure and gait resembled his wife's.
6. Haryana water woes: Five suffocate to death while cleaning well
Five men died in Haryana’s Jind district during an attempt to clean an unused well on Monday. The men, according to district officials, suffocated after inhaling a poisonous gas emanating from the well in Nidana village.
“All departments were pressed into action to get the five persons out of the well. Bleaching powder was used to control the gas. The well had been lying unused for the last five to six years,” Jind Deputy Commissioner Vinay Singh told The Indian Express.
The deceased were identified as Sanjay (23), Sukhchain (20), Mahipal (36) , Mohan (18) and Dinesh (24). All victims belonged to the Dhanak caste of the SC community. At 9 am, a small group of men from the village had decided to clean the well to make water available for the community’s daily needs.
7. IPS officer who probed Ishrat case gets notice
Senior IPS officer Satish Verma, who was part of the special investigation team (SIT) that probed the Ishrat Jahan encounter case and indicted senior Intelligence Bureau and Gujarat police officers for the “cold-blooded murders“, has been served a show-cause notice for “unauthorised absence“ from duty as chief vigiliance officer of North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO). TOI has learnt that Verma was found to have spent more than half of the days since joining NEEPCO in August 2014 “away from the station“ and on "long, unexplained tours."
An officer of the home ministry, which sent him the notice last week and sought his reply within 10 days, said Verma was found to be away from the “station“ -NEEPCO premises in Shillong -for a cumulative 250-300 days during the 20 months since his posting there.
8. Pune: Conman posed as Sherlock to dupe over 100 people, arrested
A 40-year-old conman posing as a detective was arrested by the Pune cyber cell for duping a man under the pretext of helping him track his son’s movements through a mobile software. Jagnath Chaudhury, a Chandan Nagar-based businessman, had approached the accused, Sagar Ashok Pandit, in March to keep tabs on his college-going son.
Chaudhury realised that he had been duped when Pandit did not furnish any data related to his son’s movements even after two months, the Mid-Day reported.
9. Mumbai: Blind man looted of Rs 25,000 on pretext of helping him
To more more to the injury, after withdrawing 25k, only 300 rupees were left in the bank account out of which the accused took Rs 200 as well. The incident took place in Kalina, Santacruz east. The victim, identified as Kanhaiya Padvi, 51 is completely blind.
He resides with his wife Vijaya, 43 and son at Rohan, 20. Kanhaiya is telephone operator at Air India and resides with his family at Indian Airlines Colony near Kalina in Santacruz east. The incident took place on May 6 afternoon, the Mid-Day reported.
10. City to get new cricket stadium near Dwarka
International cricket may soon cut its longterm ties with the Ferozeshah Kotla and find a new home on the outskirts of the city. The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) is planning to build a brand new stadium between Dwarka and Najafgarh, close to former India opener Virender Sehwag's home and adjacent to the airport. The project is expected to be finished by 2020.
According to DDCA treasurer Ravinder Manchanda, association officials are already in talks with the ministry of urban development -headed by Venkaiah Naidu -over the process of identifying and acquiring 10 acres or so of land required.
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