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At least six people were killed and several injured in a boiler blast at the Neyveli lignite plant in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district on Wednesday. Authorities said all those injured had been moved to the hospital and investigation was underway as the plant was not functional. This is the second blast at the power plant in three months, with eight people being injured in the last accident. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami expressed grief over the deaths and announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh each to the bereaved families. He also announced Rs 1 lakh each for the severely injured workers and Rs 50,000 each to the other injured. Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured all possible help to the state government. Expressing anguish over the loss of lives, he said CISF personnel were on the spot to assist with the relief work. The incident comes close on the heels of a chemical disaster in Visakhapatnam late on Monday night in which at least two people were killed and four took i...

Using the element of surprise PM Narendra Modi fired a pro-poor move with an electoral spin on a day the opposition was busy attempting to corner him on the border stand-off with China and plight of the masses due to Covid-19 and economic distress. Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his 16-minute speech, one day before Unlock 2.0 guidelines would kick in, by asking people not to go easy on social distancing and hygiene measures as lockdown restrictions are being eased across the country. He next asked authorities to emulate Bulgaria where PM Boyko Borissov was fined Rs 13,000 for failing to wear a mask during a church visit on June 23. Then came the main announcement of PM Modi's address -- he said that the government has decided to extend the free ration scheme for 80 crore people for five more months till the end of November. The PM's shortest address since lockdown 1.0 was on air exactly when a meeting of core commanders of the Indian and Chinese armies was on and Congress...