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News Dabba for 19 September 2024: Five stories for a balanced news diet
Here are the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites.
Indie Journal brings you the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites. Here's a glance through some of the National and International news updates, from Lebanon pager explosion updates, Emergency alert system obligations on mobile OS providers, to Central Europe floods.
Hindustan Times: Emergency alert system obligations on mobile OS providers as well
Mobile operating system providers such as Google and Apple will now have to ensure that the disaster alerts sent by the government every year are automatically read out in at least four Indian languages, besides Hindi and English, Hindustan Times reports. The project aims to cover all 22 languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, the report adds. The move is in accordance with the new amendment notified by the Department of Telecommunications on Wednesday to the Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Cell Broadcasting Service for Disaster Alerts) Rules, 2023. Read the full report here.
Lebanon on edge after exploding device attacks, BBC reports
Lebanon is on edge after thousands of electronic devices exploded across two days, BBC reports, quoting citizens saying, "We don’t know if we can stay next to our laptops, our phones." On Tuesday, thousands of pagers exploded, before hundreds of walkie-talkies did the same on Wednesday - multiple sources say Israel's Mossad spy agency was targeting Hezbollah members, the report says. The walkie-talkie blasts killed 20 and injured at least 450; the pager explosions killed 12 and injured more than 2,000. Read the full report here.
NDTV on Centre probing 26-year-old EY employee's death
Amid massive outrage over the death of a 26-year-old chartered accountant with Ernst and Young India, allegedly due to work stress, NDTV reports that the Union Labour Ministry has said it has taken up a complaint and will be investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Anna Sebastian Perayil. A thorough investigation into the allegations of an unsafe and exploitative work environment is underway. We are committed to ensuring justice & @LabourMinistry has officially taken up the complaint. @mansukhmandviya," Minister of State for Labour Shobha Karandlaje said in a post on X. Read the full report here.
Poland's third-largest city braces for peaking floods: The Straits Times
The Stritas Times reports that Poland's third-largest city Wroclaw was bracing for peaking flood waters on Thursday, with early indications its defences were holding firm. This comes after the worst floods in at least two decades ravaged central Europe this week. The flood wave that has inundated the Polish-Czech border region since the weekend reached Wroclaw overnight, but there were no signs of serious damage initially. Read the full report here.
Employee blames rats for hole in Delhi-Mumbai highway, company fires him
An employee who claimed to be a part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project was fired after he stated that rats were responsible for the caving in the portion of road in Rajasthan's Dausa district. India Today reports that the employee, claiming to be the Maintenance Manager, was a junior staff member of KCC Buildcon. The firm clarified the situation in a letter to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). Read the full report here.
