Daily Briefing: The day after Maha Kumbh stampede

On that note, let’s get to today’s edition.

Big Story

What was to beryllium the biggest time of the Maha Kumbh festival was marred with panic and grief. A stampede-like concern successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday claimed astatine slightest 30 lives and injured 60 others.

What happened? There are varying accounts of the events that led up to the stampede. Officials blame a dense unreserved of radical towards the Sangam Nose, a triangular portion of onshore wherever the Yamuna and Ganga rivers meet, and the breaking of barricades. Eyewitnesses shared harrowing accounts of the abrupt swell successful crowds. “Nobody listened…people conscionable walked implicit others…”

Why was it crowded? The unusual rush of devotees astatine the mela grounds wasn’t surprising. The time of Mauni Amavasya is considered an auspicious play to instrumentality a dip successful the stream waters.

The aftermath: The ensuing chaos was met with an authoritative silence. The medication did not merchandise authoritative figures connected the dormant until precocious evening. For those looking for missing loved ones, the hunt stopped astatine the Moti Lal Nehru Medical College mortuary. Others are forced to continue their search.

Questions arise: The Opposition parties harangued the Uttar Pradesh government, alleging that the “mismanagement” and “VIP culture” astatine the mela led to the tragedy.

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A distant dream: Speaking of China, an experimental atomic fusion reactor astatine the Institute of Plasma Physics successful Anhui has created overmuch excitement. For years, scientists person tried to harness the process (that fuels the Sun and the stars) to make electricity. Researchers judge we whitethorn not person a functional fusion reactor earlier 2050 due to the fact that of the world’s net-zero ambitions. The Chinese reactor reached a step person to the feat.

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Before you go, tune successful to today’s occurrence of the ‘3 Things’ podcast, wherever we speech astir the enactment implicit the Wrestling Federation of India’s bureau and a man’s quest to hide his begetter successful his village.

That’s each for today, folks! Until tomorrow,
Sonal Gupta

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