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This is the first major building collapse after Tuesday's Mumbai deluge Seven persons were killed, 15 others injured, while around 25 people are feared trapped after a five-storey residential building collapsed in Bhendi Bazaar area of south Mumbai on Thursday. The building, located at Pakmodia street near the J J Hospital, with 12 rooms and six godowns on the ground floor, crumbled at around 8:30 am. According to fire brigade sources present at the spot, "There were around nine families staying in the building. Thirty people are feared trapped". Also Read :  Last day to link PAN-Aadhaar? Decision on extending deadline today The disaster management cell of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) received a call about the collapse at 8.40 am. "We immediately rushed fire brigade personnel to the site to rescue the trapped people," a senior MCGM official said. A senior police official said seven persons, including an elderly couple,

The club also demanded that Neymar pay back the sum he received Current Affairs  : Catalan football giants FC Barcelona on Tuesday took legal action against their former star Neymar, demanding 8.5 million euros ($10 million) over what they called breach of contract. The club also demanded that  Neymar Transfer  pay back the sum he received when he extended his contract last year, given that the Brazil forward has now paid his 222 million euros ($261 million) buy-out clause to join Paris Saint-Germain, reports Efe. "The club demands from Neymar Jr the amount already paid for the renewal premium due to the breach of contract, in addition to 8.5 million euros in damages and an additional 10 per cent in arrears," FC Barcelona said in a statement. Also Read :  Hyundai launches 2017 next gen Verna; price starts at Rs 8 lakh Infosys spat: Murthy takes battle to investors today to explain his stand Barcelona said they had sent the Royal Spanish Football Federation

" The distractions that we have seen, the constant drumbeat of the same issues over and over again, while ignoring and undermining the good work that has been done, take the excitement and passion out Vishal Sikka  has resigned as managing director and chief executive of Infosys with immediate effect. U B Pravin Rao has been appointed as interim-managing director and chief executive, India's no. 2 software services exporter said in a statement. Sikka has now been appointed as executive vice-chairman. Here’s the full text of Vishal Sikka's resignation letter. Over the last few days, since our earlier call, I’ve met Sesh several times, talked to you individually at length, and spent time thinking things thru with Vandana. During this time, one of our employees, Sandeep Karamongikar, died in his sleep, likely of a massive heart attack. He was working on the chatbot frontend in Nia. Also over the weekend, in possibly the greatest demonstration of AI capabilit

Nearly 70 children have died at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur since August 7 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister  Yogi Adityanath  on Tuesday stressed the importance of the Swachch Bharat Mission in the eradication of diseases such as encephalitis, which claim the lives of hundreds of children every year. Politics News  : He regretted that children were dying even 70 years after India's Independence. "The cure of diseases such as encephalitis is hidden in the Swachch Bharat Mission. I been saying this repeatedly as I represent eastern UP," he said after unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Independence Day. In the last three decades, Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome have claimed over 50,000 lives in eastern Uttar Pradesh, mostly in the Gorakhpur district. Adityanath said in his first Independence Day speech as the chief minister that a large numbers of people, including children, died of diseases such as encephalitis, chi

In 56 years, Indian income up 21 times, but progress slower than China, Malaysia Latest Current Affairs   : In the 70 years since independence, India has made most progress in improving life expectancy, literacy, but has been slower in improving the level of income, and reducing infant mortality rates when compared to five other nations. On the eve of   Independence Day 2017   , we compared the progress India has made in improving income, health, education, and in preserving its forests, to five countries–China, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea and Brazil. Why we chose these countries We chose China because it had roughly the same per capita income in 1960 as India did. Our analysis showed that even though China and India are constantly compared, until now, China has outperformed India across most wealth and health indicators. We looked at South Korea to get a sense of how India performed compared to a country that has gone from being a developing to a develope

Amazon Great Indian sale starts from August 9 and will go on till August 12. Know latest offers The season of the online sale is back and it's time to lighten your pockets once more. Starting from tomorrow, the sale will go on until August 12. Amazon will be offering discounts on smartphones and mobile accessories. The Amazon Great Indian sale will feature deals offered by thousands of sellers and brands on select products. Users on the Amazon app as well as the web will have access to it. Amazon Great Indian sale  - Smartphone offers In the Amazon Great Indian Sale, customers can get 40 per cent off on mobiles and accessories which would also include up to 35 per cent discount on iPhones. Amazon will be offering discounts on smartphones and mobile accessories, and the list of devices includes Apple’s iPhone 7, 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6, along with OnePlus 3T, Lenovo, Moto, Samsung, Honor, Coolpad devices. There will be discounts of up to 75 percent off on software

To seek reservations in jobs and education for the Maratha community Latest Current Affairs  : Lakhs of people from across Maharashtra are expected to attend a protest march in Mumbai on Wednesday, seeking reservations in jobs and education for the Maratha community. This will be the 58th — and the largest-protest march of the Maratha community, exactly a year after the first march was held in Aurangabad, the organisers told reporters in Mumbai. So far, 57 protests, in the form of 'Mook Morcha' (silent rallies), have been held in various parts of the state following the brutal rape and murder of a 14-year-old Maratha girl in Kopardi in Ahmednagar district in July 2016. On Wednesday, the  Maratha Kranti Morcha  will begin at 11 am from the BMC's Jijamata Udyan and culminate at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai, the organisers said. Social media platforms like Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter have been used to spread the morcha message to community members, they sai

IRCTC users will be able to pay via cash, debit card or credit card by with option of home delivery Current Affairs  : People can now pay later for tickets booked under the tatkal quota on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) website. Till now, this service was available only for general reservations. For tatkal bookings, people had to pay first via the standard online payment gateways before the IRCTC portal confirms the ticket. For tatkal tickets, IRCTC users will be able to pay via cash, debit card or credit card by opting to have tickets delivered at their doorstep. IRCTC processes 130,000 Tatkal transactions daily. A majority of these tickets are booked within minutes of the quota opening. The new feature eliminates the transaction failures as often the money gets debited and the ticket is not issued due to multiple reasons. The refund cycle is about seven to 15 days. "The pay on delivery feature completely circumvents the use of a payment