10 children have died in a fire at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India. The death toll is expected to rise.

The incident took place on Friday (November 15) night at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.

It is initially believed that the fire broke out due to a short circuit.

This information was published in an online report by Indian broadcaster NDTV.

The report said that a fire broke out due to a short circuit at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh on Friday night. Before the fire service personnel reached the spot, the doctors and staff patients were evacuated by breaking the windows of the ward.

The hospital authorities said that the fire broke out around 10:35 pm. 37 children have been rescued safely. The fire broke out due to a short circuit in one of the two units of the children's ward. A committee has been formed to investigate the cause of the fire.

In the heartbreaking videos, relatives of the deceased children were seen crying profusely. One of them is crying and saying, "My child has died in the fire." Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased and said, "The death of children in the accident that took place in the NICU of a medical college in Jhansi district is very sad and heartbreaking. I pray for the salvation of the souls of the deceased and the speedy recovery of the injured." Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Brajesh Pathak and the Principal Secretary of Health have left for Jhansi to monitor the situation.

Air pollution levels in Delhi have reached alarming stage. To control the situation, the Delhi government has stopped unnecessary construction work and imposed restrictions on bus movement.

Indian media NDTV reported that the state government has taken strict measures as the air pollution levels in Delhi have reached alarming stage. It has even been decided to conduct online education programs in educational institutions in Delhi. These instructions will be implemented from 8 am on Friday (November 15). The Commission for Air Quality Management has given these suggestions to reduce pollution levels.

In this, petrol-powered and diesel-powered buses of various categories have been banned from plying in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) of Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar. Apart from this, all non-essential construction work will also be stopped. Only national security, health and certain private construction work will be allowed.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board of India, Delhi, Chandigarh, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurugram and Baddi have been covered in pollution since Thursday morning. Like Delhi (432), the air quality has reached more or less hazardous levels in Chandigarh (415), Ghaziabad (378), Noida (372), Gurugram (323) and Baddi (320). These levels of air pollution are risky for human health.

However, the situation in Delhi has not suddenly become so bad. It was seen at the end of last month that the pollution levels in Delhi started increasing before the onset of the winter season. 

The government is planning to open a clinic to treat women who are reluctant to wear the hijab in public. However, women's and human rights organizations in Iran have expressed anger at the announcement of the opening of this special medical center.

This information was published in a report by The Guardian on Thursday (November 14).

The report said that according to the law, all women in Iran are obliged to wear the hijab. The government believes that those who do not wear the hijab have 'mental problems'. And the clinic is being opened to provide them with treatment.

Mehri Talebi Darestani, head of the women and family department at the Tehran headquarters of Iran's Ministry of Ethics, made the announcement. She said that 'scientific and psychological treatment for not wearing the hijab will be provided.' However, many have expressed anger at this.

Iranian human rights lawyer Hossein Raisi said that the plan is 'neither Islamic nor consistent with Iranian law.'

He added that what makes it even more frightening is that the announcement came from the Women and Family Department of the Ministry of Ethics and Morality’s Tehran headquarters. This department reports directly to the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

A woman, who asked not to be named, said, “This will not be a medical center. It will actually be a prison. We are struggling to meet our daily needs, and we are not getting proper electricity. But the state there is worried about a piece of cloth (hijab). If we have to start a movement, then everyone should come to the streets now. Otherwise, we will all end up in prison.”

Iran has been tightening its enforcement of the hijab law for the past few days. Those who break the law are being arrested. Many businesses are also being closed.

Meanwhile, state media reported that a female student was harassed by security guards on a university campus in Tehran for violating the hijab law. She took off her clothes to protest. She was then arrested and sent to a mental hospital. The announcement of the opening of this clinic came shortly after this incident. 

Meta violated antitrust law by giving users automatic access to classified advertising services on Facebook's Marketplace. The European Union (EU) fined Facebook's parent company Meta 79 crore 77 lakh 20 thousand euros (84 crore dollars) on Thursday.

The news agency Reuters reported that the company abused its dominant position. According to the European Commission, Meta violated antitrust law by imposing unfair commercial terms on other online classified advertising services that advertise on Meta's various platforms.

"This is illegal under EU antitrust law. Meta's behavior must stop," said Margrethe Vestager, the head of the European Union's competition department, in a statement.

"Clarifying what Meta means by 'abusive practices', the European Commission said that since Facebook Marketplace is connected to Facebook, it enjoys a significant distribution advantage. As a result, competitors cannot keep up with it.”

The Commission also said, “All users have automatic access to Facebook Marketplace. It comes to them regularly, whether they want it or not.”

In this regard, Meta said that it will appeal against the EU fine. “Facebook users decide whether to join its Marketplace or not. The reality is that people use Facebook Marketplace because they want to. They are not forced to use it.”

In addition, the European Commission has accused Meta of setting unfair conditions for those who advertise on Facebook and Instagram in the classified advertising service. Due to this condition, Meta has the advantage of exclusive use of other advertisers’ advertising data.

However, Meta claims that it does not use advertisers’ data for this purpose. And it has created a system and control process to ensure that this does not happen.