49, mostly Indians, killed in Kuwait building blaze

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Thursday, 13 June 2024

Forty-nine people, including 42 Indian nationals, were killed and dozens more injured on Wednesday in a devastating fire in a building in southern Kuwait housing foreign workers, with local authorities detaining the building’s owner as part of an investigation into potential negligence.

The fire in Al-Mangaf building, a residence for workers, was reported to authorities in Al-Ahmadi governorate at 4.30am and most of the deaths were due to smoke inhalation while the residents were asleep, Kuwaiti media reported.

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THE BIG STORY

49, mostly Indians, killed in Kuwait building blaze

NBTC group, an engineering and construction firm partially owned by an Indian national, had rented the building to house more than 195 workers, most of them Indians from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and some northern states. Those who died ranged in age between 20 and 50 years, and a majority of the Indians who died or were injured were from Kerala. Read more.

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday lamented that Delhi’s drinking water crisis cannot be solved unless there is action taken against the recurring water transmission losses and the tanker mafia operating in the Capital, and sought a report from the Delhi government on the action taken in this regard within 24 hours.

At the same time, the bench pulled up the Himachal Pradesh governing, suggesting it was in contempt of court for not releasing 137 cusecs of additional water to the Hathnikund Barrage that it had said it would during a previous hearing on June 6. Read more.

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Written and edited by Kartikeya Ramanathan. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. Send your feedback to kartikeya.ramanathan@hindustantimes.com shad.hasnain@partner.htdigital.in

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49, mostly Indians, killed in Kuwait building blaze

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