Fifty people, including 40 children, have died in western Uttar Pradesh 's Firozabad district in the last 10 days from what government authorities are calling "Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever" or a severe form of dengue. Other districts in western UP like Mathura and Agra are also affected. Actor Sidharth Shukla was cremated this afternoon in Mumbai, a day after his sudden death shocked his fans. A court in Delhi on Thursday came down heavily on Delhi Police for its probe into a 2020 riots case, saying its failure to conduct a proper investigation will "torment" the sentinels of democracy when history will look back at the worst communal riots in the national capital since partition.
