Daily News Dose: Iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar passes away and more | Feb 6, 2022

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1) Iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar is no more. She was 92. Mangeshkar breathed her last after more than 28 days of hospitalisation post-COVID-19.
President Ram Nath Kovind condoled the passing of the legend saying “Lata-Ji’s accomplishments will remain incomparable." Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he was anguished at the demise of Lata Mangeshkar.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that Mangeshkar will be accorded a state funeral. Two days of mourning will be observed in honour of the Bharat Ratna awardee. The National flag will fly at half-mast for two days, as a mark of respect, government sources said.
Lata Mangeshkar was regarded as one of Indian cinema's greatest playback singers. She sang over 30,000 songs during an illustrious career that began at the age of 13 in 1942.


2) Malayalam actor Dileep, who is accused of conspiring to kill police officers investigating an actor abduction case submitted in the Kerala High Court that the prosecution presented fabricated audio clips.
In his written argument, Dileep and the other accused said the audio clips were prepared with the help of mimicry artists.
They further argued that the clips did not contain any conversation, merely pieces of monologues. Even if filmmaker Balachandrakumar's claims were accepted, charges of conspiracy and abetment of crime would not have any legal standing, they argued.


3) Popular snake rescuer Vava Suresh, who is recovering from a cobra bite at the Kottayam Medical College Hospital has said that hereafter he will take precautionary measures while dealing with snakes.
Suresh said that he was bitten by a black cobra. He said could feel a large quantity of venom entering his body after the incident.
"I still remember how my vision gradually became blurry after the snake bite. At that point of time, I was scared that I would never come back to life," Suresh said.
He was bitten during a rescue attempt at Kurichy on Monday.
The doctors have said that there was good improvement in his health condition and they are hopeful he can be discharged from the hospital by Monday.


4) Schools and colleges in Kerala are set to resume in-person classes on Monday. The state government has also decided to extend the class duration from noon till evening for classes 10 to 12. Colleges in Kerala will also resume regular classes by tomorrow.
Meanwhile, classes for grades 1-9 will resume on February 14.
The decisions were taken during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan earlier this week.
The state has also urged schools and colleges to make online classes available for those who are unable to attend in-person classes.


5) Sourav Ganguly, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) congratulated Team India on winning the ICC Under-19 World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Saturday.
The BCCI had announced a cash prize of 40 lakhs as a token of appreciation but their success.
India had produced a clinical all-round performance to beat England by four wickets in the final. It was India's record fifth men's Under-19 World Cup title after previously winning it in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.
Winning captain Yash Dhull, who was down with COVID-19 after the first match, said it was difficult at the start to get the combination right. “But as time went by we became a family and the atmosphere in the team was good," Dhull said after taking a lap of honour along with his teammates.


6) India added 1,07,474 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally of COVID-19 infections to 4,21,88,138. The active cases declined to 12,25,011, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the toll has climbed to 5,01,979 with 865 fresh fatalities added to the list, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 7.42 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 10.20 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,04,61,148, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.

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