Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut
Beirut: A massive explosion shook Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday wounding a number people and causing widespread damage.
The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital and thick smoke billowed from the city centre. Residents reported windows being blown out and a false ceilings dropping.
The explosion appeared to be centred around Beirut's port and caused wide scale destruction and shattered windows miles away.
An Associated Press photographer near Beirut's port witnessed people wounded on the ground and widespread destruction in central Beirut.
Some local TV stations reported the blast was at Beirut's port inside an area where firecrackers were stored.
Second explosion in Beirut apparently from a firework factory pic.twitter.com/pVo9r02Pc5
— troy (@troy4realz) August 4, 2020
omg look at the buildings wtf the whole city turned the ash!! i’m praying for everyone in beirut.. this is terrible pic.twitter.com/CQXwaVtpNy
— ˏˋhum⁷ˎˊ (@B7KUGO) August 4, 2020
Fireworks storage was exploding just before the huge explosion, this video is filmed about 100 metres from the major explosion #Beirut #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/tM0vYuZo8u
— CNW (@ConflictsW) August 4, 2020
Good God! What happened in Beirut?!
— Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) August 4, 2020
Pls pray for those in Beirut who’ll be faced today with loss of life, health & home.
Btw,I find it disturbing that this happened so close to 75th remembrance of Hiroshima
(no conspiracy theory here,I’m just observing).pic.twitter.com/K4SlByZdaJ
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After fake ID crackdown, IRCTC daily new accounts down to 5000 from one lakh: Railways
New Delhi (PTI): With a new, stringent system to establish user identity, the number of new user IDs being added daily on the IRCTC website has declined to about 5,000 from nearly one lakh, officials said on Saturday.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw noted that the crackdown by Indian Railways on train ticket booking through fake identities is yielding positive results, according to a press note.
Before the latest reforms, this number had touched nearly one lakh new user IDs per day, it said.
"Following the introduction of a stringent system to establish user identity and detect fake IDs, about 5,000 new user IDs are now being added daily on the IRCTC website," the note said.
The officials stated that these steps have already helped Indian Railways deactivate 3.03 crore fake accounts.
"Another 2.7 crore user IDs have either been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension based on the suspicious activities they are indulging in," they said.
The Union minister directed officials to ensure that the ticketing system is reformed to a level where all travellers are able to book tickets easily through a real and genuine user ID, the press note added.
Additionally, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials to provide local cuisine of the region in Vande Bharat trains.
Introducing local cuisine that reflects the culture and tastes of the regions being traversed will significantly enhance the passenger experience, officials said.
This facility will be expanded to all the trains progressively in future, they added.
