Current Affairs

In the wee hours of Tuesday, Gujarat's Raghuveer textile market at Ring Road broke out in a massive fire. The fire outspread from the ground structure after fire in one shop in the neighbourhood. The Surat Municipal Corporation's fire and emergency department called the fire brigade and about 57 fire tenders rushed to the site to control the blaze. The exact reason behind the fire is yet to be established, however the blaze escalated fast due to the polyester fabrics. No casualties have been reported so far. 

Early on Monday morning, a fire broke out at Delhi Transport Department office in Civil Lines area. The fire was reported at 8:38 am in the morning and nearly ten fire engines were rushed to the spot. A photo went viral where the ground floor was deluged in flames as a cloud of smoke rose up in the sky. However, no casualties have been reported so far.

Mumbai will remain awake 24/7 from midnight of January 26-27. After a long wait of three decades, the long-pending proposal to keep al restaurants, malls and multiplexes and shopping plazas have been given a green signal at a meeting chaired by Environment & Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray. He said that other cities have unlimited space and limited active hours. But since Mumbai has little scope to expand, so it must capitalize on existing resources by keeping them open longer.