Quick Reads: Snake Found In School's Midday Meal, Students Fall Ill

It’s easy to miss some important news in the hectic daily schedule, so we have compiled a list of recent women-centric news you may have missed.

In the latest news, several students of a school in West Bengal were hospitalised after consuming a midday meal. School staff found a snake in one of the containers that contained lentils.

Here are some quick reads that will keep you up to date.

Quick Reads

Snake Found In School's Midday Meal

Students of Mandalpur Primary School in Mayureshwar II, West Bengal fell ill after consuming lentils from a pan that also cooked a small snake with it.

The students had consumed the midday meal when the school staff saw the snake while serving lentils. Everyone was asked to stop eating.

According to officials, around 20 students out of the total 53 were present in school during the time and all students were rushed to the hospital after they fell ill.

Delhi Court Rejects Bail Plea Of Man Who Urinated On Woman During Flight

Delhi's Patiala House court denied bail to Shakar Mishar, accused of urinating on an elderly woman while drunk on an Air India flight from New York, United States to New Delhi.

Mishra's counsel said that while the accused's actions were obscene, he did not intend to outrage the modesty of the woman. During interrogation, Mishra told police he "blacked out" during the flight.

The public prosecutor said, "Intoxication can never be a defence".

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Woman Footballer Who Represented India At U-16 Level Now Works As Food Delivery Agent

A video of Polami Adhikary, a former football player who represented India at the U-16 level working as a food delivery agent has gone viral.

In the video, Adhikary said she is the only earning member of her family and lost her mother when she was young. Thus, she began working as an online food delivery person to support her family.

DCW Chief Asks Police To File FIR Against Comments On Cricketers' Daughters

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal asked the police to file an FIR against social media comments on the daughters of cricketers MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.

Maliwal took to Twitter and asked in Hindi, "If you don't like a player, will you abuse their daughter?" She also shared screenshots of the tweets in question.

Maliwal said the accounts were making "lewd comments" by posting pictures of the girls and saying "nasty things".