Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Ten newborn babies are dead and at least 16 more are in critical condition after a fire rushed through a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at a hospital in India.
According to the BBC and others, a vicious and relentless fire ripped through the NICU birth ward at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College Hospital in the city of Jhansi in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on Friday.
As of the latest reports from the scene, ten babies are confirmed to have been killed with at least 16 more currently fighting for their lives in critical condition.
In total, 55 infants are being treated for burns, smoke inhalation, and other injuries related to the devastating fire. OMG… Related: Missing Man Found Dead In Planet Fitness Tanning Bed After 3 DAYS! While it’s unclear exactly what started the fire, the Associated Press reports that errors in safety protocols — including expired fire extinguishers and fire alarms that were possibly not working — may have caused the incident to balloon in intensity and develop into such a terrible tragedy.