Lightning strikes kill 40, injure 35 in Odisha
As many as 40 people were killed and 36 others were seriously injured by lightning strikes in several places across Odisha on Saturday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced compensation of ₹50,000 to the kin of those killed in the lightning strikes. Notably, lightning strikes had killed 46 people in Bihar and 42 people in Uttar Pradesh last month.