Of late, the trend of people dancing inside metro trains, railway platforms, and other public places has seen a sharp rise. Such acts are not only annoying for the public, but can also be risky at times. One such video has surfaced on the internet showing a young woman dancing to a popular Bhojpuri song inside a crowded and moving train coach in West Bengal.

The woman has been identified as Saheli Rudra, who is an Instagram influencer with more than 8.4 lakh followers. In the video, she is dressed in a shirt and ripped jeans, and is confidently seen dancing to Khesari Lal Yadav’s ‘Saj Ke Sawar Ke’, in a passage between seats filled with passengers. While many people looked at her with curiosity, others were seen recording the video on their mobile phones. A few were simply unconcerned. 

Ms Rudra shared the video on her Instagram account and captioned it as, ”Chalo hum vi bna liye (Even I made it)”.

Watch the video here:

Since being shared, the video has amassed more than 2.5 lakh likes and 11 million views, so far. Internet users flocked to the comment section to express a wide range of reactions to the video. While some were amused and praised her confidence, others questioned the location where she chose to shoot the reel. Many called such activities ”a nuisance”, and wondered why so many people were shooting dance videos on trains. 

One user wrote, ”Making reels should be banned in local trains and stations. Wtf is wrong with the people nowadays?” Another wrote, ”Thanks to Indian railways for providing free entertainment for their passengers.”

A third said, ”Wow confidence level superb. I feel uncomfortable even while taking a video call inside the train.” A fourth added, ”Nowadays even the audience has stopped caring.”

Yet another added, ”Stop this trend.”

A fifth wrote, ”If railway department charges some amount from this type of cringe person then railway govt become a billionaire.”

Israeli actress Gal Gadot is facing backlash over reports that she is planning to organise a Hollywood screening of a 47-minute film that documents the horrors carried out by Hamas during a surprise attack on Israel on October 7, as per a report in Fox News. The video which will be provided by the Israeli Defence Forces, will be shown to a few people including celebrities and influential personalities.

It is anticipated that 120 people will attend the first show and if there is interest, more screenings may be organised in the future. 

As per Israeli authorities, more than 1,400 people have been killed and 240 have been held hostage in Gaza since the war began a month ago. The Gaza death number has soared above 10,000, mostly civilians, said the Hamas-run health ministry, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the war-torn coastal strip was becoming a “graveyard for children”. Israel has vowed to destroy the Islamist operatives over their unprecedented attack which witnessed entire families killed inside their homes and young people killed at a music festival, according to Israeli officials. 

According to a report from The Wrap, the video will be shown this week in Los Angeles and New York under the title “Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre”. The Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee are assisting in the planning of the video’s screenings.

As per Fox News, foreign journalists and members of the Israeli legislature, the Knesset, have seen the footage of the horrors committed during the attack on Israel in the early hours of October 7, where people were murdered, raped, and kidnapped, reported that it is disturbing. 

Oscar-winning filmmaker Guy Nattiv said, “Gal Gadot and her husband, Yaron Varsano, helped make this possible.” Mr Nattiv led efforts to bring the movie to the United States and said that it is important to show the same. “As a filmmaker, I swore that these images of October 7 would not be forgotten, and the world would see them. Because now the denial begins – it is a fake, it is not a fake (…) We cannot pass by in silence,” he said.

Although Ms Gadot, who served in the Israeli Defence Forces before pursuing acting, has not issued a statement about the same, several people have slammed her for not talking about the Palestinian death toll and the atrocities faced by the people living in Gaza. 

“Gal Gadot, the propaganda girl of Israel-sponsored terrorism. She may have played a superhero, but she’s nothing more than a propagandist and a genocide enabler,” a user said on X.

Another user said, “Gal Gadot went from ‘Imagine’ to ‘Genocide’ pretty quick.”

“I used to think Gal Gadot was a bad actor but in hindsight it’s pretty impressive that she’s able to convincingly play a character that cares about human rights,” said another user.

Boycott every celebrity who goes to this screening. Every single one of them,” one user added.

 “And that’s why I’ve never watched anything this IDF reserve soldier acted in,” commented a person. 

“One of my fav actress turns into one of my hated actress,” wrote a social media user. 

A person added, “not so Wonderwoman-like after all”. 

Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said the Delhi government will implement the odd-even car rationing scheme after the Supreme Court reviews its effectiveness.

The top court on Tuesday questioned the effectiveness of the scheme, aimed at curbing vehicular pollution, and referred to it as “all optics.”  

Amid worsening air quality in the national capital, Mr Rai had earlier announced the flagship scheme, under which cars are allowed to operate on alternate days based on their odd or even number plates, would be enforced between November 13 and November 20.

Addressing a press conference, Mr Rai said the city government will submit two major studies conducted to ascertain the effectiveness of the scheme for the perusal of the Supreme Court.

“A call will be taken to implement the odd-even scheme only after the Supreme Court reviews its effectiveness and issues an order,” the minister said. 

The odd-even car rationing scheme, introduced in 2016, allows cars to operate on alternate days based on their odd or even number plates. The enforcement next week will mark the fourth time that the Delhi government has used this scheme to address pollution caused by vehicles.