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Canada is currently witnessing its worst wildfire season on record, with nearly 1,100 active fires across the country as of Tuesday, the BBC reported.A total of 13.2m hectaresof land have burned so far — roughly the size of Greece.As a result of the raging wildfires, the Canadian government has deployed its military to the Northwest Territories to help fight the fires and coordinate evacuations.On Monday night, Yellowknife — the territorial capital — has declared a local state of emergency due to the “imminent threat” of wildfires.The declaration allows the city to take pre-emptive steps to respond and to prepare residents…

The total number of liquor brands registered in the state have gone up to 3,854 during the current fiscal year which is the highest so far.In the previous fiscal year, 3,106 different alcoholic products were registered, according to a government spokesman.Local premium brands are facing strong competition as overseas liquor brands continue to make inroads into the retail sector. The number of imported foreign liquor brands (whisky, vodka, rum and gin) available in Uttar Pradesh have increased from 199 in the previous financial year to 573 this time.Similarly, non-Indian wine producers have pushed more products while foreign beer manufacturers have…

The big cat was trapped in a cage kept by forest personnel on Tuesday evening.On Monday, two leopards were caught from two different places in the district.During a rescue operation at Mohra village in the Dhampur area on Monday morning, a leopard attacked the driver of Forest Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), forest ranger Govind Gangwar said.Forest inspector Sandeep Sharma intervened and saved the man’s life by attacking the leopard with a stick.Forest officials said that the leopard would be subjected to medical examinations and senior officials would decide the future course of action.–IANSamita/dpb

He was joined by Randhir Jaiswal, the Consulate General of India in New York, Indo-American Arts Council and Indian-Americans who turned up in huge numbers to witness the flag hoisting ceremony on Tuesday. Several artists from Odisha’s Lalitagitri village have worked for months on the handcrafted replication, which is made of sandstone and weighs approximately 4,000 pounds. “While I have been dreaming and conceptualising about this moment for almost five years, the brilliant artists at work in India have toiled day and night for many, many months to make this come alive! This will be a magical moment!,” Khanna had…

District Magistrate Visakh G. Iyer has ordered a probe in both the cases.GCH sources said that the missing minor girls were brought here from Kanpur Dehat on July 31 and August 3.Both were sent to GCH on the orders of Juvenile Justice Board Kanpur Dehat.According to district probation officer (DPO) Jaideep Singh, the lunch break at the shelter home takes place at 12.30 p.m.At the time, when the girls were counted, all the girls were found present.Following the change in duty, when the counting was done again at 1 p.m., two girls were found missing. This happened on Monday.Subsequently, a…

The incident occurred on Tuesday night at a busy area near the Maninagar police station.According to information, the youth fired three shots after which he was caught by the locals and handed over to the police.A video has also gone viral on social media of the incident, in which the accused wearing a white shirt and jeans can be running with the revolver in his hand while people are chasing him.The Maninagar police are investigating the matter.–IANSjanvi/ksk

Several other leaders, including Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, were also present at the memorial during the wreath-laying programme and prayer meeting organised to mark Vajpayee’s death anniversary.The former Prime Minister’s daughter Namita Bhattacharya and son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya also paid floral tribute to him at the memorial.Leaders of several NDA constituents, including Praful Patel, M. Thambidurai and Jitan Ram Manjhi, also reached ‘Sadaiv Atal’ and paid tribute to him.Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh also participated in the wreath-laying programme and prayer meeting.Earlier, Prime Minister…

In the proclamation, he called India the largest democracy in the world, home to nearly a fifth of the world’s population, with extraordinary diversity and rich cultural heritage.”The contributions and heritage of Indian-Americans have played a vital role in helping and continuing to create a better nation and state,” he said.Minnesota officially welcomed Indian immigrants following the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and now is home to an Indian American community of around 55,000 people.Indian in Minnesota work as educators, business owners, healthcare providers, technology entrepreneurs, and artists across the state, Walz said.The India Association of…

William Spindler, spokesperson for UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a press briefing on Tuesday that since the start of the conflict in April, over 4.3 million people had been forced to flee, Xinhua news agency reported.Margaret Harris, spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the conflict had had devastating impacts on people’s lives, health and well-being.”About 67 per cent of hospitals were out of service in most affected areas. In the four months, WHO had verified 53 attacks on health care, which had killed 11 people, injured 38, and along with other disruptions, had denied access…

The remark on Tuesday comes shortly after North Korea claimed Pvt. Travis King has expressed a willingness to seek asylum in North Korea or a third country, Yonhap news agency reported.”We cannot verify these alleged comments,” the Pentagon spokesperson told Yonhap when asked about North Korea’s claim, carried by the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency.”The department’s priority is to bring Pvt. King home, and we are working through all available channels to achieve that outcome,” the official added.King crossed the Military Demarcation Line into the North while on a group tour to the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized…