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But the Catalan giants face competition for the 20-year-old’s signature from a host of other clubs, including France’s Lyon and Premier League side Crystal Palace, news outlet Lance reported.It added that Barcelona talent scouts were impressed by the Paraguayan’s technical ability but had misgivings about his slender frame, Xinhua reported.Segovia has made 15 first-team appearances for Botafogo since joining the club from Club Guarani in April. His contract with the Rio de Janeiro outfit runs until December 31, 2026.Botafogo currently lead the Brazilian Serie A standings, having won 14 of their 17 matches so far this season.–IANSak/

On August 5, 2012, the Sikh community of Oak Creek came under attack when army veteran Wade Page stormed a Gurdwara in Wisconsin and gunned down six worshippers, before shooting himself dead.A seventh person, who was severely paralysed, died from his injuries in 2020.Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers took to Twitter on Saturday to pay respects to the Sikh community “that changed forever by an act of senseless shooting”.”As we remember those who were tragically killed, let us condemn hate in any form and continue working to end the gun violence epidemic in this country,” Khanna…

This monsoon too the picture has not changed. Rather the slugfest this time has taken a new dimension with the topmost leaders of the ruling and opposition forces — chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari — having entered the debate on this issue.Last week the chief minister said in the assembly that the total number of dengue-affected people in the state at the end of July was 4,401 with the total deaths standing at eight. However, since her statement two more deaths have been added to the official figures…

The police arrested six people and the Tamil Nadu Coastal police conducted searches at several godowns and other fishing hamlets near the port town of Nagapattinam to unearth further stocks.The ganja, according to the peddlers, was procured from the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha border which was to be sent to Sri Lanka.Tamil Nadu intelligence agency sources told IANS that they had received tip-offs from central agencies that some Tamil nationalist groups were behind the smuggling of ganja to Sri Lanka.National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered many cases against Sri Lankan nationals who were former operatives of the Liberation Tigers of…

The rainy season leads to a spurt in the mosquito population and dengue cases.The mosquito-borne diseases are also a result of the recent floods.In Ghaziabad, the dengue case count stood at 39 while Noida has confirmed 66 dengue cases till now.One patient died of typhoid in Ghaziabad, who was having fever for the last four days and a dengue patient has also died in the city.Dr R.K. Gupta, district surveillance officer of the Health Department, said that the 29-year-old Mohit Mavi, a resident of Radha Kunj in Nandgram area, was working in a security company. On July 31, Mohit complained…

The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) said that the Naga flag is the identity of Naga nationhood while many Naga organisations claimed reservations for women in ULBs would go against their community’s customary laws.Scripting history, two women for the first time were elected in the February 27 elections to the Nagaland Assembly and one of them was made minister. Nagaland’s first woman Rajya Sabha Member S. Phangnon Konyak last month was nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairperson in the Upper House of Parliament by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.Notwithstanding such a feat, the 33 per…

This question is important in view of the nine-year rule of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. This Modi government is considered as a strong government as the BJP was the single largest party in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls and it formed the government with a full majority, and did not fall to the compulsion of coalition politics.The Nitish Kumar government, on the other hand, is based on the support of six parties in Bihar. Now, it is interesting to see which government is more accountable to the common people.Shivanand Tiwari, the veteran leader and national vice…

A total of 74 buildings in the epicentre collapsed, while the transportation, communication and power supply there were normal, said the provincial bureau of emergency response, adding that no leak was discovered at oil and gas pipelines, Xinhua news agency reported.Besides, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan on early Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.The epicentre, with a depth of 198.7 km, was initially determined to be at 36.44 degrees north latitude and 70.80 degrees east longitude.–IANSint/sha

Zelensky said that rescuers were now trying to tackle a blaze after the strike on the Kupiansk community in the Kharkiv region on Saturday night, the BBC reported.”Defeating terrorists is a matter of honour for everyone who values life,” he added.Russia has so far not publicly commented on the reported attack.In a post on social media, Zelensky described the perpetrators as “beasts” who were seeking to “destroy everything that simply allows to live”.”This was crime alone says everything about Russian aggression,” he said.He did not say how many people were killed and injured in the attack.–IANSsha/

The victim was a 42-year-old municipal security guard who noticed and called out to the suspicious individual before being shot and critically wounded, Israeli police chief Kobi Shabtai told reporters at the scene on Saturday.The Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv announced his death later in the evening, Xinhua news agency reported.The assailant was from the West Bank city of Jenin, said Shabtai, adding that a letter was found on the assailant, in which he said his aim was to carry out a “martyrdom” attack against Israelis. He was identified as a PIJ member, the Shin Bet security agency was quoted…