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According to the police, Denis Vega’s body was found by her caretaker, who informed thecops about it. The woman’s visa was valid till 2027. Alok Rao, SHO of the Chinhat police station, said: “Initial probe has revealed that the US national died due to prolonged illness. The woman had died around 24 hours ago, but the death was reported on Thursday evening as she was staying alone. As the deceased was an American national, all protocols were being followed and further investigation was on.”–IANSamita/ksk

According to the National Centre for Seismology, the first tremor measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale struck at 4.09 a.m.The second 3.1-magnitude aftershock occurred at 4.22 a.m., followed by the third 3.4-magnitude tremor at 4.25 a.m., the Centre said.The back-to-back quakes triggered panic among the residents of the state capital,many running out of their homes as a result.After the earthquakes, there was power outage in many areas of the city. –IANSarc/ksk

The decree, on the application of “special economic measures in foreign economic activity with the aim of ensuring the security of the Russian Federation,” was originally signed by the Russian President on March 8, 2022. It imposed restrictions on the export and import of certain raw materials and products from Russia.The decree was meant to be valid until December 31, 2023. With the recent amendments, Putin has officially extended the decree until December 31, 2025, Xinhua news agency reported.The list of products, which was later compiled by the government, includes technological, telecommunications, medical, and electrical equipment, agricultural machinery, nuclear reactors,…

The same holds true for Ragini Chibbar, who is 50 and is looked after by her mother. Suffering from schizophrenia, she too is on medication and stable but what will become of her after her mother is a thought that haunts them both.They both are eagerly waiting for the first-of-its-kind group home under the new Mental Healthcare Act, for 90 residents being built over 2 acre at a cost of Rs 25 crore for members of persons with intellectual and mental disability by the Union Territory (UT) administration in Sector-31, Chandigarh.While it took a massive effort by the parents of…

The IOM added on Thursday that it organised a two-day meeting in Yei County in Central Equatoria state which is witnessing a high number of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees, which helped identify viable pathways and steps to support sustainable and lasting solutions for them in a region beset with scarcity of resources and heightened competition over land and administrative control.IOM Programme Officer Imme Widdershoven said that these returns signify that the current situation requires a shift in programming from a humanitarian level of intervention to a recovery-oriented one, Xinhua news agency reported.”Such interventions need to be…

These sanctions target 20 individuals and 21 entities connected to Russia’s military-industrial complex as well as 19 individuals and four entities in the Russian cultural and education sectors, the Minister said in a news statement on Thursday.According to the statement, Canada is sanctioning Russian individuals and entities connected to private military companies which include Wagner Group figureheads who have been active in both Ukraine and Africa, Xinhua news agency reported.Canada has already listed the Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.Canada is also targeting leaders in Russia’s nuclear sector and a number of Russian persons involved in the Orlan-10 unmanned…

During the meeting with Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan at the government headquarters, the two officials highlighted good relations between Tunisia and Saudi Arabia and the two countries’ willingness to enhance cooperation in various fields, according to a government statement on Thursday.Bouden and her guest also expressed satisfaction with the frequent exchange of visits between senior officials of the two countries, said the statement as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.They also expressed the desire to further deepen exchanges and cooperation in financial sector and renewable energy, as well as to boost investment in human capital.–IANSint/khz

The video of the horrific incident has gone viral on social media platforms.Outraged residents of the society approached the district police unit on Thursday and lodged a case against the accused trader, Gurmukh Gangaram, under IPC sections 428 and 429 (mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming).According to officials, Gangaram runs a mobile shop in a shopping complex. Last Friday, a dog gave birth to seven puppies in the same shopping complex.Upset with this, Gangaram served poisonous biscuits to them. All the mongrels died on the spot after eating the poison-laced biscuits.Subsequently, Gangaram put their bodies on fire. However, a passer-by filmed…

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UP ATS), on the other hand, arrested two Bangladeshi citizens from Saharanpur.The duo was living in the district impersonating Indian citizens by using forged documents. They have been identified as Habibullah Misbah, 26, and Ahmadullah, 35.NIA sources said that the searches at Faizan’s house in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand and rented room in Aligarh, were conducted on July 16 and July 17, where several electronic devices and incriminating materials/documents were seized.”Faizan had hatched a criminal conspiracy, along with his associates and other unknown individuals, through social media platform to support ISIS activities in India and…

During a meeting with Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Amman, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi highlighted his country’s continued efforts in mobilising resources to provide essential financial support for the agency, according to a statement by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry on Thursday.Safadi and Lazzarini stressed the need to diversify UNRWA’s funding sources under the principle of sharing burdens and invite donors to provide multi-year pledges, Xinhua news agency reported.For his part, Lazzarini thanked the kingdom for efforts to mobilise regional and international support for the…