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With just 20 mm of precipitation till Saturday in September, Kashmir received a deficient September rainfall of 55 mm as against the average of 75 mm.Summer temperatures had remained unusually high in the Valley this year resulting in a heatwave the locals have not been accustomed to.On September 12, summer capital Srinagar recorded 34.2 degrees Celsius which was a shade less than the all-time highest recorded temperature of 35 degrees Celsius in 1934.Unprecedented dry spell had become highly worrisome for apple growers as lack of required moisture was already affecting the quality of the crop in various areas of the…

According to ED sources, PFI sleeper cells were active in the the state and the central probe agency is looking into the suspicious foreign Hawala money transactions through which the former members were allegedly fueling radical activities across the country.The raids that began on Monday morning are ongoing at 12 locations in Ernakulam, Wayanad, Thrissur, and Malappuram districts .IANS managed to obtain visuals of an ED team reaching the house of Latif Pokakilamthi, a former district office bearer of the PFI.Meanwhile, the sources further revealed that even after the ban, the suspicious financial transactions continued to occur.When the ED probed…

Kerala has 20 Lok Sabha and nine Rajya Sabha seats.According to top leaders, KC(M) which presently has one seat-Kottayam is certain to get it, but during a meeting on Sunday, they decided to demand three, so they can bargain for a total of two seats, including Kottayam.The party was part of the now Congress-led UDF during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the very next year they cooperated with the Left at the 2020 local body elections and thereafter became a full fledged ally.KC(M) was formed by K.M.Mani, who was a towering political personality and the mainstay of the Congress-led…

Besides Manpreet, a Congress turncoat, former Bathinda municipal corporation commissioner Bikramjit Shergill, Rajiv Kumar, Amandeep Singh, Vikas Arora and Pankaj were booked on Sunday night.Rajiv Kumar and Amandeep Singh were arrested in the case, said the official.Acting on the complaint of former MLA Sarup Chand Singla in 2021, the bureau started an investigation and booked them.Manpreet has already moved an application in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ram Kumar Singla in Bathinda for his pre-arrest bail.The court has listed the matter for hearing September 26.–IANSvg/dpb

Brendan Moon, Australia’s Coordinator-General for National Emergency Management, told reporters here that Australians should plan for the impacts of a range of disasters in the upcoming summer, reports Xinhua news agency.”We are going to experience a warmer, drier spring and summer, but we also should prepare for the possibility of cyclones, floods, bushfires and also heatwaves,” he said.Moon was speaking ahead of the first National Disaster Preparedness Summit, which began in Canberra on Monday.More than 250 representatives from federal, state and territory governments as well as experts from emergency services and industry were invited to the two-day summit to ensure…

The joint team conducted a raid on the Kamakhya-Katra superfast train on Sunday and rescued the victims. Two human traffickers were also arrested.“We had received an input about human traffickers taking some minor boys on the train. We have conducted a raid on the Kamakhya-Katra superfast train as soon as it reached platform number 2 of Kishanganj railway station,” said Muzahid Alam, a member of Childline Bihar.“During investigation, it appeared that the human traffickers were taking them to Ludhiana for the job of labourers. We have filed a complaint in the town police station,” Alam said.An FIR has been registered…

Hangzhou, Sep 25 (IANS) India struck it’s first gold at the 19th Asian Games here with Rudransh Patil, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar Shooting their way to glory with a World Record score in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team event on Monday.The Indian trio won gold with a score of 1893.7 with Rudransh Patil, who won the World Championship gold in the 10m Air Rifle Individual event last year, shooting 632.5, Panwar contributing 629.6 points and Tomar adding 631.6 to the score sa they topped the Team competition with a total of 1893.7.The Republic of Korea…

San Francisco, Sep 25 (IANS) Meta is reportedly working on generative AI chatbot called ‘Gen AI Personas’ for younger users and is expected to unveil it this week.The social networking company is geared up to host its annual ‘Meta Connect’ event that will start on Wednesday.According to The Wall Street Journal, the AI chatbot “would come in multiple personas geared towards engaging young users with more colourful behaviour.””Facebook parent is developing bots with personalities, including a ‘sassmaster general’ robot that answers questions,” the report mentioned.Meta is planning to develop dozens of AI personality chatbots.According to internal chats the WSJ viewed,…

Janelle Hoeden, 46, was travelling in a TADA cab with her nine-year-old daughter to Pasir Ris Street when the driver got upset that part of a road was blocked due to construction of a transit line, The Straits Times reported. Hoeden, who shared a video of the incident on her facebook page, claimed that the driver shouted at her, saying that she had given him the wrong address and directions, and said: “You are Indian, you are stupid.”Further, there is an altercation between them regarding the nine-year-old child’s height, with the driver telling her that she has “illegally” taken the…

All three of Atletico’s goals originated from crosses on their left side, exposing Madrid’s central defenders who failed to effectively mark inside their penalty box, reports Xinhua.This loss sees Real Madrid drop to third in La Liga. FC Barcelona now sits at the top, while Girona climbs to second place.Atletico opened the scoring early, with Alvaro Morata converting a deft header from Samuel Lino’s cross in the fourth minute. Antoine Griezmann then extended the lead in the 16th minute, powering a header home from a Saul delivery.Saul had a chance to make it three shortly after, but Kepa Arrizabalaga made…