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Railways sources told IANS that the incident occurred on the Lucknow-Rameswaram Express.All the six victims hailed from Uttar Pradesh, the sources said, adding that there were a total of 55 passengers in the affected coach.The fire erupted following attempts to cook food, the sources told IANS.Fire personnel from Madurai arrived on the scene and doused the blaze.Additional details are awaited.–IANSaal/ksk

After arriving at the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) airport, Modi while addressing thousands of people gathered to welcome him, said that not only in India, but every individual in the world who believes in science and the future is celebrating the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission with the same spirit.”It is good to see the environment in Bengaluru at the dawn to celebrate the success of the science and achievement of the country. I witnessed similar kinds of pictures in Greece and Johannesburg. Every corner of the world not only Indians, people who believe in science, future of the humanity are…

The Army hit two vehicles of the HTS in the western countryside of Aleppo, killing seven militants and injuring several others, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Friday.The UK-based watchdog group said the death toll will likely rise as some militants are critically wounded, Xinhua news agency reported.Tension has been brewing between the HTS, which is previously known as the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, and the Syrian Army with both sides exchanging fire in northern Syria.On Monday, Syrian forces intercepted and shot down three weaponised drones dispatched by the HTS in the northwestern provinces of Idlib and Hama,…

“For the moment, the provisional toll is 12 dead and around 80 injured, with 11 of whom require urgent surgery,” the Prime Minister told the media on Friday evening as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.”The state is covering the medical costs of the injured and on behalf of all the institutions, I offer my condolences to the families of the victims,” he added.At the subsequent opening ceremony, President Andry Rajoelina led a minute of silence for the victims of the stampede.–IANSint/khz

It said on Friday that the past two unusually dry and hot summers have left water levels in rivers and lakes low, contributing to dry conditions in wooded areas. The areas impacted most by the fires are the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, but other parts of southern Italy also experienced uncontrolled blazes. Most recently, fires torched the eastern part of the Tuscan island of Elba.The total area impacted by fires is more than three times the size of the city of Milan in northern Italy, Xinhua news agency reported.Even though the summer of 2022 was affected by drought and…

In Ladakh for the debut edition of ‘Sa Ladakh’, Asia’s highest-ever contemporary land art exhibition exploring climate, culture and community, supported by the German embassy in India, this conceptual photographer, a 2022 Visiting Artist Fellow at Harvard University through projections, put forward his thoughts on the capitalist machinery of megacities, our myopic self-centrism and disregard for nature, leading to calamities like global warming, glacial ice-melting, crop failures, air pollution etc.Born in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, De, who has been covering calamities — the Asian Tsunami, Nepal Earthquake, Kashmir floods etc. insists he does not have the urge to do…

It was announced on Thursday at the 15th BRICS Summit held in South Africa that six countries, including Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have been invited to join the bloc, and their membership will take effect on January 1, 2024.Speaking to Iran’s official news agency IRNA on Friday, Alireza Salimi, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s presiding board, said Iran’s membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and BRICS, an acronym for five major emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, “is an outcome of the incumbent administration’s active diplomacy and…

“Humanity must prevail,” said Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths in an unusual statement.The fighting beginning in mid-April, ravaging the capital Khartoum and the western Darfur region, has spread to Kordofan state, Xinhua news agency reported.Hunger, disease and displacement spawned by the intense fighting threaten to consume the whole country, said the UN emergency relief coordinator.He added that in South Kordofan’s capital of Kadugli, food stocks were fully depleted. Clashes and road blockages prevent aid workers from reaching the hungry.”In West Kordofan’s capital, El Fula, humanitarian offices have been ransacked and supplies looted,” Griffiths said.”I am also extremely worried about…

The junta decided to revoke the accreditation of the French ambassador, Sylvain Itte, following several actions contrary to Niger’s national interests, said the press statement on Friday.The actions included the French ambassador’s refusal to respond to an invitation by Niger’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the press statement added as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday night that they will not accept the request of Niger’s junta, saying “the military government does not have the authority to order France to withdraw its envoys,” AFP reported.Niger’s soldiers ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on…

The tap waters in the city remained safe to drink so far, officials said on Friday as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.The Bull Run Watershed long has been closed to visitors to protect the water source, which has been called “Portland’s enduring jewel”.The Camp Creek Fire is burning south of Reservoir 1, about three miles from the city’s Headwaters treatment facility, according to US Forest Service Spokesperson Heather Ibsen.The wildfire was sparked by lightning overnight and first reported before dawn on Friday. The blaze is considered zero per cent contained, she added.More than 200 miles away, the lightning strikes…