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Kabul, July 9 (IANS) Afghanistan acting Foreign Affairs Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has downplayed the reports on the economic crisis, saying the economy of the country has been moving on the right track, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Sunday. According to the state-controlled media outlet, Muttaqi made the remarks in a meeting with elders and ranking officials who returned home from Saudi Arabia after performing Hajj rituals, Xinhua news agency reported.The war-torn country has been facing poverty and economic hardships since the withdrawal of foreign forces and the induction of the caretaker government nearly two years ago as…

Montgamery, June 9 (IANS) Four people were killed in the US state of Alabama recently after they performed dangerous TikTok trend “dubbed boat jumping”, media reports said.Following the trend, thrill-seekers jump or flipp off the backs of speeding boats, only to break their necks on the wake and drown, Cpt. Jim Dennis of the Childersburg Rescue Squad was quoted as saying by New York Post.Jumping from a moving boat without protecting neck and head, could permanently paralyse a person or lead to instant death.Talking to ABC7, Dennis said: “I think people, if they’re being filmed on camera, I think they’re…

New York, July 9 (IANS) A gunman riding a scooter killed one 87-year-old man and wounded three others in a random shooting, according to the New York City Police Department (NYPD). According to acting NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban, the 25-year-old shooter rode an illegal scooter while shooting at the four people in Brooklyn and Queens boroughs of New York City.The shooting incidents occurred at different locations within a short period before noon, and the gunman was apprehended in the early afternoon, Xinhua news agency reported.The NYPD recovered a 9-mm pistol with an extended clip of ammunition.New York City recorded 482…

Tokyo, July 9 (IANS) Train services between Hiroshima and Hakata stations on the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet line in both directions in western Japan were suspended on Sunday due to heavy rain, according to West Japan Railway Company. Services were suspended from around 8:30 a.m. local time, the railway operator said on its website, Xinhua news agency reported.An active rain front hovering over the country’s main island of Honshu is bringing rain clouds to areas between western and northern Japan, especially on the Sea of Japan coast, Japan’s weather agency said on Saturday.Rain clouds are flowing into Kyushu and Chugoku regions,…

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Soon the amalgam of health influencers, who give tips on various social media platforms about consuming a particular nutrient or supplement, will have to prove their qualifications and eligibility, to ensure that they are not indulging in surrogate advertising or pedalling half-baked information to their followers.The department of consumer affairs is in the process of preparing guidelines for social media influencers, especially in the field of health and finance, to ensure that they are not pedalling half-baked or misleading information.Under these guidelines, which will be in place by next month, such influencers will have to…

Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had sought International Monetary Fund (IMF) guarantee that the general elections in Pakistan will be held on its scheduled time, local media reported. In a bid to seek assurance and support for the key objectives and policies under the recently announced $3 billion bailout programme, a delegation of the IMF called on the PTI chief in Lahore, days before the global lender’s executive board meeting to review and possibly endorse the Standby Arrangement (SBA) for Pakistan.IMF’s resident representative Esther Perez Ruiz in a statement said that the meetings with political…

California, July 9 (IANS) Six people were killed when a small business jet crashed in the western US state of California, authorities said.Police responded to the plane crash at 4:15 a.m. local time (1115 GMT) in Murrieta, a city in southwestern Riverside County, about 150 km southeast of Los Angeles, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Xinhua news agency reported.”Deputies located an aircraft fully engulfed in flames in a field. Six occupants from the plane were located and pronounced deceased at the scene,” said the department.The Cessna C550 business jet took off from Harry Reid International Airport in Las…

Brasilia, July 9 (IANS) The death toll in building collapse in Brazilian city of Recife mounted to 11, while three people were still missing. The building, located in the municipality of Paulista, had collapsed early Friday morning for unknown reasons, Xinhua news agency reported.The Civil Defence and Fire Department said on Friday, seven people were found dead and another died in the hospital, while rescue teams found three more bodies on Saturday.Though the building was closed to human habitation in 2010 by court order, since 2012, several families have illegally moved in.Eight apartments were completely gutted while four others partially…

Tehran, July 8 (IANS) Iranian authorities have executed two men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on a shrine last October which claimed the lives of 13 people and injured over 40 others, state media reported on Saturday.The attack took place at the Shah Cheragh Shrine in the city of Shiraz on October 26, 2022.Iran’s Supreme Court had rejected an appeal filed for the two accused, Mohammed Ramez Rashidi and Sayed Naeem Hashemi Qatali, CNN quoted the state run IRNA news agency as saying citing the Chief Prosecutor of Fars province.The Islamic State (IS) terror group had claimed responsibility…

Kathmandu, July 8 (IANS) Nepal and India have agreed to complete the detailed project report (DPR) of the much-talked Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project within three months.The project is a major arm of the Mahakali Treaty signed in 1996 that is expected to produce 6,400 megawatts of energy. But due to differences between the two sides, a joint panel of experts failed to reach an agreement to complete the DPR.An understanding was reached during a meeting of the governing council of the Pancheshwar Development Authority held in Pokhara on Thursday and in Kathmandu on Friday.The meeting also decided to activate the expert…