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Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) The US has expressed “deep concern” over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of “potential link between Indian government agents and murder of Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar”. According to a report in ABC NEWS, White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson in a statement said, “We are deeply concerned about the allegations referenced by Prime Minister Trudeau earlier today.””We remain in regular contact with our Canadian partners. It is critical that Canada’s investigation proceed and the perpetrators be brought to justice,” the statement said.The startling accusation was followed by the Canadian foreign…

Islamabad, Sep 19 (IANS) Pakistan has rejected a report claiming that it entered into a secret arms deal with Ukraine in order to secure the IMF bailout programme, and termed it as “baseless and fabricated”.A statement issued by the Pakistan Foreign office said the country stands by its policy of strict neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine dispute.”The IMF Standby Arrangement for Pakistan was successfully negotiated between Pakistan and the IMF to implement difficult but essential economic reforms. Giving any other colour to these negotiations is disingenuous,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said.”Pakistan maintains a policy of strict neutrality…

London, Sep 19 (IANS) The UK government has appointed three expert panellists, including a British Indian, to sit on an independent review into a communal unrest that occurred in Leicester city between Hindus and Muslims, following an India-Pakistan cricket match in Dubai last year.UK Communities Secretary Michael Gove on Monday named Dr Samir Shah CBE, Professor Hilary Pilkington, Dr Shaaz Mahboob to work on review to establish the facts and identify the underlying causes of last year’s unrest and make recommendations.In September, 2022, community tensions led to a spate of vandalism, assaults, and attacks on places of worship and other…

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The use of cell therapy to treat COVID-19 patients can reduce the risk of death from the disease by 60 per cent, according to a new study.The systematic review and meta-analysis covered 195 clinical trials of advanced cell therapies targeting COVID-19 that were conducted in 30 countries between January 2020 and December 2021, as well as 26 trials with outcomes published by July 2022.The findings of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil, in partnership with colleagues in Germany and the United States, were reported in the journal…

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Amid deteriorating diplomatic relations between India and Canada, New Delhi on Tuesday expelled a senior Canadian diplomat based here, who has been asked to leave within the next five days.The High Commissioner of Canada to India (Cameron Mackay) received summons on Tuesday during which the Government of India conveyed its decision to expel a senior Canadian diplomat currently stationed in the country. The concerned diplomat has been officially instructed to depart from India within the next five days, a statement issued by the external affairs ministry said.”The decision reflects Government of India’s growing concern at…

Beijing, Sep 19 (IANS) China’s State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in nine provincial-level regions.These include Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Guizhou and Shaanxi, as well as southwest China’s Chongqing and Sichuan.Authorities have dispatched work teams to Chongqing and Sichuan, Xinhua news agency reported.Heavy rainfall is expected to lash these regions, and some places are likely to experience thunderstorms and gales.Local governments have been urged to closely monitor the precipitation level, strengthen the response to natural disasters and floods in small and medium-sized rivers, ensure the safety of reservoirs, and deal…

Tokyo, Sep 19 (IANS) At least five people were injured when steel beams fell at a construction site in downtown Tokyo on Tuesday, local authorities said.The incident occurred at 9.30 a.m. local time, when the steel beams plummeted from the 10th floor to the 4th floor at a construction site near Nihongbashi, Xinhua news agency reported.As per the Chuo police station, some of the victims might have been trapped beneath the fallen steel beams.Four injured, who appeared to be construction workers on-site, suffered cardiac arrest. One person sustained injuries but remained conscious.For rescue operations, a total of 27 emergency response…

Lima, Sep 19 (IANS) At least 24 people were killed when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Peru’s Huancavelica region, local media reported.The incident occurred on Monday around 1:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT) in the mountainous area in Churcampa province, Xinhua news agency reported.There victims included minors, News broadcaster Radio Programas del Peru reported, citing the Churcampa Integrated Health Network.The injured were rushed to hospitals in the towns of Huancayo, Pampas and Ayacucho.The district mayor of Anco, Manuel Zevallos, told the radio station that the road has been in poor condition for at least a month as…

New York, Sept 18 (IANS) The United States is fast losing out on global opinion, especially in countries from the south for its opinion, views or policies as Russia and China band together to get other countries to align with their views.US media reports claimed that the analysis is based on the situational awareness of the US, which is increasingly at odds with both the world’s other major nuclear-armed countries as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The analysis is also based on the fact that the growth in China’s might see it as rivalling the United States as the…

Milan, Sep 18 (IANS) People who suffered severe Covid-19 infections are more likely to have a set of genes, inherited from Neanderthals, according to an Italian study.Italy was one of the severely affected countries during the early days of the pandemic. Researchers from the country’s Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research analysed the relationship between genetic factors and the severity of the Covid-19 disease in the province of Bergamo, the epicentre of the pandemic in the country. Their study, published in the journal iScience, shows that a certain region of the human genome was significantly associated with the risk of…