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Houston, Sep 8 (IANS) A federal appeals court ruled that Texas can keep the floating barriers it set up to deter migrants from crossing the US-Mexico border river Rio Grande.On Thursday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued the temporary stay but did not provide further details, reports Xinhua news agency.Federal District Judge David A. Ezra on Wednesday ordered that Republican-led Texas must remove the floating barriers by September 15 at its own expense and stop building further obstructions in the river.”Unfortunately for Texas, permission is exactly what federal law requires before installing obstructions in the nation’s navigable waters,”…

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Global leaders must make it clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative has increased Moscow’s global isolation and protect those whose lives have been devastated by his illegal war, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will say as he travels to India for the G20 Summit on Friday.According to a release from the British High Commission, families both in Ukraine and across the world continue to suffer as a direct result of Putin’s brutal invasion 18 months ago.Russia has displaced 11 million people from their homes, manipulated global energy prices…

Hyderabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Physiotherapy is an important part of overall treatment and helps people with arthritis find a balance between rest and activity/exercises, say healthcare practitioners.Traditionally Physiotherapy was advised for only those already diagnosed with arthritis, where exercises were prescribed based on grade of arthritis. However, physiotherapy also helps prevent arthritis by tailor-made exercises and lifestyle changes. These changes generally include prevention of injuries, early management of symptoms like joint swelling and ergonomics prescription etc.Traditionally, physiotherapy has been limited to patients with bone, joint and muscle problems only. Increasingly, physiotherapists are playing a vital role in the treatment and…

Toronto, Sep 8 (IANS) In a latest attack on Hindu places of worship in Canada, a prominent temple in the British Columbia province has been vandalised with anti-India and pro-Khalistan graffiti.The outer walls of Shree Mata Bhameshwari Durga Society Mandir in Surrey were spray painted on Thursday with slogans reading, “Punjab is not India” and “Modi is a terrorist”. “A Hindu temple Shree Mata Bhameshwari Durga Devi Society has been vandalised with black spray paint. These kinds of cowardly attacks are on rise to create terror amongst the community,” Sameer Kaushal, News Director at Radio AM600 in Richmond, wrote on…

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) US President Joe Biden will arrive in New Delhi at around 7 p.m. on Friday evening to attend the two-day G20 Leaders’ Summit scheduled to begin on Saturday, officials sources said.This is Biden’s first trip to India after taking office as President in January 2021.The President left the US for Delhi on Thursday night (US time).He will follow Covid-19 guidelines set by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during his visit to India, the White House has said.On Monday, First Lady Jill Biden had tested positive for Covid, following which the President…

New York, Sep 8 (IANS) A Democratic leader of Indian and Sri Lankan descent from the US state of Minnesota has said she was beaten and bloodied by four young men in front of her children in a carjacking incident, which took place outside home.Shivanthi Sathanandan, a Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party official, said the attack, which occurred on Tuesday morning, left her with a broken leg, deep lacerations on head, and bruising and cuts all over her body.”You could have been reading the obituary for me and my children today. But instead I’m here. To write this… I have a…

Houston, Sep 8 (IANS) Texas, the second largest state of the US, just recorded its second hottest summer on record, the media reported.The average temperature in the state was 29.6 degrees Celsius between June and the end of August, the state’s climatologist said on Thursday, putting it behind only 2011 for summer misery, reports Xinhua news agency citing The Texas Tribune. The average temperature hit 30.4 degrees in Texas in 2011.Some Texan cities, including El Paso in the west and Austin in the central area, went more than 40 days without a single day that didn’t reach 37 degrees.According to…

Ankara, Sep 8 (IANS) Turkey is poised to experience above-average temperatures in September this year, following a summer plagued by a series of heat waves attributed to climate change, according to scientists.Levent Kurnaz, director of the Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies at Istanbul’s Bogazici University, cautioned that the El Nino effect is expected to elevate temperatures to unprecedented levels this month, Xinhua news agency reported.”In Turkey, the peak of summer heat typically occurs at the end of July and the first week of August, followed by a cooling trend. However, September this year is likely to be notably…

Bamako, Sep 8 (IANS) At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed in a dual terrorist attack in northern Mali, the government said in a statement.Claimed by the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the two attacks targeted the passengers of the boat “Tombouctou” and a military camp of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) in Gao region on Thursday, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.The river was traveling on the River Niger from Gao to Mopti.”In response to this double attack, a combined air-land action by our valiant FAMa made it possible to neutralise around 50…

Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) Indian-American Nikki Haley has emerged as the only Republican presidential candidate who can beat President Joe Biden in the 2024 US elections, a new poll has revealed.Haley, the only woman running for the Republican nomination, had a six percentage-point lead over Biden in a CNN/SSRS poll released on Thursday, with the President trailing Haley 49 per cent to 43 per cent in a hypothetical match between the two. “Hypothetical matchups suggest there would be no clear leader should Biden face one of the other major Republican contenders, with one notable exception: Biden runs behind former South…