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The school, in a statement, said that it stands with the child’s family in this difficult time and is ready to fully cooperate with any investigation.Fourteen-year-old Atif Siddiqui, a class 9 student of City Montessori School, Aliganj branch, fainted during chemistry class on Wednesday.He was immediately taken to a nearby private nursing home by the school teacher and school nurse in a car. By then, the child’s father had also been informed over the phone and he too reached there.”When the child did not regain consciousness despite the doctor giving him cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) several times, we were informed that…

Emboldened by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s accusations, Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, a designated Khalistani terrorist in India and leader of outlawed Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), asked Indo-Canadian Hindus to leave the country,leaving the community shocked and terrified.”I have heard from many Hindu-Canadians who are fearful after this targeted attack. I urge Hindu-Canadians to stay calm but vigilant. Please report any incident of Hinduphobia to your local law enforcement agencies,” MP Aryawrote in a long post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday.The Hindu MP said that Pannun is trying to provoke the Hindu-Canadians to react and divide the Hindu and Sikh communities…

The critical investments in 12 US manufacturers in seven states “will strengthen our nation’s production levels of domestic at-home Covid-19 rapid tests and help mitigate the spread of the virus”, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement.Beginning September 25, households will again be able to order four free tests through COVIDTests.gov, the agency said, adding that these tests will detect the currently circulating Covid-19 variants and are intended for use through the end of 2023, Xinhua news agency reported.The initiative follows four previous rounds in which the US federal government and the US Postal Service provided more than 755…

“Humanity has opened the gates of hell. Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects – distraught farmers watching crops carried away by floods, sweltering temperatures spawning disease, and thousands fleeing in fear as historic fires rage,” he told the Climate Ambition Summit, held during the high-level week of the General Assembly on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.Climate action is dwarfed by the scale of the challenge. If nothing changes, the world is heading toward a 2.8-degree temperature rise – toward a dangerous and unstable world, he warned.He called for climate action to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees.The…

The Houston Fire Department said ten children and two adults, the bus driver and the driver of the car involved in the crash, were taken to the emergency room with minor injuries, Xinhua news agency reported.Everyone was taken to the hospital out of precaution, according to an ABC13 report.The school bus on Wednesday morning was on the feeder road trying to make a sharp right turn when the car hit the bus on its side, causing the bus to flip onto its side, police said.An investigation is still underway.–IANSint/sha

The court pronounced its order on a bunch of petitions, including a special appeal and writ, filed by private individuals alleging multiple irregularities in the recruitment process.While ordering a CBI probe into the allegations, a bench of Justice A.R. Masoodi and Justice Om Prakash Shukla directed the CBI to submit its preliminary report within six weeks.Taking cognizance of the serious nature of the allegations, the High Court also directed its registry to file a suo motu (on its own) public interest litigation (PIL) in the matter.It subsequently placed the documents submitted by the petitioners under seal pending investigation, advocate Anu…

The couple were immediately rushed to a hospital and subsequently referred to a higher medical centre, where they are currently receiving treatment, according to the police.The family of the victim protested at the local police station, claiming that the accused had not been apprehended even though several days had passed since the filing of the FIR.According to the victim’s statement, she was raped on Saturday when she was waiting for transport in her village. An individual named Ankit offered her a ride on his motorcycle. However, Ankit took her to a secluded area in the forest where she was subjected…

“We will not be intimidated. We will do our jobs free from outside interference. And we will not back down from defending our democracy,” Garland said on Wednesday while testifying before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of the US Department of Justice” on Capitol Hill in Washington.In his opening remarks, Garland took GOP criticism of his tenure head-on — arguing that some Republicans’ efforts to target career officials are “dangerous” at a time when threats against public servants are on the rise, media reports said.Garland is appearing for the first time before legislators since special counsel Jack Smith…

The Union Home Minister also mocked Rahul Gandhi when the Congress leader was leaving the House after completing his speech. Shah said: “Dariye mat, dariye mat, arre bhai daro mat”. While Shah was mocking the Congress leader, Speaker Om Birla said that those who want to leave can go.This comes after Rahul Gandhi was seen on multiple occasions saying “daro mat” when BJP MPs were raising slogans in the middle of his speech on the Women’s Reservation Bill.Shah speaking on the bill said both census and delimitation, the two deciding factors for women’s reservation, will be done soon after the…

Was it shot down by somebody is also an angle being probed, media reports said.The F-35 jets’ debris was located outside Charleston in South Carolina Monday and confirmed to be remains of the missing aircraft after what the US military initially suspects to be a “mishap” or a “ malfunction” in which the jets pilot ejected from the craft.The F-35 jet fighter, spawning out of America’s most expensive stealth fighters that duck the radar comes out of a massive funding of $1.7 trillion that took nearly 30 years to develop, can fly undetected for long on autopilot after a pilot…