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The terror attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday was one of first major suicide attacks since the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. Yesterday’s attack took place at Pargal village in Darhal area, in which four soldiers were killed and two others injured. Security forces also gunned down two terrorists. An initial investigations has shown that a tactical base of the army was chosen as a target to ensure more number of casualties. The alertness of army soldiers prevented the terrorists from gaining access to the post and they were neutralised before they could enter the base. “The attack was carried out by two suicide attackers most likely belonging to a Pakistan-based terror outfit. The method of the attack was that they threw grenades at the sentry post around 5 am to enter the base,” a source privy to the investigation told CNN-News18 . The sources said the terrorists also used armour-piercing bullets in order to … [Read more...] about Terror Attack on Rajouri Army Camp First Major Suicide Strike Post Pulwama in 2019

Five Chinese state-owned companies, including oil giant Sinopec and China Life Insurance, said on Friday they would delist from the New York Stock Exchange, amid economic and diplomatic tensions with the United States. The companies, which also include Aluminium Corporation of China (Chalco), PetroChina and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co, each said that they would apply to delist their American Depository Shares this month. The five, which in May were flagged by the U.S. securities regulator as failing to meet its auditing standards, will keep their listings in Hong Kong and mainland Chinese markets. Beijing and Washington are in talks to resolve a long-running audit dispute that could see Chinese companies banned from U.S. exchanges if they do not comply with U.S. rules. Washington has long demanded complete access to the books of U.S.-listed Chinese companies, but Beijing bars foreign inspection of audit documents from local accounting firms, citing national security … [Read more...] about Five Chinese state-owned companies to delist from NYSE amid U.S. tensions

Finding someone who speaks the same language as you, especially in a foreign land, leads to an instant connection. In a heartwarming incident, an American YouTuber, Arieh Smith, was offered free food at a Gujarati eatery as he placed the order in Gujarati. In the video, Smith who runs the popular YouTube channel Xiaomanyc, is seen visiting a Gujarati restaurant and surprising its Indian owner by asking for a Gujarati meal. Hearing Smith speak Gujarati, the owner fills up with joy and greets the YouTuber with a smile. As Smith triggers the man’s curiosity, he begins to ask him about where he learned the language and if he had ever tasted Gujarati food. Smith then tells the man that it’s his first time at a Gujarati restaurant following which the owner lovingly serves him a traditional thali. After praising the food while licking his fingers, Smith then leaves to have some paan in another shop. Apparently, the pan owner also turns out to be Gujarati and strikes a conversation with … [Read more...] about American YouTuber Orders Paan in ‘Fluent’ Gujarati, Stuns Desis in Viral Video

Update: This article has been edited to reflect details about the suspect and that he was killed at around 3 p.m. EST following a standoff with police, reported by The Associated Press (AP) . A man armed with an AR-15 style weapon was killed by authorities after attempting to breach a Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio Thursday morning. Lt. Nathan Dennis, an Ohio State Patrol spokesman, said during a press conference Thursday evening that authorities pursued the suspect, now identified as 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer, after he fled his car on a nearby country road and fled into the woods, according to AP. Shiffer was shot at around 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon after pointing a gun at responding officers, the outlet reported. (RELATED: ‘Department Of Trust Us’: Sen. Chuck Grassley Says FBI Director Refused To Answer About The Raid) Federal investigators are reportedly looking into whether he had any ties to far-rights extremist groups such … [Read more...] about Police Shoot Man Who Attempted To Breach FBI Headquarters After Standoff

Manchester City stormed ominously to the top of the Premier League by cruising to a 4-0 win over Bournemouth, while Gabriel Jesus opened his Arsenal account in a 4-2 win over Leicester on Saturday. As soaring temperatures across England forced the need for water breaks at all this weekend’s Premier League games, it was City who were on fire at the Etihad as promoted Bournemouth were blown away. Erling Haaland failed to score on his home debut, but the Norwegian showed there is more to his game than goals as he used his strength before sliding in Ilkay Gundogan to open the scoring. Kevin De Bruyne then took centre stage with a scintillating finish with the outside of his right foot to find the far corner before the Belgian turned provider for Phil Foden to make it 3-0 before half-time. City eased off the gas after the break but added to their lead 11 minutes from time when Jefferson Lerma turned Joao Cancelo’s cross into his own net. Jesus shines Haaland’s arrival at City … [Read more...] about Premier League: Manchester City Beat Bournemouth; Arsenal Pip Leicester City

Tamil Nadu has thrown a surprise this monsoon season with surplus rainfall exceeding 95% of its long-period average, and a huge inflow into the reservoirs filling most of them to the brim. “Tamil Nadu has not received such a high amount of rain in June-July at least during the last three years. The last time when the southwest monsoon was surplus for the state was perhaps in 2018. This time, especially the interior districts, including those adjacent to the Western Ghats, have witnessed above-normal rains every day since mid-July, while it was still less for coastal areas,” the head of IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, S Balachandran, told News18. While the southwest monsoon is known to exhibit such inter-annual variations, the senior meteorologist said, there are always the subsystems whose interplay decides how the monsoon performs. “The state mostly relies on northeast monsoon starting October onwards for rains, but it is good that the southwest monsoon too has been … [Read more...] about Monsoon Musings: Tamil Nadu Gets about 95% Excess Rains, But Indo-Gangetic Plains Still Parched

DMK, the ruling party of Tamil Nadu, has raised a secessionist demand if the state is not given autonomy. Party MP A Raja, in the presence of DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin , in fact, warned the Centre to give Tamil Nadu more rights or else the next stage would be a battle for separate nationhood. As per PTI, Raja said, “I am telling Amit Shah and the Prime Minister with utmost humility, I implore you in the presence of (our) leaders on the dais, our chief minister is journeying on the path of Anna (CN Annadurai, former CM and DMK founder), do not push us on the path of Periyar. Do not make us seek a separate country. Give state autonomy and we will not rest till then.” According to Raja, the DMK had so far kept aside the demand for a separate nation, as envisioned by Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, the father of the Dravidian movement, but the party’s patience is now running out. The truth though is that the demand for a separate … [Read more...] about Making ‘Separate Country’ Comment, DMK’s A Raja Cites Periyar, But He Dumped The Dream 66 Yrs Ago

Washington vowed to do better on battling racial discrimination at an emotion-laden UN review of its record Friday, but officials did not respond to calls for reparations after centuries of systemic racism. “We need to continue to make strong, concerted efforts to eliminate the scourge of racial discrimination in our country,” said Desiree Cormier Smith, who was recently appointed as the first US special representative for racial equity and justice. Speaking before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), she stressed Washington’s commitment “to eliminating systemic racism”, but acknowledged there was “so much left to do”. Cormier Smith, herself of African American descent, co-chaired a large, diverse US delegation at the two days of hearings in Geneva. She pointed out that the issue was “deeply personal for many of us”. The committee of 18 independent experts evaluates how countries adhere to an international convention on eliminating … [Read more...] about US Fails to Address Reparations’ Calls at UN Race Record Review

Escambia County public school concluded its investigation on teacher Michael James after he resigned stating photos of Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr. were removed from his classroom. “The Behavior Analyst informed Mr. James the bulletin board directly behind his teaching area needed to be dedicated to state-required curricular materials he would need to engage this specific group of students in their daily learning and development activities, as they were seated at his teaching table with him,” the district statement obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation said. James says he knew some students would not be able to read the posters but intended to read and teach the students about the pictured leaders. A Florida school district’s investigation concluded that a teacher’s claims about photos of Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman being removed from his classroom because they weren’t “age appropriate,” were “inaccurate,” according to the district … [Read more...] about ‘Inaccuracies’: Florida School Investigates Teacher’s Claims About MLK Poster Being Removed From Classroom

MASK CONFUSION… NY TIMES… DAVID LEONHARDT: A Confusing Message — The C.D.C. recommends indoor masking for the vaccinated, but only in some places. As you can see, most of the Northeast and upper Midwest, as well as much of the West, have only “moderate” or “low” transmission. If that stays true, vaccinated residents in those places can generally remain unmasked, the C.D.C. says. […] Breakthrough infections among the vaccinated appear to be only a modest reason that the number of new cases has been rising, as I explained in Monday’s newsletter. When vaccinated people do get the virus, they are less likely to pass it on to others — and much less likely to get very sick. […] The country was polarized long before Covid. But the C.D.C. has not maximized its chances of being heard, either. That’s the communication problem I mentioned above. Its announcement of the new guidelines was both vague and technical, making it hard for many nonexperts to understand. The agency … [Read more...] about Editor Daily Rundown: Mask Confusion