An AP report via PTI said that the flooding in Kerr County killed at least 43 people, including 15 children, and several more people died in nearby counties. The fast-moving waters rose 26 feet (8 metres) on the Guadalupe River in just 45 minutes before daybreak on July 4, washing away homes and vehicles.
Author: Press Trust of India
PAP questions WP chief Pritam Singh over Singapore politics talk on Malaysian show
In a video released on YouTube on June 24, he spoke to ‘Keluar Sekejap (come out for a while — if literally translated), a popular Malaysian political podcast hosted by former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Shahril Hamdan, previously information chief of United Malays National Organisation.
India renews push to host Olympics, meets IOC officials in Lausanne
The delegation was in the Swiss city despite new IOC President Kirsty Coventry declaring that the entire host selection process was being paused and a working group being set up to figure out the “appropriate time” to identify a future host.
Elon Musk faces billion-dollar fallout as feud with Donald Trump escalates
Musk’s renewed heckling of Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday, threatens to put billions of dollars of his government contracts in jeopardy if Trump retaliates.
China says border dispute with India ‘complex’, open to talks on delimitation
China on Monday, June 30, said that the boundary dispute with India is complicated and will take time to settle but at the same time, it expressed its readiness to hold discussions on the delimitation of the border and keep it peaceful.
India won’t yield to nuclear blackmail after Pahalgam attack, says EAM Jaishankar in New York
Jaishankar said that the Pahalgam attack “was an act of economic warfare. It was meant to destroy tourism in Kashmir, which was the mainstay of the economy. It was also meant to provoke religious violence because people were asked to identify their faith before they were killed”.
India’s iconic film Sholay celebrates 50th year with screening at Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna, Italy
The Sholay screening, which happened at the open-air Piazza Maggiore, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the film, which featured an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bachchan (then Jaya Bhaduri), and Amjad Khan.
Actor Paresh Rawal back in Hera Pheri 3 after shock exit and USD 2.9M lawsuit
In May this year, Rawal had announced his exit from the third part, which would have reunited him with franchise co-stars Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty as well as filmmaker Priyadarshan. The news had come as a huge shock to the ardent fanbase of the hit comedy franchise.
HPV behind growing cancer cases in young Indians, experts call for vaccination drive
Unlike other cancers that develop over decades, HPV-related cancers in young people often progress rapidly and silently.
Jaishankar heads to US for Quad meet, UN event on terrorism
Jaishankar will visit the United States from June 30 to July 2 at the invitation of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday, June 29.
