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Char Dham Yatra: High death toll in Uttarakhand cause of concern

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Though pilgrims die owing to heart difficulties every year on their trek to Uttarakhand's high-altitude shrines, the toll is exceptionally high this season, when the yatra began on May 3 with the opening of the Yamunotri and Gangotri temples. The return of the 'Char Dham yatra' after a two-year hiatus caused by the Covid virus is a positive development for thousands of people whose lives are dependent on it, but the deaths of 78 pilgrims on their route to Himalayan temples in less than a month is cause for alarm. Kedarnath , with 41 fatalities, has the largest number of pilgrim deaths out of the 78 reported so far. In the afternoons, the weather in Kedarnath of Uttarakhand frequently deteriorates. In no time, a brilliant sunny day gives way to gloomy skies with sporadic showers. Because there are no rain shelters within a three-kilometer radius of Kedarnath, pilgrims frequently get soaked and succumb to hypothermia, he claimed. According to data from prior years, around 90 ...
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NCB files charge sheet in drugs case; Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan given clean chit as 'accused not in possession of narcotics'

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According to a press note released by the agency, the NCB filed a charge sheet against 14 individuals, however, this does not include Aryan. "All the accused persons were found in possession of Narcotics except Aryan (Khan) and Mohak (Jaiswal)," read the note. It was also mentioned that the SIT carried out its investigation in an "objective manner" and that "the principle of proof beyond reasonable doubt has been applied." "Based on the investigation carried out by the SIT a complaint against 14 persons under various sections of the NDPS act is being filed. Complaint against the 6 other persons is not being filed due to lack of sufficient evidence," the official note said. Last November, a special court granted bail to  Mohak Jaiswal , who was arrested by the NCB in the drugs case. The bail plea said that Jaiswal was completely innocent and that there was no evidence against him and the central agency has not attributed any "direct role...
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Indian April Crude Processing Rises As Cheap Russia Oil Boosts Returns

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  Indian refiners' April crude oil throughput was 8.5% higher on an annual basis, government data showed on Tuesday, as refiners ramped up runs to lap up high returns with help of discounted Russian oil purchases. Crude oil throughput last month stood at 5.27 million barrels per day (21.58 million tonnes), the data showed. "Refiners are buying cheap Russian oil as far as it is possible and then exporting high-priced diesel especially to Europe, where diesel prices have risen to astronomically high levels," said Ehsan Ul Haq, an analyst from Refinitiv. Diesel supply has become a global concern since sanctions against Russia reshaped fuel trade and sent international inventories to historic lows. Data last week showed India's April crude oil imports were the highest in 3-1/2 years mainly on the back of higher Russian flows to the world's third larger importer and consumer of oil. India's purchase of Russian oil has surged ever since the invasion of Ukraine, at a...
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What Teen Shooter's Mother Said On Texas School Massacre

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Texas police faced angry questions Thursday over why it took an hour to neutralize the gunman who murdered 19 small children and two teachers in Uvalde, as video emerged of desperate   parents begging officers   to storm the school. In one jolty, nearly seven minute clip posted on YouTube, parents living a nightmare -- a school shooting under way with their kids inside -- are seen screaming expletives at police trying to keep them away from Robb Elementary School. "It's my daughter!" one woman bellows amid chaotic scenes of crying and shoving. Angeli Rose Gomez, whose children were inside, told The Wall Street Journal she was handcuffed by federal marshals after she and others pushed police to intervene. In another shorter video, parents at what is apparently the rear of the building complain angrily that police are doing nothing as the country's worst school shooting in a decade is unfolding. One woman, frantic about her son, yells to police: "If they've got...
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