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Passenger plane crashes in Brazil, killing all 61 people on board, airline VoePass says

 Kamala Harris and Tim Walz rallied a packed arena outside Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday – drawing perhaps the largest Democratic crowd of the election cycle this year. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, her running mate and the local leaders who joined them on stage whipped up the crowd, discussing immigration, abortion rights and Indigenous sovereignty. Noting the Indigenous leaders in the room, Harris also said: “I will always honor tribal sovereignty and respect tribal self-determination.” Indigenous voters are credited with helping deliver Arizona to Joe Biden in 2020; the state is home to 22 federally recognized tribes. At one point during her speech, Harris was interrupted by protesters chanting “free, free Palestine” and other messages in support of Gaza. She stopped her speech to address the protesters. “We’re here to fight for our democracy, which includes respecting the voices that I think we are hearing from. Let me just speak to that for a moment and then I...
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Passenger plane crashes in Brazil, killing all 61 people on board, airline VoePass says

 A plane operated by the Brazilian airline VoePass crashed in the country's Sao Paulo state on Friday, killing all 61 people on board, the company said Friday. The aircraft involved in the fiery wreck in a residential area in the city of Vinhedo was carrying 57 passengers and four crew, according to The Associated Press. The plane departed from Cascavel, Brazil, in the state of Parana. "The company regrets to inform that all 61 people on board flight 2283 died locally," the airline said in a statement. Firefighters, military police and the civil defense authority all dispatched teams to the crash site. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT TO HAWAIIAN ISLAND PLUNGES, COMES WITHIN 400 FEET OF PACIFIC OCEAN: REPORT Graphic of plane crash The plane crashed in the Brazilian city of Vinhedo, in the state of Sao Paulo.  (Fox News)  Brazilian TV network GloboNews showed aerial footage of an area on fire with smoke coming out of an obliterated plane fuselage. Additional footage showed the pl...
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PM Modi Wayanad Visit LIVE Updates: After aerial survey, PM Modi lands in Wayanad’s Kalpetta

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Kalpetta after conducting an aerial survey over Chooralmala, Mundakkai, and Punchirimattom hamlets aboard an Indian Air Force helicopter along with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan. Modi will review the relief and rehabilitation efforts and visit a hospital where injured are being treated. As many as 226 people have been killed in the hilly district after landslides hit on July 30. PM Modi’s visit comes amid Opposition’s demand to declare Wayanad landslides as a national disaster and increase compensation for those affected in the deadly landslides. What CUSAT professor says on landslides ? S Abhilash, director of the Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research (ACARR) at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, told The Indian Express that the cutting of trees to create plantations is contributing to landslides in Kerala. Research carried out by Dr Abhilash and his team in 2019 in Puthu...
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Central team visits Wayanad disaster spots, Kerala seeks Rs 2k crore for reconstruction

 As many as 125 houses, including govt quarters, have been identified for temporarily shifting people from camps WAYANAD: The state govt has demanded an allocation of Rs 2,000 crore from the Centre as reconstruction cost following the destruction caused by Mundakkai landslide. The cabinet subcommittee overseeing the rehabilitation activities raised the request with the high-level central team that visited the landslide-hit areas on Friday. "We have also sought immediate aid for rehabilitation of affected people... Also, central help has been sought for taking up debris cleaning activities, which is expected to take around 90 days," PWD minister P A Mohammed Riyas said. Expressing hope that the central team has understood the magnitude of the disaster, he said the govt had requested including the disaster in the L3 category. 'People will be shifted from relief camps soon' PWD minister P A Mohammed Riyas said states that witnessed disasters frequently were allocated sub...
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Wayanad news: 11 days on, PM Modi to visit landslide-hit areas to oversee relief and rehabilitation | What’s on agenda?

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Wayanad on Saturday to review the relief and rehabilitation efforts over 10 days after two landslides struck the area in the early hours of July 30, causing widespread destruction and killing over 300 persons. This is PM Modi's first visit to the landslide-hit areas. PM MODI TO VISIT WAYANAD: WHAT'S ON AGENDA? PM Modi will arrive in Kannur at around 11 am, after which he will conduct an aerial survey of the landslide-affected regions in Wayanad. At approximately 12:15 pm, PM Modi will visit the disaster-stricken sites, where he will be briefed by rescue teams on the ongoing evacuation efforts. During his visit, PM Modi will closely monitor the rehabilitation initiatives to ensure that effective support reaches those impacted by the tragedy. PM Modi will also visit relief camps and hospitals where victims and survivors of the natural disaster are admitted. Later in the day, the prime minister is likely to chair a review meeting where...
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Olympics: Aman Sehrawat wins India's first wrestling medal at Paris Games

 Olympics: Aman Sehrawat defeated Darian Toi Cruz of Puerto Rico 13-5 in the men's 57kg wrestling category at the Champ de Arena on Friday to win India's first wrestling medal at the Paris Games. The young wrestler clinched India's fifth bronze at the Paris Olympics. Aman Sehrawat Aman Sehrawat wins India's first wrestling medal at Paris Games (Reuters Photo) Aman Sehrawat, 21, became India's seventh wrestler to win an Olympic medal after beating Darian Toi Cruz of Puerto Rico 13-5 in the men's 57kg bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday. India's previous medals in wrestling came through KD Jadhav (bronze in 1952), Sushil Kumar (bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012), Yogeshwar Dutt (bronze in 2012), Sakshi Malik (bronze in 2016), Bajrang Punia (bronze in 2020) and Ravi Dahiya (2020). Aman Sehrawat dedicated his bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics to his late parents and India after defeating Puerto Rico's Darian Toi Cruz 13-5. "My parent...
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