Mauritanian coast guards recovered the bodies of 89 illegal migrants near N'Diago, southwestern Mauritania, local media has reported.
Nouakchott, July 5: Mauritanian coast guards recovered the bodies of 89 illegal migrants near N'Diago, southwestern Mauritania, local media has reported.
The migrants were aboard a large traditional fishing boat that was stranded off the Atlantic Ocean, four kilometres from the town of N'Diago, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Mauritanian News Agency.
Nine people, including a five-year-old girl, were rescued by the Mauritanian coast guard, the report said.
The boat, which left the Senegalese-Gambia border six days ago towards Europe, had 170 migrants on board, the report quoted survivors as saying.
--IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 8: President Droupadi Murmu visited historic Udayagiri Caves Monday after returning from Puri.
Later, President Murmu interacted with the students of B.K. College of Arts and Crafts, and the Utkal University of Culture. She recalled her student days in Bhubaneswar and shared her experience while interacting with the students.
"This area (the surrounding area of Udayagiri) was surrounded by dense forests. I was unable to climb to the top of the caves. Now infrastructures are gradually replacing the forest. Most of the forests are out of the map," she said showing concern, adding: "We need to preserve these things to keep the nature safe."
President Murmu also recalled the time when saints used to live there. "I, along with my friends, used to interact with the saints. Now, it looks like a deserted place. The saints don't like to stay here anymore," she stated.
The President also shared her thoughts on the beauty of arts at Udayagiri Caves. "The rock inscriptions and the caves in Udayagiri are the symbols of the uniqueness of Odia arts. The map of the cave exhibits the people's rich skills in arts.We should preserve all these arts," Murmu asserted.
The President said to the students that she enjoyed the interaction. "I was a teacher before. So I am enjoying the conversations with all of you. Next time, I will make a visit to your colleges," Murmu signed off.
The President also received gifts from the students. After the interaction, she headed back to Raj Bhavan.
Earlier in the morning, President Murmu, who is currently on a four-day visit to Odisha, took a stroll at the Blue Flag Beach in Puri.
President Murmu arrived in Puri Sunday on the occasion of Rath Yatra and took the blessings of the Holy Trinity -- Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Deputy CMs -- Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida -- as well as Odisha Cabinet Ministers, MPs and MLAs were also in attendance as they took the blessings of the deities. Former CM and LoP Naveen Patnaik also graced the occasion.
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Amaravati, July 8: Three members of a family were killed and two others injured when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a parked container truck in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru district on Monday, police said.
The accident occurred on the highway near Laxminagar in Dwaraka Tirumala mandal when the car hit the truck, which was parked on the roadside.
A young woman techie, who was returning home after appearing in an interview at a software company in Hyderabad, her mother and son were killed.
Rachabattuni Bhagyashree (26) along with her family was returning to Rajavolu in East Godavari district. Her two-year-old son, Rachabattuni Naga Nithin Kumar, and mother Bomma Kamaladevi (53) also died on the spot.
Bhagyashree’s other son Naga Shanmukh and driver Vamshi were injured and both were admitted to a hospital at Eluru.
Police registered a case and took up an investigation.
--IANS
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New Delhi, July 8: In a worrying trend, Elon Musk-owned X is manually reviewing certain users’ direct messages (DMs) to investigate reported violations and misuse of its service, “or to comply with laws or governmental requests”.
When an X user with @kimdotcom account posted this policy update, the tech billionaire on Monday did not provide a clear answer to the query, which goes against the policy of providing end-to-end encryption to every content on the platform.
“It currently works in a clunky way for one to one messages (if you turn it on). We’re working on making it easy to use and apply to group messages too,” Musk replied.
“X audio and video calls are automatically encrypted,” he added.
Several users raised an alarm over X apparently manually reviewing DMs.
“Is it me or did Elon not understand the question of Kim? Kim was worried about reviewing the DMs by government request,” an X user posted.
Another user commented: “You didn’t address the root on the concern. Why is X collaborating with governments to sift through our private DMs?”
--IANS
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