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Support has poured in for the family of Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart employee found dead earlier this month in a walk-in oven at a Canadian Walmart store. The Maritime Sikh Society, to which Ms Kaur’s family belongs, announced in an update on their GoFundMe page on Friday, October 25, that they had raised over $194,949 to assist her “bereaved family,” some of whom had been in India and were working to travel to Canada for her funeral. “We want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has donated to support Gursimran Kaur’s family during this unimaginable time. Your kindness and generosity have been a source of strength for the family as they navigate through… Read More »Over Rs 16 Lakh Raised For Family of Walmart Teen Found Dead In Oven

<p><strong>Indian Navy:</strong> The Indian Navy is increasingly focussing on addressing some of the serious challenges ailing the force, particularly those related to technological gaps and delays in production, in order to drive out the operation challenges of modern-day warfare more effectively. The Navy&rsquo;s annual seminar &lsquo;Swavlamban 2024&rsquo; begins Monday and it will be aimed at exploring domain-specific sessions on niche technologies and funding the innovation ecosystem that is slowly gaining a considerable footprint in the country&rsquo;s defence sector.<br />&nbsp;<br />While the process of indigenisation has been going for decades in the Indian Navy, the push now is more on becoming &ldquo;completely self-reliant&rdquo; by bringing in more and more defence start-ups and MSMEs which will be… Read More »Indian Navy’s ‘Swavlamban 2024’ Focused On Addressing Technological Gaps, Production Delays As Seas Become New Battleground

Iranian officials should determine how best to demonstrate Iran’s power to Israel after the Israeli attack on Iran two nights ago, Iran’s official IRNA news agency cited the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying on Sunday. “The evil committed by the Zionist regime (Israel) two nights ago should neither be downplayed nor exaggerated”, IRNA cited Khamenei as saying. Iran on Saturday played down Israel’s overnight air attack against Iranian military targets, saying it caused only limited damage, as US President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East. Scores of Israeli jets completed three waves of strikes before dawn against missile… Read More »Iranian Officials Will Decide How To Respond To Israel: Ayatollah Khamenei

The Israeli emergency service and police said a truck rammed into a bus stop north of the commercial hub Tel Aviv on Sunday, injuring dozens of people. Police did not immediately say what caused the incident or whether it was an attack. “At 10:08 am (0808 GMT), a report was received… of a truck hitting a bus stop on Aharon Yariv Boulevard in Ramat Hasharon… Paramedics are currently providing medical treatment on site to dozens of casualties,” the Magen David Adom service said in a statement.  At least 16 people were initially transported to nearby hospitals, the emergency service said in a later update. Police confirmed multiple injuries.  Officers and ambulances rushed to the scene,… Read More »Truck Rams Into Bus Stop In Israel’s Tel Aviv, Dozens Injured

Former captain Babar Azam, pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah on Sunday returned to the Pakistan team for the upcoming white-ball series in Australia after being sidelined for two Tests against England. The Pakistani selectors announced the One-Day International and T20I squads for the tours of Australia and Zimbabwe starting next month. Many new faces have been brought into the squads, while senior players like Fakhar Zaman and Shadab Khan missed out on selection. Fakhar is facing an inquiry from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for tweeting in support of Babar before the selectors dropped him for the England Tests. The chairman of the PCB, Mohsin Naqvi, will announce the new captains for the… Read More »Babar Dropped As Pakistan Team Announced vs Zim, Picked For Aus Series