NEW DELHI — At least 9 folks died and practically 50 have been injured after a fireplace broke out inside a coach of a stationary practice following a cylinder blast in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
The mishap occurred close to the Madurai railway station within the state. All the deceased have been pilgrims and got here from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. (India-Train Fire)
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MAHMUD-E-RAQI — A traveler has been confirmed lifeless and two others have been injured in a highway crash in east Afghanistan’s Kapisa province on Friday, mentioned a press release of the provincial police headquarters on Saturday.
The accident occurred within the Nijrab District of Kapisa province on Friday afternoon, killing one on the spot and injuring two others, the assertion added. (Afghanistan-Road Accident)
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SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 130 suspected drug offenders in an island-wide operation on Aug. 14-25, in response to a press release launched by the bureau on Saturday.
The CNB seized about 1,318 grams of heroin, 2,535 grams of hashish, 486 grams of “Ice,” and 188 grams of ketamine, amongst different medicine throughout the two-week operation, the assertion mentioned. (Singapore-Drug Offenders)
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UNITED NATIONS — China on Friday known as on the worldwide neighborhood to collectively urge Japan to halt its discharging of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant into the ocean.
It is “to avoid causing unpredictable damage and hazard to the global marine environment and the health and well-being of people around the world,” Geng Shuang, China’s deputy everlasting consultant to the United Nations, advised the UN General Assembly. (UN-Japan-Nuclear Water Discharge)