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New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) India and Indonesia began a three-day mega naval wargame on Monday in the Sunda Strait, in reflection of their growing maritime cooperation.

Officials said the Indian Navy deployed its two frontline warships Shivalik and Kadmatt for the third edition of the exercise 'Samudra Shakti'.

The two ships arrived in Jakarta on Saturday. The Sunda Strait lies between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

Bareilly (UP), Sep 20 (PTI) A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 13-year-old boy in a village in this district, police said on Monday.

Police have registered a case in the connection and apprehended the accused, SP (Rural) Raj Kumar Agarwal told the media here.

The medical examination of the survivor has confirmed rape, police said.

According to the girl's statement, she was going to throw garbage three days ago when she met the accused who dragged her to a hut and raped her, police said.

Jammu, Sep 20 (PTI) A rape accused absconding since 2020 was arrested here on Monday, police said.

The police nabbed the accused on a tip-off that he was spotted in the Pounichak police post area, they said.

Accused Mohit Sabharwal was nabbed from Bhagwati Nagar, police said.

Kolkata, Sept 20 (PTI) West Bengal is set to witness its first lung transplantation after doctors at a private hospital here managed to get the vital organ from a brain-dead patient in Gujarat.

The recipient is a senior citizen who was admitted to the facility for over three months, an official said.

The surgery started on Monday night and it may take over 14 hours, he said.

This will be the first time that lung transplantation is being conducted in the state, a health department official said.

NEW DELHI (AP) — India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and donations of surplus coronavirus vaccines in October after halting them during a devastating surge in domestic infections in April, the health minister said Monday.

Mansukh Mandaviya said the surplus vaccines will be used to fulfill India’s “commitment towards the world for the collective fight against COVID-19,” but vaccinating Indians will remain the government’s “topmost priority.”

Kanpur: The quality of a Good Samaritan is what glues with a middle-aged senior science teacher at the city's DAV College.

Her kind heart beats for one and all. She extends her hands to the guardians what to say of the students.

Her respect and honour among the girl students can be gauged with at least one particular piece of evidence.

Kanpur: What was hard to find out in length and breadth of the Jajmau area was the shop of the photo studio. The one shop that existed on way to the Lal Bangla was also closed.

Whether it was Lal Bangla or KDA Colony, or Defence Colony there was none. The KDA Colony shop was also found to be closed for a long time. It presented a feeling that it had been closed since a long time.

Photostat shops are in abundance but photo studio is not available in the bustling markets of Jajmau. 

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) Facebook India on Monday said it has appointed ex-IAS officer and former Uber executive Rajiv Aggarwal as the Director of Public Policy.

He succeeds Ankhi Das, who quit in October last year. She was embroiled in a controversy for opposing enforcement of hate-speech rules against right-wing leaders in the country.

Jammu, Sep 19 (PTI) Accusing the BJP of playing politics over the issues of Taliban, Afghanistan and Pakistan to garner votes, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged that the seven-year-rule of the saffron party has brought miseries to the people of the country and left Jammu and Kashmir destroyed.

Kanpur, Sep 19 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide at her home in Baraur area of Kanpur Dehat district after she was raped and harassed by a youth living in her neighbourhood, police said on Sunday.

The 25-year-old accused has been arrested, they said.

The victim, a Class 10 student, has left behind a suicide note written in English in which she stated that she is committing suicide on her own will and no one will be responsible for her act, the SP added.