The Delhi government has postponed its much-awaited cloud seeding trial, originally scheduled for July 4–11, due to active monsoon conditions across the region. Officials cited the current rainfall and cloud saturation as unsuitable for conducting the artificial rain experiment, which was aimed at tackling the city’s recurring air pollution and water scarcity.
In a shocking incident, 34 people, including 22 children were on Wednesday killed in Thailand’s deadliest mass shooting. Several people have been taken hostages, local media reported. A gunman was holding an unknown number of student and teachers hostage in a school in southern Thailand’s Songkhla, the provincial administration said on social media.
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In Peeragarhi car death case, Delhi Police on Wednesday got five-day police custody of Kamaruddin Baba. Earlier in the day, Delhi Police arrested the self-styled ‘baba’ in connection with the deaths of three people whose bodies were found inside a locked car near the Peeragarhi flyover. The accused, identified as Kamaruddin, described by police as a ‘maulana’ and an occult practitioner, has been booked for murder, an official told PTI.
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