A distressing video of a Punjabi Sikh youth claiming to be stranded in Mexico has surfaced on social media, with the man making an emotional appeal to others not to risk their lives by taking the illegal ‘donkey’ route to foreign countries. In the 33-second clip, the youth is seen lying on a bed inside a room, with folded hands, as he describes an alleged assault and repeatedly warns people against making the same mistake.
A fresh danger is looming after the deluge that swept away more than 1,500 people on the Nepal-Tibet border. There are fears that a newly formed lake of rising water could burst its banks in Tibet. China has warned there is a “high risk” that a lake which formed after the recent landslide may breach its banks, causing a second flood downstream. Till today, an estimated 2.5 million cubic metres of water has accumulated at the barrier lake near the Nepal-Tibet border, official Chinese television said.
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The Indian team put forth a good showing in the recently concluded two-game Test series against Sri Lanka. The two sides met in the first Test in Galle, and for the second Test, the two sides met in Colombo. India registered a dominant 165-run win in the first Test of the series but ended up drawing the second game.
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