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US Airline To Pay $30 Million After Paralysed Man Was "Violently" Moved While Deboarding

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According to the lawsuit, Mr Foster's life expectancy has decreased from 39 to 31.5 years as a result of the incident, leaving him unable to speak or eat solid foods.     The airline reached a settlement on Tuesday after a one-day trial. According to a report in CBS News, United Airlines has reached a settlement with the family of a paraplegic man who suffered brain damage as a result of an event in 2019 as he was being let off the plane. Nathaniel Foster Jr.'s family members.  the airline "failed to abide by the standard of care owed to disabled passengers" after a worker "aggressively" pushed his wheelchair while aiding him in deboarding. The case claims that as a result of the same, the guy experienced "significant" and permanent brain damage. The 26-year-old, who was using a wheelchair, ventilator, and tracheal tube at the time of the incident, "jerked forward and back" and slouched in his chair after it was "forcefully" pus...

Accusations Of Killing Wagner Chief An "Absolute Lie": Russia

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Western politicians have suggested that President Putin ordered Prigozhin killed to punish him for his failed mutiny against the top brass in Russia.       Kremlin said the accusation and many others like it were false. Moscow:  Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary company, was allegedly killed on instructions from the Kremlin, according to Western reports, but the Kremlin called these claims a "absolute lie" and refused to confirm his demise until test results were available. After the mercenary leader's plane crashed on Wednesday evening with no survivors, breaking his quiet after he staged a mutiny against army officials two months prior, President Vladimir Putin offered his sympathies to Yevgeny Prigozhin's family on Thursday. Yevgeny Prigozhin and his top accomplices in the Wagner mercenary outfit were reportedly executed, according to "preliminary information" given by Vladimir Putin.  Although they have started an investigation, Russian...

Punjab Governor Warns AAP's Bhagwant Mann Of Bringing President's Rule

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The Governor in the letter said he has got reports from various agencies about availability and use of narcotics, and how it has become common that they are allegedly available in pharmacies and even in government-controlled liquor stores.      Punjab AAP Bhagwant Mann's government has been warned by Governor of President's rule New Delhi:  The Governor's warning that he would support the President's rule in response to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's failure to react to official correspondence caused friction between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab and the Governor, which has since gotten worse. Governor Banwarilal Purohit issued a warning to Mr. Mann today, stating that if his letters go unanswered, he may recommend President's control in the state and initiate criminal proceedings. Invoking Article 356 places a state under the direct rule of the center, typically following the Governor's submission of a report. The Punjab Governor highlighte...

Did NASA Satellite Capture Chandrayaan-3 Landing? A Fact-Check

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Chandrayaan updates: The stated objectives of Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar mission, are rover moving on the Moon's surface, and in-situ scientific experiments    Chandrayaan updates: The Vikram lander reached Moon after a 40-day journey. The achievement of Chandrayaan-3, which landed at the south pole region of the Moon—a feat that had not yet been accomplished—has India receiving praise from all corners of the globe.Cheers and congratulations could be heard at the ground station as the success was acknowledged.  But bogus messages also began to proliferate on social media and on WhatsApp and other online sites. While ISRO scientists were waiting for the Pragyan rover to emerge from the Vikram lander at the appropriate moment, social media users had already posted a picture of the two payloads on the lunar surface. Vikram is seen on the Moon's surface in another bogus film that is quickly gaining popularity. In the backdrop, a blue Earth is rising. Some users claime...

Watch: First Selfie By Lander On Moon Shows Rover Pragyan Rolling Out

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Chandrayaan-3 successfully performed a soft landing on the moon on Wednesday evening, making India the 4th country to have successfully landed on the lunar surface. New Delhi:  The Indian Space Research Organisation has released the first selfies taken by India's robots Vikram and Pragyan from the moon's surface, marking the arrival of the moment that a billion Indians have been anticipating with bated breath. Lander Chandrayaan-3 As the Pragyan rover moved slowly, Vikram captured photographs and a video of its ramp. ISRO tweeted the video along with the following statement: "... and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface."   Here is how the Lander Imager Camera captured the moon's image just prior to touchdown. pic.twitter.com/PseUAxAB6G — ISRO (@isro) August 24, 2023 India became the fourth nation to successfully land on the moon as Chandrayaan-3 completed a soft landing on the moon at 6:04 PM on Wednesday. The late...