India: 8 Devotees Killed, Over A Dozen Injured In Stampede At Bihar Temple
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in a stampede in Bihar’s Nalanda and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured. At least eight women were killed in the stampede in Nalanda’s Shitala Mata temple, where a large number of devotees had gathered in the morning, police said. “The mishap in Nalanda district, Bihar, is deeply painful. I extend my condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. Prayers for the speedy recovery of those injured,” the prime minister said in a message. He announced that an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) would be given to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
