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TopicMass shootings

Topic: mass shootings

Manhunt on for suspect who shot dead at least 16 in Maine, had ‘mental issues, heard voices’

Lewiston shooting adds to 565 cases of mass shootings in US this year. Authorities in Maine are encouraging 'all businesses to lock down and or close' until further instructions.

At least 22 killed, over 50 wounded in mass shootings across Maine

According to NBC, shootings were at three separate locations: a bowling alley, a restaurant, and a Walmart distribution center.

14-yr-old arrested for Thailand mall shooting suffered breakdown, used modified gun, say police

Two women, from China and Myanmar, were killed and five people, including two foreigners and three Thai nationals, were wounded.

Gunman shoots two dead, wounds five others at high school graduation event in Virginia, US

The mass shooting was the country's 279th in the first 157 days of 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Hope in US, fear in Telugu land—Students’ American Dream is trapped in a crossfire

US gun culture and frequent mass shootings worries parents in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, but the allure of a prosperous future for their children outweighs concerns for safety.

Four dead, 28 injured in mass shooting at ‘Sweet 16’ birthday party in Alabama

The bloodshed in Alabama marked the third high-profile mass shooting in as many weeks in the US South, following separate outbreaks of deadly gun violence in Tennessee and Kentucky.

7 dead, 8 injured in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness church in Germany

A gunman believed to be acting alone killed several people Thursday in a Jehovah's Witness church in the German city of Hamburg, police said, as they searched for the motive behind the attack.

California shooting suspect kills himself after Lunar New Year massacre

Officials said the suspect turned a handgun on himself on Sunday morning as police approached a white van he was driving about 20 miles from the site of the shooting.

US top court open path to more guns in public, strikes down New York law on concealed firearms

The decision follows a series of mass shootings, including rampages that left over 30 people dead at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store and an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.

US close to historic gun-control bill after 2 mass shootings, but doesn’t hike age of purchase

New Delhi: The United States on Tuesday made its most significant attempt in decades to introduce legislation that would curb gun violence – a...

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.