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1 Air Force personnel killed, 4 injured as convoy

a acked by terrorists in Poonch

An Air Force personnel was killed and four others injured in a
terror attack in Jammu’s Poonch district on Saturday evening.
According to military sources, two vehicles carrying the IAF
personnel came under fire from terrorists around 6 pm when
they were near Shahsitar. The area falls between
Surankote’s Sanai Top and Mendhar’s Gursai region in the
border district.
The injured personnel were evacuated to Udhampur for
treatment on IAF choppers, where one of them succumbed.
An IAF detachment is collocated with the 37 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) in the Mendhar region.

Southeast Asia swelters in record-se ng heatwave

Southeast Asia is grappling with a brutal heatwave as
record-high temperatures have led to school closures and
triggered urgent health warnings across the region.

Millions of students across the Philippines were ordered to
stay home on Monday after the authorities cancelled in-
person classes for two days. The Department of Education
ordered students of more than 47,000 public schools to
switch to home-based, online lessons.

The main advice for people across the country was to avoid
outdoor activities and drink plenty of water, but the young
and the elderly were told to be especially careful.

The sweltering weather also led to fears of water shortages, power outages and damage to crops.
Large crowds sought relief in air-conditioned shopping malls in metropolitan Manila, the congested capital
of more than 14 million people where the temperature soared to 38.8 degrees Celsius (101.84 degrees
Fahrenheit) on Saturday, surpassing the record set decades ago, according to weather officials.
The country’s weather agency said the heat index – the actual temperature felt by the body to include
relative humidity – is expected to remain at a record 45C (113F), in the range which it classes as
“dangerous” as conditions can trigger heatstroke from prolonged exposure.