Co-hosts USA in Super 8s AFTER WASHOUT, Pakistan out of wc 2009 World T20 champs crashed out after the game between USA and Ireland was abandoned. With an extra point, USA took unassailable lead kochi l saturday l june 15, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 16 l late city EDITION Apt end to a disappointing campaign Unfortunately for Pakistan, this campaign finished even before it started. At some ■ With more rain predicted level, it’s apt. The 2022 over the next 16 hours, India’s finalists tried and failed to game against Canada could also evolve in this format and be a washout. This has been a can now do a major squad very wet start to the Hurricane surgery. In the short-term, Season in Florida both their defeats, one to USA and the other to India, ■ The identities of at least two of India’s opponents in the Super will rankle because they lost from winning positions. They 8s are already known. They will will play Ireland on Sunday face Afghanistan and Australia India’s match could also be rained out CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Kerala grieves as bodies arrive home Talks, diplomacy A NN A J O S E @Kochi A father who lost his son, a man mourning the death of his brother, a group of youngsters waiting to receive the body of their dear friend, and a woman holding a newborn breaking into tears, looking lost. Close by, another group discussing funeral arrangements back home somewhere in north Kerala. The Kochi airport turned into a huge gathering of mourners on Friday as hundreds of people from across the state converged at the airport terminal to receive the mortal remains of the expatriates who died in the Kuwait building fire. The special Indian Air Force aircraft carrying the mortal remains of the 45 Indians landed at the airport around 10.25am. Thirty-one bodies — those of 23 Keralites, seven Tamils, and a Kannadiga — were brought out of the aircraft even as 30 ambulances were lined up outside the cargo terminal to take them to various destinations. Tables with white clothes were arranged with names and photographs of the deceased printed over them— the airport terminal resembled a huge funeral g round with thousands in attendance, from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to Union Minister Suresh Gopi and most of the state ministers. A resident of Keezhvaipur in Pathanamthitta, Babu was inconsolable as he waited at the airport to receive the body of his son, Cibin Abraham, 32. This is the third death in the family in recent ● More on P4 months. path for Ukraine peace, says Modi Holds talks with Zelenskyy; meets Biden and other leaders; invites Pope Francis to India Agencies Police officers give guard of honour to the victims of the Kuwait building fire after their mortal remains were brought to the Kochi airport on Friday. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, ministers and other officials are also seen | A Sanesh Student migration from Kerala nearly doubled to 2.5L in 5 years E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e @ T’Puram Student migration from Kerala has nearly doubled in five years, from 1.29 lakh in 2018 to 2.50 lakh in 2023, showed the Kerala Mig ration Survey (KMS) 2023 released by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in T h i r u va n a n t h ap u r a m o n Friday . The KMS 2023 put the total number of emigrants from Ker- ala at 2.2 million. This was 2.1 million in the KMS 2018. Nine districts witnessed a considerable decline in the number of people moving aborad compared to 2018, indicating that international migration has reached saturation. A further decline was reversed by the significant rise in student migration. The number of student migrants rose from 1,29,763 in 2018 to about 2,50,000 in 2023. Underlining a significant shift in emigration demographics, the report said there was an increase in the number of people leaving at a very young age, as early as 17 years. Students constituted 11.3% of total emigrants, indicating that a growing number of younger individuals are choosing to migrate, particularly for educational opportunities, the sur● More on P2 vey said. EXPRESS READ Fourth Loka Kerala Sabha begins SC notice to NTA, Centre on plea for CBI probe T’Puram: The skill and expertise of expatriates should be properly utilised for the welfare of all sections of society in the state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. Inaugurating the fourth edition of the Loka Kerala Sabha (LKS) in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, Pinarayi admitted that utilisation of the expertise of expatriates has been low compared to the huge rise in remittances by them. P2 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the Centre on a plea seeking CBI investigation into allegations of question paper leak and other irregularities in the NEET-UG exam held across the country on May 5 this year. The court sought the responses within two weeks and tagged the cases with other petitions raising similar issues. 16 pages, including 4 pages of kochi Express Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with world leaders at Italy’s Apulia on the sidelines of the G7 summit, but what caught the eye were his interactions with US President Joe Biden, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Francis. , “It’s always a pleasure to meet @POTUS @JoeBiden. India and USA will keep working together to further global good,” Modi said in a post on X along with photos of their interaction. In his talks with Zelenskyy Modi assured him that , India would continue to do everything within its means to support a peaceful solution to the Ukraine war, adding the way to peace is through “dialogue and diplomacy”. He said India believes in a human-centric approach to the conflict. Modi described the meeting as very productive and said India is eager to further cement bilateral relations. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra were part of Modi’s delegation at the talks. The Ukranian readout said, PM Narendra Modi embraces Pope Francis at Italy’s Apulia on Friday | X “The president spoke about the functioning of the Black Sea transport corridor, which makes it possible to increase exports of sunflower oil to India and turnover of other categories of goods.” Later in the day, Modi met Pope Francis with a warm embrace at the Outreach session of the G7 Summit and invited him to visit India. “Met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the @G7 Summit. I admire his commitment to serve people and make our planet better. Also invited him to visit India,” Modi said in a post on X. He also held talks with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, who is hosting the G7 Summit, British PM Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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