Twin girls invite Modi to Kashmir to help flood victims
Anantnag (PTI): A video made rounds on social media on Sunday, showing twin girls from Anantnag district inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the valley to see its beauty and help the flood victims.
Zainab and Zaiba, aged eight, from the Kokarnag area of the south Kashmir district, were filmed while they were interacting with BJP leader Ravinder Raina.
The politician was visiting the Jablipora Fruit Mandi to commiserate with the horticulture traders who had suffered huge losses due to the recent highway blockade caused by landslides.
The twins told Raina they wanted the Prime Minister to visit Kashmir and see its beauty.
"We wanted Modi to visit Kashmir because Kashmir is really beautiful. Modi's visit to Kashmir would have added to the valley's splendour," Zainab said, amid loud cheers from those around. "Our Kashmir is beautiful," she added.
When Raina asked them if they wanted to meet Modi, the little girls said "yes."
"We want that … he should come to our Kashmir in summer or when winter comes. We are requesting him once again," Zainab said.
"We have suffered huge losses. Our bridge was washed away in the rain. Apple traders and those who owned orchards suffered terrible losses," Zaiba said.
The twins also demanded a cold storage facility in the area to store fruits.
"There should be a store where fruits can be kept," one of them said.
"A cold store?" Raina asked, to which the girls nodded.
"We want to keep apples in those (stores) because apples are one of our fruits which the people of India also like," Zainab said.
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away," she said, sending everyone laughing.
#Watch: Ravinder Raina with #Zaiba_Zainab at Anantnag@RavinderRaina @BJP4JnK @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/zk32RmpFYc
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West Asia war: Vessel carrying 20,000 tonnes of LPG reaches Gujarat crossing Strait of Hormuz
Kandla (Gujarat) (PTI): A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla in Gujarat after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, officials said on Sunday.
The Marshall Islands-flagged MV SYMI started its journey from Qatar and docked at the port in Kandla around 11.30 pm on Saturday after crossing the Strait of Hormuz on May 13, they added.
Since early March, 13 India-flagged vessels, comprising 12 LPG tankers and one crude oil tanker, have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway close to the coast of Oman through which roughly one-fifth of the world's energy supplies pass.
It has been severely disrupted by the conflict in West Asia that started on February 28, with the US and Israel launching joint attacks on Iran, triggering retaliatory strikes. It has resulted in one of the worst energy crisis the world has seen in recent decades.
Incidentally, at a special meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) on safeguarding energy and supply flows, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish said targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is "unacceptable".
On May 13, an India-flagged commercial vessel came under attack off the coast of Oman.
Omani authorities rescued all 14 crew members of the vessel sailing from Somalia, but it was not immediately known who carried out the strike.
