34-year-old man electrocuted to death while putting up cricket match banner in Madikeri
Madikeri: In an unfortunate incident reported from Moornadu town of the taluk, Arif, a 34-year-old sport enthusiast was electrocuted on Friday night as he accidentally came in contact with live electric wire while putting up a banner of a cricket match.
A group of young men in Moornadu town had recently planned to organize a cricket. On Friday night, the group of young men, including Arif, was putting up a banner on the match, when the mishap occurred. Arif came in touch with the wire, as a result of which, he died of electrocution.
His companions at the spot are out of danger.
A case has been registered by the Moornadu Police officers, who are investigating the matter.
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Naval officer's daughter becomes youngest Indian to summit Mt Everest at 16 from Nepal side
New Delhi (PTI): Sixteen-year-old Kaamya Karthikeyan successfully summited Mt. Everest, becoming the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale the world's highest peak from the Nepal side, the Indian Navy said on Thursday.
The daughter of a naval officer, Kaamya is a class 12 student at Navy Children School, Mumbai.
Kaamya and her father Cdr S Karthikeyan successfully summited Mt. Everest (8,849 m) on May 20, according to a statement issued by a Navy spokesperson.
"After this feat, she has become the second youngest girl in the world, and the youngest Indian mountaineer to summit the world's highest peak from the Nepal side," the statement said.
With this, Kaamya has completed six milestones in her mission to summit the highest peak of all seven continents and aims to climb Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica this December to become the youngest girl to accomplish the '7summits challenge', the Navy said.
The Indian Navy also shared her pictures in a post on X.
"#IndianNavy congratulates Ms Kaamya Karthikeyan d/o Cdr S Karthikeyan on becoming the youngest #Indian & the second youngest girl in the world to summit Mt Everest from the Nepal side.
"Kaamya has exhibited immense courage & fortitude in summiting the highest peaks in six of the seven continents," it said.
"#IndianNavy wishes young Kaamya the very best in her aspiration to summit the highest peaks of all seven continents, becoming the youngest girl to do so. #7SummitsChallenge," it added.
Over the decades, Mt. Everest has drawn mountaineers, young and old, from across the world.
