Five-year-old boy in Bhatkal falls accidentally, drowns in swimming pool
Bhatkal: In an incident reported from a resort near Jali Beach in Bhatkal, a five-year-old boy died of drowning after he accidentally fell into a swimming pool on Thursday evening.
The boy is identified as Mohammed Mustaqeem Sheikh, son of Moulvi Shahidullah, who is a teacher at the local Madrasa. Sheikh was studying in lower kindergarten at the Madrasa.
Family sources have said that Sheikh, who was staying in the resort with his mother and younger brother, slipped and fell into the five-foot deep swimming pool when his mother was not around. His mother is said to have rushed to the spot and got her son out of the waters. Youngsters who were near the resort tried to revive the boy with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and then took him to a private hospital nearby, but the doctors confirmed that Sheikh had died.
A post-mortem examination was conducted at the taluk government hospital after which, the body of the deceased boy was handed over to the family at 8 pm.
Sheikh’s teachers at the Madrasa and several others are learned to have visited the hospital and paid their condolence to the family.
The funeral rites of the boy completed at the Tanzeem Millia Masjid in the Nawayat Colony on the Thursday-Friday midnight.
Bhatkal Police have registered a case and an investigation is underway.
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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
