Heavy rain claim two live in Udupi District
Udupi: Heavy rain that has gripped Coastal Karnataka and parts of Kerala since Thursday reportedly claimed two lives in Udupi District in two different incidents reported on Thursday.
In the first incident reported from Karkala Gram Panchayath limits, a 42-year old woman who had been to field to collect grass for the cattle fell into a pond and died of drowning. The woman, identified as Sulochana went into the field to collect grass in the afternoon. When she did not return till evening, her family started looking for Sulochana. However, her dead body was found in a pond in the evening.
In another incident, reported from Kukkehalli an auto-driver who was staying at his friend’s house due to heavy rain, died after he sustianed injuries as a tree fell and hit his head at Dinakar's house due to heavy rain on Thursday night.
An auto rickshaw driver Ravindra Kullal, who was on his way to his home on Thursday night decided to stay at his friend Dinakar Shetty’s house due to heavy rain as it was nearly impossible to ride his auto home. Later in the night a tree fell down due to heavy rain, Ravindra who was sleeping in the sit-out of the house sustained severe injuries and breathed his last.
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Pelé's 1966 World Cup jacket draws new fans after Bad Bunny wears it at concerts
Sao Paulo (AP): A jacket worn by football legend Pelé in the 1966 World Cup has become a hit among fans of pop singer Bad Bunny since he borrowed it from a collector's sports merchandise store and used it in his recent concerts in Sao Paulo, in his first performances on Brazilian soil.
Bad Bunny's tribute to the three-time World Cup winner, who died in 2022 at age 82, also included a change in the lyrics of the song MONACO, sung by the Puerto Rican artist as "scoring a goal after Pelé and Maradona" instead of "Messi and Maradona."
Cássio Brandão, the owner of the Alambrado Futebol e Cultura store, seeks historical soccer memorabilia and jerseys and has more than 7,000 of them. He owns 115 items that belonged to Pelé and was involved in Bad Bunny's choice for the jacket.
"He took very good care of the piece. It came back only with sweat, wet with sweat, but it was perfect, in the same condition. They were very careful. It returned in the same suitcase," Brandão said.
Pelé's official Instagram later thanked the singer for the tribute, adding that when someone like Bad Bunny honors “the King on Brazilian soil, it means the crown is still shining.”
“I think that today, when I see Bad Bunny doing this, it warms my heart to imagine that many kids across Brazil and around the world are going on YouTube trying to learn more about Pelé, watching his goals and better understanding the magnitude and greatness of this figure, who is the greatest football player in history and, to me, the greatest Brazilian who has ever lived,” Brandão said. AP
