Udupi : International master athlete Jyothi Shetty dies in accident
Udupi, June 10: International master athlete Jyothi Shetty Kodavur (50) who sustained severe injuries in a road accident that occurred near Ambagilu on Saturday, succumbed to the injuries at Manipal hospital here on Sunday.
While going with her brother Srinivas Shetty in a two-wheeler as a pillion rider, she fell down from the scooter as her brother applied break suddenly and sustained severe head injury. Later, she was admitted to the Manipal hospital, but breathed her last on Sunday evening.
Jyothi Shetty had entered the athletics as master athlete in 2011 and has won more than 100 medals from state, national and international athletic tournaments. In 2017, she got two medals in Asian Master Athletics in Hurdles and Relay held in China.
In 2016, he had participated in World Master Athletics Championship held at Australia and won a medal in a Master Athletics tournament held in Sri Lanka. She also got various prizes in marathon events held in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. She was preparing to participate in World Master Athletic Championship to be held in Spain in next September.
Being a social worker, she also worked as a physical education teacher at a private school in Udupi. She is survived by husband Uday Kumar Shetty, one daughter and a son. A case has been registered at Udupi traffic police station.
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US Consulate in Dubai reportedly attacked
Dubai: Smoke was seen rising from an area near the United States Consulate in Dubai, according to witness accounts cited by Reuters.
There was no immediate official confirmation on the extent of damage or whether there were any casualties in the incident.
Earlier, the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, was also attacked. Authorities reported damage to the premises, but no casualties were recorded.
The developments come amid heightened tensions in the region, with Iran continuing to target US interests in the Middle East following deadly attacks launched on Saturday by Israel and the United States.
Near US embassy in Dubai pic.twitter.com/z5VTZNVxNO
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