Lightening strike kills three women of a family in Chikkamagaluru
Chikkamagaluru: In a tragic incident reported from Moodigere Taluk’s Balehole, three women members of a family died after lightening struck their house on Saturday evening here in the District. The incident was reported under Kalasa Police Station limits.
The deceased women have been identified as Jyothi (28), Madamma (65) and Maari (27). The three women labourers are said to be hailing from Tamil Nadu. According to the reports Jyothi was daughter of Madamma while Maari was their relative.
Hailing from Paparatti Taluk in Tamil Nadu the three women had come to the District few months back and were working at coffee estate here. Reports further added that after the country-wide lockdown was announced due to the spread of Corona Virus, the three women were not able to return back to Tamil Nadu and were staying in the Coffee estate in a house meant for the labourers when the incident took place on Saturday evening.
The village witnessed heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm and wind. A lightening then struck the house of the victims and killed the three women on the spot.
The bodies of the deceased have been shifted to Kalasa Government Hospital for post-mortem.
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
