Paris: India’s pursuit of a medal on the opening day of the Olympics this year faced a setback as both Indian pairs competing in the 10-metre Air Rifle Mixed event failed to make it to the finals on the way to win a medal.

The team of Ramita Jindal and Arjun Babuta finished sixth in the event, with an overall score of 628.7, while Elavenil Valarivan and Sandeep Singh ended at 12th position with a score of 626.3. As a result, both teams fell short of the top four required to advance to the medal rounds.

The team from China was the topper in the qualification round on Saturday, followed by Korea in second position and Kazakhstan at third position.

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Agra, Dec 23: A truck driver dragged two people for about 300 metres in Agra under his vehicle, police on Monday said.

Some locals forced the driver to stop the truck and extricated the men from under the vehicle.

Police arrested the driver and seized the truck.

The two men, both residents of Nunhai in Agra, were going towards Rambagh from Waterworks when they met with an accident around 11 pm Sunday.

The driver, instead of stopping the truck sped up, trapping both of them underneath, police said.

"In the accident, two youths were dragged by a canter driver for about 300 metres. Later, some residents saved the youths by stopping the driver using force," Chhatta Police Station Inspector Pramod Kumar told PTI.

"The youths were sent for treatment at a nearby hospital and are still being treated, but are in stable condition. The youths were from Agra. The canter driver was arrested and the canter seized after the incident," he said.

A video of the incident that surfaced on social media showed the men shouting for help.

The video was purported to have been shot by a person passing by on a two-wheeler.