Tokyo Olympics postponed: IOC
Lausanne: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Tuesday.
The Games were scheduled for July 24-August 9, but after telephone discussions between IOC president Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a joint decision was taken for the first postponement of an Olympics in peacetime.
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Four children drown in water-filled pit in Nanded
Nanded (PTI): Four children, aged between 10 and 13 years, drowned in a water-filled pit near a drain work site in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Thursday, police said.
The incident occurred around 11.30 am near MGR Garden in the Degloor Naka area of the city, said an official.
According to the police, the civic body is constructing a drain in the area. There is a 15-foot-deep pit near the site where wastewater had accumulated, they said.
Four children, all residents of Islampura, went to the spot to play and eventually entered the water without gauging its depth, said the official.
Hearing their cries, police and local residents rushed to the spot but could not save the boys, he said.
The children have been identified as Mohammad Adnan Mohammad Feroz (10), Mohammad Ali Mohammad Idris (13), Sayyed Irfan Sayyed Feroz (13) and Aayan Ibrahim Bagwan (11).
No case has been registered so far, he added.
