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One Kashmiri youth and at least four Indian soldiers were killed on Monday in a fierce gunfight in occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama district, where a suicide bomber killed 41 Indian paramilitaries last week, media reports said.
One soldier was also critically wounded in the shootout as troops launched a search operation in Pulwama.
“Four soldiers were killed during the shootout and another one is injured,” an Indian police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The official claimed that the Indian soldiers fired warning shots and the Kashmiri fighters fired back, unleashing the firefight in the district, 40 kilometres south of Srinagar. The official added that the fighters were believed to have escaped.
Indian forces have launched a massive hunt for Kashmiri fighters in parts of occupied Kashmir since Thursday’s bombing. An explosives-packed van rammed a convoy transporting 2,500 security forces in the deadliest attack in Kashmir in 30 years.
India has an estimated 500,000 soldiers in Kashmir, which has been divided between India and Pakistan and riven by unrest since the end of British rule in 1947.
Kashmiris have been fighting for an independent Kashmir, or a merger with Pakistan, since 1989.
New Delhi accuses Pakistan of fuelling the uprising that has left tens of thousands of civilians dead. Islamabad denies the charge, saying it only provides diplomatic support to Kashmiris’ right to self-determination.

YouTube on Tuesday clarified rules against posting videos of dangerous pranks, as risky “challenges” prompt people to video themselves doing things like biting into laundry soap or driving blindfolded.

The company already forbid content inciting dangerous activities likely to result in serious harm.

But the clarifications “make it clear that challenges like the Tide pod challenge or the Fire challenge, that can cause death and/or have caused death in some instances, have no place on YouTube,” the company said in a blog post.

“We´ve made it clear that our policies prohibiting harmful and dangerous content also extend to pranks with a perceived danger of serious physical injury,” said YouTube, which like other social networks is trying to show that it is better tackling problematic content.

It made clear the updated policies ban pranks that trick people into thinking they are in danger, such as fake home invasions or drive-by shootings.

“YouTube is home to many beloved viral challenges and pranks, like Jimmy Kimmel´s ´Terrible Christmas Presents´ prank or the water bottle flip challenge,” said YouTube, owned by Google´s parent Alphabet.

“That said, we´ve always had policies to make sure what´s funny doesn´t cross the line into also being harmful or dangerous.”

While playful or goofy challenges or pranks have become raging trends online, with video shared at YouTube or Facebook, some “memes” have put people in jeopardy.

A “Fire Challenge” dared people to put flammable liquid on their bodies then ignite it, while a “Tide Pod Challenge” involved people, typically teens, biting or chewing the encapsulated candy-colored laundry detergent.

A “Bird Box” thriller released on Netflix a month ago inspired a challenge for people to do things blindfolded, mimicking characters in the original streaming film.

A US teenager over the weekend crashed while driving with her eyes covered, taking part in a challenge inspired by the hit Netflix show, according to media reports.

YouTube policy also bans pranks that cause children trauma, for example the fake death of a parent or severe abandonment, according to the firm.

Accounts that post videos violating policies on pranks will get a “strike” that will limit some features such as live streaming.

A second strike within three months will result in even more limited use of YouTube, while accounts getting three strikes in that time period will be terminated.

A passenger was kicked off an Indian flight after he tried to access the cockpit to charge his phone, the airline said Wednesday.

The incident took place as an IndiGo flight was preparing to take off from Mumbai for Kolkata on Monday.

“While an IndiGo aircraft being on the ground an unruly passenger tried to enter the cockpit stating that his mobile needs to be charged,” IndiGo said in a statement.

“Following standard operating procedures the captain… initiated the offloading of the passenger on grounds of security violation,” the airline added.

An airport official told the Press Trust of India news agency that the man, said to be in his mid-thirties, was drunk.

Police questioned and then released him without charge, the official added.

It was the second bizarre incident involving an Indian domestic flight this week after a passenger tried to open an exit door in mid-air, apparently mistaking it for the toilet.

The man was travelling with GoAir from New Delhi to Patna on Saturday when he attempted to open the aircraft´s rear exit, the carrier said.

A co-passenger raised the alarm and the man was apprehended by the crew.

He was handed to the authorities for questioning on arrival and later released.

Indian media reports said he was a first time flier.

India´s airline sector has seen a six-fold increase in passenger numbers over the past decade as citizens take advantage of better connectivity and cheap flights, with many taking to the skies for the first time.

Donald Trump and Indian External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj exchanged pleasantries during an event on counter-narcotics hosted by the US president at the United Nations on Monday.

As Trump left the podium at the conclusion of the event, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley introduced Swaraj to the US president, according to Indian media reports.

The reports said that when Swaraj told Trump that she has brought greetings from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the US president responded, “I love India, give my regards to my friend PM Modi.”

Swaraj attended the Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem chaired by Trump as the high-level week of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly began in New York.

Some 129 countries at the United Nations signed on to a US-drafted pledge to fight the global drug problem on Monday that Trump warned presented a public health and national security threat.

Awami Muslim League Chief Shiekh Rasheed Ahmad kept a low profile in the oath taking ceremony of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

According to reports, he arrived late to the ceremony.

The firebrand politicians supported the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman during its protests against the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz government.

Earlier, it was reported that he has skipped the oath taking of the prime minister.

Regarded as one of confidantes of Imran Khan, analysts said he was not expected to miss an event that saw his friend took the reins of the nuclear armed nation.

The analysts wondered whether he has developed differences with the prime minister.

It was earlier speculated that Sheikh Rasheed would be given portfolio of railways minister.

Media reports also suggested that the Sheikh of Lal Haweli wanted Khan to give him interior ministry.