Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are eating into US stockpiles of air defences and to say otherwise would be “dishonest”, the top US admiral in the Indo-Pacific region has said. The Biden administration has given Kyiv a full array of defences, including Patriot missiles and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile systems. The US last month also deployed one of the six Terminal High Altitude Area Defence systems (THAAD) in its arsenal to Israel. “It imposes costs on the readiness of America to respond in the Indo-Pacific region, which is the most stressing theatre for the quantity and quality of munitions, because [China] is the most capable potential adversary in the world”, Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, said.

A wedding in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool got briefly disrupted after a man suffered a cardiac arrest while greeting the bride and the groom.

A video of the incident shows the man handing over a gift to the couple on a stage, surrounded by cheering people, when he started to lose balance.

The young man, Vamsi, works with etailer Amazon in Bengaluru. He had come all the way to Kurnool’s Penumada village to attend his friend’s wedding.

After giving the gift, as the groom was opening the shiny wrapper, Vamsi starts leaning slowly towards the left. People standing near him caught him from falling.

He was taken to Dhone City Government Hospital, where doctors said he passed away.

Cases of young people dying of cardiac arrest in gyms and other unexpected places appear to be rising, according to medical experts.

Dr Ravi Gupta, Consultant Cardiologist at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, has cited diabetes, sedentary lifestyle, air pollution, stress, heavy workout, and steroids as factors contributing to increasing cases of young heart attacks.

According to him, Indians are genetically prone to developing heart attacks, and the adoption of the Western lifestyle has further increased the risk.

Bondi is a former Florida attorney general and long-time ally of Trump. 

​Bondi is a former Florida attorney general and long-time ally of Trump.