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Stories you might’ve missed, June 8

24-year-old woman Kshama Bindu from Gujarat is all set to marry herself

 

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In 2019, we heard of a woman who wanted to marry a tree. Kate Cunningham even changed her name to Elder after marrying a tree at Rimrose Valley Country Park in Sefton, Merseyside, England, according to the Daily Mail.

Now, it’s about a woman from India who wants to marry herself. Kshama Bindu of Gujarat, India, is attempting to make history by becoming the first woman to win the palms for the first-ever ‘sologamy’ in global history. She had planned to marry on June 11, but when the groom was not ready, she opted to marry herself.

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Corporate & wealth taxes: Workers’ Party outlines alternatives to GST hike

 

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When the Workers’ Party objected to the national Budget last February, Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh underlined that the WP disagreed with the decision to raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) “especially at this time”.

The hike had been announced as early as 2018 and was set to take place in 2020. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, implementation was delayed. But this year, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong announced that the GST tax hike from 7 to 9 per cent is set to be raised one percentage point each time on Jan 1, 2023, and Jan 1, 2024.

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VIDEO | S’porean luxury car driver dumping rubbish in M’sia parking lot

 

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The Inforoadblock Facebook page recently shared a video of a Singaporean luxury car driver clearing trash out of their vehicle and throwing it in the parking lot.

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Gun-obsessed rapper, Sidhu Moosewala, gunned down while he was driving, shot 24 times by 10 shooters

 

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While other countries discuss gun control, children are being slain by the thousands by gunmen on the loose. In India, a 28-year-old rapper was assassinated in broad daylight, putting an Indian state on edge.

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known as Sidhu Moosewala, was murdered, and his family is at a loss for what to do. On Sunday, he was fatally murdered in his hometown in Punjab state. He was shot at least 24 times by ten unidentified shooters while driving his automobile, according to reports.

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VIDEO | 18-year-old killed after jumping in front of moving truck: Angel of Death TikTok Challenge gone wrong

 

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A social media challenge went horribly wrong. Trying to accomplish a TikTok challenge called the Angel of Death, an 18-year-old Indonesian teen got killed by a truck. He and his friends were taking a video for TikTok, in which some of them have to jump in front of a running truck without getting hit.

Unfortunately, the boy did not move in time, and neither did the truck stop to prevent the accident. He was dragged by the lorry and later pronounced dead. The video shows how he went under the truck on impact. Authorities say he died instantly.

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