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- Two 16-year-old Class 10 students, Krishna Gupta and Saddam Hussain, saved a woman from drowning in the Deoria Branch Canal at Maharajganj district, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday.
- The woman, believed to be in her 30s, had jumped into the fast-flowing canal from the Saat-Paanch bridge after an argument with family members.
- The students swam into the strong current, kept the woman afloat, and guided her towards the bank before others helped pull her out.
- Maharajganj police gave the teenagers certificates of appreciation, and District Magistrate Gaurav Singh Sogarwal directed officials to send their names for the National Bravery Award.
- The rescue matters because two untrained school students acted before police arrived, though the strong canal current made the attempt highly dangerous.
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- Authorities are looking into the circumstances behind the woman jumping into the canal, with some reports linking it to a family dispute.
- A decision on the students' nomination for the National Bravery Award.
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Named India · Masih Sevashram Inter College · Gaurav Singh Sogarwal · Krishna Gupta · Maharajganj · Praveen Pulinthanathan · Saddam Hussain · Shakti Mohan Awasthi · Uttar Pradesh
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