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Missing child’s body found
SSC paper: Two held for cheating
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Govt winks at pollution in Yamuna: BJP
Govt mulls commissioning of Munak Canal
Farmer gets Prez's award for innovative machine
'Dalai Lama Scholarship'
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Missing child’s body found
New Delhi, March 10 "The body was first noticed by one of the
villagers. He then informed the police," said the official. The boy, an LKG student, had been missing since March 7 and a complaint had also been registered by his family. "Rohan's skull was fractured. Prima facie, it seemed to be a case of personal enmity as the boy's family did not get any ransom call. His body has been sent for postmortem," the official added. During investigation, boy's father Chandrabhan, who hails from Uttar Pradesh and works as a driver here, said that he had no enmity with
anyone. A case of murder has been registered and questioning of boy's relatives and neighbours is going on. However, no one has been arrested so far, added the official. |
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SSC paper: Two held for cheating
New Delhi, March 10 After the information regarding the leakage was processed, the police laid a trap near the red light of Sector-25 Rohini. Jitender was apprehended from the spot around 9:30 in the morning. KPS Malhotra, ACP Bawana, who had been assigned to execute the case, said, "Jitender was found with a mobile phone. A lead was concealed under his full-sleeved shirt through which he was listening to someone. The voice on the phone was helping him solve the question paper. On sustained interrogation, Jitender disclosed that he was going to appear in the exam at the centre in Begumpur. Bijender was to meet him there. Jitender had already paid Rs 1 lakh as token amount and the remaining amount was to be given to Bijender afterwards. Bijender was also apprehended at Jitender's instance. Mobile phones used for the purpose were also seized. The token amount of Rs 1 lakh was recovered from Bijender's car. A case under section 420 of IPC has been registered at the Shahbad Dairy police station and the investigation is under way to catch more offenders. |
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New Delhi, March 10 The government has not been able to take a call on the launch of a proper vaccination programme against the disease, as according to doctors, the characteristic of the virus shows an inconsistent pattern every year. The severity of the disease varies annually depending on its mutation. "Control of swine influenza by vaccination has become more difficult, as the evolution of the virus has resulted in inconsistent responses to traditional vaccines. Standard commercial swine flu vaccines are effective in controlling the infection when the virus strains match enough to have a significant cross-protection. In more difficult cases, custom (autogenous) vaccines are used which are made from specific viruses," said Dr Charan Singh, Joint Director, Directorate of Health Services, Delhi government. The disease took its highest toll when it was first reported in Delhi in 2009, with more than 7,100 people getting infected with the virus, leading to 81 deaths. "The symptoms of the 2009 swine flu virus were similar to those of influenza and influenza-like illness in general. The outbreak had shown an increased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting," said
Dr Singh. In 2010, just before the Commonwealth Games, 1,850 cases were registered along with 56 deaths. The figure came down significantly in 2011 and 2012 with only 22 and 78 cases were reported. Whereas, the first two months of 2013 have registered more
than 1,211 cases in the city with 16 people already succumbing to the disease. Unable to completely eradicate the five-year-old virus, the government this year declared H1N1 a seasonal viral, saying that the research has found it to be a self-limiting disease. Doctors said that no prophylactic treatment is required in most of the cases in the existing situation. Only ten per cent of the total samples that come for testing against H1N1 are positive, doctors said. "According to the ratio, if we get 400 samples, only 40 come out to be positive. But they need to be closely watched and require
follow-ups in the domestic setting itself, Dr Singh said. "We are trying to remove the general perception about the disease that it is dangerous or life-threatening. We discourage patients to go for H1N1 tests in normal conditions. No hospitalization is necessary in Category A patients having mild fever, headache, cough, running nose, sore throat, fatigue, etc. as they can be cured by taking general medicines like Tamiflu. Secondly, private hospitals charge exorbitantly for the tests, thereby creating a panic in the patients," he said, adding that it can be controlled by following simple
precautions. The government has also marked high-risk groups, which have more probability for being affected by the virus. They include women, children, people above 65 years of age with multiple diseases. The Delhi government has identified 22 hospitals for the treatment of the disease, which include 17 government and five
private hospitals. Also, three government and five private diagnostic laboratories are working round the clock to manage the cases. "We provide free treatment of H1N1 in 22 recognized hospitals. The supply of medicines and the availability of doctors are being regularly monitored in these hospitals. We are also closely watching the preparedness of the hospitals and management of the diagnostic facilities to
exercise effective and timely control over the treatment of the disease," Dr Singh said. |
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Govt winks at pollution in Yamuna: BJP
New Delhi, March 10 "We have been raising this issue for the past 14 years in the Delhi Assembly. The Yamuna has become 14 times dirtier. The Supreme Court has pulled up the government several times," said the Leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra. "There have been so many schemes involving foreign tours and around Rs 3,000 crore has been spent, but in vain," Malhotra said, adding that the BJP will clean up the river within a year if it comes
to power. The protest that was led by Malhotra at the NDMC office tried to march towards the Prime Minister's residence. However, Malhotra was arrested and later released by the police. "The Yamuna has reached such a poor state that Delhi is earning a bad name world over. Visiting foreigners get to see its ugly side and there is advisory which says that people should not enter it. Devotees cannot bathe in it at Chhath Pooja, or Shivratri," Malhotra said. He said his party had decided to raise the issue
in the coming Assembly session and in Parliament. "We would support Yamuna Bachao Yatra activists who are coming to Delhi tomorrow," Malhotra added. |
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Govt mulls commissioning of Munak Canal
New Delhi, March 10 The commissioning of the canal which will result in saving of 80 MGD raw water enabling operation of the treatment plants, said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. "With the commissioning of Dwarka, Okhla and Bawana plants, it is expected that Dwarka which is facing shortage of drinking water would be able to get a desired relief," said Dikshit, while addressing a rally at Samrat Cinema Chowk. She exhorted people to conserve and make rational use of all natural resources, including water. She said that there will be no dearth of funds for the developmental activities in the area. She laid the foundation stone of rehabilitation of various sewers at Pitampura, which are presently silted and badly damaged. |
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Farmer gets Prez's award for innovative machine
New Delhi, March 10 Congratulating Kamboj on getting the award for making such an innovative machine, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed happiness and assured him of all possible help for making more machines. The farmer met Hooda in his residence in New Delhi today. Kamboj adjudged first in the competition for National Grassroots Technological Innovations. More than 19,000 candidates took part in the contest, out of which only 64 were selected for the awards. Kamboj was given Rs 5 lakh in cash, a citation and a shield at a function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan recently. Kamboj said that his multi-purpose food processing machine can crush about 150-200 kgs of aloe vera, aamla, guava, apple, etc. in an hour. The machine can also grind ginger, turmeric and other items. The awardee has also prepared a rain gun for irrigation and a number of other machines useful in agriculture. |
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'Dalai Lama Scholarship'
New Delhi, March 10 'The Dalai Lama Research Scholarship' was announced as the Nobel Laureate addressed a packed auditorium on the occasion of the 46th foundation day of the centre.
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