HEALTH

Situation under control, no malaria alert in Jhajjar
Our Correspondent

Jhajjar, October 16
Although 68 cases of malaria have been tested positive and are being given fever radical treatment (FRT) for the disease since October 1 in the district, none of the patients are in a serious condition and all of them are recovering fast. The doctors of the Health Department claimed the situation was well under control here and intensive fogging operations were being undertaken in the vulnerable areas, including Bahadurgarh, Rohad and Jamalpur villages.

The health officials said no red alert had been sounded in the district as there was no serious danger of the spread of the disease. Various teams of doctors had been deployed in different areas to take stock of the situation. Mr S. K. Sharma, SMO, Dighal, and in charge of the anti-malaria operation of the district, said an alert had been sounded only in Kaithal, Karnal, Gurgaon and Faridabad districts.

He said 315 suspected cases of malaria were detected till September. As a result of favourable environmental conditions for breeding of mosquitoes in the months of September-October, the cases of malaria increased swiftly. He said 93 cases of malaria were found in September while the number was at 49 in the corresponding month last year. He said water was still standing in the low-lying areas of the district due to heavy monsoon rains.

He said a public awareness campaign had been initiated and an announcement was being made in Bahadurgarh about the prevention and symptoms of the disease. People had been asked to spray anti-larvae medicines in the standing water and other mosquito breeding grounds in their vicinity.

SPORTS

National edge past K N Colts
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New Delhi, October 16
National Stadium Cricket Centre scored a thrilling one-run victory against K N Colts in the DDCA Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Yamuna Vihar Sports Complex ground.

Scores: National Stadium: 206 all out in 44.4 overs (Rameez Niyamat 55, Praveen Pant 40, Swatank Ghosh 4 for 61, Piyush Negi 3 for 38).

K N Colts: 205 for 9 in 45 overs (Piyush Negi 66, Ravneet Rai 55, Surender Bansal 28, Sahab Alam 2 for 33).

Raman helps Salwan enter semi-final

A fine all-round performance by Raman Sachdeva (99 and 3 for 27) helped Salwan Public School defeat St. Marks School, Janakpuri by 67 runs and enter the semi-final of the Parle Cup Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Vikaspuri ground.

In another match, Saumik Chatterjee struck 62 as DAV Shalimarbagh beat Ramjas No 2 by 22 runs and entered the semi-final at the Bharat Nagar ground.

Scores: Salwan School: 215 for 9 in 40 overs (Raman Sachdeva 99, Mohit Negi 41, Love Thapar 3 for 38). St. Marks: 148 all out in 38.2 overs (Anshul Garg 34, Raman Sachdeva 3 for 27).

DAV Shalimarbagh: 141 in 34.1 overs (Saumik Chatterjee 62, Rajat Sharma 3 for 26).

Ramjas No 2: 119 all out in 37.1 overs (Rohit Sharma 27, Abhishek Sakuja 3 for 19, Pawan Chauhan 3 for 22).

Global Vantedge win

Global Vantedge defeated Xansa by four wickets in the third Eventus Cricket Tournament.

Scores: Xansa: 126 for 7 in 25 overs (Rajeev Khanna 37, P C Pandey 15, Ankit Bhatia 2 for 21).

Global Vantedge: 127 for 6 in 23.2 overs (Saumya Mittal 35 n o, Sidharth Rao 25, Rajeev Khanna 2 for 18).

Turf Cup Cricket

Pan Business Lists beat Associates by three wickets in the third Turf Twenty20 Cup at the Jamia ground. Electing to bat, Associates scored 125 for 7 in 20 overs.

Scores: Associates: 125 for 7 in 20 overs (Kailash Raina 25, Vishal Wali 18, Sandeep Bisht 2 for 21).

Pan Business Lists: 128 for 7 in 19.4 overs (Mohit 73, Kuldeep Dobial 25, Rohit Hasteer 3 for 24, S Hariharan 2 for 20).

Shikhar Dhawan to lead under-19 team
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New Delhi, October 16
Shikhar Dhawan will lead the Delhi Under-19 team for the Cooch-Behar Trophy. Delhi and District Cricket Association sports secretary Sunil Dev, who is also the convenor of the selection committee, which includes Sunil Aggarwal and S. S. Dutta, said 27 players have been selected for the squad. The selected players will undergo a weeklong coaching camp at the National Stadium from Friday. The cricketers will report to coach Bantoo Singh and co-ordinator Sunita Sharma.

The team: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Tehlan, Rajat Mathur, Gaurav Chabra, P P Singh, Rahul Ahuja, Lalit Chaudhary, Abhinav Bali, Punit Bisht, Aditya Jain, Ajit Ranjan, Mayank Sadana, Abhishek Chaudhry, Deepak Rai, Geet Vats, Raju Sharma, Ankur Garg, Narender Singh, Arun Mishra, Victor Wilkin, Varun Lohat, Nitin Kashyap, Bharat Khurana, Gaurav Sharma, Sahil Arora, Rachit Kapoor and Amit Chaudhry.

Shri Ram School beat G D Goenka

Shri Ram School defeated G D Goenka School by eight wickets in the Shriram School Cricket Challenge.

In the second match, Delhi Public School, R K Puram defeated St. Columba’s School by four wickets. Scores: G D Goenka School: 111 all out in 27.1 overs (Mayank Sethi 51).

Shri Ram School: 112 for 2 in 23 overs (Aman Kapur 48 n o, Apratim Kumar 18, Karan Sharma 3 for 3, Aman Kapur 2 for 25, Vaibhav Garg 2 for 25).

St. Columba’s: 163 for 9 in 35 overs (Ankit 65, Victor Wilkins 32). DPS: 164 for 6 in 34.1 overs (Abir Lavasa 35, Diwakar Jha 38, Arjun 4 for 20, Nikhil 2 for 24).

Shahabad, Ranchi girls earn full points
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New Delhi, October 16
In comparatively low-scoring matches, SGNP Girls School, Shahabad (Haryana) defeated Birsa Munda Vidyapitha, Rourkela 3-1 while Government School, Ranchi defeated Sanjay Gandhi Vidyapith 4-1 in the Nehru Girls Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Thursday.

Rameek Kaur scored all the three goals for the winners while Binita Kindo slotted in the consolation goal for the losers.

Swasi Pradha, Anora Tirkey and Seema Kujur (2) were the scorers for Ranchi while Pinki Lakra reduced the margin for the losers.

St. Xavier’s beat Cambridge

St. Xavier’s defeated Cambridge School 2-1 in the Nivia School Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium on Thursday.

Ashish and Yogender Rana scored for the winners while Samesh netted the goal for Cambridge. In another match, DDA Football Academy beat Nivia Academy 2-0. Manish Negi and Anupam were the goal-scorers.

Rajesh Manchanda moves up in DDCA TT
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New Delhi, October 16
Rajesh Manchanda defeated Rajinder Singh 21-7, 21-13 to enter the third round of the Delhi and District Cricket Association Table Tennis Tournament at the DDCA premises on Thursday. Rajesh had beaten Dr S. S. Sareen 21-10, 21-13 in the second round.

In other matches, Ashok Ghai beat Ashok Nangia 21-14, 21-10; N K Lakhotia beat R D Singh 21-15, 21-11; Vipin Suri b Subhash Dua 21-9, 21-3; Pradeep Kumar b Mohan Kohli 21-15, 21-14; Ashwani Kumar beat Raghubir Singh 21-9, 21-7; Rajesh Manchanda b S S Sareen 21-10, 21-13.

Former DDCA president K K Mehra inaugurated the tournament. Others present were Dr S S Sareen, Anil Khanna, Anil Jain and Vinod Tihara.

Shah Satnamji Girls School win
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New Delhi, October 16
Shah Satnamji Girls School, Sirsa beat GRGN Girls School, Sirsa 3-0 in the CBSE North Zone Hockey Tournament held at the Ganga International School ground, Hiran Kudna. In the boys section also, Shah Satnamji made their imprint of class when they trounced Police DAV School, Jalandhar 5-0.

In another girls match, Maharaja Agarsen Girls School, Sirsa beat Vidya Devi Jindal School 1-0 in the under-19 section.

Hosts Ganga School trounced S S Mota Singh School, Paschim Vihar 5-0 in the under-19 section. A hattrick by Praveen was the highlight of the match.

In other ties, SGTB School, Bardwala drew with Arya Model School, Panipat goalless, SGG Khalsa Academy, Patiala beat Ganga School 4-0 in the under-14 boys section and Police AV Jalandhar beat Ludhiana School by 8-1. Jasjeet Singh scored five goals to star in the match.

DDA volleyball
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New Delhi, October 16
Ramesh Nagar Coaching Centre defeated Mudgal Club 25-17, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18, Swabhiman Club beat Ram Lal Anand College 25-9, 25-10, 25-9, Dhaka Club beat YMCA 25-19, 25-16, 25-10, Life Insurance Corporation of India beat Ramjas College 25-8, 25-12, 25-18, Delhi Administration beat MMS Club 25-15, 25-13, 25-14, CRPF A beat Swabhiman Club 25-11, 25-16, 25-21 and CRPF B beat Ramesh Nagar Coaching Centre 25-12, 25-9, 25-10 in the fourth DDA Invitational Volleyball Tournament.