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Dengue snuffs out life of eight-yr-old boy
New Delhi, October 4
Dengue has claimed its first victim--an eight-year-old boy- this season in the national Capital, but doctors maintain that there is nothing to panic as cases have not been serious this year. The boy (name withheld), a resident of South Delhi, succumbed to the mosquito-borne infection due to dengue shock syndrome on Friday at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

Vardhan tells Old Delhi traders to join hands for Swachh Bharat
New Delhi, October 4
Union Health Minister and Chandni Chowk MP Harsh Vardhan today urged the traders of Old Delhi to work together with the administration and civil society for giving the walled city a new look.
President Pranab Mukherjee flags off the ‘Run for Swachh Bharat’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. President Pranab Mukherjee flags off the ‘Run for Swachh Bharat’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal 


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Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna in New Delhi on Saturday.
Devotees immerse an idol of Goddess Durga into the Yamuna in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Give free insulin to poor: Minister to docs 
New Delhi, October 4
The Minister for State for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, today urged medical practitioners to provide free insulin to those patients who belong to the weaker sections while pointing out that the high mortality rate for juvenile diabetic patients was mainly due to the inability of their parents to pay for the insulin for their lifelong treatment.

Murder-cum-robbery case solved, one held
New Delhi, October 4
The Crime Branch of Delhi today claimed to have worked out a murder-cum-robbery case of Dwarka North in which a man was shot dead when he tried to stop a criminal who was snatching a bag of a motorcyclist.

Bizman held for cheating fish traders
New Delhi, October 4
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police today arrested a 55-year-old Dhanbad-based businessman who had allegedly duped a number of fish traders in the Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to the tune of Rs 6.5 crore.





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Dengue snuffs out life of eight-yr-old boy
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 4
Dengue has claimed its first victim--an eight-year-old boy- this season in the national Capital, but doctors maintain that there is nothing to panic as cases have not been serious this year.

The boy (name withheld), a resident of South Delhi, succumbed to the mosquito-borne infection due to dengue shock syndrome on Friday at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Doctors treating him said the deceased was admitted to hospital on September 29 with high fever.

"The child was a case of acute leukemia (blood cancer) and had developed dengue. Due to cancer he showed severe manifestations," said a senior paediatrician of pulmonary medicine at the hospital on condition of anonymity.

Advising people not to panic, he said, "One dengue death should not trigger panic as this time the cases have been less and non-serious. It is only in patients with associated diseases it becomes worrisome. Otherwise in 200 patients with dengue, one is hospitalised. I have seen two-three cases of dengue over the last one week."

Associated problem worsens the condition in case of the patients infected with the disease as the immunity of the body is compromised.

"He was diagnosed only a few weeks back. These patients are immune-compromised. They are prone to infections and any infection in them can prove fatal. Even this patient died to due to dengue shock syndrome," said the spokesperson of the hospital.

Dengue has not been much prevalent this year with 98 positive cases being reported in Delhi till September 27. In 2013, Delhi recorded 5,574 cases and six deaths.

The child was a case of acute leukemia. Due to blood cancer, he showed severe manifestations
—A senior Paediatrician

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Vardhan tells Old Delhi traders to join hands for Swachh Bharat
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 4
Union Health Minister and Chandni Chowk MP Harsh Vardhan today urged the traders of Old Delhi to work together with the administration and civil society for giving the walled city a new look.

The minister called upon the community of traders, wholesalers and shopkeepers who form the majority in the area to adopt self-regulatory practices to achieve the national goal of cleanliness and public hygiene. The traders of Old Delhi on their part have resolved to implement a three-point action plan within three months.

As part of the plan, the schools of the area will be given support to build new toilets or modernise the existing ones, said Vijay Gupta, chairman of the Kirana Committee.

"A new game plan aligned to the Prime Minister's vision of 'Swachh Bharat' is the need of the hour. This place resonates with history and the culture of India. Foreign tourists come here in droves. But they return with memories of filthy streets and bad smells. This must change," he stressed during a programme organised by the Kirana Committee to mark the launch of a massive, public-private drive which is aimed at changing the image of Chandni Chowk from a shabby place to a spic and span model of modern Delhi.

The shop owners will be given baskets or dustbins to throw their refuse and they will be encouraged to employ sweepers to clean up the streets on which their establishments are operating, over and above the routine cleaning done by municipal sweepers. Finally, all inhabitants of the area will be given free information packages on preventive health.

A health camp is proposed to be organised on a regular basis in Royal Park which is located in the neighbourhood.

Dr Vardhan carried out symbolic cleaning of a stretch of Vivekananda Marg. Later, he requested the committee members to reset their target to Diwali by putting their cleaning-up operations on high gear immediately.

The minister inaugurated the closed-circuit TV camera system installed by the committee in 32 places in the Khari Bawli area to monitor the security of the area. Later, he inaugurated a health camp organised by the Delhi Grain Merchants' Association (Nayi Bazar) jointly with Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi.

AAP invites RWAs for talks on making city clean

Keeping aside political differences, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party has not only extended support to the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party's "Swachha Bharat Abhiyan" but also taking the lead in engaging people towards making the campaign a success.

The AAP today invited Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) for discussion on making Delhi clean and the first such meeting is scheduled for October 12. The decision came following a meeting this afternoon, as confirmed by AAP Delhi in-charge Ashutosh.

The AAP has also asked people of the national Capital to click photographs if they notice garbage lying anywhere and register complaint with the local MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) office.

"On October 2, VIPs were seen holding brooms on roads but what next.... To keep Delhi clean, AAP in the coming days will hold discussions with RWAs.... We have to monitor. Click photographs if you notice garbage in your area in Delhi and we'll send the complaints to the mayors," tweeted the former Delhi Chief Minister.

As part of its next phase of cleanliness drive, the AAP also announced a number 8588833540 stating that people may alternatively send such photographs and their location via Whats App to 8588833540 and the AAP will post all such complaints along with photographs on its website and share the same with civic authorities so they can monitor cleanliness better. It will also update the people about the follow-up action on their complaints.

"The idea is to take the campaign forward, involve people and inform them about follow-up action," said AAP spokesperson Deepak Bajpai.

With RWAs, it will be an interactive session to discuss the gaps and problems in the current system and reforms required to keep the national Capital clean and the party held a meeting today towards this, said an AAP volunteer.

"We hope that all the three BJP-controlled corporations of Delhi will leave no stone unturned in making the Prime Minister's cleanliness campaign a big success, and that they will immediately take action on the complaints they will receive. It is the duty of all of us to make Delhi clean," the party said.

Social Welfare, Revenue Depts begin cleanliness drive

The Social Welfare and Central Revenue Departments have conducted a cleanliness drive in their offices and homes meant for old persons and destitute. The officers and employees of the homes collected the garbage and put it in the dustbins.

Social Welfare director Garima Gupta, along with the officers, conducted the inspection of "Swachhta Abhiyaan" in various homes situated at Bindapur, Lampur as well as in the Aasha Kiran complex. During the drive, the waste papers, unrequired articles and garbage were removed.

During the campaign, officials in the District Magistrate (Central) Office participated in the programme. They intensively cleaned the office premises and various branches. Various electrical instruments and computers installed in the office complex were cleaned. The files were placed in an orderly manner in the compactors and cupboards. The record rooms were also cleaned.

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Give free insulin to poor: Minister to docs 
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 4
The Minister for State for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, today urged medical practitioners to provide free insulin to those patients who belong to the weaker sections while pointing out that the high mortality rate for juvenile diabetic patients was mainly due to the inability of their parents to pay for the insulin for their lifelong treatment.

There is sometimes a tendency to ignore the fact that there are over 75,000 children with Type-1 juvenile diabetes in India who require lifelong insulin for survival, noted Dr Singh, himself a diabetologist, in his inaugural address at the Afro-Asian Conclave on Diabetes in Children, organised by Denmark-based Novo Nordisk Education Foundation.

The minister also said that oral insulin will be made available very soon. Currently, the insulin injection remains the only viable option in India.

He appealed to all medical practitioners to distribute free insulin to destitute diabetic children.

Referring to the Changing Diabetes in Children (CDiC) programme for the economically disadvantaged children, which was dedicated to the country by former President APJ Abdul Kalam, Dr Singh said that to strive for the care of destitute diabetic children was one way of serving the nation through the medical profession. He has made it a rule to provide free insulin to every destitute diabetic child who was insulin-dependent.

Further, experts at the 2nd edition of AACDiC also pointed out that not much has been done to address the growing paediatric endocrine illness while stressing the need for self-management for better outcomes in diabetic care among children.

Dr KM Prasanna Kumar, chairperson, Changing Diabetes in Children, Novo Nordisk Education Foundation India said, "Because of the sheer magnitude of Type 2 in adults, most continuing medical education (CME) programmes tend to concentrate on management issues related to this variety of diabetes mellitus. Other aspects of diabetology are often ignored including Type 1 among children.”

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Murder-cum-robbery case solved, one held
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 4
The Crime Branch of Delhi today claimed to have worked out a murder-cum-robbery case of Dwarka North in which a man was shot dead when he tried to stop a criminal who was snatching a bag of a motorcyclist.

The accused, Ashish Tomar, alias Ashu, was arrested today from Kapashera border, said a police officer.

The incident had occurred on September 23 when an employee of a courier company went to deposit money to a bank near Sulhakul Mandir on Old Palam Road. The accused had information about the movement of the employee. Two accused on a motorcycle had intercepted the employee as soon as he reached the temple. While the accused were snatching the bag in which the employee had kept the money, a passerby intervened. The accused shot the passerby dead and snatched the bag.

The police came to know that the accused allegedly involved in the case would come to meet someone at Kapashera border. A trap was laid and he was arrested. During interrogation the accused confessed to committing crime, the officer said.

Tomar said on September 22 his associates Sunny and Raju met him and planned to rob the victim. Following that, they arranged three pistols, 13 rounds, three mobile phones, one knife, one motor cycle and his car.

He said after committing the crime, they fled the spot and reassembled near District Centre, Janakpuri, where they parked the motorcycle and got in the vehicle of Ashish and went to Najafgarh Drain Road. They distributed the looted amount.

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Bizman held for cheating fish traders

New Delhi, October 4
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police today arrested a 55-year-old Dhanbad-based businessman who had allegedly duped a number of fish traders in the Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to the tune of Rs 6.5 crore.

The accused, identified as Dolan Kumar Dey, had been absconding since January 2013. He was wanted in four criminal cases of cheating and criminal intimidation registered at West and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Chand said, "A team of Andhra Pradesh police had contacted us and sought help in tracing Dolan Kumar Dey On September 4, information was received that Dolan Kumar Dey would be coming near Pragati Maidan to meet his associate. A trap was laid and he was apprehended."—TNS

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