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Couple forced me to call them dad, mom: Jahnvi
Global firm hired to smarten up Delhi
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DU to renovate toilets for disabled students
AIIMS seeks figures to counter monkey menace on campus
DTC cuts down services on 68 inter-state routes
Vardhan leads cleanliness drive in Turkman Gate
Juvenile held for murder
'Low dose of radioactive iodine enough for treating thyroid cancer'
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Couple forced me to call them dad, mom: Jahnvi
New Delhi, October 6 A day after she was traced to the Janakpuri area in West Delhi, Jahnvi's family members said she was in a happy state of mind and they were not quizzing the child about the events in the last few days. They said she is having her favourite chocolates and mango juice and snacks and sleeping well since coming back home last night. "We are extremely happy. It feels like she was reborn," her father Rajesh Ahuja said. Jahnvi's maternal uncle Gaurav Kakkad said she was in a "cheerful mood" and briefly described about the people who had taken her. Police suspect an organised gang or a childless couple might have kidnapped Jhanvi who had gone missing under mysterious circumstances last Sunday from India Gate. "Jahnvi told us that a woman whom she called mom cut her hair while a man had fed her. She told us that a man and a woman were forcing her to call them mom and dad," Kakkad said. According to her uncle, "She is happy and doing fine. She is in a cheerful mood and having her favourites like chocolates, mango juice and snacks. We are not asking her questions about the last few days." The girl was found in Lajvanti Garden Sabji Mandi locality in the Janakpuri area by locals at around 8 pm. At that time, a placard hanging from her neck which said "my name is Jahnvi, I had gone missing from India Gate." The placard also had her father's name and phone number. The child was playing on the India Gate lawns, where she had gone with her parents, when she went missing at around 9:30 pm. Initial investigation has indicated that those who had kept her captive for the past one week decided to release her under relentless pressure from the police and due to media hype. Yesterday, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi had announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for anybody who could help trace the girl. The police have registered an FIR at Tilak Marg police station and several teams, including those from the Crime Branch and Special Cell, were working on the case. Photos of the three-year-old girl, requesting help from people to trace her had gone viral on social networking websites. — PTI
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Global firm hired to smarten up Delhi
New Delhi, October 6 "The government shortlisted PwC as the consultant for the project as it also agreed to be the project manager for giving Delhi the global touch," said the official While the guidelines on how to make Delhi a smart city are not yet clear, officials said the focus would be on delivery of public services through e-governance and mobile applications. "The Central government had already given its nod to the state government to go ahead and appoint a project management consultant. This approval has been used to engage PwC," said an official. He said once the detailed project report is given by the consultant, the government would speed up the process for seeking funds from the Central government out of the over Rs 7,000 crore announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely for setting up 100 smart cities. "Security for citizens through CCTV camera and satellite mapping of the colonies and digital maps of roads, power, water and sewer lines besides telephone and optic fibre cables may be the other features," said a senior IT official. The state government had earlier sent a proposal to the Central government for digitisation of the state infrastructural data using geo-spacial technology. The proposal was for using a number of different satellite-based technologies and the captured data for applications related to engineering, planning, management, transport/logistics, insurance, telecommunications and business. Sources said that the work for appointing the consultant could be completed quickly as the previous state governments had already initiated the process and got the go-ahead from the Centre.
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DU to renovate toilets for disabled students
New Delhi, October 6 According to DU records, there around 1,250 students with disabilities who are enrolled in different courses under the university. DU had earlier provided infrastructure for differently-abled students by constructing ramps for access to buildings and other facilities. "Around 30 per cent of DU colleges already have toilets suitable for use by differently-abled students. The rest of them will now be directed to renovate their toilets," he said. He added that the 20-member committee formed recently for DU's swachhta abhiyan, launched in keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Clean India" campaign, will monitor the progress on the renovation of toilets. The varsity will also approach the relevant government departments with a request for the construction of accessible footpaths for differently-abled students within college campuses, he added. The Equal Opportunity Cell was established in 2006 to address the needs and issues related to physically-challenged, SC/ST, OBC and minority students. DU allows for a 5 per cent relaxation in eligibility criteria with respect to differently-abled students. Braille library and Audio Book Resource Centre are among the facilities introduced by the university for its differently-abled students. — PTI
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AIIMS seeks figures to counter monkey menace on campus
New Delhi, October 6 A senior AIIMS official said, a report in this regard will be submitted to the zoo authorities to enable effective measures to be taken for dealing with the alarming situation. There have been recent reports of residents and staff of AIIMS being bitten and mauled by the monkeys. "Veterinary physicians at the animal facility have been asked to conduct the community count of monkeys. "The move is necessitated by the fact that even if one member of a community of monkeys is left behind in a particular area from where the remaining members of the group have been ousted, then the problem may get aggravated. "Separation from their communities may cause the monkeys to turn aggressive," said a senior doctor at AIIMS citing research. "The monkeys usually come in troops of 40-50 and cause trouble. They harass people by snatching food and other items from them and roam around in the wards, creating a nuisance," said the doctor. As per the law, the hospital administration cannot drive the monkeys out from the campus in the absence of arrangements for their rehabilitation, unless they leave on their own. — PTI
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DTC cuts down services on 68 inter-state routes
New Delhi, October 6 "There were several buses plied on many inter-state routes four-five years ago and during this period, the DTC buses used to touch several areas of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana," a DTC official said. According to the report, in 2008-09 the corporation used to ply its buses on 73 inter-state routes, but it brought down the numbers of these routes to 44 in 2009-10. The official said the main reason to cut down these routes is that the DTC does not have diesel-run buses now, which is considered suitable for long inter-state routes where the number of CNG stations is very less. "When the DTC had diesel-run buses, it would run buses up to even Jaipur, Ajmer and other areas. But after court's order, it had to stop their operation and replaced them with CNG-run buses," he added. Apart from that, the DTC does not have sufficient buses to run on inter-state routes. The report also said it plied buses on 25 inter-state routes during 2010-11, followed by 21 the next year and 23 inter-state routes in 2012-13. Apart from inter-state routes, the DTC used to run buses on 787 city routes in 2007-08, but in the last financial year, it ran buses on 579 such routes, cutting down 208 city routes.
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Vardhan leads cleanliness drive in Turkman Gate
New Delhi, October 6 Accompanied by the civic officials, community leaders and party workers, Dr Vardhan walked around the lanes of the walled city and went to Haj Manzil, Phatak Teliyan, Shankar Gali, Chaurasi Ghanta, Sitaram Bazar, Kucha Maidass, Lal Darwaza, Gali Sheesh Mahal and Hauz Kuazi. The minister directed the Commissioner of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, P.K. Gupta and the civic engineers to ensure that the existing toilets in the neighbourhood be repaired immediately. He also directed them to build a few more toilets. Many people told the minister of their problems of water scarcity and sewer blockage. The minister directed the civic officials and engineers present to redress the complaints expeditiously. "The auspicious day of Bakri Eid should be the most appropriate day of launching a social movement centred around sanitation and health. The egalitarian principles associated with this day should be celebrated by picking up the broom and implementing the Prime Minister's vision of 'Swachh Bharat'," said the Chandni Chowk MP. Dr Vardhan also directed the corporation officials to renovate and add a new floor to the community hall in Phatak Teliyan. At present, it is a single-storey structure in disrepair. He also asked the authorities to ensure that the archways of Phatak Teliyan and Turkmen Gate be maintained in a manner befitting their heritage status in consultation with Archaeological Survey of India.
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Juvenile held for murder
New Delhi, October 6 The boy had gone missing on September 24 afternoon. A complaint of kidnapping was also filed by her sister at the local police station. The assailants are believed to have lured the victim into an under-construction flat in Khadda Colony where he was assaulted with bricks on his head, which proved fatal, said the police. "We received a call from the PCR a day later, informing about a body being found on the third floor of an under-construction flat in Khhada Colony in Jaitpur. The body was identified as that of the kidnapped victim by his family members," said the official An investigation team apprehended the accused from Kalindi Kunj area. According to the police, the motive of the murder was identified as personal enmity which arose because the assailants had teased the boy's sister. |
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'Low dose of radioactive iodine enough for treating thyroid cancer'
New Delhi, October 6 Thirty mCi radioactive iodine is expected to improve a patient's safety and cut down risks of recurrence. It would also reduce hospitalisation costs as 70 per cent of the patients requiring the radioactive iodine can be treated as outpatients as admissible by the national Atomic Energy Regulatory Body. Reduced dose is part of the new recommendations, resulting from research studies from across the world spanning 12 years and is going to be soon published in the American Thyroid Association Guidelines 2014. The ATA guidelines are followed by doctors across the world. "As Low as Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) is the principle acceptable across the board for radioactive protection but patients are being given three times the dose that is required. Since 1996, AIIMS has led the research to prove that low dose of radioactive iodine is enough based on randomised controlled trials and then in 2004 and the last being in 2012. It was in the same year a Meta-analysis on 12 studies together proved that 30 mCi radioactive iodine is enough and safe for treatment of thyroid cancer," noted Dr CS Bal, author of AIIMS studies and HoD of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. The latest recommended guidelines would ensure that patients are to be treated as per risk group-low risk, intermediate risk and high risk, chance of recurrence of cancer and chance of death. "All low risk and majority of intermediate risk need only 30 mCi I-131 (radioiodine) for treatment while high risk group needs 100-250 mCi for therapy," said Dr Bal while adding that there are many low-risk patients who may not require the radioactive iodine treatment at all. Besides, ultrasound and needle aspiration have been made mandatory for all patients before surgery as per the new guidelines. "Radiation is a proven case of carcinogenic. High dose makes the patient prone to developing a second cancer resulting from the radiation itself. With a low dose, patients can safely go home without the risk of exposing their family members to radiation. Almost 85 per cent cases fall in low to intermediate risk," explained Prof Bal. Currently as mandated by the government after radioactive iodine therapy, patients have to be under observation in isolation wards to ensure that radiation emitted by the patient is safe. After treatment, thyroid cancer patients release radioactive iodine in urine, sweat and saliva for several days and traces may remain in the body for as long as two weeks, as per experts. Noting that the cost-saving is enormous, Dr Bal said, 60 per cent of people who suffer from thyroid cancer are between 20-40 years and once they get exposed to high radiation, they are at risk.
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New Delhi, October 6
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