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  • Death rate due to Nipah virus is higher than Corona: ICMR

    Death rate due to Nipah virus is higher than Corona: ICMR

    Danger of Nipah virus is increasing

    New Delhi:

    The danger of Nipah virus is increasing with every passing day. The number of people suffering from this has increased in the last few days. According to experts, the death rate among people suffering from Nipah virus is higher than the deaths caused by Corona virus. This means that people who are suffering from Nipah virus are more likely to die as compared to Corona. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Chief Dr. Rajiv Bahl said that the death rate due to Nipah virus is higher than Corona.

    According to Dr. Bahl, the mortality rate of Nipah virus is between 40-70 percent, while that of Covid was 2-3 percent. Let us tell you that a new case of Nipah virus was confirmed in Kozhikode, Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of infected people in the state to six. The first two cases have been fatal.

    Amid the rise in cases in Kerala, India has asked Australia to provide 20 more doses of monoclonal antibodies to treat Nipah virus infection. ICMR has said that in view of the repeated outbreak of Nipah virus in Kerala and its higher mortality rate than Covid, the work of making a vaccine to stop the spread of this disease should soon start.

    Dr. Bahl told PTI that we received some doses of monoclonal antibodies from Australia in 2018. At present, we have only so much medicine with which we can treat 10 patients.

    He said that 14 people infected with Nipah virus outside India have completely recovered after taking monoclonal antibodies. Only Phase 1 testing has been done to confirm the safety of the drug. However, efficacy has not been tested yet.

    In view of the increasing cases, all educational institutions in Kozhikode will remain closed for a week from today. Kerala Health Minister Veena George had said on Friday that the contact list of Nipah virus patients in Kerala has reached 1,080. Of these, 327 health workers are also included.

  • The world’s largest exhibition hall! More grand than Bharat Mandap… PM Modi will gift ‘Yashobhoomi’ to the country

    Gift of Yashobhoomi

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to inaugurate the first phase of India International Convention and Expo Center (IICC) named Yashobhoomi in Dwarka, national capital Delhi on Sunday. He will also inaugurate the extension of Delhi Airport Metro Express Line to Dwarka Sector 25.

    Gift of Yashobhoomi

    Prime Minister Modi has a vision to create a world-class infrastructure to host conferences and exhibitions. He said that the construction of Yasobhoomi in Dwarka will strengthen this exercise.

    Gift of Yashobhoomi

    With a total project area of ​​more than 8.9 lakh square meters and a total built-up area of ​​more than 1.8 lakh square meters, it is the world’s largest MICE built with facilities such as meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions, officials said.

    Gift of Yashobhoomi

    The main auditorium in the convention center is built on an area of ​​about 73000 square meters. Which includes 15 convention rooms including a grand ballroom and 13 meeting rooms, whose total capacity is 11000 delegates.

    Gift of Yashobhoomi

    The main auditorium is the full-fledged hall for the convention centre, equipped with a seating capacity of about 6000 guests. Officials say Yasobhoomi will be one of the largest exhibition halls in the world.

    Gift of Yashobhoomi

    The grand ballroom can host approximately 2,500 guests. It also has an extended open area, which can seat 500 people. He said that it has been envisaged to organize different types of meetings on different scales in 13 meeting rooms spread over eight floors.

    Gift of Yashobhoomi

    With the inauguration of the new metro station in Dwarka Sector 25, it will also be connected to the Delhi Airport Metro Express Line. Officials said Delhi Metro will increase the operating speed of metro trains on the Airport Express Line from 90 kmph to 120 kmph, which will reduce travel time. The journey from New Delhi to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25 will take approximately 21 minutes. (with language input)

  • Mountains on one side, ditch on the other: Inside story of Anantnag encounter of Jammu and Kashmir

    Mountains on one side, ditch on the other: Inside story of Anantnag encounter of Jammu and Kashmir

    Encounter between security forces and terrorists continues in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.

    New Delhi:

    Anantnag encounter is not ending. The encounter with security forces that started late Tuesday night is continuing. It is clear that the terrorists have come with full preparation. They have no shortage of ammunition and food items.

    According to information received by NDTV India from security forces, on Tuesday, the Army and Police received input from the informer that terrorists are hiding in Gadul in Kokernag area. When the area was searched, nothing was found. Just received information that terrorists are on top of the hill. The army and police team decided to attack the terrorists.

    Quick response could not be taken on difficult path

    The path to climb up the hill is quite narrow and full of challenges. On one side there are mountains and dense forests and on the other side there is a deep ditch. On top of that there was darkness of night. Next was Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles, then Major Ashish and then DSP of Police Humayun Bhatt. In the hide out above, the terrorists could see the security forces coming up from below. As soon as the terrorists came near their cave, they started heavy firing. The army and police did not get a chance to recover. The route was also such that even if one wanted to, one could not take forceful retaliatory action under the cover of anything. There was also a danger of falling down.

    When an army colonel, a major and a police DSP were shot, they could not be immediately taken to the hospital. There was heavy firing at that place. Neither the helicopter could be landed nor the injured officers could get immediate medical help. With great difficulty the bodies of all three could be taken out in the morning.

    Explosives are being dropped through Heron

    Since then, security forces have surrounded the hill where the terrorists were hiding from all sides. Explosives are being dropped at that place through Heron purchased from Israel. Rocket launchers are being fired. Special Forces soldiers are also continuously attacking. The problem is that the army has not yet been able to dominate the area. The geographical structure of that place is such that there is a lot of difficulty in carrying out the operation.

    There are trained terrorists with modern weapons

    According to the information, the number of terrorists in these hilly areas is more than two-three. These include Uzair Khan, who joined Lashkar Toiba last year. He has complete information about the area and the terrorists are benefiting from it. According to security experts, ordinary terrorists cannot stand before the security forces for so long. Their training is of top class and their weapons are also unmatched. It is also possible that the informer may have double crossed or someone may have leaked the movements of the security forces. Ending this operation has become a big challenge for the security forces.

  • ED Director: Rahul Naveen has been made the acting director of ED, will hold the post till the appointment of a new director.

    New ED Director: The tenure of current ED Chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra has ended today i.e. on 15th September. According to media reports, in his place, ED has made IRS officer Rahul Naveen as the new director. That means Rahul Naveen will be the new acting director of ED from today. It is expected that he will start taking charge as Executive Director from Saturday. Before this, Sanjay Kumar Mishra had served as ED Chief for about 5 years. At the same time, the Supreme Court had declared the third service extension of current Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra illegal.

    IRS officer Rahul Naveen will be the new acting director of ED.
    Let us tell you, IRS officer Rahul Naveen is a 1993 batch officer. Originally he belongs to Bihar. Rahul Naveen is also working as the Chief Vigilance Officer of ED Headquarters. Now the Central Government has given him a big responsibility and made him the acting Director of ED. Now, until any officer is appointed as ED Chief, Rahul Naveen will hold the responsibility of this post.

    The Supreme Court had declared Sanjay Mishra’s service extension illegal.
    It is noteworthy that the third service extension of the current Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sanjay Kumar Mishra was declared illegal by the Supreme Court. Also, the court was told that he should leave his post by July 31. A three-judge bench headed by Justice BR Gavai had said that as per the previous order of the Supreme Court in 2021, Mishra could not be given extension beyond November 2022. Here, after the order of the Supreme Court, the Central Government had requested the Supreme Court to allow him to continue in the post till October 15. On which the court allowed him to remain in the post till 15 September.

    Extension of service was challenged in the Supreme Court
    Actually, Sanjay Mishra’s third service extension was challenged in the Supreme Court. While challenging on behalf of a group of petitions, the Supreme Court’s order of September 2021 was cited. Let us tell you, the petitioners included Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, Jaya Thakur and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and many others.

    Central government had given extensions to Mishra for the third time
    It is noteworthy that the current ED Director Sanjay Mishra was earlier appointed as ED Director for a two-year tenure ending in November 2020. After this, he was given a one-year extension in service, which was challenged in the Supreme Court by Common Cause, an NGO. After which the court had granted him extension in its September 2021 decision, as his tenure was ending in about two months, it was clear that Mishra was not to be given any further extension.

  • Hearing postponed in SC on Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s petition challenging ED summons

    Hearing postponed in SC on Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's petition challenging ED summons

    Hemant Soren was called for questioning by ED on August 24, but Soren did not appear. (file)

    New Delhi :

    Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has postponed the hearing in the case of challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in the Supreme Court. Hemant Soren’s lawyer had demanded postponement of the hearing in the Supreme Court. Now the next hearing in this case in the Supreme Court will be on September 18. Hemant Soren’s lawyer had demanded postponement of the hearing of the case due to ill health.

  • Jyotiraditya Scindia gets angry after seeing the list of TV anchors, will blacklist the Janata INDIA alliance

    The constituent parties of the opposition alliance ‘India’ decided on Thursday that they will not send representatives to the programs of 14 TV anchors in the country. This decision was taken in the meeting of the media related committee of ‘India’. After this, political reaction is continuously coming to the fore. Speaking to the media in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that only those people who have a black heart do such things like blacklisting. He said that you will see what will happen with the role of India alliance from North to South in the country…the public is going to blacklist this alliance.

    What did Pawan Kheda tell?

    Congress media chief Pawan Kheda had released the list of anchors and said that shops of hatred are decorated on some channels every day from 5 pm. We will not become customers of the market of hatred. Our aim is hate free India. The released list includes Arnab Goswami, Amish Devgan, Chitra Tripathi, Rubika Liaquat, Sudhir Chaudhary, Aditi Tyagi, Aman Chopra, Anand Narasimhan, Ashok Srivastava, Gaurav Sawant, Navika Kumar, Prachi Parashar, Shiv Aroor and Sushant Sinha.

    BJP criticized

    Here, BJP President JP Nadda criticized this decision of ‘India’ and said that its constituents are doing only two things, one is cursing the Sanatan culture and the other is threatening the media. Union Minister Hardeep Puri compared this step of the opposition alliance to emergency. Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that this step shows his frustration. Every day the leaders of Congress and their allies say that they will destroy Sanatan Dharma and leave no stone unturned in insulting Hindus. Now they have also started boycotting journalists and filing cases. The National Union of Journalists termed the boycott as an attack on democracy.

    What did Chirag Paswan say

    Here, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) President Chirag Paswan has reacted to the boycott of many TV news anchors by the INDIA alliance. He has said that all the parties come together and release a list of some journalists that we will boycott these journalists, is this an emergency situation or not? You will boycott those who do not agree with you. They should use these platforms. Boycotting the fourth pillar of democracy in this manner, isn’t it murder of democracy? Questions will not be asked as per your choice all the time. There are many journalists who are asking questions to the government, the opposition will also be questioned as to why they did not raise these issues. We condemn it.

    Union Minister Prahlad Joshi said that Congress and the arrogant alliance people do not believe in the freedom of the press. If you have the correct answer then you come. Why are you afraid of questions? There are also channels where people speak against BJP but BJP never boycotted them because we have answers. Since the Emergency till now he has been against the press. I deny it.

    BJP leader Sambit Patra said that I have to ask a question to the award wapsi gang who sell candles whether they will light them anywhere this evening or not… If the same list had been issued by us then there would have been less number of candles in the market. The candle would have been sold in black. Everyone would have been roaming around having bought candles from yesterday. Has a single candle been purchased or not? Will this award wapsi gang return even a single award?

  • Congress MLA Maman Khan will be produced in Nuh district court today

    Congress MLA Maman Khan will be produced in Nuh district court today

    Maman Khan (file photo)

    Congress MLA from Firozpur Jhirka Maman Khan will be produced in Nuh District Court today. Maman Khan had sought relief from the Punjab-Haryana High Court to avoid arrest. But the High Court did not give any relief and went to the lower court and asked Maman Khan to file an anticipatory bail petition as per the procedure. The next date of hearing in this case in the Punjab-Haryana High Court was October 19 and before that, to avoid arrest, Maman Khan had the option of going to the lower court and obtaining anticipatory bail.

    Even before this, SIT of Haryana Police has arrested Maman Khan from Jaipur. Police sources claim that Haryana Police has strong evidence regarding Maman Khan’s involvement in the conspiracy of Nuh violence and to investigate this, Maman Khan was called twice to join the investigation. But both times Maman Khan did not join the investigation and approached the Punjab-Haryana High Court to avoid arrest.

    Congress MLA Maman Khan was brought to Nuh police lines last night. Maman Khan had given a statement in the Haryana Assembly that after all, the Haryana government has given arms license to Monu Manesar and if he comes to Mewat, he will be crushed like an onion.

    Also read: Weather suddenly changed in Delhi-NCR today, people got relief from heavy rain.

    Also read: Congress MLA Mamman Khan arrested in the case of violence in Nuh, Haryana.

  • Sharad Pawar vs Ajit Pawar: Election Commission called both factions of NCP for hearing on October 6.

    The Election Commission has called the rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for a hearing on October 6. Ajit Pawar A faction led by NCP had rebelled against NCP leader Sharad Pawar and approached the Election Commission, laying claim to the party’s name and election symbol.

    Both factions of NCP stake claim on the party

    As each faction of NCP is claiming to be the party, the matter requires determination by the Commission under Para 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968. In such a situation, the Commission has directed both the groups to be present personally or through their authorized representative for the hearing in the case on October 6. Citing the rules, it is being said that the Commission will now start the hearing under Para 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order.

    Ajit Pawar rebelled against uncle Sharad Pawar and joined Shinde government.

    It is noteworthy that two days before he rebelled against his uncle Sharad Pawar to join the Maharashtra government in early July, NCP leader Ajit Pawar had approached the Election Commission on June 30 and sought to contest the elections along with the name of the party. The mark was also claimed. Later, Ajit also declared himself the party president with the support of 40 MLAs.

    The group led by Sharad Pawar had told the Election Commission that there is no dispute in the party.

    Recently, the Sharad Pawar-led faction had told the Election Commission that there is no dispute in the party, except that some people have separated from the organization for their personal ambitions. In this, reference was made to the rebel group led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

    Ajit Pawar made a big revelation about joining Shinde government

    Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday, September 10, claimed that almost all the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs had written a letter to Sharad Pawar urging him to join the Eknath Shinde government when the Uddhav Thackeray-led government Was about to go. Thackeray’s Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government comprising NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena had fallen in June last year due to the rebellion of Eknath Shinde. This rebellion lasted from June 21 to June 30 last year, when Shinde became the Chief Minister with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party. During the rebellion led by Shinde, many NCP MLAs were taken to Surat in Gujarat, and from there to Assam.

    Ajit Pawar had said that if his claim was proved wrong then he would retire from politics.

    Ajit Pawar had said in a rally in Kolhapur, when Uddhav Thackeray’s government was about to fall, almost all the NCP MLAs wrote a letter to the party chief (Sharad Pawar) urging him to join the government (by supporting BJP). did. He had said, if this (what he has said) is wrong then I will immediately retire from politics. If my claim is true then those spreading lies will have to retire (from politics).

  • INDIA alliance decided to boycott the shows of 14 news anchors, BJP compared it to Emergency

    This decision was taken in the meeting of the media related committee of the opposition alliance ‘INDIA’. The media committee of the opposition alliance said in a statement, “As per the decision taken by the ‘INDIA’ coordination committee in its meeting on September 13, 2023, the parties of the opposition alliance will not send their representatives to the shows and programs of these 14 anchors.’ ‘

    Urging the alliance of opposition parties to withdraw the decision, NBDA said it is “distressed and concerned” over the decision of the Media Committee of India not to send its representatives to the shows and programs of some journalists/anchors.

    NBDA said, “The decision of the media committee of the opposition alliance has set a dangerous precedent. The ban on representatives of the opposition alliance from participating in TV news shows run by some of India’s top TV news personalities is against the ethos of democracy.

    Pawan Kheda had tweeted

    Pawan Kheda, head of the media department of the Congress and a member of the media committee of the opposition alliance, said, “Every day from 5 pm, shops of hatred are set up on some channels. We will not become customers of the market of hatred. Our aim is a hate-free India.”

    Kheda also said, “With a heavy heart it has been decided that we will not participate in the shows and programs of some anchors. We have been fighting against unrestrained comments and fake news against our leaders and will continue to fight. But will not allow hatred to spread in the society. Hate will disappear, love will prevail.

    BJP leaders strongly criticized the decision

    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) condemned this move. The party’s chief spokesperson and MP Anil Baluni issued a statement saying that the opposition parties have demonstrated their oppressive, dictatorial and negative mentality. Baluni said that BJP strongly opposes such distorted mentality which curbs the freedom of expression.

    “The media was strangled during the Emergency,” he said. The parties involved in this ‘arrogant’ alliance are working with the same anarchic and emergency mentality. Baluni alleged that such ‘open threat’ to the media is tantamount to suppressing the voice of the people.

    Hardeep Singh Puri also surrounded Congress

    BJP leader and Union Minister Hardeep Puri compared this move of the alliance of opposition parties to Emergency. He posted on ‘X’, “The only example of curtailment of civil liberties in India we have seen was during the Emergency in 1975. The open call to abolish Sanatan Dharma, FIR against journalists and boycott of media reflects the politics of those dark days of Emergency. This is the real face of INDIA Alliance.

    Union Minister Anurag Thakur targeted

    Union Minister Anurag Thakur also targeted the opposition alliance and said that this step shows their frustration. Addressing a public meeting in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, he said, “Every day the leaders of Congress and their allies say that they will destroy Sanatan Dharma. He leaves no stone unturned in insulting Hindus. Now they have also started boycotting journalists and filing cases.

    JP Nadda also reacted

    BJP national president JP Nadda has also reacted to Congress’s decision. He wrote – “There are many examples in the history of Congress of intimidating the media and silencing those with different views. Pandit Nehru restricted freedom of speech and arrested those who criticized him. Indira ji’s ways of doing this She is a gold medalist in the UPA. She called for a committed judiciary, a committed bureaucracy and imposed a terrifying emergency. Rajiv ji tried to bring the media under state control but failed miserably. Sonia ji led UPA social media handles But the ban was being imposed only because Congress did not like his views.”

    National Union of Journalists also expressed objection

    Meanwhile, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) termed the boycott as an attack on democracy. NUJ alleged that opposition parties have politicized the media. Rash Bihari, President of the National Union of Journalists, associated with the International Federation of Journalists, said in a statement that this decision of the opposition parties is a ‘dark chapter’ of repression on the media in the democratic history of India.

    The News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA) criticized the opposition alliance’s decision to boycott 14 anchors, saying it jeopardizes the freedom of the press. This is against the ethos of democracy.

  • Anantnag Encounter: Rifleman Ravi Kumar was to get married after three months, fiance’s tears are not stopping after martyrdom

    Jammu and Kashmir In Kishtwar, Ravi Kumar Rana’s family was preparing for his wedding in December but fate had something else in store and now the tears of his family members and his upset fiancee are not stopping. A brave army soldier sacrificed his life while fighting terrorists in Rajouri district.

    Tearful farewell given to martyred soldier

    The mortal remains of Rifleman Ravi Kumar Rana was brought in an army vehicle from the border district Rajouri to his home town Kishtwar where thousands of people gathered on Thursday to bid him a tearful farewell. Rifleman Rana of the Army’s 63 Rashtriya Rifles made the supreme sacrifice during an encounter in remote Narla village of Rajouri district on Tuesday. The scene at Rana’s house in Vasnoti-Galigarh, a hilly area 15 kilometers away from Kishtwar city, was very touching and his fiancee was also seen crying bitterly.

    Never thought that fate would bring me to this point: Fiance

    The fiancee of the martyred soldier said, I never thought that fate would bring me to this point which would destroy my life. If I had known that something like this would happen, I would have met him once and talked to him but I could not do so for the sake of my family’s respect.

    Crowd of people gathered in the last farewell of martyred soldier

    Rana’s mortal remains were expected to reach his hometown after floral tributes were paid at the Army cantonment in Rajouri on Wednesday, but due to bad weather, the helicopter could not take off and later his mortal remains wrapped in the tricolor was taken to his home by road. brought into. The mortal remains of the brave soldier reached his home at midnight and was taken to the nearby crematorium on Thursday morning and a large number of people present there raised slogans for his sacrifice, the country and the army. They also raised anti-terrorism slogans.

    Rifleman Rana’s last rites were performed with state honours.

    Rana was cremated with full state honors and a floral tribute was offered to him and a gun salute was also given. Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Devansh Yadav, Senior Superintendent of Police Khalil Poswal and many leaders also bid farewell to Rifleman Rana. Rajendra Singh Sen, a relative of the martyred soldier, said, preparations for his (Rana’s) wedding were going on in full swing and then we heard the news of his death, due to which we all are heartbroken. He told that Rana had celebrated his 26th birthday this year and his marriage was to take place on December 2. Sen said, his father Subhash Chander Rana is a farmer and has four sons. His elder brother is also in the army and is posted in Punjab. Rana had joined the army about eight years ago and was brave. He said that the popularity of an army soldier can be gauged by the number of people attending his funeral procession. He said, you can see that everyone’s eyes are moist due to the death of the brave soldier.

    It is unfortunate that terrorists have again started their activities.

    Paying tribute to the martyred soldier, retired army personnel Shiv Kumar said that it is very unfortunate that terrorists have again started their activities which is evident from the death of three army and police officers in another encounter in Kokernag in South Kashmir. He said, to end this problem there is a need to take strict action against terrorists.

    Army soldiers also killed two terrorists in the encounter

    In this encounter that continued till Wednesday, two suspected Pakistani terrorists were also killed and a six-year-old female Labrador Kent of the army dog ​​team also lost her life.