Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant met with a serious accident while returning from Delhi to Roorkee as his car collided with the divider on the Narsan border of Roorkee near Hammadpur Jhal.
Haridwar SP (Rural) Swapan Kishore said that Rishabh Pant has been admitted to the Max Hospital in Dehradun.
“Cricketer Rishabh Pant’s car met with an accident between Manglaur and Narsan in Haridwar district. He has been shifted to Max Hospital Dehradun after giving primary treatment at Roorkee Civil Hospital. The accident took place on NH-58 of Manglaur PS area,” Haridwar SP (Rural) Pant, who was alone in the car, has suffered injuries on his back, forehead and leg.
Pant was driving his car when he met with the accident on the Delhi-Dehradun highway.
According to photographs from the site, the car was seen in a badly burnt condition.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami tweeted in Hindi, “Praying for the speedy recovery of cricketer Rishabh Pant, who was injured in a vehicle accident, have directed the officials to ensure all possible arrangements for his treatment.”
Brazil’s three-time World-cup winning football legend, Pele passed away at the age of 82 following a cancer battle, media reported on Friday citing his agent Joe Fraga who confirmed the news of his demise.
Considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time, Pele was in poor health in recent months and has had quite a few stints in the hospital.
The three-time World Cup champion, whose actual name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was reportedly dealing with kidney and heart issues and was hospitalised since November with multiple ailments.
In September 2021, Pele had a colon tumour removed, however on November 29, he was checked into the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo, according to media.
Pele, widely regarded as the game’s most gifted player, guided Brazil to three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1970. With 77 goals in 92 games, he continues to be the top goal scorer for Brazil.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, Heeraba, died at the age of 100 on Friday morning. She breathed her last at around 3.30 am. She was admitted to U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad earlier this week due to health issues. As the news of her passing emerged, condolences and tributes began pouring in. Heeraba’s last rites were performed at a crematorium in Gandhinagar. PM Modi set fire to his mother’s funeral pyre and, with folded hands, paid his final respects. A sombre PM Modi, flanked by brother Somabhai and other family members, bid a fond farewell to Heeraba, who breathed her last this morning at a hospital in Ahmedabad.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the erstwhile ruling alliance in Maharashtra between the Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), on Thursday moved a ‘No Confidence Motion’ against Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar.
The MLAs tabled the motion alleging that the Opposition members were not allowed to speak in the House by the Speaker.
The MVA members claimed that the motion was signed by 39 MLAs.
In this regard, a letter was also handed over to Legislative Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat by MLAs Sunil Kedar, Sunil Prabhu, Suresh Varpudkar and Anil Patil.
MoU signed for commercial production of indigenously developed vaccine 'Lumpi-ProVac' 6
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for commercial production of the indigenously developed Goat Pox vaccine “Lumpi-ProVac” in the presence of Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (FAHD) Parshottam Rupala on Thursday, an official release said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanavis were also present at the signing of the MoU.
Union Minister Rupala while speaking at the event called the vaccine a “game changer” in the ongoing effort of the government to control and eradicate the Lumpy Skin Disease.
Lumpi-ProVac is used for the prophylactic immunization of animals against Lumpy Skin Disease, which illicit protection for about one year. Rupala also hailed the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and said that the effort put forth by ICAR in developing an indigenous vaccine Lumpi-ProVac for LSD is commendable.
“This MoU will also ensure large-scale production of the Goat Pox vaccine for the future needs of India’s livestock sector,” he said.
At present, the Goat Pox vaccine is used for controlling Lumpy Skin Disease in animals and this has been proven effective against Lumpy. Union Minister Rupala further highlighted the relevance of the technology and requested the IVBP, Pune to start manufacturing the vaccine at a large scale without any delay so as to make the vaccine available for use by the department for the help of the farmers by overcoming the disease.
National Centre for Veterinary Type Culture, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (ICAR-NRCE), Hisar (Haryana), in collaboration with ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar (UP) developed a homologous live-attenuated LSD vaccine, named Lumpi-ProVacInd.
Agrinnovate India Limited (AgIn), the commercial arm of DARE, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India granted “Non-Exclusive Rights” for Commercial production of “Lumpi-ProVac”, to the Institute of Veterinary Biological Products (IVBP), Pune on Thursday.
“Lumpi-ProVacind is safe in animals and induces LSDV-specific antibody-and cell-mediated immune response, besides providing complete protection against lethal LSDV challenge. Lumpi-ProVacind is used for the prophylactic immunization of animals against Lumpy Skin,” the statement said.
“Disease, which illicit protection for about one year. A single dose of the vaccine contains 103.5 TCID50 of live-attenuated LSDV (Ranchi strain). The vaccine is stored at 4°C. The vaccine must be shipped on ice and must be used within a few hours after reconstitution. The patent has been filed by the ICAR for the technology,” it further said.
The Lumpy Skin Disease has been reported in India since 2019 while the first case was reported in the state of Odisha. After that, it spread to multiple states in the country.
In 2019, the death of a large number of cattle has been reported from different states with high morbidity, especially in the North-West region of the country.
The disease has been controlled and contained with the available Goatpox vaccine in the country. Considering the heavy production losses and mortality of a sizable number of cattle, ICAR initiated research on the development of an indigenous homologous vaccine against Lumpy Skin Disease.
A 20 percent grant will be given to unaided private primary, middle, and higher secondary schools in Maharashtra, School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar told the Legislative Council here on Thursday.
The cabinet has approved the decision and the necessary circular would be issued next month, he added, replying to a question by Vikram Kale. Grants were not sanctioned for unaided schools for many years but the government has now decided to give 20 percent grants to eligible schools and 20 percent additional grants to the schools which are already getting grants, he said.
A provision of Rs 1,160 crore has been made for this purpose, the minister said.
About 63,000 teaching and non-teaching staff of schools in the state would benefit from the decision, Kesarkar added.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to erect two bridges over Vaitarna river at Virar and Manor to improve road connectivity with Palghar. At the moment, the development authority has initiated the process to get a detailed project report prepared through a consultant.
Details available from the organisation show that one bridge would be over Naringi creek, next to Jhow Island to connect Marambal Pada Jetty and Datiware Jetty. This would be a 3km-long creek bridge having 1km approach roads. The second bridge is being planned in the Manor area to connect Dahisar and Khamloli villages. The river’s width isn’t as wide at this location, therefore, it will be a 1/2km-long bridge with a total approach road length of 300m.
The financial capital has witnessed a 15% rise in the number of children born this year until November. As per the statistics, 1,13,669 children were born in 2021, which has now increased to 1,20,417. Officials have attributed the rise to an increase in the number of migrants returning to Mumbai post-lockdown. The birth rate was low in 2021 as many took arduous journeys to their natives when Covid raged here. As we have entered the new normal, these people are returning back in search of livelihoods again. As per the BMC data, 1.55 lakh births were recorded in 2017, which dropped to 1.51 lakh in 2018, followed by 1.48 lakh in 2019. But in 2020 and 2021, the figures dipped more due to the pandemic, with 1.20 lakh and 1.13 lakh births being recorded in both the years, respectively. The Covid uncertainty also compelled several to rethink their family planning. A total of 353 home births were recorded in 2019, which declined to 256 in 2020, said data.
Senior BMC officers told Afternoon Voice “Many child birth cases have gone unreported because many women preferred to give birth at home to protect themselves from Covid. So those deliveries went unreported”. Home births recorded in 2019 are 353 and in 2020 are 256.
BMC Executive Health Officer Dr Mangala Gomare said, “After relaxation of the lockdown, the working class has started coming back to Mumbai again. The comforting thing is that the birth rate in Mumbai is slowly improving.”
Almost 40% of Mumbai’s population lives in thickly populated slums, as per 2011 census. When the pandemic started, many slums like Worli Koliwada and Dharavi turned into Covid hotspots. “Some of these areas are also home to the migrant population. The first national lockdown saw several lakhs of migrants, including pregnant women, leave the city. After the flattening of the pandemic curve, though many men returned in 2021, they left their wives back home,” said a senior health official.
Swashbuckling Indian batters Suryakumar Yadav and Smriti Mandhana were on Thursday nominated for the men’s and women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year awards, respectively, for their exploits in 2022.
Suryakumar has been nominated alongside T20 World Cup-winning England all-rounder Sam Curran, Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan and Zimbabwe’s batting all-rounder Sikandar Raza for the top honours in the men’s category.
Pakistan bowling all-rounder Nida Dar, New Zealand’s Sophie Devine and Australian Tahlia Mcgrath will give Mandhana competition in the women’s category.
Suryakumar had a sensational 2022 in the shortest format of the game, becoming just the second batter to score more than 1000 runs in a year in the format. He ended the year as the highest run-getter, scoring 1164 runs at a ridiculous strike rate of 187.43. His tally of 68 sixes in the calendar year in T20s is the highest anyone has recorded in the format in a year by a fair distance.
Suryakumar’s incredible consistency in the format is reflected in his average which stood in the mid-40s. With two hundreds and nine half-centuries in the year, Yadav was the standout men’s T20 batter.
In the T20 World Cup in Australia, he recorded three fifties in six innings, averaging nearly 60 in the tournament while going at a strike-rate of 189.68. He continued his stellar year after the tournament too, recording his second hundred in T20s in the year in the bilateral series in New Zealand.
The year also saw Suryakumar become the top-ranked men’s T20 batter, achieving a career-high 890 rating points.
Last year’s ICC women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year, Mandhana was once again a picture of consistency in the shortest format. From smashing the quickest fifty by an India woman (off just 23 balls) to breaching the 2500-run mark in T20s, Mandhana enjoyed a good run this year.
She left her mark on the Commonwealth Games, the T20 Asia Cup and a memorable five-match home series against Australia towards the business end of a fruitful year. Mandhana’s most exciting innings of 2022 came in the second T20 of the bilateral series against Australia in December.
In front of over 47,000 spectators the highest turnout for a women’s cricket match in India at the DY Patil stadium in Mumbai, Mandhana smacked a 49-ball 79 while chasing Australia’s 187/1.
She was India’s top-scorer in the match, taking the match to the very end as India set up a super over clash after levelling the scores at 187/5.
In the super over, India came out to bat first and scored a competitive total of 20/1, out of which Mandhana scored 13 off the last three balls (4, 6, 3).
This turned out to be a total well enough for India as they restricted Australia to 16/1, sealing a memorable win in front of a roaring crowd.
BMC turns to VJTI, IIT-B experts for better roads; asks to perform quality checks before concretisation 12
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to get material used for the construction of roads checked by the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, before using it for road concretisation, as a step towards ensuring that contractors construct quality roads.
“We have decided to ask expert institutes such as VJTI and IIT Bombay to check the material or mixture to be used for the concrete road. If these agencies reject the samples, the contractor can’t use that material for road concretization. This will help ensure that the roads are of good quality. We will also request them to pay random visits to the construction site to monitor the quality,” a BMC official said..
