Due to heavy rain in the Thane district, a portion of a house collapsed and injured a 50-year-old woman on Thursday morning, civic officials said.
According to Thane Municipal corporation regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant, the incident happens around 5:30 am at Rashid Compound of Mumbra township.
He added, Part of her house wall crashed, fell and injured her. Local firefighters and RDMC rushed for rescue work.
She received injuries and was taken to the local hospital and admitted. Since last week heavy rain lashing the Thane district from the State capital
A suspected case of monkeypox, the first in India, has been reported from Kerala, the state health minister said on Thursday.
A traveller who arrived in Kerala three days ago from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was hospitalised after he displayed symptoms of monkeypox.
Samples from the traveller have been sent for testing to the National Institute of Virology in Pune, health minister Veena George said today adding that the case can be confirmed only after the results of the test are obtained.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although it is clinically less severe.
Monkeypox is transmitted to humans through close contact with an infected person or animal, or with material contaminated with the virus. It is usually a self-limited disease with symptoms lasting from two to four weeks, WHO said.
Monkeypox virus is transmitted from one person to another by close contact with lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets and contaminated materials such as bedding.
The clinical presentation of monkeypox resembles that of smallpox, a related orthopoxvirus infection which was declared eradicated worldwide in 1980. It typically presents clinically with fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes and may lead to a range of medical complications.
Human monkeypox was first identified in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a 9-month-old boy in a region where smallpox had been eliminated in 1968.
Since then, most cases have been reported from rural, rainforest regions of the Congo Basin, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and human cases have increasingly been reported from across central and west Africa, according to WHO.
In 2003, the first monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa was in the United States of America and was linked to contact with infected pet prairie dogs. These pets had been housed with Gambian pouched rats and dormice that had been imported into the country from Ghana.
This outbreak led to over 70 cases of monkeypox in the U.S. Monkeypox has also been reported in travellers from Nigeria to Israel in September 2018, to the United Kingdom in September 2018, December 2019, May 2021 and May 2022, to Singapore in May 2019, and to the United States of America in July and November 2021.
In May 2022, multiple cases of monkeypox were identified in several non-endemic countries.
Maha Congress party stated economic situation of India is related to Srilanka's past 4
The Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday claimed that the current economic situation in India is similar to what it was in Sri Lanka three years ago and if corrective steps are not taken by the Centre in time it may become explosive. The Congress accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government of not resolving the serious problems faced by the people and instead raking up religious and communal issues, and also alleged that the Modi dispensation was painting a wrong picture that inflation is under control.
“While inflation is on the rise, the BJP government is misleading the people by presenting a false picture before the country,” Congress’s state unit chief spokesman Atul Londhe said in a statement. The prices of essential commodities have skyrocketed in the last four-five years. In a city like Nagpur, an LPG gas cylinder, which would once cost Rs 410, has gone up to Rs 1,100; the price edible oil has gone up from Rs 70 to Rs 200 a litre, of CNG from Rs 36 to Rs 90 per kg, he said. The prices of petrol and diesel have crossed the Rs 100-mark a long ago. Vegetables are also turning costlier. Inflation is on the rise and the common man is being burdened under it, Londhe added.
The situation in India is similar to what it was in the crisis-hit Sri Lanka three years ago and if steps are not taken in time considering the gravity, it will not take long for the situation in the country to become explosive, he claimed. “But the government is playing with the numbers to paint a wrong picture that inflation is under control. Attempts are being made to show that inflation has come down by reducing some food grain figures. The government can show a false picture by playing with numbers, but in reality the situation is very different,” he said.
Today, India’s debt has risen to 92 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The government will have to repay a debt of USD 267 billion by next month. The government is not allowing these facts to come out in the public domain, he added. “The government is bringing religious issues to the fore to divert attention from the real and pressing issues. But it will cost us dearly. The Congress party is protesting against the Centre’s wrong policies and the government should address the basic issues of the people in a timely manner, otherwise serious consequences will have to be faced,” Londhe said. Sri Lanka, a country of 22 million people, is under the grip of an unprecedented economic turmoil, the worst in seven decades, leaving millions struggling to buy food, medicine, fuel and other essentials.
In Uttar Pradesh a cop hangs himself in his residence at Subhash Nagar area. The incident was reported at Bareilly on Wednesday as he was going through depression. The deceased cop was identified Constable Virendra Pratap Singh who was posted traffic police in Moradabad.
As per the report, the police is still investigating the case of death and according to SSP Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj said to PTI “ Constable Virendra Pratap Singh, posted in the traffic police in Moradabad, hanged himself with his shirt in his house late on Tuesday night”.
In a report mentioned to PTI the SSP stated “Singh had a long-running dispute with his wife because of which he was in depression” and he also quoted to his family.
It is also said before this incident the Virendra Pratap Singh was drinking alcohol and the SSP also stated to PTI “That Singh’s wife has been living with her parents for almost last two years”.
The police also stated that the case has been registered and they have also filed an FIR and the police officer SSP has also stated as quoted to PTI “The post mortem of the body has been done”.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it carried out searches at eight locations in Sikkim, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai in the Sikkim MCX Fraud case.
The locations include various premises of Limited Liability Partners (LLPs) in Sikkim, which were controlled by brokers trading in MCX and NSE in Kolkata and Delhi.
A total amount of Rs 4.65 crore was frozen from the bank accounts of brokers that corresponded to the undue gain availed by such brokers by illegally availing Stamp Duty Exemption.
Further, the premises of various stockbrokers in Delhi and Mumbai, where many fake Sikkim-based traders were registered, were also searched.
Incriminating evidence relating to such traders was recovered. ED initiated a money-laundering investigation on the basis of the First Information Report registered on May 17 by the Sikkim Vigilance Police Station against unknown persons and companies based on a complaint filed by one resident of Gangtok, Sikkim.
It has been alleged in the FIR that the disproportionate data in MCX trading from Sikkim is highly doubtful and some Limited Liability Partners (LLP) companies and private individuals and traders from other states of India are doing high-frequency MCX trading either using the identity of Sikkim residents or using co-location of Sikkim illegitimately for taking undue advantage of the Income Tax and Stamp Duty exemption given to the people of Sikkim.
In a quarrel with some locals 23-year-old man was been killed by a group of locals in northeast Delhi at new Usmanpur. The incident took place on Monday after which the unconscious man was brought to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.
The police while investigating on this matter on Wednesday stated to PTI “ A man was killed by a group of locals in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur area following the heated argument”.
The 23-year-old man has been identified as Ashu and the police have also stated when they reported that the man had injuries on his head and legs, and was also found unconscious at the gate of a temple in Brahanpuri around 4 pm on Monday. The police took the man to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.
As per the report quoted to PTI A Senior Police officer has stated “A case has been registered under sections of Indian Penal Code 302 (murder), 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender) and 34 (Common intention)”.
In a report police officer also mentioned to PTI “Preliminary inquiry has revealed that on June 9, Ashu had a quarrel with some locals during which he allegedly injured one of them with a sharp object. A case was registered at the New Usmanpur police station in this matter
A group of locals attacked Ashu the deceased again on the same day when he was unconscious and they fled from that area but these details were captured in the CCTV footage where the accused had been identified and police are about to nab them.
Ukraine returned students stage protest to seek admission in Indian medical colleges 9
A large number of medical students evacuated from war-torn Ukraine and their parents staged a protest in front of the Odisha assembly in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, seeking admission to Indian medical universities in order to secure their future.
They have urged the government that the students be accommodated as a one-time measure to prevent an academic year’s loss.
“All we ask is to be admitted in Indian universities, government or private. Our futures have been jeopardized. We cannot go back to a war-torn country,” a protester student said.
He added, “Already four months have passed, but neither the National Medical Commission (NMC) nor the Government of India has provided any official notification issuing guidelines for our educational arrangements as promised after we returned via Operation Ganga.
As all students are future doctors, online education is not a good option for them. Our demand is to accommodate all the students in Indian medical colleges.
My parents have invested all the money for education, and my higher studies and future are at risk now.
Talad Jahaan, a fifth-year student from the Kharkiv National Medical University in Ukraine assured that all the Ukraine-returned medical students have qualified NEET, clarifying the misconception that the students have not cleared the examination mandatory to enter Indian medical colleges.
Another Ukraine-returned medical student, Shanta Snigdha Mishra, said that they are ready to give the screening test required to earn accommodation in Indian medical colleges. “We will qualify the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination.
We can also show you the NEET qualification proofs we received from the NMC. In return, we just want a relaxation of some terms and norms to have a solution for accommodation in India,” she said.
A 43-year-old woman has lodged a case with Chitalsar Manpada police in Thane, stating that she was being harassed by loan recovery agents for the loans taken by a distant relative of her husband. The accused morphed her photograph obscenely and threatened to make it viral if her relative did not pay the money. In most cases, the person who takes the loan lodges a police complaint, but this is the first time some third party took action.
According to the police, on July 08, the victim received a message from an unknown number, mentioning the name of a person (a distant relative of the victim’s husband) and stating that he had taken an online loan and asked the victim to inform the said person to repay the loan. The victim immediately called the said relative and the latter informed her that on June 25 he had totally taken Rs 40000 loan from eight different mobile loan apps and had even repaid Rs 1 lakh including interest, but still, he was being harassed by recovery agents for more money along with the threats that if he would not pay more money, then his relatives and friends in his contact list would be harassed too.
After having known the entire episode, the victim had blocked the number from which she had received the message. Later, the victim received a similar message from another unknown number, but this time, in the message, the sender used abusive language for the victim as well. The next day, the victim received a message from one more unknown number and the said message contained her morphed obscene photograph, along with a message that if the loan would not be paid, then they would make her photograph viral on social media. The victim then informed her family about the harassment and then lodged a complaint with the police.
The police have registered an offence on charges of computer-related offences and publishing or transmitting of material containing the sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form as per the sections of the Information Technology Act. Foremost, no bank harassed anyone under any circumstances. If a borrower defaults the bank has a legal right and recourse to the borrower for demanding repayment. In such cases, the lengthy judicial procedure actually gives life to the loan or credit card seeker. Meanwhile, if creditors prove to the court his/her inability to pay the amount, they ask for a minimum amount to be paid for long years which can be hundred rupees per month. Banks cannot afford such deals, so they outsource such jobs to recovery agencies. The survival of the agency is a percentage of the collected amount. That is the reason they built pressure tactics.
In this process, the bank will call the borrower to the bank, visit the borrower at his home or office, issue letters of demand, issue legal notice, start court procedures, publish default news in newspapers, and even take possession of security offered (movable and immovable assets) – amongst many more steps if its personal loan. In the case of a credit card, a bank can take legal action but cannot go beyond that.
But the recovery agents harass through continuous abusive phone calls, the agents also drag the debtors’ family members, friends, and even their colleagues if they have to recover the debts. They can be very ruthless while handling the debtor, as these recovery agents are paid on the incentive model, they aim at maximum debt recovery so that they could be rewarded more. To sum it up, recovery agents can go to any extent for every penny to be extracted from the debt holder, which includes continuous chasing through phone calls, and heading to your doorsteps, they make sure you realize that taking the loans was one of the worst mistakes of your life.
No Bank will ever even contact any other family member or friends. There’s a lot you can do to stop them from harassing you. Recovery agents have every right to speak to you about the repayment of debt. However, they cannot threaten you or embarrass you in front of others or play with your reputation. They also cannot call you at odd hours. They can simply ask you to repay the loan and nothing else. Unless you have a court order, they can’t remove anything from your house. If you think you are being harassed mentally by the recovery agents and they are also making threats to you, then please get in touch with a lawyer (not necessarily an expensive one) who deals with banks and financial institutions. The lawyer will send a notice to the bank, RBI and the police that you are being criminally harassed by the bank’s recovery agents. The moment the lawyer’s notice arrives at the bank’s step, you will stop receiving calls from recovery agents! You don’t even have to file a court case against them. But pay up if you have the means, otherwise, it will hurt your credit score badly.
When the State Bank of India could not recover crores of money from the education loan borrowers, they sold it to Reliance for a discount. Before that notice was sent to all the borrowers. Nobody responded. This is the first time. After three months, people started coming and complaining about their loans being sold to Reliance. The reason was Reliance, with the help of private agents, found out all the borrowers. People, who told banks they were unemployed, now began closing their loans. Reliance could find out their employment addresses and regularly track them.
Big business owners took lakhs are crores of amount from banks and left India, no bank could really nab them. Forget their attitude towards people who have borrowed. Even senior citizens who have deposits with banks, make them wait indefinitely for issuing a deposit receipt. Banks have gone most insensitive and just don’t care for the customers. Similarly, recovery agencies are unleashed to harass people in the name of recovery by all means.
Congress leader Milind Deora on Wednesday urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to scrap the delimitation and demarcation of ward boundaries in Mumbai, alleging that it was done to benefit only the Shiv Sena.
The former Mumbai Congress chief and MP wrote to the chief minister seeking urgent intervention on behalf of Congress councillors ”whose wards have been manipulated to benefit one party”.
As a part of the state government’s delimitation and demarcation exercise to redraw and reserve wards based on gender and caste in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, suggestions and objections were sought in February 2022. Nearly 800 objections were received by the civic body and the State Election Commission, but none of them were considered, Deora said in the letter. ”As a result, the delimitation and demarcation of the ward boundaries were carried out to benefit one party only,” he alleged.
He further stated that the civic body had maliciously redrawn boundaries of 20 out of 30 wards won by Congress councillors in 2017, to severely disadvantage the party. One of these wards includes that of Leader of Opposition Ravi Raja.
Moreover, in May 2022, the gender reservation was carried out in a similarly arbitrary way to ensure that 21 out of 30 sitting Congress councillor wards got reserved for women, he said. Several Congress councillors are appealing these decisions in court, and many believe that the process followed was opaque and against the spirit of democratic principles and free and fair elections, Deora wrote.
”In order to increase the number of wards from 227 to 236, a fresh population census must be carried out first. However, the delimitation and demarcation exercise was carried out ignoring even the 2011 census, which I am sure you will agree is unwarranted and unjustified,” the Congress leader said.
He urged Shinde to scrap the BMC’s current delimitation, demarcation and reservation and re-initiate the process in a transparent manner. In the interest of fairness, it should be carried out by an independent committee and not by the civic body’s administrator, he said.
The Congress leader said he was making the demand on behalf of all political parties and they must be taken into confidence while this process is being undertaken.
”I seek your urgent intervention on behalf of all Congress Municipal Councillors whose wards have been manipulated to benefit one party,” Deora said.
A man and his teenage daughter died while two other family members were injured on Wednesday when a boulder loosened by a landslide fell on their house in Vasai city in Maharashtra’s Palghar district amid rains, officials said.
Local firemen and a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation.
“Following the landslide, a boulder from a hillock landed on the house of Anil Singh (45) at Waghralpada in Rajavali area of Vasai around 6.30 am,” said District Disaster Management Cell chief Vivekanand Kadam.
The man and his daughter Roshni Singh (16) died, he said.
Anil Singh’s wife Vandana Singh (40) and son Om Singh (12) got trapped under the debris. Some locals and firemen later pulled them out and they were admitted to a hospital, he said.
Anil Singh’s body was retrieved from the debris around 10.30 am and that of his daughter at about 1 pm, the official said.
The search operation was later suspended and work was on to clear debris, Palghar Collector Dr Manik Gursal said.
The district, located about 100 km from the state capital Mumbai, has been witnessing very heavy rains since Tuesday night which caused water logging in many low-lying areas.
Following the landslide, at least 40 families in the neighbourhood of Waghralpada have been shifted to safer places amid the possibility of a similar tragedy, with the help of personnel of the Vasai Virar civic body, NDRF, and local volunteers. The police have appealed to people to remain alert.
Earlier in the day, the NDRF team had to walk the distance of about a kilometre in heavy rains from the main road to reach the spot of the landslide, as there is no motorable road to reach the crash site.
A jawan of the 20-member NRDF team said they located a body buried in debris with the help of a dog squad and retrieved it after the debris were removed by a JCB machine.
Palghar district Resident Collector Kiran Mahajan, who is also CEO of the Palghar district Disaster Management Authority, has submitted a report on the landslide to the state government and said provisions are made for paying compensation to the deceased and injured as per the state policy.
Some trees collapsed on Wednesday on a section of the busy Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Palghar where a pipeline laying work was underway, an official had said.
