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Chennai: Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa has been shifted from the ICU to the normal ward, the official twitter account of AIADMK tweeted today.
This is the first time that that Jayalalaithaa has been moved out of the ICU since she was admitted on September 22 with complaints of ‘fever’ and ‘dehydration.’
She would, however, continue to be on tracheostomy and so visitors would be restricted, hospital authorities have reportedly said.
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India reached 98 for three in their second innings to take a 298-run lead at the end of the third day’s play in the second cricket Test against England here on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, India bowled out England for 255 in their first innings as the visitors trailed India by 200 runs.
In the second innings, captain Virat Kohli led from the front with an unbeaten 56, forging a 58-run fourth wicket stand with Ajinkya Rahane (22 not out).
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Mangaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that those who attempted to disrupt communal harmony would not be spared.
Addressing the media at Circuit House in the city on Saturday, Siddaramaiah said that he had already directed the officials to take action against those involved in disrupting peace.
Regarding the center’s move on demonetization, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that it involved several flaws. He added that though he had written to the central ministers regarding the issue, there was no reply from them.
Responding to a question on Tanvir Sait, he said that officials from the Department of Cyber Crime were investigating the matter.
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Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with the Mumbai Police, on Saturday carried out searches at 10 places in a case registered against Dr Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in Mumbai.
The NIA had named Zakir Naik, IRF, and others in an FIR registered under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on Friday.
The search operations are still underway at IRF premises.
The central government had on Tuesday banned IRF for five years with immediate effect.
The move came after the government found the Islamic preacher to be involved in utilising funds meant for his NGOs for radicalisation of youths.
Some other organisations, being run by Naik, have also been under the government scanner, sources added.
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena today came out in support of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is under attack from BJP for drawing a comparison between the Uri terror attack casualties and the deaths after demonetisation, saying an apology by him for the comments will not change the truth.
BJP has sought an apology from Azad, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, for his remarks but he has rejected the demand. “Will the truth change if Azad apologises?” asked an editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.
“In the Uri attack, 20 jawans were martyred. Due to the demonetisation, 40 brave patriots have lost their lives (while standing in queues at banks to exchange demonetised notes).
“The difference is in the attackers. Pakistan attacked us in Uri, where in the case of demonetisation (deaths) it was our own rulers,” Sena, a partner of the BJP-led alliance at the Centre, said.
“Even if the number of deaths caused by inflation, recession and unemployment rises from 40 to 40 lakh, this government will say they are victims of patriotism. “We only hope that going by this rate, a time will come wherein we have to declare the entire country as a martyr,” Sena said.
Parliament was stalled for the last two days due to ruckus caused by charges and counter charges by the ruling NDA and Opposition over demonetisation. Sena has been unrelenting in its attack on the Centre over demonetisation and had even joined hands with some opposition parties in demonstrations in Delhi over the issue.
Two days back, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and is believed to have conveyed BJP’s unhappiness over NDA ally participating in a march against demonestisation even as the Sena stuck to its criticism, saying it could have been implemented in a better way.
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Russia denies involvement as toll since start of Assad’s offensive on city’s besieged east climbs to 150.
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Activists released a video of a rescue operation in east Aleppo [Al Jazeera]
At least 49 people have been killed in heavy government air strikes in the eastern part of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, witnesses and activists say.
The overnight bombardment, which began late on Thursday, was part of a wider military escalation by the Syrian government and its allies against opposition groups holed up in Aleppo.
With the latest victims, the total number of people killed in the besieged city since Bashar al-Assad’s government launched its military offensive on Tuesday has climbed to 150.
The child survived after his residential neighbourhood was targeted with missiles and unguided explosive devices called barrel bombs.
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid, reporting from Gaziantep on the Turkey-Syria border, said the bombardment was the fiercest of the past three days.
“The bombs struck areas on Aleppo’s outskirts as well as in the city itself. The toll keeps mounting by the hour,” he said.
“Rescuers are trying to help as many people as possible but because this is such a widespread area, they cannot get to every location.”
On Sunday, the Syrian army sent a text message to residents of east Aleppo, demanding they leave areas held by opposition armed groups within 24 hours or risk their lives during a major offensive.
“Our dear people living in east Aleppo, the militants kill your children and take your women,” read the text message, which declared the government’s intent to retake opposition-controlled districts of the city.
About 250,000 people are believed to be living in besieged east Aleppo, and Syrian government forces have reversed recent gains made by the fighters last month in their effort to break the siege.
Humam al-Malah, a member of the Syrian Network for Human Rights in the Aleppo governorate, told Al Jazeera that humanitarian conditions are getting worse in east Aleppo.
“Electricity is always cut off; [there’s a] high increase in prices; an acute lack of vegetable availability; fuel is almost non-existent in markets; and the quality and quantity of supply of bread is dwindling,” said Malah.
Against this backdrop, Russia’s foreign minister has flatly denied that his country’s forces participated in the attacks on Aleppo this week.
Sergey Lavrov issued the denial while discussed the bombing of the city on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific trade summit in Lima, Peru.
Russia is a crucial ally of the Syrian government and its military has been targeting Syrian opposition fighters with air strikes and cruise missiles.
Lavrov portrayed the recent strikes in Syria as “limited”.
“Our air force and the Syrian air force only work in the provinces of Idlib and Homs, to prevent ISIL who might be leaving Mosul from getting to Syria,” he said, referring to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, also known as ISIS.
Elsewhere in Syria, in Ghouta in the Damascus countryside, at least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in air strikes and artillery shelling by government forces.
Residents reported substantial damage to residential areas in the town.
Also in the Damascus countryside, the Syrian government targeted an international relief agency and Palestinian refugee camp in Khan Sheha, which has been under siege for two months now.
Syrian forces and opposition fighters fought around the camp on Thursday night.
Bangalore: Motherhood Hospitals, Bangalore, today launched a Preterm Parent Support Group called Prepare. This group will provide emotional support to new parents who have delivered a preemie baby, by helping them clear their doubts, answering their queries, support them through the delicate phase of their life. This launch also marks the “World Prematurity Day” on November 17th and creates awareness on the rising numbers of premature births.
Talking about the NICU facilities at Motherhood, Dr. Prashanth Gowda, Consultant, Neonatologist and Pediatrician, said, “Treating preterm babies is a teamwork with highly skilled neonatologists supported by skilled nursing staff and advanced technology. Our team at Motherhood has handled some of the most challenging prematurely born, low birth-weight neonates and babies with sever and complex conditions through effective interventions and timely care. We are constantly striving to provide the best care to high-risk newborns through its state-of-the-art facilities and highly skilled team of neonatologists.”
“When I had my baby at the 30th Week, way before the due date, I was paranoid and depressed and didn’t know how to handle the whole situation and even to hold such a tiny baby properly. The fact that my baby is in the NICU with all that wires and tubes attached to her tiny body killed me every time I went to NICU to visit her. On our third day, a mother brought in her daughter who had spent time in the NICU and I asked her, ‘How did you get through months? I can’t even get through this day’. It helped so much to talk to her and gave me confidence to see her little toddler healthy and active”, said Ashwini, one of the parents from the support group.
Although there are a few online forums in our country to support the NICU parents, this is the first time a hospital has taken the initiative to provide necessary information and support to the stressful parents of the premature babies.
Talking on the launch, Dr. Vikas Satwik, Consultant, Neonatologist and Pediatrician at Motherhood Hospital, said, “Parents who have a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are under a lot of stress. And while doctors and nurses are monitoring their child 24/7, it makes a lot of difference and boost the confidence of the parents with premature babies by speaking to the parents who have gone through the similar experience and on how they overcame the emotional and physical challenges.”
After the antenatal and post-natal counselling, parents of premature newborns are extended emotional and psychological support that helps them be strong and take better care of their newborn. Support is given in terms of counselling, videos and one-on-one interactions with qualified personnel. The initiative here is aimed at bringing the parents together to interact and share their experiences and eventually create a self-sufficient support network amongst them.
Neonatal ICU @ Motherhood
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Motherhood is a level III unit and is equipped with state-of the art to handle neonatal cardiac emergencies and other critical problems of newborns. A full range of life support systems and comprehensive care for infants with critical illness is provided at every Motherhood centre. There is a team of doctors and well-trained nursing staff working round-the-clock at the NICU to take care of the newborns. The unit is equipped with incubators, high-end ventilators, bubble CPAP machines, high proficiency monitors, phototherapy units and arterial blood gas machines.
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday requested the Centre to allow district central cooperative (DCC) banks to accept deposits according to the guidelines of the demonetisation scheme.
In a letter addressed to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, CM Siddaramaiah said that the decision of not allowing DCC banks from carrying out transactions has affected lakhs of farmers in the state who are unable to repay their loans, draw fresh loans and deposit their cash in DCC banks.
Siddaramaiah further added farmers who have availed farm loans will be considered ineligible for interest subsidy if they fail to repay loans within the stipulated date. They will also not be eligible to get fresh crop loans for rabi crop.
Dairyfarmers have not been able to receive payments as the milk cooperative societies could not deposit money in the DCC banks, he added.
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Ravichandran Ashwin put England in a spin as India dominated the second day of the Vizag Test. (BCCI)
Visakhapatnam: England were in deep trouble after being reduced to 103/5 in their reply to India’s 455 all out in the first innings at the end of second day of the second cricket Test here on Friday.
Resuming the day at 317/4, India were bowled out for 455 an hour into the second session of play at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.
In reply, England lost five wickets for just 103 runs and are 352 runs short of India’s first innings score.
Joe Root (53) offered some resistance but the Indian bowling attack, spearheaded by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (2/20), had the visitors on the mat.
Pacer Mohammed Shami and debutant off-spinner Jayant Yadav returned figures of 1/15 and 1/11, respectively.
England suffered an early jolt when Shami beat England skipper Alistair Cook with a delivery that moved in to beat the bat before breaking the offstump into two.
Haseeb Hameed and Root tried to build a partnership before the former was run out following a horrible mix-up.
England lost quick wickets thereafter with Ben Duckett, Root and Moen Ali returning to the pavilion in quick succession.
Earlier, India were bundled out for 455 in their first innings just after lunch.
Resuming the day at 317/4, Indian skipper Virat Kohli (167) and all-rounder Ashwin (58) took India past the 350-run mark before England off-spinner Moeen Ali dragged the hosts back with three quick scalps in the morning session.
Ashwin, who registered his eighth Test half-century, added 64 vital runs with Jayant Yadav (35) for the eighth wicket to take India to 415/7 at lunch.
Coming back after the break, England managed to take the remaining three wickets with leg-spinner Adil Rashid accounting for Jayant and Umesh Yadav (13) while Ashwin fell prey to Ben Stokes.
For the visitors, comeback man James Anderson and Ali were the pick of the bowlers with three wickets each while Rashid took two. Pacers Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes chipped in with one wicket apiece.
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Panvel: Has the demonetisation move backfired for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)? The APMC Panvel election results have been declared and the BJP has lost all 17 seats. Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) won 15 seats, while Congress and Shiv Sena registered victory on one seat each in the Panvel APMC polls.
Notably, Congress won an APMC seat after 25 years. The Panvel APMC election results were announced on November 14. With the BJP losing all 17 seats in the Panvel APMC polls, questions are being raised whether the demonetisation move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the inconvenience to common man followed by the sudden decision didn’t go well for the BJP.
In a blow for the BJP, the saffron party faced defeat on all the 17 seats of the APMC polls. PWP, Shiv Sena and Congress contested election making an alliance and it worked out too. While the PWP bagged 15 seats, Shiv Sena and Congress won one seat each. “BJP lost all 17 seats in Panvel APMC election. These traders used to be their votes bank. Beginning of the end,” tweeted Preeti Sharma Menon, National Executive Member of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
After BJP’s defeat in APMC polls, many took to Twitter claiming the inconvenience to common man caused by the demonetisation decision is the root cause of saffron party’s loss in the polls. “First result of being a failure in the implementation of #DeMonetisation. BJP loses all 17 seats in panvel APMC polls,” said a twitterati.
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