thrissur l Sunday l july 21, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 24 l city edition Oly Prep: ministry spends K470 crore in 16 sports disciplines India have qualified to participate at the Paris Olympics Archery Athletics Badminton Boxing funding TopS core group: 5 Development group: 10 funding TopS core group: 23 Development group: 13 funding TopS core group: 10 Development group: 15 funding TopS core group: 9 Development group: 20 J39.18 cr J96.08 cr J72.03 cr J60.93 cr Equestrian Golf J95L funding TopS c ore group: 2 J1.74 cr funding TopS c ore group: 4 Development group: 2 Hockey J41.30 cr Judo J6.33 cr Rowing J3.89 cr funding funding funding TopS core group: 33 TopS core group: 9 TopS core group: 3 Note: Elite athletes in TOPS core group; rest in development Sailing Swimming Table Tennis funding TopS core group: 2 funding TopS core group: 1 Development group: 1 funding TopS core group: 5 Development group: 10 J3.78 cr J3.90 cr Tennis funding TopS core group: 3 J12.92 cr Weightlifting funding TopS core group: 2 Development group: 6 J1.67 cr J27 cr Shooting Wrestling funding TopS core group: 25 Development group: 20 funding TopS core group: 10 Development group: 15 J60.42 cr J37.80 cr CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Malappuram teen tests positive for Nipah on alert What is Nipah ? The patient tested positive for Nipah being shifted to isolation ward in Kozhikode MCH | Express 214 people in the teenager’s contact list under observation. Samples of those in high-risk categoryto be tested A 24-hour control room started in Malappuram Travel curbs in Pandikkad and Anakkayam Nipah (NiV) is a zoonotic virus, which means it is transmitted from animals to humans. Transmission can also occur through contaminated food or directly between people. The virus can cause a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory issues and fatal encephalitis. E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i ce @ Malappuram A 14-year-old boy from Pandikkad in Malappuram tested positive for Nipah on Saturday . The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune confirmed the infection. In the morning, the health department revealed the boy’s samples had tested positive in tests conducted in the state. However, it said it will await NIV’s confirmation, which arrived by evening. Health Minister Veena George reached the district in the evening to coordinate prevention activities. “NIV Pune , has confirmed the infection. Residents of the Malappuram should remain vigilant. The Shoot-at-sight fiat out amid curfew in B’desh Scores killed, hundreds injured in clashes over govt jobs reservation A g enc i e s @ Dhaka Police imposed a strict curfew with shoot-at-sight orders across Bangladesh as military forces patrolled parts of the capital on Saturday after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over reservation of government jobs. The curfew began at midnight and was relaxed from noon to 2 pm for people to run essential errands, and is expected to last until 10 am on Sunday. The demonstrations started weeks ago to protest a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971. Violence erupted on Tuesday , with the Daily Prothom Alo newspaper reporting the death of at least 103 people. Friday was the deadliest day so far with Somoy TV reported 43 killed, while an Associated Press reporter saw 23 bodies at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. Local media also reported that some 800 inmates fled from a prison in Narsingdi, a district north of Dhaka, after protesters stormed the facility and set it on fire on Friday .Hundreds of thousands of people had battled police across the capital on Friday police spokes, man Faruk Hossain said. “At least 150 police officers were admitted to hospital,” he said. Exodus continues, over 950 students cross over to India E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i ce @ Guwahati The exodus of Indian, Nepalese and Bhutanese students from strife-torn Bangladesh continues with over 950 students entering India through the Meghalaya and Tripura borders so far. “In the past three days, a total of 856 people from India, Nepal and Bhutan, mostly students, have crossed over to the country from Bangladesh through Dawki, an India-Bangladesh border town in the West Jaintia Hills district,” a senior home department official said. Besides, around 100 students returned to India through two inte g rated checkposts in Tripura. Thomas Gamaliyen, a security officer at the Dawki Land Port, told this newspaper the Meghalaya government provided a bus to drop the students at the Inter State Bus Terminus at Mawpat on the outskirts of Shillong but not many availed the service which is available once a day. “They are coming to Dawki in groups on Bangladeshi taxis and buses. Immediately thereafter, they hire cars to go to Shillong or Guwahati. We help them in hiring the vehicles,” Gamaliyen said. boy is in critical condition and has been shifted to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital,” the minister said. The health department revealed that as many as 214 people in the teenager’s contact list are under observation. Of these, 60 people are in the high-risk category Those . under observation will be kept in isolation and the samples of persons in the high-risk category will be collected and tested immediately . Veena said measures have been taken to identify all those who had come in contact with the boy His route map will be . released soon. “The timings of the child’s travel will be released with the route map. People who travelled with the child Previous outbreaks Year Cases death Place 2018 18 17 Kozhikode & Malappuram 2019 1 0 Ernakulam 2021 1 1 Kozhikode 2023 6 2 Kozhikode Kerala has witnessed a surge in epidemic outbreaks this year, leaving authorities in a tizzy on how to tackle the health emergency. Disease H1N1 West Nile Amoebic meningoencephalitis Cases Deaths 1,211 19 26 4 5 3 Till July 19, 2024 Five days on, search continues for Arjun E x p r e s s ne w s s e r v i ce @Kozhikode/Ankola Efforts to locate Arjun Mooladikuzhiyil, a truck driver from Kozhikode, and others who went missing following a massive landslide at Shirur in Uttara Kannada five days ago failed to yield results even on Saturday According to author. ities, heavy rain and harsh terrain were hampering the search operations. Meanwhile, relatives of Arjun expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing search operations by state authorities and sought the intervention of the Army . On Saturday morning, the NDRF and state agencies resumed their efforts to locate the three persons, including Arjun, who went missing in the landslide that occurred along the national highway at Shirur in Ankola on July 16. ‘I aM NOT A TYPICAL POLITICIAN, PEOPLE KNOW I CAN’T BE ONE’ P4 Search operations under way at the landslide spot at Shirur on Saturday | Express Equipment like ground penetrating radar and metal detectors were being employed to help with the rescue efforts. According to officials, seven bodies have been recovered so far since the incident. Arjun, 30, of Kannadikkal, was on his way to Kerala when he went missing along with his truck. He had started his jour- Beauty and the Best PLUS 12 PAGES Nine flights cancelled in Kochi, three in Tvm Kochi: At least nine flights were cancelled at Kochi airport and three at Thiruvananthapuram airport on Saturday, a day after the Microsoft outage hit flight operations worldwide. This even as the airline systems across airports, which were hit by the global IT outage on Friday, have started working normally. “The cancellations are due to the backlog of yesterday’s outage,” said a CIAL spokesperson. P2 Defiant Biden vows to stay in White House race MID SEA fire Smoke billows after a fire broke out on a merchant vessel off the Goa coast. The fire was put out after more than 24 hours. One crew member is missing. The Coast Guard carried out fire-fighting operations on the Maersk Frankfurt vessel, which was carrying hazardous materials such as benzene and sodium cyanate | PTI ney from Jagalpet after loading timber in the truck. He reportedly stopped to have tea at a hotel at Shirur when the mishap occurred. Arjun’s relatives stated that they have lost faith in the effectiveness of the search operation by state authorities. Abhirami, Arjun’s sister, told reporters that the family has reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with the request to bring in Army for the search operation. “It is imperative that the Army takes charge, or at the very least, rescue teams from Kerala should be allowed to assist in the operation. We have numerous volunteers ready to provide support on-site,” she said. Abhirami also highlighted an incident where one of the owners of the truck Arjun was driving, accompanied by a Kerala-based rescue worker, was manhandled by a Karnataka police officer. “The officials in Karnataka wasted the initial two days by delaying the filing of an FIR. The police registered a man missing case only two days after the landslide though we had infor med them on the same day,” Abhirami la● More on P5 mented. After poll drubbing, CPM looks to ease stance on faith, beliefs NTA releases city-wise result of NEET-UG However, after the 2021 assembly election, the CPM failed to Taking a cue from its recent read the writings on the wall. election debacle, the CPM in The leadership has now underKerala is set to take a more lib- stood that to defend against the eral stance on matters of faith onslaught of right-wing forces, and beliefs. it will need to drastically shift Marking a major shift from its positions,” he said. its stated position, the CommuThe CPM’s change of stance nist party plans to offer sup- is based on the fact that Indian port and legitimacy to lakhs of society is still feudal in nature its members who are beand since a people’s revolievers. The leadership lution has not happened is learnt to be preparthere is no scope for diing to take an inclusive alectical materialism. approach by welcom“Faith is the most iming the faithful, espeportant factor affecting cially those from the society a state secretar,” Hindu community, iat member said. “And into its fold. a vast majority of peoThe two-day party ple are believers. The s t a t e c o m m i t t e e , Avast majority of CPM often failed to adwhich begins on Sun- people in society dress these sections, day will discuss these are believers. The even though leaders , issues in detail as part CPM often failed talked about faith and of an organisational to address these believers,” he said. sections, even and political course Meanwhile, many though leaders correction. “The CPM party insiders felt it talked about faith has decided to introwas the position taken and believers spect on its declared at the Palakkad pleposition on faith and num — which directed A state secretariat member believers,” a critical members to keep a disinsider in the party tance from rituals and said. temple-related activities — “The party faced a similar that alienated believers. setback in 2019, over the issue The CPM leadership believes of permitting women to enter that influence of the BJP-RSS Sabarimala temple. Rahul Gan- over matters of faith, temple dhi’s decision to contest from rituals and believers is the reaWayanad also delivered a body son for the right-wing leanings blow. The leadership, from in society . then state secretary Kodiyeri Keeping this in mind, the Balakrishnan to district lead- party has decided to initiate ers, visited households, partic- steps to protect the rights of ularly Hindu homes, and ad- believers in temples and other mitted to their f ailings. places of worship. ● More on P5 The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday released the the centre and city-wise results for NEET-UG, following a Supreme Court order to do so. Interestingly, data from a retest centre at Hardayal Public School in Haryana showed significant score drops, indicating stricter controls in the re-exam process. The highest score in the retest was 682, compared to multiple perfect scores previously. Only 13 candidates of the centre in Haryana’s Jhajjar managed to score more than 600 marks. As many as 67 students across the country had scored a perfect 720, unprecedented in the testing agency’s history , with six from the centre in Haryana figuring in the list. It raised suspicions about irregularities at the centre. The servers of the result website crashed on Saturday in the afternoon due to heavy traffic but recovered later. A few complaints were received from students and parents about missing exam results at centres where they had appeared for the exam. Meanwhile, the CBI on Saturday made three more arrests in the paper leak case, including two MBBS students from a medical college in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur and one B Tech (Electrical) graduate from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, officials said. K S SR E E J I T H @ T’Puram WITH THIS ISSUE e x p r e ss r e a d Washington: US President Joe Biden pledged to stay in the White House race Friday, defying a growing Democratic party revolt that raised speculation he could bow out as soon as this weekend. “The stakes are high, and the choice is clear. Together, we will win,” he said in a statement. P9 should inform the department using the Nipah control rooms. The control rooms will assist people with tests and clear their concerns,” she said. After the boy developed a fever on July 10, he was moved to a private clinic two days later. On July 13, he was taken to a private hospital in Pandikkad and admitted there last Monday He was subsequently shift. ed to private hospitals in Perinthalmanna and Kozhikode. The infection was confirmed from a sample collected at the hospital in Kozhikode. The department was quick to respond to the infection. A 24hour control room started operating in the district on Saturday . “Steps based on the Nipah protocol were initiated from morn● More on P5 ing,” said Veena. Express News Service @ New Delhi
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