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Mumbai City Has 37% Of All Malaria Cases

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Mumbai: Mumbai accounts for 37% of all malaria cases reported across Maharashtra until August 14. As per the data, 8,040 malarial cases have been recorded across the state, of which 2,985 are from Mumbai.

Six people succumbed to malaria across the state between January and August 14.

According to health officials, there has been a spike in monsoon diseases, especially malaria, in Mumbai.

Mosquito-born diseases on the rise

“There are cases where patients have been infected with both dengue and malaria. As we all know, mosquitoes are responsible for causing dengue and they need clean water to survive, with a habit of biting in the daytime. Heavy rains and water-logging in low-lying areas provide a bed for breeding to these mosquitoes. Also, water kept in drums and plates used to keep household decorative plants can also sometimes provide the same conducive environment,” said a doctor from a civic-run hospitals.

“There are cases where patients have been infected with both dengue and malaria. As we all know, mosquitoes are responsible for causing dengue and they need clean water to survive, with a habit of biting in the daytime. Heavy rains and water-logging in low-lying areas provide a bed for breeding to these mosquitoes. Also, water kept in drums and plates used to keep household decorative plants can also sometimes provide the same conducive environment,” said a doctor from a civic-run hospitals.

Malaria disease

Malaria is an acute febrile disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite, which is transmitted to people through the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. With timely diagnosis, it can be known which type of malaria is there. Vivax-type is the type of malaria found in India. In this, doctors give chloroquine tablets to the patient for three days followed by a course of 14 days of Primaquine tablet to destroy the Plasmodium parasite from the liver.

Efforts to curb malaria

Dr Daksha Shah, Executive Health Officer, Public Health Department, BMC, said the civic body is taking serious measures and special efforts are being made to curb malaria cases. Moreover, construction sites have been given instructions to follow measures to prevent malaria.

“During monsoon cases of malaria increase. Every year we make people aware of prevention measures. However, we will take action against people working at construction sites if they do not follow measures given by BMC Health Department,” she said.

The country is working towards malaria elimination by 2030, but to achieve this it should report near zero cases by 2027 and maintain the statistics for the next two years as well.

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Two youths drown in Mumbai’s Mahim creek

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Mumbai: Two people jumped into the Mahim creek in Mumbai, due to which they drowned. The search for them is on. Today at around 12:20 pm, Irshad Asif Sheikh, a transgender, aged 22, residing at Lal Mati, Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra (West), Mumbai, and Qalander Altaf Khan, aged 20, residing at Lal Mati, Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra (West), were standing between a bridge in Bandra. During this, they had an argument and one jumped into the creek while the other also jumped into the water to save him.

During the argument, Irshad jumped into the water and Qalander Khan jumped after him to save him. However, both drowned in the water.

The search operation is on, so far no trace of both has been found. Teams are searching for both.

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Sameer Wankhede targeted in The Baddest of Bollywood; Delhi High Court orders removal of objectionable content from controversial series in defamation case

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Mumbai: The Mumbai-Delhi High Court has strongly criticized Red Chillies Entertainment Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and others in the defamation case against NCB Zonal Director IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and said that artistic freedom does not mean mocking a person. After this, the High Court has ordered that the controversial footage related to Sameer Wankhede be removed from the controversial Netflix series The Bads of Bollywood. Sameer Wankhede had filed a petition in the High Court and pleaded that his character has been killed in The Bads of Bollywood and this series has been made to target him. The purpose is to humiliate and mock Sameer Wankhede. After watching some parts of this series, the High Court has ordered the removal of the controversial parts from the film.

Sameer Wankhede’s lawyer had told the court that the character portrayed in the film is a comparison to Sameer Wankhede and that this series has been created with the intention of tarnishing Wankhede’s image. The Bads of Bollywood is malicious, therefore, the above-mentioned controversial scenes and objectionable dialogues should be deleted from the series, on which the court has issued an order to delete the controversial and objectionable content and content. Earlier, while hearing Sameer Wankhede’s petition, the court had sent notices to Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies, Netflix, Meta, and social media platforms and directed them to file a response. To this, Red Chillies had called the film and series a drama and made it clear that it had nothing to do with the facts. However, despite this, the Delhi High Court inquired whether a film drama does not mean that someone’s character is killed and said this, it reprimanded Shah Rukh Khan and the film company. Sameer Wankhede tried to prove through his argument that the character portrayed in the film resembles Sameer Wankhede and that this character has been portrayed in a negative way to target him and in this, an attempt has been made to make fun of Sameer Wankhede through this character, which has humiliated Wankhede, which the court has accepted and issued a directive to delete the objectionable and controversial content. This is a big success for Sameer Wankhede, while Shah Rukh Khan has suffered a huge setback.

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Mumbai arms supplier arrested from Ghatkopar depot

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Mumbai: Police has claimed to have arrested an arms supplier from Ghatkopar Bus Depot who had come here to supply arms to Mumbai. The Mumbai Police Ghatkopar Anti-Gang Squad received information about this. The police laid a trap and took the accused into custody and recovered two country-made pistols and four live cartridges from his possession. During the investigation, the police asked him his name and he revealed his name as Ajay Kailash, a resident of Ujjain. The police have registered a case in this matter and started the investigation. Pantnagar Police has started the investigation in this matter to find out from where the accused had brought the arms to supply arms. This action was taken by DCP Rakesh Ola on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti.

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