MONTH THAT WAS
Man spits on Putin’s portrait - Jailed
Moscow: A man in Russia has been sentenced for 15 days in prison for spitting on President Vladimir Putin’s portrait, RIA Novosti reported. Dmitry Karuyev, an opposition activist who is a member of the Other Russia movement, was detained as he staged one-man protest outside the offices of the ruling United Russia party in Cheboksary city on the eve of Putin’s May 7 inauguration for a third term.
Police said Karuyev’s actions could have triggered disorder. “He did indeed spit on it, but it was just his way of expressing his views,” Karuyev’s lawyer Alexei Glukhov said. “You cannot punish people for that.”
‘Kidney stone belt’ - Bore wells to blame?
Mumbai : Areas adjoining Latur, Ahmedpur, Kej, Kalamb and Ambajogai in Marathwada are fast becoming the “kidney stone belt” region, a leading urologist has said. “There has been a drastic increase in kidney stone patients from these areas, specially during the last month, “Latur-based urologist Dr Hansraj Baheti told. The gravity of the situation is so serious that on a single day, the Baheti hospital in Latur received 22 cases of kidney stone, he said. Baheti Hospital, along with social organisations Madyam and Samaj Bharati, have distributed over 50,000 pamphlets in these areas, mentioning the precautions to be taken to avoid sunstroke and kidney stones. “Drink plenty of water is what we tell people,” Baheti said. During the scorching summer heat, people should drink large amount of water at regular intervals, he added. A major reason for formation of kidney stones is dehydration. Drinking bore well water is also a key contributor to these cases, Bheti said.
At 86, Queen works more than British MPs
London: In what should be a wakeup call for British parliamentarians, 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has worked far more days this year than any member of parliament, the Daily Express reported. Diamond Jubilee pageant on the Thames River was her 80th day of official engagements in 2012.
MPs, in contrast, have been in Westminster for only 72 days. The British daily reported that in the middle of a two-week half-term break, MPs have had 38 weekdays off so far this year-almost double the holiday allowance for most people in the country.
By the end of this year, according to the parliamentary calendar, MPs will have been at Westminster for 151 days and have had 110 weekdays and bank holidays off.
11 cement majors guilty of price cartelisation - CCI fines
New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is believed to have slapped penalty of about Rs.3,000 crore on 11 big cement manufacturers, found guilty of being involved in price cartel, a high-level source said.
“The CCI has found 11 cement firms guilty of cartelisation. A penalty of eight percent of their three-year’s average turnover will be imposed on them,” he said. The cumulative turnover of these companies is around Rs. 37,500 crore.
Most top cement firms have been indicted by the CCI. Cement companies, however, declined to comment, saying that they have not seen the order.
The CCI was probing the cartelisation charges based on complaints from realtors’ body, Builders Association of India (BAI), which alleged that the retail prices fixed by cement manufacturers were almost similar.
The highest penalty prescribed is the Competition Act, 2002, is 10 percent of three-year’s average turnover.
Kidney transplant ring exposed in China
53 mts of road caves in
Mumbai: Nearly 53 meters of Old Nagardas Road in Andheri (East) caved in. The huge damage resulted in a big crater of about 20 feet in length. Much to the chagrin of commuters, the vehicular movement was affected very badly in the area due to the sudden collapse of the road which was built on Mogara Nullah. One auto-rickshaw and a two-wheeler fell into the crater and consequently five persons got trapped in it.
However, the local people were generous enough to help in rescuing those trapped. The victims were immediately rushed to the nearby hospitals. No major injuries have been reported.
“The houses located across the nullah have been affected. Some walls have developed cracks and some even collapsed. The injured were treated in the hospital and discharged by evening as the injuries were minor. I am trying to find out whether the contractor concerned had used any third grade material to construct the road. If the contactor is found guilty I will appeal to BMC to award compensation to the victims,” said corporator Sandhya Yadav.
Bihar bans gutka and paan masala
Patna: The Bihar government imposed a ban on the manufacture, sale and storage of gutka and paan masala in the state. Officials in the chief minister’s office said the health department had issued a notification to this effect, reports media. Bihar has become the third state after Kerala and Madhya Pradesh to ban paan and gutka products.
143 children die due to encephalitis strain in Bihar
Patna: fourteen more children died of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar, taking the toll due to the disease since May to 143, an official said. The toll in the outbreak of the AES stood at 143 till date while 73 others were undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the state, Additional Secretary (Health) R P Ojha told reporters.
The highest number of 86 children have died in Muazzafarpur while the toll in the Patna Medical College and Hospital stood at 46, the health official said.
The AES cases have stabilised Gaya district where 11 children have died and 20 patients were undergoing treatment at the Anugrah Narayan Magadh College and hospital, Ojha said. Altogether 10 districts have been declared as sensitive in the wake of concentration of the disease and special monitoring being carried out to contain the disease, he said.
Moscow: A man in Russia has been sentenced for 15 days in prison for spitting on President Vladimir Putin’s portrait, RIA Novosti reported. Dmitry Karuyev, an opposition activist who is a member of the Other Russia movement, was detained as he staged one-man protest outside the offices of the ruling United Russia party in Cheboksary city on the eve of Putin’s May 7 inauguration for a third term.
Police said Karuyev’s actions could have triggered disorder. “He did indeed spit on it, but it was just his way of expressing his views,” Karuyev’s lawyer Alexei Glukhov said. “You cannot punish people for that.”
‘Kidney stone belt’ - Bore wells to blame?
Mumbai : Areas adjoining Latur, Ahmedpur, Kej, Kalamb and Ambajogai in Marathwada are fast becoming the “kidney stone belt” region, a leading urologist has said. “There has been a drastic increase in kidney stone patients from these areas, specially during the last month, “Latur-based urologist Dr Hansraj Baheti told. The gravity of the situation is so serious that on a single day, the Baheti hospital in Latur received 22 cases of kidney stone, he said. Baheti Hospital, along with social organisations Madyam and Samaj Bharati, have distributed over 50,000 pamphlets in these areas, mentioning the precautions to be taken to avoid sunstroke and kidney stones. “Drink plenty of water is what we tell people,” Baheti said. During the scorching summer heat, people should drink large amount of water at regular intervals, he added. A major reason for formation of kidney stones is dehydration. Drinking bore well water is also a key contributor to these cases, Bheti said.
At 86, Queen works more than British MPs
London: In what should be a wakeup call for British parliamentarians, 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has worked far more days this year than any member of parliament, the Daily Express reported. Diamond Jubilee pageant on the Thames River was her 80th day of official engagements in 2012.
MPs, in contrast, have been in Westminster for only 72 days. The British daily reported that in the middle of a two-week half-term break, MPs have had 38 weekdays off so far this year-almost double the holiday allowance for most people in the country.
By the end of this year, according to the parliamentary calendar, MPs will have been at Westminster for 151 days and have had 110 weekdays and bank holidays off.
11 cement majors guilty of price cartelisation - CCI fines
New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is believed to have slapped penalty of about Rs.3,000 crore on 11 big cement manufacturers, found guilty of being involved in price cartel, a high-level source said.
“The CCI has found 11 cement firms guilty of cartelisation. A penalty of eight percent of their three-year’s average turnover will be imposed on them,” he said. The cumulative turnover of these companies is around Rs. 37,500 crore.
Most top cement firms have been indicted by the CCI. Cement companies, however, declined to comment, saying that they have not seen the order.
The CCI was probing the cartelisation charges based on complaints from realtors’ body, Builders Association of India (BAI), which alleged that the retail prices fixed by cement manufacturers were almost similar.
The highest penalty prescribed is the Competition Act, 2002, is 10 percent of three-year’s average turnover.
Kidney transplant ring exposed in China
Beijing: A kidney trafficking gang has been busted in a Chinese city and its ringleader, who was housing kidney-sellers in a residential complex, has been arrested. Police rescued all the 28 individuals who were staying in the residential complex in Hangzhou city, Shanghai Daily, reported. The gang found sellers at railway stations, took them to a hospital for physical examination and provided them accommodations as they waited for kidney-removal surgery.
53 mts of road caves in
Mumbai: Nearly 53 meters of Old Nagardas Road in Andheri (East) caved in. The huge damage resulted in a big crater of about 20 feet in length. Much to the chagrin of commuters, the vehicular movement was affected very badly in the area due to the sudden collapse of the road which was built on Mogara Nullah. One auto-rickshaw and a two-wheeler fell into the crater and consequently five persons got trapped in it.
However, the local people were generous enough to help in rescuing those trapped. The victims were immediately rushed to the nearby hospitals. No major injuries have been reported.
“The houses located across the nullah have been affected. Some walls have developed cracks and some even collapsed. The injured were treated in the hospital and discharged by evening as the injuries were minor. I am trying to find out whether the contractor concerned had used any third grade material to construct the road. If the contactor is found guilty I will appeal to BMC to award compensation to the victims,” said corporator Sandhya Yadav.
Bihar bans gutka and paan masala
Patna: The Bihar government imposed a ban on the manufacture, sale and storage of gutka and paan masala in the state. Officials in the chief minister’s office said the health department had issued a notification to this effect, reports media. Bihar has become the third state after Kerala and Madhya Pradesh to ban paan and gutka products.
143 children die due to encephalitis strain in Bihar
Patna: fourteen more children died of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar, taking the toll due to the disease since May to 143, an official said. The toll in the outbreak of the AES stood at 143 till date while 73 others were undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the state, Additional Secretary (Health) R P Ojha told reporters.
The highest number of 86 children have died in Muazzafarpur while the toll in the Patna Medical College and Hospital stood at 46, the health official said.
The AES cases have stabilised Gaya district where 11 children have died and 20 patients were undergoing treatment at the Anugrah Narayan Magadh College and hospital, Ojha said. Altogether 10 districts have been declared as sensitive in the wake of concentration of the disease and special monitoring being carried out to contain the disease, he said.
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