Heat wave: over 100 deaths on Saturday alone across A.P.

May 24, 2015

Vijayawada, May 24: The death toll due to heat mounted alarmingly in Andhra Pradesh with officials confirming 95 deaths while unconfirmed reports said more than 100 succumbed on Saturday alone. Prakasam district is the worst-hit with 40 casualties and Guntur followed with 20 deaths on a single day.

Heat waveNearly 200 people lost their lives owing to intense heat wave prevailing in the State for the last three days. Daily wage labourers, homeless people and the elderly were the worst hit. The mounting death toll has put the administration on tenterhooks and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reviewed the situation with district collectors in Hyderabad.

Mr. Naidu announced an ex gratia of Rs. 1 lakh to the families of heat wave victims. Incidentally, the officials concerned paid Rs. 50,000 each to victims till Friday. The situation, according to Mr. Naidu, was alarming, as day temperatures were five to six degrees above normal and will continue to remain so for more than a week.

According to the Disaster Management department, 95 deaths were reported on Saturday alone. According to official figures, Prakasam registered highest deaths with 40 succumbing to the intense heat wave followed by Srikakulam (12), Visakhapatnam (15), Vizianagaram (8), Krishna (7), Nellore (6), East Godavari 4, Anantapur and West Godavari (2 each) and Guntur (1).

In Prakasam district, the toll rose to 77 with the 40 fatalities on Saturday. The district has been in the throes of its worst drought in 45 years, District Revenue Officer Noor Basha Qasim said. Most deaths were reported from Addanki, Erraguntlapalem, Markapur and V.V. Palem mandals in the district.

Prakasam Collector Sujatha Sharma said the deaths were due to sudden surge in day temperature and that drinking water camps would be set up across the district from Sunday. Arrangements were being made to distribute ORS sachets at public places free of cost.

Meanwhile, the administration in the districts stepped up relief measures and Krishna District Collector Babu A cancelled the weekly Mee Kosam grievance redressal programme scheduled on Monday due to heat wave conditions in the district. Interestingly, coastal districts registered high temperatures as compared to Rayalaseema districts, usually known for registering high temperatures during the season.

The heat wave continued unabated in Krishna with Nandigama and Vijayawada registering the highest maximum temperature of 47 degrees Celsius each. Bapatla in Guntur recorded 45.9 degrees Celsius followed by Ongole (44.3 degree Celsius). In Rayalaseema region, Anantapur and Kurnool districts recorded 41.2 degree Celsius.

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April 24,2020

Kozhikode, Apr 24: A four-month-old baby girl, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and suffering from congenital heart disease, died in a hospital here in Kerala early Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest, officials said.

This is the third COVID-19 death and the first infant fatality in the state where two elderly people had succumbed to the disease earlier.

The baby was admitted to the Medical College Hospital here on April 21 with history of fever, cough, breathing difficulties and seizure after being treated at two other hospitals and the end came at 6 am, a medical bulletin said.

State Health Minister K K Shailaja said doctors had made maximum efforts to save the life of the child, whose family belonged to Payyanad near Manjeri in Malappuram district.

"Preliminary information which we have is that there has been some primary contact", she told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

The protocol for COVID-19 cases would be followed for the baby's last rites, the Minister added.

As of Thursday, the total active COVID-19 cases in the state stood at 129.

The bulletin said on arrival at the hospital on Tuesday the baby was in shock and had respiratory failure.

"She was resuscitated, mechanically ventilated and appropriate antibiotics for pneumonia and supportive measures to correct shock were started", it said adding the baby, however, continued to remain sick.

"Even though there was no history of any high or low risk contact or any epidemiological links as the child comes from SARI (Sever Acute Respiratory infection) criteria, she was admitted to the COVID-ICU and swab was taken and she tested positive", the bulletin said.

Contact tracing of those who had come in contact with the child was in progress.

Mallapuram District Medical Officer (Health) Dr Sakeena K said the child was having severe health issues from its birth itself and was admitted to a private hospital in Manjeri near here with breathing problem.

As her condition worsened, the baby was shifted to another hospital and later to the medical college hospital.

"The baby was having chest deformity and Atrial Septal Defect by birth which developed into severe health issues, the official added.

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May 31,2020

New Delhi, May 31: The income tax department has notified forms for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2019-20.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Sahaj (ITR-1), Form ITR-2, Form ITR-3, Form Sugam (ITR-4), Form ITR-5, Form ITR-6, Form ITR-7 and Form ITR-V for the assessment year 2020-21.

The department has revised the I-T return forms for the financial year 2019-20 to allow assessees to avail benefits of various timeline extension granted by the government following the COVID-19 outbreak.

The government has extended various timelines under the Income Tax Act, 1961, through the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020.

Accordingly, the time for making investment or payments for claiming deduction under Chapter-VIA-B of IT Act that include Section 80C (LIC, PPF, NSC etc.), 80D (Mediclaim) and 80G (Donations) for the financial year 2019-20 had been extended to June 30, 2020.

ClearTax founder and CEO Archit Gupta said, "The new forms require a separate table to disclose tax saving investment made in the first quarter of 2020 for availing them in FY 2019-20. Taxpayers must assess their tax liability for FY 2019-20 and make sure they are maximising their Section 80C benefits if not already done so."

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News Network
January 18,2020

Kanpur, Jan 18: Kanpur has witnessed an Unnao-like incident as the out on bail accused in rape case attack the family members of the victim. The mother of the victim, who later died in the hospital, was brutally attacked by the accused. The accused reportedly attacked the victim's mother and her aunt on January 8.

The actual rape case goes back to 2018 when a group of men abducted a minor girl from her own society. The accused had reportedly raped her and also beaten up her mother.

A video of mother being beaten up reportedly went viral soon after.

The mother of the victim had reportedly filed a complaint against one of the accused for abducting and molesting her daughter two years ago at a tannery falling under jurisdiction of Chakeri police station. The main accused along with five others was booked under section 354 of the IPC (sexual assault of children) and sent to jail. Around two weeks ago, the accused got bail and on January 9 they attacked the deceased and her sister.

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