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Karnataka police asked to book rapists under Goondas Act

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January 16, 2013
Bangalore, Jan 16: Karnataka Government is contemplating amending laws to ensure that rapists do not get bail and police have been directed to book them under Goondas Act and take steps to prevent atrocities, including rape, against women, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said today.
Outlining measures being initiated by the government for women's safety against the backdrop of the Delhi gang rape incident, Shettar said police have also been directed to deal sternly with rapists.shettar
He was speaking after inaugurating a meeting of elected women panchayat members of BJP, organised by the party Women's Morcha here.
In another development, Minister for Energy Shobha Karandlaje called on Shettar and urged him to take steps to check atrocities against women.
The lone woman minister in the BJP government discussed the recent incident of a young housewife being lured in Chikkaballapur by some persons, who not only raped her, but also sold her to a brothel in Delhi.
Shobha, who had earlier written a letter to Shettar seeking more steps for women's safety, also requested him to direct police to check trafficking of women and keep a vigil on cases of girls going missing.
Shobha said she discussed various issues concerning women's safety with the chief minister.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka High Court today directed the state government to inform the court within a week about the steps taken by it for rehabilitation of the rape victims and providing funds for compensation to the victim or dependants as contemplated under amended section 357-A of the CrPC.
A Division bench, headed by acting Chief Justice K Sreedhar Rao issued the direction on a PIL filed by advocate M K Vijaya Kumar on the rising incidents of crime against women in the state including rape.
The petitioner had sought an exclusive Rehabilitation Centre for victims of gang rape to be maintained by the state government with at least one psychiatrist and a woman counsellor.
Counsel for the petitioner G R Mohan had submitted if the victim was a woman, it was the responsibility of the state to provide her employment and if it is a minor, the child should be provided with education.
"There must be help from the NGOs in case the rape victims are not willing to stay in the rehabilitation centre so that NGOs can educate the neighbourhood and others as to how to treat such victims. The victims must also be provided free legal aid till the proceedings before the courts are over", the petitioner had submitted.
The state government should also think of amending the Anti-Goonda Act so that those arrested in connection with gang rape, is not granted bail till the completion of trial and the state government should also direct police to provide protection to the victims and also witnesses till the case reaches its logical end, the petitioner submitted.
He also sought, among other things, ramping up the number of woman police officers for investigating rape cases.
Karnataka police asked to book rapists under Goondas ActBangalore, Jan 16, 2013 (PTI):Karnataka Government is contemplating amending laws to ensure that rapists do not get bail and police have been directed to book them under Goondas Act and take steps to prevent atrocities, including rape, against women, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said today.
Outlining measures being initiated by the government for women's safety against the backdrop of the Delhi gang rape incident, Shettar said police have also been directed to deal sternly with rapists.
He was speaking after inaugurating a meeting of elected women panchayat members of BJP, organised by the party Women's Morcha here.
In another development, Minister for Energy Shobha Karandlaje called on Shettar and urged him to take steps to check atrocities against women.
The lone woman minister in the BJP government discussed the recent incident of a young housewife being lured in Chikkaballapur by some persons, who not only raped her, but also sold her to a brothel in Delhi.
Shobha, who had earlier written a letter to Shettar seeking more steps for women's safety, also requested him to direct police to check trafficking of women and keep a vigil on cases of girls going missing.
Shobha said she discussed various issues concerning women's safety with the chief minister.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka High Court today directed the state government to inform the court within a week about the steps taken by it for rehabilitation of the rape victims and providing funds for compensation to the victim or dependants as contemplated under amended section 357-A of the CrPC.
A Division bench, headed by acting Chief Justice K Sreedhar Rao issued the direction on a PIL filed by advocate M K Vijaya Kumar on the rising incidents of crime against women in the state including rape.
The petitioner had sought an exclusive Rehabilitation Centre for victims of gang rape to be maintained by the state government with at least one psychiatrist and a woman counsellor.
Counsel for the petitioner G R Mohan had submitted if the victim was a woman, it was the responsibility of the state to provide her employment and if it is a minor, the child should be provided with education.
"There must be help from the NGOs in case the rape victims are not willing to stay in the rehabilitation centre so that NGOs can educate the neighbourhood and others as to how to treat such victims. The victims must also be provided free legal aid till the proceedings before the courts are over", the petitioner had submitted.
The state government should also think of amending the Anti-Goonda Act so that those arrested in connection with gang rape, is not granted bail till the completion of trial and the state government should also direct police to provide protection to the victims and also witnesses till the case reaches its logical end, the petitioner submitted.
He also sought, among other things, ramping up the number of woman police officers for investigating rape cases.

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August 3,2020

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given nod to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for conducting phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of the Oxford University developed Covid-19 vaccine candidate in the country.

Government officials said that the approval for conducting phase 2 and 3 clinical trials by the SII was granted by DCGI Dr V G Somani late Sunday night after a thorough evaluation based on the recommendations of the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Covid-19.

"The firm has to submit safety data, evaluated by the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), to the CDSCO before proceeding to phase 3 clinical trials," a senior official said.

"As per the study design, each subject will be administered two doses four weeks apart (first dose on day one and second dose on day 29) following which the safety and immunogenicity will be assessed at predefined intervals," the official said.

As a rapid regulatory response, the expert panel at the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Friday, after a detailed deliberation and considering the data generated on the vaccine candidate in phase 1 and 2 of the Oxford University trial, had recommended granting permission for phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of the potential vaccine, 'Covishield', on healthy adults in India,  the officials said.

Currently, phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of the Oxford vaccine candidate is going on in the United Kingdom, phase 3 clinical trial in Brazil and phase 1 and 2 clinical trials in South Africa.

The officials said that the SII had submitted a revised proposal on Wednesday after the SEC on July 28, following deliberation over its application, had asked it to revise its protocol for the phase 2 and 3 clinical trials besides seeking some additional information.

The panel had also recommended that the clinical trial sites which have been proposed for the study be distributed across India.

According to the revised proposal by the SII, 1,600 people aged above 18 years will participate in the trials across 17 selected sites, including AIIMS-Delhi, B J Medical College in Pune, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS) in Patna, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, AIIMS-Jodhpur, Nehru Hospital in Gorakhpur, Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam and JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research in Mysore.

"According to the application, it would conduct an observer-blind, randomised controlled study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of 'Covishield' on healthy Indian adults," the official said.

The SII, which has partnered with AstraZeneca, for manufacturing the Oxford vaccine candidate for Covid-19 had submitted its first application to the DCGI on July 25 seeking permission for conducting the phase 2 and 3 trials of the potential vaccine. 

Initial results of the first two-phases of trials of the vaccine conducted in five trial sites in the UK showed that it has an acceptable safety profile and homologous boosting increased antibody response, sources had said.

To introduce the vaccine, SII, the world's largest vaccine maker by number of doses produced and sold, has signed an agreement to manufacture the potential vaccine developed by the Jenner Institute (Oxford University) in collaboration with British-Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca. 

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March 26,2020

Mar 26: As Kashmir reported its first COVID-19 death on Thursday, Islamic scholars urged people to follow the Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines on funeral and burial of those who die due to coronavirus pandemic.

“Medical science can’t be ignored and whatever directions there are in the (MHA) guidelines should be followed. As far as the funeral of the person, only family members should participate in the funeral and burial after wearing the protection kits,” the scholars said.

The MHA has stressed that there should be no bathing, kissing, hugging and reciting of verses while the body should be transported in a secured bag. Health experts have stressed that the grave for the person should be dug eight feet deep instead of normal six feet.

“The body of the person should be transported in a secured bag and the vehicle in which he is transported has to be decontaminated by the trained staff who should be wearing N-95 masks and protection equipment,” read the MHA guidelines.

Kashmir witnessed the first death of a COVID-19 patient from uptown city Hyderpora, who had a travel history of outside J&K as he was part of a ‘Tableegi Jamaat’.

Dr Naveed, Head of Department, at Chest Diseases Hospital Srinagar, said that no one from the family should go closer to the body and if someone from the family wants to see the face, he/she has to wear a complete protective gear.

“Burial bath is not recommended for the body. Grave for him should be dug eight feet deep instead of normal six feet,” he said.

As far as funeral prayers, he said, those intending to offer funeral should wear protective gear and maintain sufficient distance between the body and people.

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Agencies
July 13,2020

Mumbai, Jul 13: In a significant landmark, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has achieved a doubling-rate of 50 days for COVID-19 cases, a top official said on Monday.

This was possible because of the civic body's 'open testing policy', implying tests without prescriptions, making it the only city in the country to implement it.

"After the open testing policy, our testing has gone up from 4,000 to 6,800, daily. But the total positive cases have come down from 1,400 to 1,200 now," BMC Municipal Commissioner I.S. Chahal told IANS.

Of these 1,200 positive cases, the symptomatic cases are less than 200, so the BMC needs only 200 beds daily, the civic chief said.

Even the BMC's discharge rate now stands at 70 percent, and on Sunday, after allotting beds to all patients, there were still 7,000 COVID beds plus 250 ICU beds lying vacant, said Chahal.

For this achievement, Chahal gave the credit to the entire 'Team BMC' where - despite losing a little over 100 officials to the virus - civic officials and other Corona warriors are engaged 24x7 in controlling the pandemic for over four months.

Since the first case was detected in Mumbai on March 11 (after the state's first infectees in Pune on March 9) and the state's first death notched in Mumbai on March 17, the current Maharashtra Covid-19 tally stands at 2,54,427 cases and fatalities at 10,289, while Mumbai has recorded 92,988 cases with a death toll of 5,288.

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