NIA rules out Kasaragod module of IS link to Sri Lanka terror attacks

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April 28, 2019

Kasaragod, Apr 28: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday carried out searches at three places in Kerala in connection with an alleged local module related to the so called Islamic State terror group.

The Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the April 21 blasts in Sri Lanka in which 253 people died and more than 500 were injured.

Officials carried out raids at the houses of three suspects – two of them in Kasargod and one in Palakkad – and are currently questioning them. They said the raids were carried out after the agency got a tip that the three persons are suspected to have links with some of the accused who had earlier exited India to join the Islamic State.

Sources in the NIA said they have not found anything so far to link the Kasargod module of the Islamic State to the Sri Lanka explosions. "But questioning and further investigation will also be about any knowledge that this group may have about the Sri Lanka module of the Islamic State," the sources added. "Prima facie, the link is with the Islamic State's Afghanistan module."

The three are suspected to have links with some of the accused in the case going back to 2016, in which a criminal conspiracy was hatched and 14 accused persons from Kasaragod left India or their workplaces in the Middle East. They then travelled to Afghanistan and Syria where they allegedly joined the Islamic State.

In Thiruvananthapuram, a Kerala police official said that the NIA had taken one person from Palakkad district, which borders Tamil Nadu, into custody for further questioning.

A police official attached to the Kollengode police station said that the NIA approached them and sought security.

"We accompanied them and they have taken one person into custody. After picking him up, they returned to Kochi," said the official.

NIA officials in Kasaragod also served notice to two people, identified only as Abubacker and Ahamed, to report on Monday at the Kochi NIA office.

In New Delhi, the NIA said it had seized a number of digital devices including mobile phones, SIM cards, memory cards, pen drives, diaries with handwritten notes in Arabic and Malayalam, DVDs of Dr Zakir Naik besides untitled DVDs.

He said the agency also seized compact discs of religious speeches.

The NIA said the case relates to the criminal conspiracy hatched by people from Kasaragod district of Kerala and their associates to join the Islamic State.

According to the NIA, as part of the conspiracy, 14 accused from Kasaragod left India or their work places in the Middle East between May and July 2016 before travelling to Afghanistan or Syria where they joined the Islamic State.

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If have guts NIa go arrest most criminal narendra modi he killed more than 2000 peple in gujarat riots in 2002 now became PM he money laundring , new currency scam(wait for days it will be come a huge money scam ) and most dangerous thing he already sell the india & may be we became slave .Is it Nia have guts i now u you never because our the watch Dogs of RSS not national RSS agency

For muslims they create evidence and for Real RSS Terrorists, they hide or destroy evidence.

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Scientists confirm smell and taste loss as early signs of COVID-19

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April 15,2020

San Diego, Apr 15: Several people lost their sense of smell or taste weeks ago globally and are still waiting for it to come back and now, researchers have identified an association between sensory loss and novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection, indicating that loss of smell and taste may be considered as early symptoms of the deadly disease.

Interestingly, the study also found that persons who reported experiencing a sore throat more often tested negative for COVID-19.

The team from University of California-San Diego found high prevalence and unique presentation of certain sensory impairments in patients positive with COVID-19.

Of those who reported a loss of smell and taste, the loss was typically profound, not mild.

"Based on our study, if you have smell and taste loss, you are more than 10 times more likely to have COVID-19 infection than other causes of infection. The most common first sign of a COVID-19 infection remains fever, but fatigue and loss of smell and taste follow as other very common initial symptoms," explained study researcher Carol Yan from UC San Diego.

"We know COVID-19 is an extremely contagious virus. This study supports the need to be aware of smell and taste loss as early signs of COVID-19," Yan added.

For the findings, published in the journal International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, the research team surveyed 1,480 patients with flu-like symptoms and concerns regarding potential COVID-19 infection who underwent testing at UC San Diego Health from March 3 through March 29, 2020.

Within that total, 102 patients tested positive for the virus and 1,378 tested negatives. The study included responses from 59 COVID-19-positive patients and 203 COVID-19-negative patients.

Encouragingly, the rate of recovery of smell and taste was high and occurred usually within two to four weeks of infection.

"Our study not only showed that the high incidence of smell and taste is specific to COVID-19 infection but we fortunately also found that for the majority of people sensory recovery was generally rapid," said Yan.

"Among the COVID-19 patients with smell loss, more than 70 per cent had reported improvement of smell at the time of the survey and of those who hadn't reported improvement, many had only been diagnosed recently," she added.

Sensory return typically matched the timing of disease recovery.

In an effort to decrease the risk of virus transmission, UC San Diego Health now includes loss of smell and taste as a screening requirement for visitors and staff, as well as a marker for testing patients who may be positive for the virus.

"It is our hope that with these findings other institutions will follow suit and not only list smell and taste loss as a symptom of COVID-19, but use it as a screening measure for the virus across the world," Yan said.

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DPR to develop Mangluru-Karwar fisheries road at Rs 780-cr submitted to govt

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February 11,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 11: BJ Puttaswamy, chairman of the State Planning Board stated that the detailed project report (DPR) to develop the Mangaluru-Karwar fisheries road at a cost of Rs 780 crores has been submitted to the state government and approval for it by the Coastal Development Authority (CDA) is pending.

Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said the new developments done and in those in the future for the coastal districts.

He claimed that a feasibility report for the development of State Highway 67 has been submitted to the government.

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