1. Gujarat Records 91 Swine Flu Cases in a Day, Highest in 2019
The state on Monday, 11 February recorded 91 cases of swine flu, the highest to be registered in a single day since the beginning of 2019. Of these, 66 cases were registered within various municipal corporation limits.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation recorded the highest number of cases at 35, followed by the Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Surat and Rajkot corporation. While Vadodara municipality corporation recorded 22 cases, Bhavnagar had four cases and the other two recorded two cases each. Gandhinagar municipality corporation recorded one case.
The state did not record any swine flu-related deaths on Monday, but the overall death count in Gujarat stood at 55. With the new cases, the total number of cases registered since the beginning of 2019 touched 1,431 on Monday, of which 809 patients have been discharged while 675 are still undergoing treatment.
(Source: DNA Ahmedabad)
2. Godhra Riots: Supreme Court to Hear Plea Against Clean Chit to Modi, Others After LS Polls
The Supreme Court on Monday, 11 February referred the hearing on a plea, which challenged the clean chit by an SIT to Gujarat political leaders including then chief minister Narendra Modi post the 2002 Godhra riots, till after the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi listed the matter in July after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Zakia Jafri – the widow of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri – said there was “no urgency in the matter”, and urged the court to take it up in July after the general election.
The bench said it was up to the petitioners and said that “at the request of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, for the petitioners, hearing is deferred. List on a non-miscellaneous day in July, 2019, as requested”.
(Source: Indian Express)
3. Ahmedabad: 90% Fatal Mishap Victims on Bikes and Pedestrians
Ninety percent fatal accident victims are pedestrians and two-wheeler riders. Thanks to the lack of good footpaths in the city as well as four-wheelers. A study by the Centre of Excellence in Urban Transport of CEPT University has found that cars are responsible for fatal accidents as against freight vehicles which has recorded 21% reduction in accidents.
Analysing the data of helmet compliance, a team of researchers from CEPT university found that four-wheelers emerged as the predominant responsible mode for serious accidents, followed by two wheelers.
As per their data, there were 82 serious cases of car accidents were recorded in 2009 as against 151 in 2016. The team also found that 90% of road mishaps occurred when there was no footpath. Out of a total of 1,500 km good roads, only 230 km stretch had footpath.
(Source: DNA Ahmedabad)
4. 3-Year-Old Boy Mauled to Death by Leopard in Gujarat
A three-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, a forest official said on Monday, 11 February.
Mohit Ratadiya was sleeping inside a tent in Jambuda village under Mahuva forest range, located around 260 km from here, when a leopard sneaked in and took him away on Sunday night, assistant conservator of forests Vijay Rathod said.
The child belonged to a family of shepherds from Pipaliya village in Rajkot district who had migrated to Bhanvagar sometime back, Rathod said.
"On Sunday night, the leopard entered the tent set up in an open field where the child and his family members were staying. Their sheep and goats panicked at the sight of the leopard and started bleating," he said.
When the child's parents and other adult members went towards their animals to see what had happened, the leopard caught hold of the sleeping boy and fled into the forest, Rathod said.
(Source: PTI)
5. Gujarat: Strategies, Stronger Cooperation Need of Hour to Tackle Cyber Crime
Experts associated with internal security across the world called for a cooperation across police agencies and the need for a new approach to fight cyber crime. Yilmaz Colak, president of the International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA) and head of the Turkish National Police Academy, said that it was important to have national, regional and international police cooperation if one were to fight cyber crime.
"New technology creates new criminal opportunities although criminals do not need a computer to commit a crime. One should realise that identity theft and such crimes associated with cyber crime existed even before the advent of computers. Today, they are using available technology to commit the same crime," said Colak. He was speaking at the 8th INTERPA Conference held at the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU).
(Source: DNA Ahmedabad)
6. Ahmedabad: Teachers Want Fix Pay Tenure Added in Service
Members of Ahmedabad District Primary Education Association on Monday, 11 February, handed over a memorandum to the district collector to include a five-year period of fixed pay in service records of all teachers who were appointed after 1997. Expressing their concerns over fixed pay, the vidyasahayaks staged a protest outside the collector's office Monday.
In the memorandum, they said the vidyasahayaks get Rs 2,500, Rs 4,500, Rs 5,300, Rs 7800, Rs 9300, Rs 10,000 and Rs 19,950 salaries every month.
While their work involves a lot of hardwork, on many occasions they work beyond their working hours. Teachers, who were appointed after 1997, have been dissatisfied with the present norms and feel injustice caused to them. "If our demands are not heard, the protest will be held in Gandhinagar on 15-16 February an a memorandum will be handed over to the chief minister of Gujarat," said one of the teachers.
(Source: DNA Ahmedabad)
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