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MKCG Medical College Hospital doctors conduct rare surgery on 9-year-old girl

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Cushing syndrome is caused due to a rare genetic disease called primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD), an extremely rare disorder with a prevalence of less than one in two lakh

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MKCG Medical College Hospital doctors conduct rare surgery on 9-year-old girl

Berhampur: A group of doctors in government-run MKCG Medical College and Hospital here performed laparoscopic bilateral adrenalectomy of a 9-year-old girl child, who was suffering from Cushing syndrome, a very rare disease, for the first time in the state.

Cushing syndrome is caused due to a rare genetic disease called primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD), an extremely rare disorder with a prevalence of less than one in two lakh. The doctors took around three hours to perform the laparoscopic on April 9, said a doctor.

“This might be the first case in the state and our doctors successfully treated the girl. The condition of the girl is now good and will be in the hospital for some days for observation,” said Suchitra Dash, superintendent of the medical college and hospital.

After visiting the patient on Monday, principal of the medical college Santosh Kumar Mishra and superintendent thanked the team of doctors for conducting successful laparoscopy of the patient, which was a very difficult task.

It is characterised by small to normal-sized adrenal glands containing multiple small cortical pigmented nodules. In this disease, both adrenal glands in the above kidney secrete excess hormone cortisol and if not treated early leads to cardiac disease and stroke and early death.

The treatment is by removal of both side adrenal glands and lifelong supplementation with low-dose steroids, said P Ravi Kumar, professor, endocrinology department.
This was a very challenging operation performed by a team of doctors consisting of paediatric surgeons, urologists, anaesthesia, and paediatrics departments.

Besides, parent department endocrinology provided support for steroids throughout the surgery, said Manas Ranjan Dash, associate professor, of paediatrics surgery, who led the team.

Ravi Kumar said the patient from Khandadeuli village in Ganjam district was admitted to the endocrinology department on April 4. She was suffering from excessive weight, acne and high blood pressure. After thoroughly investigating, she was diagnosed to be a case of Cushing syndrome, he said.

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Fire Breaks Out At Home Ministry Office, No Injuries Reported

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Fire Breaks Out At Home Ministry Office, No Injuries Reported

AXerox machine, some computers and some documents caught fire.

New Delhi:

A fire broke out on the second floor of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) office in the north block on Tuesday, an official of the fire department said. “A total of seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot and flames were doused by 9.35 am,” a senior DFS official said.

According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), a call regarding the fire on the second floor at the IC Division in the MHA office was received around 9.20 am, which was contained by 9.35 am.

The official said that a Xerox machine, some computers and some documents caught fire.

“No injuries have been reported,” the official added.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was not present in the building when the fire broke out but several senior officers were present at the time of the fire, they said.

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"Unable To Be Fair": 50 Possible Jurors In Trump's Hush Money Trial Excused

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'Unable To Be Fair': 50 Possible Jurors In Trump's Hush Money Trial Excused

New York:

More than 50 prospective jurors were excused from the landmark trial of former president Donald Trump on Monday after they said they would not be able to try him fairly and impartially.

Ninety-six potential panelists were assembled in a New York court to be screened for their ability to fairly judge Trump, accused of covering up hush money payments to a porn star with whom he is alleged to have had an affair.

One prospective juror, a woman with short hair, said “I just couldn’t do it” as she left the courtroom.

At least nine other prospective jurors were excused after raising their hand when Judge Juan Merchan asked if they could not serve for any other reason.

Merchan has said there is a pool of up to 500 Manhattan residents from which the court can draw to empanel the jury that will judge arguably one of the most well-known and controversial men in the world.

Jurors must answer a questionnaire including checks on whether they have been members of far-right groups associated with Trump.

More than a dozen court officers were stationed around the courtroom in Manhattan as the process ground on and Trump craned his neck to see the prospective panelists.

Selection of 12 jurors — given anonymity to protect them from what the judge says is risk of bribery or even physical harm — is expected to be a tortuous process.

It could go on as long as two weeks, according to one of Trump’s lawyers.

The Republican presidential candidate is accused of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up an alleged extramarital sexual encounter with adult film actress Stormy Daniels to shield his first election campaign, in 2016, from last-minute upheaval.

He faces three other criminal cases centered on his hoarding of top-secret documents after leaving office and his alleged unprecedented attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.

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Paris Or Pisa, Milind Soman Finds "Fitter Indians Around The World"

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Paris Or Pisa, Milind Soman Always Finds 'Fitter Indians Around The World'

Milind Soman with a fan. (courtesy: milindrunning)

New Delhi:

Milind Soman has been one of the celebrity poster boys for a healthy lifestyle in the country for years now. The model-actor has devoted his social media timelines to encouraging fans to be physically active. A case in point is his “push-ups for selfie” challenge, where he asks fans to perform push-ups if they want a selfie with him. Milind Soman, who was in Paris for a marathon recently, has shared a bunch of images of his fans pulling off the challenge, on the streets of Europe. The images feature people performing the challenge with the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the background. Sharing the images, Milind Soman said: “So happy to meet fitter Indians around the world. #pushups4selfie whether Paris or Pisa! Push-ups every day, start with one set. #Take1minute.”

It comes as no surprise that fans had a lot to say about the post. Highlighting the uniqueness of the trend, one fan said: “If travelling anywhere in the world, I see people doing push-ups I’ll know you’re around.” Another user said: “You look like my PE teacher who used to encourage us to do push-ups.” A third user said: “I would just like to bump into you for this push-up thing. Love your enthusiasm for fitness,” while another wrote: “Love this tradition. Waiting for my turn for a push-up selfie.” Speaking for most of us, one Milind Soman fan said: “BRB, improving my push-up form just so that you’ll give me a selfie.” “This will be me one day!! I learned to do 20 push-ups just because you’ve been motivating people!” said another.

“In front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, you made people lean and even made them do push-ups… even if it’s just for a selfie, At least people are doing it. great awareness,” gushed a fan. Check out the images here:

Before this, Milind Soman shared a bunch of images with his wife Ankita Konwar from Paris. From participating in a marathon to capturing moments in front of the Eiffel Tower and wandering the charming streets of the city, their pictures exude love and romance. There are also several frames of the couple stealing a kiss. Sharing the images, Milind Soman wrote: “ Paris- the city of love, before, after and in between. One more marathon for Ankita Konwar and me, highly recommended, great weather, tough route, and French support now off to see the museums and more food !!!!! Have fun people,” read the caption attached to the post.” Cue the collective “awws”.

Milind Soman married Ankita Konwar in 2018. Milind Soman is best known for his work in the music video Made In India, and movies such as 16 December, Chef and Bajirao Mastani.

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"Rust" Armourer Jailed For Fatal Shooting By Alec Baldwin On Set

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'Rust' Armourer Jailed For Fatal Shooting By Alec Baldwin On Set

Baldwin, who was also a producer, faces his own involuntary manslaughter trial.

Los Angeles:

The armourer who loaded the gun that killed a cinematographer on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a US court on Monday. Hannah Gutierrez stood impassive as a judge in New Mexico told her she was not remorseful for the October 2021 death of Halyna Hutchins during the filming of the budget Western.

“You were the armourer, the one that stood between a safe weapon and a weapon that could kill someone. You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon,” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said.

“But for you, Miss Hutchins would be alive. A husband would have his partner and a little boy would have his mother.”

Gutierrez’s 10-day trial for involuntary manslaughter had heard how despite being the person charged with handling on-set firearms, the 26-year-old had repeatedly failed to follow basic safety rules, leaving guns unattended and allowing actors — including Baldwin — to wave weapons around.

It also heard how she was responsible for the presence of six live rounds — a movie industry red line — and how she had loaded one of them into the Colt .45 that Baldwin was using.

The weapon discharged as the actor was preparing a scene inside a wooden church, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

“Halyna Hutchins died due to a cascade of safety violations that began with Miss Gutierrez introducing live rounds to the movie set, loading one into a prop gun telling the members of the crew that it was a cold gun,” prosecutor Kari Morrissey told the sentencing hearing in Santa Fe.

“That conduct absent responsibility or remorse is deserving of a sentence of 18 months.”

‘Not sorry’

Morrissey told the judge that since her conviction, Gutierrez had made around 200 calls from jail in which she complained that she was being unfairly victimized.

“Rather than accept responsibility, she has chosen to place blame on the witnesses who testified against her, me, you, the jurors, the set medic and the paramedics who tried to save Miss Hutchins’ life,” Morrissey said.

“Her jail calls… tell us who Miss Gutierrez really is.”

Gutierrez sobbed as she begged the court for probation, rather than jail time, but still insisted she was not wholly to blame.

“Your Honor, when I took on ‘Rust,’ I was young and I was naive. But I took my job as seriously as I knew how to, despite not having proper time, resources and staffing.

“The jury has found me in part at fault for this god-awful tragedy. But that doesn’t make me a monster. That makes me human,” she said.

The judge dismissed the plea.

“I did not hear you take accountability in your allocution,” Sommers said.

“You said you were sorry… but not… for what you did.

“It was your attorney that had to tell the court that you were remorseful. The word ‘remorse’: a deep regret coming from a sense of guilt for past wrongs; That’s not you.”

The movie’s star Baldwin, who was also a producer, faces his own involuntary manslaughter trial in July. He denies the charge.

If convicted, he too faces a possible 18 months in prison.

Dave Halls, the film’s safety coordinator and assistant director, who handed Baldwin the loaded gun, agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors last year and was sentenced to six months’ probation.

The tragedy sent shock waves through Hollywood and led to calls for a complete ban on the use of weapons on movie sets.

Industry insiders, however, insisted that rules were already in place to prevent such incidents, and that those working on “Rust” had not followed them.

The filming of “Rust” was halted by Hutchins’ death, but completed last year on location in Montana.

The cinematographer’s widower, Matthew Hutchins, who has already settled a wrongful death suit with “Rust” producers, served as an executive producer.

No release date has been announced.

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Their Apologies Rejected, Ramdev And Aide's Big Supreme Court Date Today

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Their Apologies Rejected, Ramdev And Aide's Big Supreme Court Date Today

Ramdev and Balkrishna will be in the Supreme Court today in the misleading ads case

New Delhi:

Yoga guru Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna will be in the Supreme Court today as it hears the contempt case against Patanjali Ayurved in connection with its misleading ads and Covid cure claims. The court had come down heavily on the Patanjali founders during the previous hearing last week. It had also pulled up the Uttarakhand government for not acting against the Haridwar-based company.

The court has rejected two sets of apologies by Ramdev and Balkrishna, noting that the letters were sent to the media first. “Till the matter hit the court, the contemnors did not find it fit to send us the affidavits. They believe in publicity clearly,” Justice Hima Kohli said last week.

Justice A Amanullah, also on the bench, asked if the apology is “even heartfelt”. “Tendering apology is not enough. You should suffer the consequences for violating the court’s order,” he said.

The matter dates back to the Covid years, when Patanjali launched a drug, Coronil, in 2021 and Ramdev described it as the “first evidence-based medicine for COVID-19”. The Indian Medical Association spoke out against the “blatant lie” that Coronil had WHO certification.

Subsequently, a video of Ramdev, in which he was heard saying that allopathy was a “stupid and bankrupt science”, went viral. He said no modern medicine was curing Covid. The IMA sent a legal notice to Ramdev and sought an apology and withdrawal of statements. Patanjali Yogpeeth responded that Ramdev was reading out from a forwarded WhatsApp message and has no ill-will against modern science.

In August 2022, IMA moved a petition against Patanjali after it published an advertisement in newspapers titled ‘Misconceptions Spread By Allopathy: Save Yourself And The Country From The Misconceptions Spread By Pharma And Medical Industry’. The ad claimed that Patanjali drugs had cured people of diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid, liver cirrhosis, arthritis and asthma.

The doctors’ body said the “continuous, systematic, and unabated spread of misinformation” comes alongside Patanjali’s efforts to make false claims about curing certain diseases through use of Patanjali products.

On November 21, 2023, the Supreme Court warned Patanjali against claims that its products can completely cure ailments such as diabetes and high blood pressure and threatened to slap heavy fines.

Patanjali’s counsel, court documents say, then assured that “henceforth, there shall not be any violation of any of the laws, especially relating to advertisement and branding of products”.

On January 15 this year, the Supreme Court received an anonymous letter addressed to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with copies marked to Justice Kohli and Justice Amanullah. The letter mentioned misleading advertisements Patanjali continued to put out. IMA’s counsel, Senior Advocate PS Patwalia, also showed the court newspaper advertisements after the November 21, 2023 warning and transcript of a press conference by Ramdev and Balkrishna right after the court’s hearing.

It sought a reply from the company on why contempt proceedings should not be initiated. In strong remarks, the court said the “country is being taken for a ride” and that the government was “sitting with its eyes shut”.

On March 19, the court was told that Patanjali had not filed the reply to the contempt notice. It then asked Ramdev and Balkrishna to appear in person. The court came down heavily on Ramdev and Balkrishna in its April 2 hearing for their “absolute defiance” over not filing proper affidavits over the misleading advertisements. The court told them to be “ready for action”.

“Your apology is not persuading this court. It is more of a lip service,” the Supreme Court said, rejecting their apology, and asked them to file affidavits within a week.

This set of apologies was rejected on April 10 after the Supreme Court after the court noted that they were sent to the media first.

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Egg donated for mosque construction fetches over Rs 2.26 lakh in auction

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The heartwarming gesture has come to the fore from Malpore village in Sopore, 55 kilometre from Srinagar, where the local mosque committee started collecting donations both in cash and in kind.

Published Date – 16 April 2024, 09:35 AM

Egg donated for mosque construction fetches over Rs 2.26 lakh in auction

Sopore: An egg donated to raise money for the construction of a mosque in this apple town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has helped raise Rs 2.26 lakh in an auction, the committee managing the religious place has said.

The heartwarming gesture has come to the fore from Malpore village in Sopore, 55 kilometre from Srinagar, where the local mosque committee started collecting donations both in cash and in kind.

An elderly woman, who has requested anonymity, said she donated a freshly laid egg by her chicken. All donations made in kind were put up for auction and the egg turned out to be the most sought after.

A local resident said people bid on the egg for three days and after every round, the successful bidder paid the amount they bid and then returned the egg to the committee as a donation to raise more money.

On the final day of the auction, a young businessman named Danish Ahmad bought the egg for a whopping Rs 70,000. Ahmad, who hails from the neighbouring Warpora area, said, “We are very eager to complete the construction of this mosque at the earliest. As the mosque is planned to be big, the funds needed are also rather large.”

“I am not a rich man but it was just my passion and emotion towards the sacred space…,” he added.

According to Ahmad, after several rounds of auction, the cumulative funds raised by bidders for the egg was a staggering Rs 2,26,350.

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Ayodhya: Ram temple to remain open for 19 hours on Ram Navami

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This is being done on the occasion of Ram Navami and in view of the expected huge turnout of devotees on the first Ram Navami in Ayodhya after the consecration ceremony.

Published Date – 16 April 2024, 08:58 AM

Ayodhya: Ram temple to remain open for 19 hours on Ram Navami

Ayodhya: The Ram temple in Ayodhya will remain open for 19 hours starting from Mangala Aarti at 3.30 a.m. on Wednesday till 11 p.m. and curtains of the temple will be drawn for five minutes each during the four ‘bhog’ offerings to Lord.

This is being done on the occasion of Ram Navami and in view of the expected huge turnout of devotees on the first Ram Navami in Ayodhya after the consecration ceremony.

The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has issued an appeal to distinguished guests to visit Ayodhya for the darshan of Ram Lalla only after April 19.

It has also cancelled all special pass bookings for Darshan and Aarti of Ram Lalla between April 16 and 18. Everyone will need to follow the same path as other devotees to enter the Ram Mandir, said the Trust.

“On the day of Ram Navami, starting at 3:30 a.m. during the Brahma Muhurta, arrangements will be in place for the devotees to queue up for darshan. Devotees will be able to have darshan of Ram Lalla till 11 p.m.,” it added.

To avoid inconvenience and wastage of time during darshan, devotees have been advised not to bring their mobile phones and other valuable items.

A service centre for pilgrims has been established by the trust at Sugreev Quila. Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati will live telecast the celebrations at Ram Mandir on Doordarshan.

According to the trust, the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation will put up around 100 LED screens across Ayodhya for the live telecast of Ram Navami celebrations at Ram temple.

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"Virat's SR 138, Rohit's 139": T20 WC Winner Blasts Those Targetting Kohli

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Virat Kohli has been one of the few positives in an otherwise blow hot, blow cold campaign of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024. The former Indian cricket team captain has already scored a ton and two half-centuries in six matches to lead the run-scoring charts. However, that hasn’t meant that Virat Kohli has gone about without getting criticised. He has a strike-rate of 141.77 and often plays the ‘anchor’ role for RCB.

Many feel that the ‘anchor’ role is no longer suited for modern-day T20. With the T20 World Cup squad to be announced soon, there is much intrigue about what Kohli’s role is exactly going to be.

Former Indian cricket team all-rounder Irfan Pathan, who was part of the 2007 T20 World Cup-winning side, lashed out on those singling out Kohli’s strike-rate. He then pointed out how Virat Kohli’s T20I strike-rate (138.15) is almost similar to Rohit Sharma’s (139.97) and better than Chris Gayle’s (137.50).

“Virat Kohli’s strike-rate is actually slightly better than Chris Gayle in T20Is. It’s 137 or close to 138, Hardik Pandya’s strike is 139, Rohit Sharma’s strike-rate is 139. We don’t talk about their strike-rate and we are talking about Virat. You need to make it strike-rate plus average,” Irfan Pathan, speaking exclusively on Star Sports Press Room, as a Cricket Expert and Commentator with the official TV broadcaster of IPL 2024.

“You need to see the kind of role that particular player is playing. You can’t have same yardstick for each and every player. If a guy is batting at No. 6 or 7 and having a strike-rate of 137, will you be happy? You want better strike-rate. But if you have a guy, who has nearly 50 average plus a 137 strike-rate why would you even want to talk about whether he should be in the team or not.”

Even when, Kohli scored 113* off 72 ball with a strike-rate of 156.94, in RCB’s match against Rajasthan Royals, that the former lost, there were talks about his strike-rate.

Former Indian cricket team star batter Virender Sehwag was asked about Kohli’s knock during the mid-innings break of the match.

“I think RCB are 20 runs short. If I talk about Virat Kohli, the innings has been good. But the guys who had to accompany him, Glenn Maxwell, Cameroon Green, Dinesh Karthik did not come to bat, there was no Mahipal Lomror. Nobody was there at the end who could end. However, Virat Kohli’s strike-rate could have gone up. Because when you hit 50 off 39 balls, then the strike-rate goes up, nears 200 even. But the other batters did not do anything. All the pressure was on Kohli,” Virender Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.

“He is in form. That’s his role that he will stay till the end. The other batters who have been picked by paying so much money, they should prove their mettle. Like Maxwell. But nobody did anything today.”

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