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In a letter to Vardhan, the Delhi chief minister urged him to direct central government employees to participate in his government’s ‘10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute’ campaign against the disease.

Dengue patients with higher levels of iron in the blood, had lesser chances of infecting mosquitoes that draw their blood with the virus, the study said.

Stressing that corrective steps must be taken immediately, Rajendra Singh noted that people from parched areas of central Asian and African countries are already migrating to water-rich European countries, in a way disturbing the harmony of the world.

The High Court was hearing petitions filed by the kin of Pansare and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar seeking a court-monitored probe in their killings.

The coordinated strikes on Saturday, targeting Abqaiq, the site of the largest oil processing plant run by the Saudi state oil company, Aramco, and the Khurais oilfield led to the biggest surge in crude oil prices since the Gulf War.

Singh, through his lawyer and senior advocate N Hariharan, said that arbitration proceedings between the private company and SAIL are going in the tribunal headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat and only the final award is awaited.

Vellapally was arrested on August 20 at a hotel in Ajman in connection with Rs 19 crore cheque default case on a complaint from N Abdullah, a Thrissur native.

A quick test showed that the man in his 50s had been infected with dengue fever, but his wife, who is in her 30s, and their four-year-old and six-year-old daughters showed no signs of infection.

Of the committees of Rajya Sabha, Congress member Anand Sharma will head the DRSC on Home Affairs while his party colleague Jairam Ramesh will chair the Committee on Science, Technology, Environment & Forests.

The girl, aged around 15, also hails from Gujarat and her family had recently shifted to Barmer, police said.

Rajeev Kumar, who headed an SIT that probed the Saradha scam in 2013 as the commissioner of Bidhannagar Police, is accused of tampering with evidence in this case.

Earlier in July, the Centre changed the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission and mandated the panel to suggest ways for allocation of non-lapsable funds for defence and internal security.

There were reports suggesting that the state government is mulling the plans of creating four regional capital as the status of Amaravati remains uncertain.

According to the complaint by Rajat Sharma, 30, the woman's "aggressive" dog had tried to attack his pet Labrador and when he intervened her German Shepherd bit his right hand.

The video shows policemen in civvies holding the accused while another policeman is seen beating him on the soles of his feet with a hockey stick.

The passengers, who were from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, arrived at the Terminal-3 of IGI on Wednesday from Almaty — Kazakhstan's largest metropolis, officials said.