RIVANCH

12:08 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update 91 policemen from Maharashtra test positive in past 24 hrs As many as 91 cops in Maharashtra test positive in the last 24 hours, taking the total police personnel affected so far in Maharashtra to 2,416 and total deaths reported were 26.  12:05 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update 8 hurt as bus carrying migrants from Kerala to Bengal hit by truck in Odisha At least eight persons were injured when a bus carrying West Bengal-bound migrants, who were stranded in Kerala due to the lockdown, was hit by a truck in Odisha's Balasore district on Sunday, police said. The accident took place a day after another bus from Kerala carrying migrants to West Bengal overturned near here on Saturday, leaving seven persons injured. The fresh mishap occurred when the truck rammed into the rear of the bus, carrying 30 passengers from Kerala's Ernakulam to West Bengal's Murshidabad, on the National Highway 60

New Delhi:  As Indian and Chinese troops remain engaged in a tense border stand-off, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asserted that the government will not allow India's pride to be hurt under any circumstances even as he said bilateral talks were on at military and diplomatic levels to resolve the row. Asked about US president Donald Trump's offer of mediation to end the face-off, Singh said he conveyed to US defence secretary Mark T Esper during a telephonic conversation on Friday that India and China have existing mechanisms to resolve "problems" through talks at diplomatic and military levels. In the midst of the flare-ups between Indian and Chinese armies, Trump on Wednesday said he was "ready, willing and able to mediate" between the two countries. He reiterated the offer on Thursday as well. The Ministry of External Affairs indirectly rejected the offer two days ago, but Singh became the first central minister to speak on India's pos

Thane : At least 18 mourners, who attended the funeral of a COVID-19 patient, have tested positive for the infection in Ulhasnagar town of Maharashtra's Thane district, a civic official said on Saturday. Defying prohibitory orders, at least 70 persons had attended the funeral of a 40-year-old woman, who had tested positive for the virus post her death, a spokesperson of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation said. The woman's body was handed over to her family with specific instructions to not open the bag, but they opened the wrapped body to perform the last rites on 25 May, the official said. The police were first alerted about the funeral, following which the civic authorities were notified, he said. When the 70 mourners, including close relatives, were tested for the infection, reports of 18 came out positive on Friday, he said. A case has been registered against the deceased's family for violating provisions of the Epidemic Act, the official added. In a similar inc

Lucknow : More than 21 lakh migrant labourers have returned to Uttar Pradesh from different parts of the country on over 1,500 special trains so far, a senior state government official said on Saturday. The Indian Railways started Shramik Special trains on May 1 to facilitate the movement of migrant labourers back to their home states during the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown. "So far, over 21 lakh migrant labourers have come back to the state on as many as 1,550 trains. The maximum number of trains -- 257 -- has arrived in Gorakhpur on which 3.31 lakh migrant labourers returned," Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Awasthi said. He said 109 trains arrived in Lucknow, 125 in Jaunpur, 111 in Varanasi and 99 in Deoria. Awasthi said the maximum number of trains (520) arrived from Gujarat, followed by Maharashtra (398) and Punjab (233). "The chief minister has directed that food and water should be arranged for the migrant labourers who ar

Apart from the many fads popular among people, a common misconception is that smokeless tobacco products are safer than cigarettes. However, several clinical studies reveal that they can also harm the body. Smokeless tobacco may increase the risk of heart diseases or stroke. World Health Organization (WHO), smokeless tobacco is any product that consists of cut, ground, powdered, or leaf of tobacco and that is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity. Representational image. Getty images. According to a report by The Indian Express , these products have more than twice the nicotine compared to an average cigarette. Unlike cigarettes which are used periodically, most people addicted to smokeless tobacco products report continuous consumption throughout the day. This increases the intake of nicotine. Smokeless tobacco is found in paan masala, gutkha, khaini, zarda and other such products. They contain more than 2,000 chemical compounds, including nicotine, and may cause st

Addiction to anything is bad and the same holds true for cigarettes. People usually start their day with a cup of coffee or tea, but there are those who reach out for a cigarette instead. However, the habit of taking a puff early in the morning can prove to be dangerous. Researchers from the Penn State College of Medicine in US, headed by Dr Joshua Muscat, found that smoking soon after waking up may increase the likelihood of getting lung, head and neck cancers. Representational image. Reuters “These smokers have higher levels of nicotine and possibly other tobacco toxins in their body, and they may be more addicted than smokers who refrain from smoking for a half hour or more,” Dr Muscat said. There is no easy way out of the addiction to cigarettes. As per Centers for Disease Control and Prevent (CDC), smoking harms almost all the organs in the body. Smoking causes many diseases and hits one’s overall health. Quitting smoking reduces the risk for diseases related to it and can

Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that create a nicotine-filled vapour that is inhaled, and are thought to be a less risky alternative to conventional cigarettes. However, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine , and cited by Harvard Health , daily use of e-cigarettes may nearly double a person’s risk of a heart attack . As per the study, even though e-cigarettes contain lower levels of carcinogens than conventional tobacco products, each vaping device releases ultrafine particles along with toxins that can actually damage blood vessels and encourage blood clotting, which may lead to heart attacks. Daily use of e-cigarettes may nearly double a person’s risk of a heart attack, suggests a study According to a research conducted by the University of California, San Franciso, e-cigarettes may be more dangerous than previously thought. The study, conducted with nearly 70,000 people, found that using both e-cigare

Smoking can cause a number of complications in the body and lead to serious long-term ill-effects. The mortality rate of smokers is nearly three times more than that of non-smokers. Diseases such as heart ailments, stroke and lung cancer have all been clearly linked to smoking. Not just smoking, being around tobacco smoke too is detrimental for one’s health. When a person smokes, most of the smoke does not go to their lungs, but rather dissipates into the air, which others who are nearby inadvertently breathe in. World No Tobacco Day, which was first created by the member states of the World Health Organisation in 1987, aimed at creating awareness about the harm caused by tobacco. Representational image. Reuters According to the American Cancer Society , when non-smokers are exposed to second-hand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke, it is called involuntary smoking or passive smoking. Second-hand smoke (SHS), they said, has the same harmful chemicals that smokers inhale. Se

23:59 (IST) Coronavirus in Bihar Latest Update Toll in Bihar climbs to 20 With a migrant worker from West Bengal testing positive for coronavirus infection, days after his death at Samastipur in Bohar  en route his home states from Mumbai, the COVID-19 death toll in Bihar reached 20 on Saturday, the state's Health Department said. Meanwhile, with 206 people testing positive for the infection, the count of total COVID-19 cases in Bihar soared to 3,565, it added.   23:54 (IST) Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Update   Case count in Bengal crosses 5,000; toll climbs to 237   The number of COVID-19 cases in West Bengal climbed to 5,130 on Saturday after 317 more people tested positive for coronavirus, the state health department bulletin said. Seven fresh deaths due to the disease were also reported in the state, taking the toll to 237, it said. Six of the seven deaths were recorded in Kolkata while one was in North 24 Parganas district.   Seventy-two patients have die