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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Elephantine conflict swells in the east Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Bengal, Odisha and Assam account for about half the fatalities in man­elephant conflict, data show

Shiv Sahay Singh building up the knowledge Ambala bus stand Kolkata base on elephant ecology”. renamed after Sushma Three States in the eastern Among the reasons for un­ AMBALA The Ambala city bus stand and northeastern parts of natural deaths of elephants, was renamed after late the country — West Bengal, electrocution is at the top of External Affairs Minister and Odisha and Assam — account the list, accounting for 68% BJP veteran Sushma Swaraj for about half of both human of elephant deaths in the on Saturday. She was born in and elephant deaths in the country. Assam accounted Ambala Cantonment and was overall human­elephant con­ for 66 electrocution deaths, elected as MLA twice from flict in the country, accord­ followed by Odisha with 57 there. State Transport ing to the latest data provid­ deaths and Bengal with 39 fa­ Minister Mool Chand Sharma ed by the Ministry of talities. said the bus stand had been Environment, Forest and Cli­ The second most com­ constructed at a cost of ₹18 mate Change. mon cause for unnatural crore. PTI Over the past five years, deaths of elephants is train Wuhan evacuees likely from 2014­15 to 2018­19, 2,361 accidents. Between 2014­15 Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) to be released soon human deaths were record­ to 2018­19, 77 deaths were Forecast for Sunday: Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning NEW DELHI ed in elephant attacks across due to train accidents. very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh. Isolated to A total of 406 people, who the country, of which 1,132 ral deaths of elephants response to a question by had recorded 5,719 ele­ The data assumes signifi­ scattered rainfall activity likely over parts of northeast India dur­ were housed at a quarantine (48%) fatalities were from (mainly due to poaching, Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Ma­ phants, Odisha 1,976 and cance when India is moving these three States, as per the train accidents, electrocu­ joj Kumar Jha. West Bengal 642. to include Asian Elephants in ing next five days. facility of the Indo­Tibetan city rain max min city rain max min Border Police after being data tabled in the Rajya Sab­ tion and poisoning), the Interestingly, these three the list of species that merit Agartala...... —....28.0....15.0 Kozhikode...... —....35.0....25.0 brought back from China due ha. West Bengal had the country recorded 510 deaths States are home to just about Elephants electrocuted heightened conservation at Ahmedabad...... —....31.0....14.0 Kurnool ...... —....35.0....19.0 to the COVID­19 outbreak highest number of human in the same period (2014­15 31% of the total population of Raman Sukumar, an ele­ the 13th Conference of Par­ Aizawl...... —....18.0...... 9.0 Lucknow...... —....25.0....10.0 Allahabad...... —....28.0....10.0 Madurai...... —....36.0....22.0 there, may be released next casualties: 403, followed by to 2018­19). Of these, 259 all elephants in India. The phant expert and ecologist ties on the Conservation of Bengaluru ...... —....32.0....18.0 Mangaluru ...... —....34.0....24.0 week if their final samples Odisha with 397, Jharkhand (53%) occurred in these last synchronised elephant from the Indian Institute of Migratory Species of Wild Bhopal ...... —....28.0....12.0 Mumbai ...... —....33.0....21.0 turn out to be negative, said with 349, and Assam with three States alone. The fi­ survey in the country in 2017 Science, Bengaluru, said that Animals scheduled to be Bhubaneswar...... —....35.0....17.0 Mysuru ...... —....32.0....20.0 a senior Home Ministry Chandigarh ...... —....24.0....13.0 New Delhi ...... —....26.0....11.0 332 deaths. gures were tabled in the Ra­ had given a figure of 27,312 these States had been a “ne­ held at Gandhinagar later Chennai ...... —....34.0....21.0 Patna ...... —....26.0....13.0 official on Saturday. The When it comes to unnatu­ jya Sabha on February 10, in elephants, of which Assam glected region in terms of this month. Coimbatore ...... —....35.0....21.0 Port Blair...... —....30.0....21.0 reports are expected to be Dehradun...... —....27.0...... 9.0 Puducherry ...... —....32.0....21.0 received by Monday. PTI Gangtok...... —....12.0...... 7.0 Pune...... —....32.0....15.0 Goa...... —....34.0....22.0 Raipur ...... —....31.0....17.0 Guwahati ...... —....26.0....12.0 Ranchi...... —....28.0....13.0 Rebels attack former Hubballi...... —....33.0....21.0 Shillong...... —....15.0...... 6.0 MPP chief’s house 4­year­old raped by FCI agrees to procure Hyderabad ...... —....33.0....17.0 Shimla...... —....21.0...... 8.0 Imphal ...... —....23.0...... 8.0 Srinagar...... —....13.0...... 2.0 IMPHAL Jaipur ...... —....27.0....12.0 Thiruvananthapuram...... —....33.0....25.0 Oinam Jogindro, former Kochi ...... —....33.0....25.0 Tiruchi...... —....35.0....21.0 president of the Manipur Kohima ...... —....16.0...... 7.0 Vijayawada ...... —....35.0....19.0 People’s Party (MPP) and his school bus driver paddy from Puducherry Kolkata ...... —....30.0....17.0 Visakhapatnam ...... —....31.0....22.0 family members escaped (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) unhurt on Saturday as She was on her way back home suspected rebels lobbed a The move will benefit about 25,000 farmers Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday hand grenade at his house at SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT registered at Panchkula’s CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE CHANDIGARH * Wangoi in Imphal West women police station. RAJESH B. NAIR 2019­20. Ahmedabad..... 52 .74 31 ..130 .118 .... PUDUCHERRY Bengaluru ...... 9 .81 23 ..171 .....— ....* In observation made at 4.00 district, said police sources. The Haryana police have re­ “The incident happened Power Minister R. Kama­ * p.m., Siliguri, West Bengal Chennai ...... — .31 37 ..146 .....— .... recorded an overall air Bomb experts took the gistered a case of an alleged in the school bus when the In a major relief to around lakannan, who also holds Delhi ...... 34 .69 32 ..246 .212 ....* quality index (AQI) score of explosive away for a rape of a four­year­old girl child was returning from the 25,000 farmers, the Food the Agriculture portfolio, Hyderabad ...... 33 .83 32 ..204 .....— ....* 342 indicating a severe level Kolkata...... 50 128 16 ..223 .246 ....* of pollution. In contrast, controlled blast in a field. by the driver in the school school as per the complaint. Corporation of India has said on Saturday that around * Maihar, Madhya Pradesh Lucknow...... 7 .39 .— ..255 .....— .... recorded a healthy AQI score bus while she was on her On Friday, after returning agreed to procure paddy 20,000 farmers in Pudu­ Mumbai ...... 14 .70 49 ..142 .176 ....* of 57. Woman slips while trying way back from the school in from her school, the victim from Puducherry and Karai­ cherry and another 4,600 Pune...... 84 .40 82 ..120 .101 ....* Visakhapatnam 10 .68 51 ..148 .135 ....* to board train, saved Himachal Pradesh’s Baddi narrated to her aunt that the kal regions shortly. farmers in Karaikal would BHUBANESWAR town. driver had sexually assault­ In a communication to benefit from the move. Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) An RPF constable, Subrat The police said she stu­ ed her on the bus,” said the Chairman and Managing On an average per year, Kumar Maharana, saved the SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, died at a private school in Panchkula ACP Noopur Director of FCI and Secre­ farmers produce around making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air life of a passenger Nibedita Baddi and lived with her Bishnoi. tary, Department of Food, Farmers in Puducherry 99,000 metric tonnes of particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues Sahoo, who slipped while and monuments. trying to board the Puri­ maternal aunt at Madawala “So far the accused has Civil Supplies and Consumer produce around 99,000 paddy in the Union Territo­ tonnes of paddy per year. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by Sambalpur Intercity Express village in Panchkula’s Pin­ not been arrested but our Affairs, Puducherry, Jai Pra­ ry. The corporation last pro­ reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. jore block. teams are searching for him kash, Under Secretary to Go­ cured paddy from the U.T. 10 at the Bhubaneswar railway CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to station on Saturday, officials A case under Section 6 since Friday night,” she vernment of India, conveyed ter written by Chief Minister years ago. Since then, the go­ critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause said. Ms. Sahoo slipped into (aggravated sexual assault) said. the decision on February 11. V. Narayanasamy on January vernment­run marketing so­ dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. the gap between the train of the POCSO (Protection of The victim has been ad­ Union Minister for Con­ 15 had given his consent to ciety made attempts to inter­ PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, and the platform after losing Child from Sexual Offences) mitted at the Panchkula civil sumer Affairs, Food and Pu­ procure 30,000 metric vene in the market but could nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced her balance. The incident was lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature Act and other sections of the hospital for treatment and blic Distribution Ram Vilas tonnes of paddy from Karai­ not make much strides in death in people with heart or lung disease caught on CCTV cameras. PTI Indian Penal Code has been examination. Paswan in response to a let­ kal and Puducherry in stabilising the price. ISRO to launch 10 EO Doctors warn against satellites in 2020­21 use of weight­loss drug 36 missions planned for next fiscal Lorcaserin linked to risk of cancer: FDA

Madhumathi D.S. Special Correspondent after a post­marketing trial BENGALURU NEW DELHI with more than 12,000 sub­ The country will send up an Indian doctors have cau­ jects revealed an increased unusually large number of tioned against the use of lor­ occurrence of cancer. The 10 earth observation (EO) caserin (brand name Belviq agency also said that health­ satellites during 2020­21, ac­ or Belviq XR), a weight­loss care professionals should cording to the latest annual drug that the U.S. Food and stop prescribing the drug to report of the Indian Space Drug Administration recent­ patients. Research Organisation (IS­ ly said is linked to a “possi­ “Contact patients cur­ RO) for 2019­20. The plan in­ ble increased risk of can­ rently taking lorcaserin, in­ cludes new categories, such The upcoming launches cer.” form them of the increased as the first Geo Imaging Sa­ include RISATs, Oceansat­3 “Lorcaserin has been occurrence of cancer seen tellite, GISAT­1. and Resourcesat­3/3S. withdrawn from the U.S. in the clinical trial, and ask In comparison, only market after caution by the them to stop taking the three communication satel­ crore for the next fiscal. FDA because of cancer risk. medicine,” it advised. lites and two navigation sa­ The upcoming EO satel­ We have been using this The decision is based on tellites are planned for the lites include radar imaging drug to help reduce weight the agency’s review of the coming financial year start­ satellites RISAT­2BR2, RI­ but were not impressed by five­year trial which was de­ ing April. The plan men­ SAT­ 1A and 2A, Oceansat­3 results. We are now inform­ signed to evaluate cardiac tions 36 missions, which in­ and Resourcesat­3/3S. ing all our patients,” said en­ health risk with the drug clude both satellites and In the ongoing fiscal, 17 docrinologist Anoop Misra. and ended in 2018. There their launchers. missions are planned, six of The FDA requested the was one additional cancer ISRO was recently given a which are due to be com­ drug manufacturer to volun­ observed for every 470 pa­ budget of nearly ₹13,480 pleted by March 31. tarily withdraw lorcaserin, tients treated for a year.

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Satyasundar Barik editor of Johar Disum BHUBANESWAR: Khabar. Tucked away in the hills of As per the 2011 census, Jharkhand’s Latehar the tribe has a population of district, Asur, a particularly around 23,000 in Latehar vulnerable tribal group, and Gumla districts. “Only may not have access to good 7,000 to 8,000 Asur tribals road or means of are left in the community transportation to the who are well conversant in outside world, but that has the language,” said Vandana not deterred them from Tete, a Ranchi­based poet saving their language. Using and tribal rights activist. mobile radio, the Asur Of the 32 different tribes Taking initiative: Members of the Asur tribe operating a community has been recorded in the State, only mobile radio in Jharkhand. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT spreading the popularity of four to five tribes, including the language within their market at Kotia seizes Sushma Asur, who has been Santhali, Ho and Kuruk, geographical limits. briefly, as people turn their at the forefront of the have recorded language As the voice Dahan- attention to songs and news initiative. scripts. Dahan Turrarr .. Dang T transmitted in their native The first transmission of “The initiative has got a inatang Turrarr.. Noa Hake language. a half­an­hour programme huge response from people. Asur Akhada Radio “The Asur language was organised near Now, villagers are Enegabu Degeabu figures in the list of UNESCO Netarhat on January 19. requesting us to organise Siringabu Urrarr (Come, Interactive Atlas of the Since then, the pre­ events at their places and sing, dance and talk. This is World’s Languages in recorded radio programmes they are also interested in Asur Centre Radio) is played Danger. We are trying our have been aired on 16 preparing radio out through loud speakers, best to save our language different occasions, said programmes,” said Ms. the bustle at the weekly from vanishing,” said Ranchi­based A. K. Pankaj, Tete.

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