Eastern Indonesia triggered by 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake

According to the Seismologist, a massive underwater earthquake has shaken up the Easter part of Indonesia today. At the same time, no tsunami threat has been declared by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

The USGS had to say that the center point of this destructive earthquake to be at the Banda Sea with a primary magnitude recorded to be of 6.8 with a depth of 375 miles which is approximately 600 kilometers away from the Sulawesi Island.

There has been no evidence of any destruction in the land or at least the feel of the same. The news from USGS confirms the epicenter to be 125 miles which is 200 kilometers from Baubau, the coastal town and also around 275 kilometers or 170 miles from the Flores Island, the closest place where people live.

1.42 Lakhs for Salman’s Towel Auction on eBay

The latest Star Plus program, Tere Mere Beech Mein was on air last Sunday at 9pm and the first star in the talk show was Salman Khan along with his mother Salma Khan. The towel used by Salman in the program was put in auction at eBay and the bids tuned on to Rs.1.42 lakhs. The proceeds of the same would be directed towards “Sneha”, the NGO charity foundation known as Society for nutrition, education and health action.

The show, Tere Mere Beech Mein puts forth any one valuable “Cheez” of the stars who appear on the show for auctions at ebay. Farah Khan is the Bollywood celebrity who hosts the show on Sundays every week at 9pm.

The very first auction in the show was Salman’s towel autographed by him which did attract around 1,600 visitor’s world wide. The eBay official also said that the auction has attracted huge fans of the star from different parts of the globe.

The commencing price of the towel was Rs.1001 which has now reached the peak rate of Rs.1.42 lakhs from Salman’s fan at Hong Kong. The auction would close by August 30 and still waiting for higher bids.

Just go through what Deepa Thomas, the Senior Manager at eBay India had to say about this:

"Bollywood fans worldwide will enjoy the experience of bidding and winning the unique personal and movie memorabilia donated by the celebrity guests as well as benefiting a good cause,"

Ramadan Hit by Price Hike in Kerala

The traders and the Musalmans talk about the expense chart which has been made unbearable by the price hike of dry fruits, sugar, fruits and other items which are arranged for ifthar.

By Saturday, the Muslims in the state started their fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. Compared to that of the last year, the food products have become more costly especially dates which are consumed for majority of Muslim during ifthar.

Ifthar is known to be the first meal of the day which breaks the day long fast. Dates are considered to be the traditional fruit during this time whereas lemon juice as the traditional drink.

One of the retailers explained inflation as:
"Ordinary dates, which were priced in the range of Rs.54 to Rs.254 a kilogram till recently, are now costlier by Rs.40. And dry dates, which were priced between Rs.850 to Rs.1, 200, are dearer by 20 percent now. This time products came from new markets like Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt."

The price of sugar has been hiked to around Rs.32 per kilogram which was just Rs.25 a few days back. In case of lemon, price per kilogram is Rs.70 now where it was just Rs.40 to Rs.50 very recently.

Paul Muthoot’s Murder Continues with Unanswered Questions

Son of Muthoot, 32 years old was murdered recently and the reason still remains untold. There are several questions which remain as such and still needs retort. Even after the arrest of 11 people by the Kerala Police, the one question which they still can’t answer is why was Paul traveling along with two people who were included in the criminal records of the cops?

The two of them were Om Prakash and P.Rajesh, the former had a murder case on him where as the latter is still on the lookout list. Both of them are recognized as ‘goonda’ teams and similar records are present with the police.

Further investigations might result up in conveying the link between Paul and the 2 men. During the night of assault, Paul was traveling in an Endeavor which was not owned by him. On the other hand, Scorpio which belonged to Paul was following his car and was run by his driver.

The two men later abandoned Paul’s car at the area which comes under the Chavara Police Station and left in Endeavour together. At the same time, an attempt was been made by three people who came up to the police station to take over the Endeavor and this plan was crumbled by the report that the media provided about Paul himself riding the car.

Still on the verge of finding the two men, Rajesh and Om Prakash, there are several reports which are still unconfirmed talking about their escape into Tamil Nadu recently.

Till September 5, the 11 arrested in relation with the Paul murder case will be in the judicial custody of the police.

Friday Big Day for Apple with the launch of ‘Snow Leopard’, the OS Software

The launch of the latest operating system from Apple named Snow Leopard has been declared to be on Friday. It will be released all across US across the resellers and retail stores.
Presently, advance orders are being taken at the Man OS Version 10.6 software store online. It was supposed to be launched during the month of September, but it has come out much before people expected as a wonderful gift this summer! At the same time, the launch has been done much earlier than the release of next operating system of Microsoft Corp’s named Windows 7.

The news from Apple tells that the size of Snow Leopard is just the half of the earlier versions and has 7 gigabytes of storage space allotted this time. The RAM capacity is 1 gigabyte and it runs pretty well using Intel processor on Macs. Upgrading can also be done by the users of Mac OS X Leopard or version 10.5 for just $29 and $49 for single users and for family packs respectively.

Apple users depending on Tiger Operating system or version 10.4 can shift to the new OS launched for $169 in case of single users where as $229 for the family pack. The company has also launched a wonderful offer for those who buy qualifying Mac from June 8 to December 26 as they can get the Snow Leopard for just $95. These users can also claim for upgrading the same within 90 days of purchase or by 26th December, whichever comes earlier.

House Rents Stumble Down 30% in Dubai

According to the reports by the real estate consultancy firms in UAE, the fall in house rents in the country has been estimated to be 30 percent even though there are stabilizations in some parts.

Another source, Landmark Advisory says that the decline has been drastic since the last five months in most of parts of Dubai. In the same time, there are exceptions to this study as there are unit preferred types prominent across the city.

The reports convey that there are apartments who have raised their rents by 6 percent for 2 bedroom units and as high as 11 percent for the one bedroom ones. On the other hand, you can also find other places where the rents of 3 and 4 bedroom villas have come down to the rent of March 2009.

The CEO of Landmark Advisory, Charles Neil said, “"The increasing rents can be attributed to a lack of supply, many landlords have removed inventory from the market to avoid renting out at current market rates while others may be out of town during the summer period and consequently unavailable. We predict that the month of Ramadan will also affect the leasing supply as many landlords are waiting until Q409 to reassess the market."

He also said that usually the property demands were on the hike during June – July period as the contracts end during this time. Today, the condition is different with such a study being brought up.

Deadly Amount of Sedatives Found in MJ’s Body

The coroners of Los Angeles came up with the new finding when they investigated Jackson’s body. The report tells that lethal amount of anaesthetic propofol was present in his body and was confirmed after his death on the website of Los Angeles Times.

In Houston, the next was put up for a search warrant to Conrad Murray’s premise who was the doctor of the “King Pop”. On account of this step, Murray who was 50 years old said that he treated Jackson for insomnia several years and he did this by administrating 50 milligram of drug intravenously. Along with this, the Doctor also said that he was trying to wean off the deadly drug from the pop star and also added that on the day he died, he was administered with just 25 milligram of the drug.

The deadly drug, Propofol is used only as an anaesthetic in the hospital and this new report might end up with charges over the death of ‘King of Pop’.

Second Swine Flu Death in Kuwait: Woman dies after delivering a baby

Swine flu death was reported from Kuwait on Saturday when woman died after she gave birth to a baby boy through C-Section. The death report has been considered to be the second from Kuwait.

The Health Ministry Spokesman of the Kuwait News Agency, Youssef Al Nisf confirmed that the lady also suffered from acute pneumonia which worsened after infection by the virus.

She was admitted to the hospital on August 12 when she was eight months pregnant. Soon after she did undergo the C-section and then was immediately taken into ICU. The condition of the baby was not further explained by the officials.

According to Al Nisf, the total number of cases reported in this small part of gulf is 1,072 and mostly treated successfully.

Paul Muthoot George Hacked to Death

Son of Muthoot Chairman, Muthoot M George was hacked down to death by unidentified people on his way to his newly bought resort last night at Alappuzha. Paul George, the dead was 32 years and was also holding the Executive Director post at Muthoot M. George group. The dead body is currently placed at the mortuary at Medical College.

The witness was his driver who was following him from behind in another car. According to his reports, the unidentified people were professional killers who attacked Paul and his friend by 12pm on AC Road at the Nedumudi Jyothi junction. He died on his way to the hospital.

Police have come down to a conclusion that the assault might be planned incident from the business rivals. The case and the following procedures are still continuing on the other side.

21st August, Friday: Nationwide Swine Flu Toll Reaches 38

The latest news brought in was about the death of 2 people in Delhi which raised the toll in India to 38 today. With this, the newest shocking news which broke up was that of the total infected in India which was taken to as high as 2,242.

Today morning the first death was reported from the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi of 31 year old samrat Pandeya. 38-year-old Renu Gupta died due to the virus attack the previous night.

Bangalore witnessed plenty deaths recently with the deth of Edward Mohan, 45-year-old at Shifa Hospital, 36 year old Kalpana died on August 17 at Ramaiah Hospital. The results came out to be that both the deaths were due to acute respiratory distress syndrome.

The second seriously affected state in India has been declared to be Karnataka with eleven deaths after Maharashtra reporting 20 deaths, consisting of 16 from Pune alone.

Ramzan to Start from Saturday in most of the world

The Holy month of Ramadan is most likely to start from Saturday in many parts of the globe including Saudi Arabia, the gulf countries, India, Turkey and even European nations. On the other hand, the rest or another part will resume the fasting from Sunday.

In this holy month, the Lord of the world, Almighty Allah is highly praised than ever before to receive his blessings and also to bring prosperity, wealth and all good to the people. Muslims across the world stay away from food and water from dawn to dusk. The Holy Month of Ramzan is considered as the best time to get blessed with all from the Almighty!

The believers of Islam must start their ‘roza’ by waking up for their ‘sehri’ by today night before the sun rises which would be before the subh azan. The month long fasting ends up with Idd-Ul-Fitr, the celebration day for the Musalmans which would be around mid September.

65th Birthday of Rajiv Gandhi Remembered

20th August is the birth date of our beloved leader and very good human being by heart. Homage was paid for his remembrance by President, Pratibha Patel and Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister.

Rajiv Gandhi’s family consisting of his beloved wife and Congress leader, Sonia Gandhi along with Priyanka, daughter, Rahul, son and Robert Vadra, son-in-law came up to the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Veer Bhumi to pay honor and patronage to this great leader as he it was his 65th birth anniversary today.

In our country, this special day is celebrated as Sadbhavna Diwas or the Harmony day and Energy Day or the Akshay Urja.

Shah Rukh Back Home: Gives Press Conference at Mannat

SRK returned back home from Chicago today. The star was detained at the New Jersey airport last day which brought a lot of talks from fans, friends and relatives. Shah Rukh himself was not happy with this as he had to wait for nearly three hours to get out from the place and only after he messaged conciliate members.

SRK reached home and the first thing he did was to call up for a press conference in front of his house “Mannat”. A live show of this conference was broadcasted on various channels. He said that he entered the US airport at 12.30 pm and he left out by 3pm. He also thanked God that he was alone and would not be able to withstand his family being treated so.

He also added to the talks telling that he as a normal person is not at all angry with this gesture, but certainly said that if his condition was this what would be that of the rest of the Indian population. The superstar talked about the incident as part of the checking procedures and was told that he was called aside as his name was common and popped up on the system.

The mandatory step involved in such a situation was to conduct a finger reading procedure and also a retina scan after which the process gets cleared. But, here these steps were not followed by the officials, instead he was asked plenty of questions regarding his baggage’s, his money, the hotel he stays, about films and lot more which was really embarrassing for him.

He told that there was no discrimination done on any basis with him, but he was so surprised with what the US did to A.P.J Abdul Kalam who is a great personality know across the globe and should be known too. The only question SRK brought about was, why where the real procedures not followed? Why was he left out without a retina scan or finger reading, instead was asked lot of unrelated questions?

“She does not have Swine Flu”, says Amitabh Bachan on Aishwarya Rai

The media reported far and wide about Aishwarya suffering from swine flu like symptoms as it was said by Big B in his blog. But, he has just put off the next post today telling that she is not suffering from swine flu, but just a chest infection and nothing more than that. He has also added up telling that she is recovering from the situation and will be ready to start working from the next day onwards.

This is what Amitabh Bachan responds to the media exposure and rumors about Aishwarya ill heath:

That little mention of Aishwarya’s indisposition has created a media hurricane. Headlines screaming she has swine flu have appeared along with other national news. The paucity of sensationalist material has created a herd mentality towards interpreting that gentle whiff of air into a storm of immense proportions. Getting the news out first has precedence over research and authentication. No, she does not have swine flu. She has improved and is much better and ready to resume work by tomorrow or the day after. I would have kept her home for another week. But …

Earlier Amitabh Bachan wrote in his blog about his bahu’s indisposition as:

"Aishwarya has taken ill and is down with chest infection and flu like symptoms. Had a high fever yesterday but is settling down today,"
"Its worrying to be so far away from children and not be there to look after them. Yes, they are mature and married and responsible, but children will always remain children,"

Big B was too worried as the 35-year-old star Aishwarya Bachan fell ill due to chest infection while her shoot with her beloved in Ooty for the movie “Ravana” by Mani Ratnam. He is presently in Singapore and talked about the ill health of his daughter-in-law in his blog due to immense concern which created a massive storm in the media.

17th August 2009: Swine Flu Death Toll in India Reaches 28

With increased death reports in different parts of the country, the death toll has been taken as high as 28. The two deaths reported on August 15th in Bangalore added up to the earlier figure to make it 25 on Saturday. The fatalities were Shivanna, aged 55 who passed away at the Wockhardt Hospital located along the West Bangalore and the other was Manjunath who was 28 years old and took his last breath at Vydehi Medical Institute along Eastern Bangalore.

Today three more deaths added to toll in India making it 28. The first two were reported at Bangalore city. Shamshad Begum, 27-years-old was brought into Baptist Hospital on 10th of August due to lack of proper breathing and she has been suffering from the same for the past three months.

The first death was at Pune at Sasoon hospital where the treatments for patients tested positive has been successfully going on. The death of 36 year old woman at the hospital marked the 13th death due to swine flu in the city. At first, pneumonia symptoms were shown by her and it was only later that she was figured out to be positive for the throat swab test.

27-year-old Shilpa was the other victim who fell for the virus today. She was taken to St.John’s hospital on 12th of August. She was suffering from bodyache, cough and cold. The administrators say that she was given Tamiflu tablets even before the results were out but unfortunately could not survive the deadly virus.

Two deaths today take the swine flu death toll of Bangalore to 5 and that of the country to 28.

Kuwait: Dozens Killed at the Jahra Wedding Fire

Dozens were found dead when the wedding tent at Jahra situated at the Ayoun area caught fire late night. According to the reports submitted, it has been said that the majority dead were women. The rescue operation failed as the tent which caught fire fell over the women which lead to the failure of power supply too. Stampede resulted due to this incident lead to the death of many who caught up with it. The injured were immediately taken to the nearby hospital. The fire was encountered by dozens of fireman and around twenty fire trucks.

The total toll has been calculated to be 44 according to the TV officials and the dead has been recognized to be from the Al-Enezi family. The rescuers were into picking dead bodies and according to Major General, Jassim al-Mansouri, the Director- General of Fire Department the initial counting of the dead was assumed to be 13. He added to this telling that the death toll may rise especially due to the stampede which resulted in the incident as the tent had immense crowd inside.

The result for the fire break out at the tent at Jahra has been put under investigation.

India Celebrating the 63rd Independence Day

The Celebration of 63rd Independence was commenced in India with the flag hoisting done by Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh at Red Fort. He delivered a magnificent speech in Hindi for about 40 minutes during the ceremony.

He also addressed the nation telling that by the end of this year, our country will see a good change and he was pretty confident about the same. He also added to this telling that with the UPA government and its policies the nation was able to achieve a 6.7 percent growth chart when the rest of the world were under the worst hit financial crisis early this year.

He conveyed the speech telling about the people of India and their contributions.

"India can progress only when each Indian makes a contribution. Our endeavour has been to reach the fruits of development to every citizen. I know we have a long way to go."

At this special occasion, he also told there is nothing to be worried on the pandemic which has struck the country and every effort are being taken along with the state government to tackle this issue in the right way.

Shah Rukh Khan Sustained at New Jersey Airport

The Superstar of India, Shah Rukh Khan was questioned at the New Jersey Airport on his way to Chicago for the Independence Day celebrations. He was all set for his new release “My name is Khan”, a Karan Johar film along with Kajol. He was questioned by the officials for around two hours and was just allowed to make a single phone call. His release was administered only after the interference of the Indian Embassy.

SRK,Kajol and Karan Johar- 'My Name is Khan' Tean







SRK says that he was questioned because his name “Khan” popped on the monitors and was asked for the need of his visit and even the information about people who knew him in chicago to vouch for him. SRK spoke to CNN IBN about the incident.

“They checked me because I was an Asian.”
“They wanted to know why I came to the US and where I am staying.”
“It is a Muslim name and I think the name is common on their checklist.”

Mr. Timothy J Roemer, the US Ambassador in New Delhi explained on SRK to be “The Global Icon” and also added to this phrase conveying SRK to be a highly welcomed guest of the United States.

This was nothing new to the US as the same news popped out as a follow up of the same incident which happened to Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar who was detained at the JFK Airport just because his surname was Ismail.

Swine Flu Deaths Reaches 23

Swine flu is becoming a night mare for the people of Pune and there is lot of panic spread across the nation, far and wide. The Prime Minister has announced that people must be calm and panic should not be created in the nation which can make the situation even worse.

The toll did reach a total of 21 earlier on Thursday and was added on with two more casualties to make it to a total of 23 in the country and 15 in Pune alone. One among the fatality was Parubhai Shinde who was 70 years old who died in the same city. The 23rd victim was also from Pune, Prabhakar Wairager, 44-year-old. He was also known to be suffering from AIDS much earlier and was admitted to the Sasoon hospital on Thursday afternoon with positive swine flu test reports and died in the evening the same day.

The Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad also ask people to be aware of what is swine flu and remain in their houses and not to enjoy out for parties, marriages, theaters etc to tackle the problem. He also added to the statement that the government is taking serious steps to overcome this epidemic which has caused several deaths till date.

Toll Reaches 21 in the nation and 13 in Pune

The latest reports states two more death in the country, one from Pune and the other from Bangalore, the first death from the state on Thursday. Serious measures are being undertaken to fight against this epidemic which is taking plenty of lives in one go.

26 year old Rupa was the first victim from Bangalore to succumb due to swine flu. She experienced the H1N1 symptoms and was admitted in the St.Philomena hospital on Sunday. She was stated as the 20th victim who was taken away by H1N1 virus.

The 13th death from Pune came from Archana Kolhe, 37 year old lady who passed around 3.45 pm on Thursday. She was reported to be the 21st victim of the country. With the increasing numbers, more hospitals have joined hands to eradicate this virus and the pharmacy companies have reported that the vaccine against this deadly virus will be ready by 2010.

The number of people tested positive are coming up as the day passes and special care us taken so as to keep the H1N1 ward away from the others to prevent the spread of the disease.

Planet Rotating in the Opposite Direction Found

The international team of astronomers has discovered a new planet which seems to be rotating in the opposite direction in regard to its host star. Till date, the findings and science stated that the planets rotate along the same direction as that of their stars, but this has been considered to be an exception.

This new planet has been named as WASP-17 and its size has been assumed to be twice as that of Jupiter. Even the size is bigger than the latter; the weight of the new planet seems to be equal to just half of that of Jupiter as it has density similar to that of expanded polystyrene.

The new finding of rotation to the opposite of the star has been termed as “retrograde orbit” and it is an exception as the planets and stars rotate from common West to the East orbit.

The rotation along the same direction is due to the similarity in the material from which they are created. The planets are known to be formed from the swirling gas which comes out which resulted in the creation of star. The new planet and its motion are to be studied in detail and the researches are being conducted to know more about it.

An infant and 75-year-old die, toll to 19

Pune faces a critical situation now with two more deaths taking the toll to 12 in the city alone including the death of an eleven-month-old infant and a woman aged 75 today. Early morning death was of the infant, Rutwik Kamle who was taken to Sasoon hospital only when the case worsened after being in a private hospital. He was admitted in very serious condition at the government hospital.

KEM hospital reported the death of 75-year-old lady who was affected by the H1N1 virus. Apart from Pune, the other virus stricken cities include Ahmedabad, Nashik, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram with one death reports each and Mumbai with two succumbed cases.

In India the total positive cases reported has been estimated to be 1,193 with cases increasing as hours pass by. Also, a doctor who survived the flu conveys a special message for all those who are dumb-stricken with the news that 99% of the swine flu patients recover and only one in 1 lakh or thousands die.

Swine Flu deaths in the Country Climbs off to 17

Six people were reported to be dead on Wednesday taking the toll from 11 to 17 in the same day. Out of the six deaths, 5 were reported from Pune and the last one from Nashik thus claiming Pune to be as the ‘Epidemic City’. This has lead to a complete shut down of schools, colleges, cinema halls, markets and other crowded areas in the state.

The total number of lives succumbed due to swine flu in Maharashtra alone has been recognized as 13. The five deaths on Wednesday from Pune were from Sasoon hospital which has been seriously into handling cases which were severe. The fatalities include Gautam Shelar who died at 4.45 pm. He was in the critical care unit since 4 days and was fighting terribly over the disease. Nita Meghani, 50 years old was the next victim in the same hospital who died on the same day.

On Wednesday at 11am, the death call was for Babu Genu khuland at Sasoon hospital. He was from a small town near Pune called Pimpri. Yet another person from the same town who died the same day was Sanjay Mistry who was 35 years old. Both these men were battling for their lives since a few days and were under ventilator for their survival.

Shravani Deshpande was the next victim who passed away at 3 a.m in the same hospital. She was admitted to the hospital with severe pneumonia, but later the reports confirmed her as an H1N1 patient and were administered carefully in ventilator before died. The death from Nashik was that of a Civil Hospital doctor, Rakesh Gargunde who also lay forth to the disease thus making the total count to be 17 with all 13 deaths in Maharashtra alone.

Please Stop Panicking, Understand the Difference between Cold and Flu

People across the globe are just horrified with the present epidemic and are too worried about the same. In India long queues are observed in front of the government hospital to get themselves tested H1N1 virus. In this, a major portion of people have come to take tests just to ensure that they are on the safer side and this has brought the doctors and the testing centers in real trouble. The test reports which were told to be taking just 24 hours for the results has now been lagged to more than 48 hours due to the rush which been causing havoc.

Therefore, the doctors and the health officials have requested the population to take tests only if the symptoms of Swine flu are being experienced by the individual. This would at least help the most infected to avail treatment at the earliest. So, please don’t panic and timely treatment can surely cure the disease. Increased death rate as the day passes has brought in more panic among the people. It is also said that treatment within 48 hours of the symptoms shown can avail better results. Hence, immediately visit the hospital to get yourself tested if you are experiencing any of the symptoms.

The Difference between Cold and Swine Flu Symptoms

• Fever: Very rarely cold gets accompanied with fever. On the other hand, in around 80% of the swine flu cases fever has been a major symptom where the temperature is maintained for around four to five days ranging from 100 – 104 degrees.
• Cough: In case of a common cold, mucus-producing and hacking cough is seen where as non-mucus producing or dry cough is experienced in flu.
• Aches: Common colds are usually accompanied by slight body pain, but flu is related to hefty pains and aches.
• Headache: It is one of the symptoms which are very uncommon with cold but seen in almost 80% of cases related to flu.
• Chills: It is not associated with cold but around 60% of flu cases reported with it.
• Tiredness: Fairly seen with cold but severe in cases of flu even though moderate cases are also reported.
• Sore Throat: Very common with cold but it is not associated with swine flu.
• Stuffy Nose: It is one of the greatest symptoms to differentiate both as blocked nose is a common sign of cold where as it is not associated at all with flu.
• Sneezing: Common cold is characterized by sneezing where as it is absent in case of H1N1 flu.
• Sudden onset of symptoms: In case of common cold, the signs are seen over a few days of time. This is different in case of flu as there is spontaneous onset if you are highly affected showing symptoms like aches, fever, cough etc in about 3 to 6 hours of time.
• Chest Discomfort: Very rarely seen with cold but severe in case of flu.

Please take reference to these differences before you finalize yourself for the illness you are experiencing before taking steps to test samples for the epidemic.

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Death Toll Takes Off to 11 With First Death In Kerala

Wilson, 33-year-old passed away at Kerala Institute of Medical Science (KIMS) in Thiruvananthapuram today marking the 11th death in the country and the first in the state. He has been recognized as an NRI who flew down from America and then came down to the city. In between, he did travel to Chennai and the journey from Chennai to Thiruvananthapuram was through train.

The sources said that he has been suffering from high fever since past seven days and even during his admission to KIMS Hospital. Dr. Anoop who treated him conveyed that the throat swab was immediately sent to the National Institute of Virology located in Pune.

The lack of proper care and facilities has been pointed out to be the major cause of Wilson’s death as he was first taken to a private hospital where appropriate treatment options were unavailable. It was only when the fever remained the same he was shifted to KIMS hospital from where the tests proved him to be positively affected by the H1N1 virus.

With the death of Wilson, the state of Kerala is completely alerted and talks are been conducted among the leaders to act against this dreadful virus. They have also planned for immediate opening of centers to test for H1N1 virus and the health officials also has conveyed that the other passengers who traveled with him will be found out to test for the same.

The death toll swaying its way, the total infected has been figured out to be 864 in India, out of which 523 has already been discharged and the rest under treatment.

Swine Flu Eats up Three more taking the Toll to ten for now

Today the death scale has gone up with three more deaths, one each from Pune, Vadodara and Mumbai making the case as serious as it should be.

The eighth victim of H1N1 and the fifth from the city of Pune at Sasoon hospital was that of Shruti Gavde and she was only 13 years old. She passed away soon after the death of the pharmacist in the same hospital. Shruti was admitted in the hospital in serious condition and her death has been recorded to be at 1.30 am

A private hospital death has been stated in Mumbai, the second death in the city after Fahmida passed away. Shahida Warsi was 63 years old and was brought to the hospital from Thane for further treatment procedures. She died at 6am at Noor Hospital even though the news flew out only hours later and the officials were concerned about their name and fame.

The second prey of Swine flu from Gujarat and the tenth in the country was a seven year old girl from Vadodara town. She was observed for two days in ventilator and was taken to the government hospital on August 7. The question still remains how the girl contracted the diseases as she has not been abroad. She also showed slight improvements the previous night, but finally gave up the hope!

The present survey states that around 333 people are being infected by the virus in Maharashtra. Pune has been reported to have the maximum positive cases of 221 infected, whereas Mumbai and Satara stand next with 81 and 31 respectively.

Know More about the Treatment of Swine Flu

After positive diagnosis of swine flu from a lab, the person must undergo antiviral drug treatments. These are very effective in reducing the consequences of the infection thus making the patient better than before. Ostelamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir(Relenza) are the two anti-viral agents recommended by the US CDC for treating human swine flu cases. The strain proving to be a pandemic one has been noted to be resistant to the earlier used drugs, namely, rimantadine and amanatadine.

Vaccination is the greatest of all the treatments available to prevent the spread of dreaded virus. Unfortunately, till date the vaccination has not been coined out to act against swine flu. The Indian government has announced that by December they might positively come up with the vaccination to eradicate this problem. At the same time, if any other country finds out a possible vaccination to treat the disease, all necessary steps will be immediately taken to import the medicine.

Controlling and Preventing Swine Flu

Now comes the most important part after the seven swine flu victims being reported in India until now. What people are looking out is how can be prevent or control this disease? Yes there are certain important and simple steps to be taken by the individuals even if you are not positively tested with the virus.

• Always use a towel while you sneeze or cough to restrain the virus within the cloth and thus preventing from attacking others.
• Wash your hands with soap and water every now and then.
• Use tissues and dispose them off properly very keenly.
• Wear face masks when you are in crowded places to avoid getting the disease or spreading the same.

These are just a few and perfect hygiene is the most significant of all. The non-hospitalized patient tested H1N1 positive should follow certain steps to avoid the spreading of infection. It is highly recommended to stay isolated and to wear masks while shifting to another place. Utensils and other things taken up by the patient must be washed thoroughly along with washing your hands as often as possible before contact with another person.

Human infections with the H1N1 virus is something new as the swine flu death tolls were recorded only in pigs early. On the other hand, rare cases of human swine flu were reported only in people who were in direct contact with pigs, like the ones in farms.

Mode of transmission: direct contact from human to human

Site of entry: nose, mouth and eyes.

The germs pushed out to the air through coughing and sneezing remains in the air and the same is breathed in by the ones near. Unfortunately, the rest place of the virus has been found to be ATM buttons, door knobs, counter and similar places where people are in great contact. On touching these places and then moving the same hand around mouth, eyes and nose can lead to the H1N1 infection. Consumption of properly cooked pork does not impart the disease from the animal.

Swine Flu Claims its Seventh Victim

The swine flu death toll has elevated its levels claiming one more life today night. Sanjay Tilekar aged 35, a pharmacist from Pune has been reported as the fourth person succumbed by influenza virus. The four deaths in Pune were reported from the Sasoon hospital and the administration of Tamiflu tablets has been set up the state government for the suspected cases. The present situation of the hospital reports six swine flu cases, out of which four of them are on the ventilator.

With the fourth death case being reported from Pune, the government has declared the closure of schools, colleges, cinema halls, markets and malls for the next seven days to prevent the rapid spreading disease.

Authorized Hospitals for Swine Flu Treatment by Government of India

People are unaware of what is to be done on suspecting the symptoms and signs related to the disease. Here is some valuable information which might be of great use for those who are into the web searching for whom to contact and where to go.

The Government of India has produced a list of hospitals which can be approached for testing your samples. Below is the table defining it.

City	Hospital	Address	Contact
Chennai	King Institute of Preventive Medicine (24/7 Service)	Guindy, Chennai – 32	(044) 22501520, 22501521 & 22501522
	Communicable Diseases Hospital	Thondiarpet, Chennai	(044) 25912686/87/88, 9444459543
	Government General Hospital	Opp. Central Railway Station, Chennai – 03	(044) 25305000, 25305723, 25305721, 25330300
Pune	Naidu Hospital	Nr Le'Meridian, Raja Bahadur Mill, GPO, Pune - 01	(020) 26058243
	National Institute of Virology	20A Ambedkar Road, Pune - 11	(020) 26006290
Kolkata	ID Hospital	57,Beliaghata, Beliaghata Road, Kolkata - 10‎	(033) 23701252
Coimbatore	Government General Hospital	Near Railway Station,	(0422) 2301393, 2301394, 2301395, 2301396
		Trichy Road, Coimbatore - 18
Hyderabad	Govt. General and Chest Diseases Hospital,	Erragadda, Hyderabad	(040) 23814939
Mumbai	Kasturba Gandhi Hospital	Arthur Road, N M Joshi Marg, Jacob Circle, Mumbai - 11	(022) 23083901, 23092458, 23004512
	Sir J J Hospital	J J Marg, Byculla, Mumbai - 08	(022) 23735555, 23739031, 23760943, 23768400 / 23731144 / 5555 / 23701393 / 1366
	Haffkine Institute	Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai - 12	(022) 24160947, 24160961, 24160962
Kochi	Government Medical College	Gandhi Nagar P O, Kottayam - 08	(0481) 2597311,2597312
	Government Medical College	Vandanam P O, Allapuzha - 05	(0477) 2282015
	Taluk Hospital	Railway Station Road, Alwaye, Ernakulam	(0484) 2624040 Sathyajit - 09847840051
	Taluk Hospital	Perumbavoor PO, Ernakulam 542	(0484) 2523138 Vipin - 09447305200
Gurgaon &	All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)	Ansari Nagar, Aurobindo Marg Ring Road, New Delhi - 29	(011) 26594404, 26861698 Prof. R C Deka - 9868397464
Delhi	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	22, Sham Nath Marg,	(011) 23971272/060/344/524/449/326
		New Delhi - 54
	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital	Kharak Singh Marg,	(011) 23741640, 23741649, 23741639
		New Delhi - 01	Dr. N K Chaturvedi – 9811101704
	Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute	University Enclave, New Delhi- 07	(011) 27667102, 27667441, 27667667, 27666182
Bangalore	Victoria Hospital	K R Market, Kalasipalayam, Bangalore - 02	(080) 26703294 Dr. Gangadhar - 94480-49863
	SDS Tuberculosis & Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases	Hosur Road, Hombegowda Nagar, Bangalore - 29	(080) 26631923 Dr. Shivaraj - 99801-48780

Internet is the perfect place to gather information on anything under the sun which is simply as easy as it should be. I am very glad to share this small piece from my side and it is high time that each of us start joining hands to eradicate the deadly virus. It has now been declared as the first flu pandemic in 41 years spreading out to 75 countries for now. Don't you think it is high time to invest your bit in making the world a better place to live?