Kerala

22 year old Hafeez passed away on Sunday and after that suspicions were there if it was monkeypox. Soon the health authorities swung into action and started preparing a detailed contact list of him after his arrival at the Kozhikode airport.

The youth has been isolated and admitted to the state-run medical college hospital at Manjeri in the district. This is the third case in the state - and the country, with the first case registered on July 14 when a youth, who also arrived from the UAE, in Kollam turning positive, and a few days later, another male who came from Dubai tested positive at Kannur.

A 31-year-old man, who had arrived from Dubai and was under treatment at the Pariyaram Medical College hospital at Kannur, has turned positive for the disease, she said. George said that the patient's condition is fine and he is under close medical observation. All those who came in close contact with him has been isolated.

The results has come from the the laboratory of NIV, Pune, she said, adding that strict containment protocols have been followed and there is no need of concern. The patient, who arrived from the UAE on July 12, was at his house in Kollam. When he developed the symptoms he was taken to a hospital at Kollam and from there he was shifted to the Trivandrum Medical College hospital where he is under close observation.

In the latest issue of its propaganda magazine, Voice of Khurasan, the Sunni radical outfit has identified him by his pseudonym Najeeb Al Hindi from Kerala. Without giving more details, the paper said 23-year-old with a MTech degree, Najib had come on his own travelling from Kerala to Khorasan at the headquarter of the ISKP.

Padmanabhaswamy is the tutelary deity of the royal family of Travancore. The titular Maharaja of Travancore, Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma, is the trustee of the temple. A top person in the family told IANS on condition of anonymity that things are not that rosy ever since Covid pandemic struck. The temple has around 200 employees both permanent and temporary and a sizeable number who are paid pension.

Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan said: "This is a frivolous petition filed with ulterior motives and I have a strong doubt that there is political agenda also to petitioner. According to me, this is a publicity oriented litigation. Therefore, this is a fit case that is to be dismissed with a heavy cost," said the judge.

Kerala, south Coastal Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu are the places that are likely to observe "very heavy rainfall", according to IMD bulletin predictions. Coastal and south interior Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu are likely to witness heavy rainfall from November 15 to 17.

The Kerala police is working on these lines to find out if there was any foul play. The two women, Ancy and Anjana had died on the spot after the crash on November 1. The third person accompanying the two, Ashiq, succumbed to the injuries a few days later.

She spent a year and two months in the Attakulangara Women's prison before the court granted her bail in the six cases that were filed against her. Although Swapna was granted bail earlier on November 2 in the UAPA case, the release was delayed due to the official formalities.