ICC T20 Rankings: Kuldeep Yadav jumps to second spot, India trail Pakistan in team table

Talented wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav has moved up a notch to grab a career-best second position in the latest ICC T20 International rankings, where India maintained its second position behind Pakistan despite dropping two ranking points.

Kuldeep scalped two for 26 in the final T20I against New Zealand, which his side lost by four runs to go 2-1 down in the series.

The 24-year-old accounted for well-set openers Tim Seifert and Colin Munro in the only match he played during the series and reaped immediate dividends. He is now second only to Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan in the table.

There are no other Indian bowler in the top-10. Kuldeep's spin bowling partner Yuzvendra Chahal after an indifferent series against New Zealand, dropped six places to be 17th while Bhuvneshwar Kumar maintained his 18th rank.

In the batsmen's list, Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma swapped three places with compatriot KL Rahul, who didn't feature in the recently-concluded series.

The batting chart is headed by talented Pakistani batsman Babar Azam.

Rohit is seventh as per latest rankings while Rahul has slipped to 10th place. Rohit's opening partner Shikhar Dhawan has gained a place to be 11th while Virat Kohli's absence from the series affected his ranking. The Indian skipper dropped four places to be jointly 19th with Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza.

Left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya was another spinner to move up as he advanced 39 places to a career-best 58th.

For New Zealand, Kane Williamson (up one place to 12th), Ross Taylor (up seven places to 51st) and Tim Seifert (up 87 places to a career-best 83rd) among batsmen and Tim Southee (up seven places to 30th) among bowlers are some notable gainers.

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State lawyers plan stir to press for their demands

Following Bar Council of India (BCI) protest call against delay in fulfilling welfare-related demands of lawyers, the Jharkhand State Bar Council (JSBC) executive committee on Thursday decided to submit memorandum to senior officials and public representatives across the state on February 11 and also reach Raj Bhawan at Ranchi in form of procession on February 12 and submit their list of demands to Governor.

The decision to this effect was taken in JSBC executive committee meeting on Thursday. Addressing the media persons jointly JSBC members said the plan was chalked out following a call given by BCI to lawyers of country ‘to come on the roads in order to protect their rights and privileges’.

It may be noted here that BCI has resolved to launch agitation programme across the country for various demands including chambers and building for all bar associations, budgetary allocation of Rs 5,000 crores for lawyer’s and litigant’s welfare, insurance cover for lawyers, stipend for needy new entrants, amendment in legal service authority act providing a role for lawyers and appointment of advocates in tribunals, forums and commissions.

JSBC member Rajendra Krishna said, “In pursuance of the BCI call bar associations of state would hold meetings and then submit memorandum of their demands to senior most official in their area and also public representatives including Member of Parliament”.

Another member Hemant Shikarwar said several demands related to lawyers of Jharkhand including provision of land and housing at concessional rates and inclusion of lawyers under Ayushman Bharat scheme would also be added in their memorandum.

The members stated that general body meeting of JSBC would be held soon to decide whether to abstain from court duty on February 12 or not. Several executive body members including Sanjay Vidrohi, Mrityunjaya Srivastava and Prashant Kumar Singh were present in media briefing.

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Nearly 1100 swine flu cases in Delhi city govt issues health advisory

As many as 74 fresh cases of swine flu were recorded in Delhi on Wednesday, taking the total number of people affected by the disease in the city this year to 1,093, according to a report of the Directorate General of Health Services.

Amid the mounting cases of the H1N1 infections in the city, the Delhi government Wednesday issued a health advisory, prescribing the do's and don'ts.

As many as 74 fresh cases of H1N1 virus were recorded in Delhi on Wednesday, taking the total number of people affected by the flu in the city this year to 1,093, according to the report of the city's Directorate General of Health Services.

The cases included 868 adults and 225 children, the report said.

Delhi recorded on Tuesday one death from swine flu and 1,019 positive cases.

Till Monday, the Delhi government had not reported any death due to the flu, but it recorded one death on Tuesday, the report said,

However, two Centre-run hospitals here have reported 13 deaths due to swine flu this year. According to senior officials at Safdarjung Hospital, three deaths due to swine flu have been recorded this season, while RML Hospital has reported 10 fatalities.

Nine of the 10 people who died at RML Hospital were from Delhi, and the other one was from outside the city, officials said.

Seasonal Influenza (H1N1) is a self-limiting viral, air-borne disease spread from person-to-person, through large droplets generated through coughing and sneezing, indirect contact by touching a contaminated object or surface (fomite transmission like telephone, cell phones, computers, door handles, door bells, pens, toys etc) and close contact (including hand shaking, hugging, kissing), the advisory said.

The symptoms are fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, difficulty in breathing. Other symptoms may include body ache, headache, fatigue, chills, diarrhoea and vomiting and blood-stained sputum.

There are three categories of H1N1 influenza -- A, B and C.

"No Oseltamivir (medicine) and testing is required for category A patients. They should confine themselves at home and avoid mixing up with public and high risk members in the family," the advisory said.

In addition to all the signs and symptoms mentioned under category A, if a patient has high-grade fever and severe sore throat, he or she may require home isolation and Oseltamivir.

In addition to all the signs and symptoms mentioned under category A, individuals having one or more of the high-risk conditions shall be treated with Oseltamivir, it added.

High-risk group includes, children with mild illness but with predisposing risk factors, pregnant women, persons aged 65 years or older, patients with lung diseases, heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, blood disorders, diabetes, neurological disorders, cancer and HIV/AIDS, or those on long-term cortisone therapy, the advisory said.

In addition to the signs and symptoms of categories A and B, if the patient has one or more danger signs, like breathlessness, chest pain, drowsiness, fall in blood pressure, sputum mixed with blood, bluish discolouration of nails, then these patients (under category C) require testing, immediate hospitalisation and treatment, it added.

After holding a state-level review meeting on In?uenza A (H1N1), the Delhi government recently said that all government hospitals in the city are equipped with necessary logistics required for the management of the disease and drug Oseltamivir along with personal protective equipment (PPE kits) and N95 masks are also available.

The advisory also asked people to avoid crowded places in the swine flu season and stay more than an arm's length distance away from persons sick with flu.

It also asked to avoid excessive physical exercise, disposal of used napkin or tissue paper in open areas, touching surfaces usually used by public (railing, door gates, etc, smoking in public places and unnecessary testing.

"All hospitals have been asked to keep ventilators ready, and also told to disseminate information on the prevention of the disease," the Delhi health department official said.

Health advisories in English and Hindi on seasonal In?uenza A H1N1 (swine flu) have been prepared and issued for general public in leading newspapers.

Patients with co-morbid condition like low immunity, on immune-suppressant, blood cancer, renal transplant, diabetes, heart disease are at high risk of getting infected with swine flu.

For any query on swine flu, people can seek assistance on the 24X7 helpline number at DGHS (HQ): 011-22300012, 22307145.

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Illegal colonies will be regularised in 2 yrs: Puri

The Centre on Tuesday said that unauthorised colonies will be regularised in the next two years. The regularisation of these colonies is pending since 1980’s. The issue had been figuring in the manifestoes of political parties since 1993 in all polls, whether Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly. The last regularisation of unauthorised colonies was done in 1977 in Delhi.

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that the AAP Government has sought two more years to deal with unauthorised colonies in Delhi. Interacting with media after the launch of the DDA’s web portal for land pooling policy, Puri said that a high level committee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has sought two more years to regularise these unauthorised colonies. Currently, there are around 1,900 unauthorised colonies in Delhi encroaching upon Government land belonging to different agencies.

“A high level committee under Secretary (Urban Development) was set up by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry to look into the issue of unauthorised colonies.

The Delhi Government told the committee in May or June 2017 that it needed two more years. When we persuaded them again, we were told that they (Delhi Government) want another two years… on the one hand, we talk about solving the housing problems and on the other hand the local Government in Delhi is somehow not on board,” Puri said.

“Since 2006, thanks to the Delhi Government’s policies, the Centre has not been able to regularise any of unauthorised colonies,” Puri added.

Regularisation of unauthorised colonies was one of the biggest poll promises made by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections. The migrant population forms a crucial vote bank for the ruling AAP in the national Capital.

Presently, Delhi Government’s Revenue Department has been tasked with the responsibility of completing the mapping of the 1,900 unauthorised colonies before the September 30, 2019 deadline set by the Delhi High Court. The cut-off date for regularisation of construction in these colonies is January 1, 2015.

Talking about the DDA’s land pooling policy, he said it would allow the city to get 17 lakh housing units capable of accommodating 76 lakh people. Using the web portal, all processes of receiving applications, verifications, grant of approvals and licences are expected to be completed in a time-bound manner through a single-window system, according to the DDA.

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