Indore, Mar 7: Madhya Pradesh Culture Minister Usha Thakur on Sunday stressed the need for adopting Vedic lifestyle for protection against coronavirus, and claimed that 'havan' (ritual burning) of a cow dung cake can keep a house sanitised for 12 hours.

She was speaking during a function at the Indore Press Club.

"In order to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, Vedic lifestyle has its own role to play along with allopathy. The pandemic has sent out a message that we have to return to the Vedic lifestyle," Thakur said.

"Mix ghee (clarified butter) made out of cow milk with rice. If you add this mixture on a cow dung cake during havans at the time of sunrise and sunset, then your place would remain sanitised for 12 hours," she added.

She said that her advice may appear strange to people, but this tip to keep houses sanitised was not imaginary.

"This is science...," she claimed.

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New Delhi(PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a media report of dog bite incident leading to rabies, saying it contained some "alarming and disturbing figures".

A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan termed the news item published today in Delhi edition of English daily Times of India as "very disturbing and alarming".

The news report was about the death of a six-year-old girl, who was attacked by a rabid stray dog, in the national capital.

Taking cognisance of the news report, the bench said, "The news item contains some alarming and disturbing figures and facts."

It said every day, hundreds of dog bites were being reported in the city and on its outskirts, leading to rabies and ultimately, children and aged were falling prey to the dreadful disease.

"We take suo motu cognisance of this news item," the bench ordered.

It asked the apex court registry to register it as a suo motu petition in public interest.

"Let this order be placed along with the news report before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders," the bench said.

On July 15, while hearing a separate plea alleging harassment over feeding of community dogs in Noida, the apex court had asked the petitioner, "Why don't you feed them in your own house?"

The top court told the petitioner's counsel, "We should leave every lane, every road open for these large hearted people? There is all space for these animals, no space for humans. Why don't you feed them in your own house? Nobody is stopping you."

The observations came in a plea arising out of a March 2025 order of the Allahabad High Court.

The petitioner claimed harassment and said she was unable to feed community dogs in line with the Animal Birth Control Rules.