Kyasanur Forest Disease: Woman from Sagar died in Manipal hospital
Udupi, Jan 20: A woman from Sagar taluk in Shivamogga district who was admitted to Manipal KMC hospital after afflicted with Kyasanur Forest Disease, died in the hospital on January 18.
The deceased has been identified as Lakshmidevi, wife of Subbarao of Aralagodu village in the taluk. Lakshmidevi who was suffering from the disease was admitted to the hospital on January 15 and due to KFD, her heart problem was aggravated. As a result, she died in the hospital as she did not respond to the treatment, said district surveillance officer Dr Vasudeva Upadhyaya.
Around 100 persons in Sagar and other surrounding parts of the taluk have so far admitted to the Manipal hospital for treatment and among them, 40 persons were tested positive and 59 persons were tested negative. Total 76 patients have already discharged from the hospital after getting the treatment and 23 patients are undergoing treatment. Out of 40 positive patients, this is the first death case in the hospital, hospital sources said.
Earlier, another woman Savitha who was admitted to the Manipal hospital after suspecting to be afflicted with KFD virus, died on January 14. But it was not due to KFD, sources said.
Carcass of monkey found in Hebri
One carcass of a monkey was found near Hebri in the district on Sunday. After conducting the postmortem, samples were sent to Shivamogga and KMC hospital labs for testing, district nodal officer Dr Prashanth Bhat said.
Since the reports of laboratory tests of organs of monkeys sent to Shivamogga are delayed, the samples were also being sent to Manipal after January 14 and they were getting reports from Manipal very fast, he said.
So far, postmortem was conducted on 22 carcasses of monkeys in the district and sent to laboratory.The Shivamogga laboratory has confirmed KFD virus in eight monkeys and the reports of remaining 12 monkeys are waiting. But there was no virus found in the samples of four monkeys sent to Manipal lab, he said.
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Supreme Court rules sex in consensual extramarital affair is not rape
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that sex during a consensual extramarital affair cannot be considered rape, even if one party claims the act was based on a false promise of marriage.
Quashing a seven-year-old FIR filed by Vanita S Jadhav against Mahesh Damu Khare at the Kharghar police station in Mumbai, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh highlighted a concerning trend of criminalising consensual relationships after they turn sour. The court stated that complaints of breach of promise to marry should be filed immediately and not after years of consensual sexual relations.
The affair between Khare, a married man, and Jadhav, a widow, began in 2008. Jadhav claimed that Khare had promised to marry her before engaging in sexual intercourse. However, after Khare's wife filed extortion charges against Jadhav, Jadhav lodged a rape complaint in March 2017.
The Supreme Court stated that, given the long duration of the relationship, it could not be conclusively said that the physical relationship was solely based on Khare’s alleged promise to marry.
