Karnataka health department ramps up surveillance measures after Nipah virus death in Kerala
Bengaluru: The Karnataka health department has intensified its surveillance measures following the recent death of a Bengaluru student in Kerala, which has been confirmed as a Nipah virus case.
The deceased, a 24-year-old postgraduate student at an institute in Soladevanahalli on the outskirts of Bengaluru, hailed from Malappuram. A team from the health department’s disease surveillance unit visited the institute and confirmed that 32 students and staff attended the funeral of the youth, as reported by Deccan Herald.
Health officials from Chikkabanavara and Gopalpura primary health centres have been actively involved in monitoring and following up with primary and secondary contacts. Dr Ansar Ahmed, Project Director of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP), told the publication that contact tracing is underway, with two primary contacts in Bengaluru currently asymptomatic. The department remains on high alert and is implementing precautionary measures.
Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao stated that although there is concern about the Nipah virus, there is no need to panic. He confirmed that, as of now, no Nipah virus cases have been suspected or reported in Karnataka.
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.
