Three monkeys death near Agumbe: Six persons admitted to hospital
Shivamogga, Jan 17: Despite widespread public awareness and vaccination, the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) has been taking toll in the district. Six persons suffering from fever in Sagar taluk were admitted to Manipal hospital on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Carcass of three monkeys were found in Agumbe and surrounding places and this has created panic among people. However, the health department has been creating awareness among people against KFD.
Admitted
Raghavendra Bhat Bannumane, Somaraju Nandihaklu, Pushpadanta Mandavalli, Savitha Tumari, Ravi Nandodi and Rajamathi Aralagodu who were suffering from suspected KFD virus were admitted to Manipal hospital.
Carcass found
One Carcass was found at Agumbe and two other at near Bilachikatte. As soon as the news spread, health and forest departments and local gram Panchayat authorities rushed to the places and burnt the carcasses after conducting postmortem.
Entomologists who came from Uttara Kannada district to Aralagodu village and other places collected ticks to identify the KFD virus.
Meanwhile, former minister Kagodu Thimmappa gave away Rs 1 lakh compensation each of the six deceased families given by Health Minister Shivanand Patil.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
