Author: Dolan.Banerjee

North 24 Parganas has become the worst hit area in the state of West Bengal when it comes to dengue cases. It has accounted for about one-third of the total 13,000 cases during this monsoon season. The breeding grounds are spread all across the district–the vacants plots around houses in Bangur have also become part of the mosquito breeding grounds. According to Pallab Majumder, his father and aunt had died from dengue about 6 years ago. During the July of 2024, his wife had died from the disease as well. Pallab, who is a resident of South Dumdum’s Bangur Avenue,…

Steve Harwell was the leader of the rock band Smash Mouth and he was one of the founding members as well. Smash Mouth is known for hits such as ‘All Star’ and ‘Walking in the Sun’. The former leader of the band has been declared dead at 56 years old due to liver failure. According to his agent, Steve Harwell died on Monday at the age of 56. He had left the group in 2021 because of his health situation and he had been under the care of a hospital during the recent times.  Source: People.com Steve Harwell, The Lead…

The dengue cases have doubled during the end of August at the rate of 1400. During mid-august, the number of cases in Kolkata was marked at 700. A Fortnight has doubled the cases of dengue in Kolkata. The figures were given by the officials of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation during the previous month. The health care officials and doctors of the private hospitals and health care units have said that there was a rise in the hospital admissions too. Since January, as per a KMC official, dengue have risen to 1400 infections. Source: Outlook India The number of infections of…

Scrub Typhus has taken the life of 3 people from the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh and those deaths occurred in the previous week. The latest case was reported on 1st September. The medical officer from the health department of Solan district, Dr. Amit Talwar, had mentioned that 3 Scrub Typhus patients had died from the disease during the last 1 week. Another death, according to him, was reported on 1st September and that patient hailed from Solan itself. Source: Hindustan Times All these patients who had lost their lives were undergoing their treatment from the Indira Gandhi Medical College…

On Tuesday, several sea lions died because of bird flu in Argentina. The members of the National Food Health and Quality Service have been taking samples from dead sea lions to find the cause and realized it was a global outbreak. The outbreak seemed to have infected mammals and raised the fear of it being spread to humans easily at this point. Along the extensive Atlantic coast of Argentina, the health authorities for the animals have reported several sea lions. The stretch south of the Capital Buenos Aires to Santa Cruz near the southern tip of the continent showed several…

The National Health Service (NHS) have warned people of Britain to be on high alert after the first case of Pirola Covid variant was confirmed. On Thursday, they warned the people to be on the lookout since it might unleash a new wave of Covid in the UK. A new Covid 19 strain BA.2.86 had been unleashed into the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The new strain has been nicknamed as Pirola and has been spreading to several parts of the world. The first case of Pirola covid variant was found through a PCR test sample that…

Raksha Bandhan 2024, the festival to honor the bond of the brothers and sisters have arrived. The sacred thread and sweet offerings are done by the sisters with the utmost care. The celebrities are taking care to enjoy this festival to their fullest. The festival is celebrated by the Hindus all over the world, to celebrate the love and affection shared by the brothers and sisters. This year Rakhi is celebrated on August 31st 2024 since the whole day of August 30th 2024 has Bhadra, which ends at 9:00 pm. Rakhi can also be celebrated at night since it is…

According to a study from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), at least 6.5% of the Covid 19 patients have died after discharge. 17.1% of the reported patients suffer from ongoing health issues even after a year of being discharged from the hospital. The study that was conducted between September 2020 and February 2024 analyzed the data that was collected from 31 hospitals under the registration of National Clinical Registry for Covid-19 patients. Source: Business Today The results of the study that the ICMR conducted was published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR). The aim of the…

The dengue outbreak in Bangladesh has proved to be the worst in the month of August, 2024. According to Dhaka Tribune, there were 60,352 cases that were recorded for this vector-borne disease. August has proven to be the worst month in the history of dengue in Bangladesh and the number of cases has risen to 60,352. According to the reports, the rise in the rate of dengue outbreak cases is not going to decrease anytime soon. The month of August, itself, has seen a lot many deaths and increased the overall toll that is recorded in this very year. Source:…

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’s sequel, Gadar 2, came out in August 2024, starring Sunny Deol as Tara Singh, and Ameesha Patel as Sakeena. Gadar: Ek Prem Katha came out in 2001 and starred the same characters as Tara Singh and Ameesha Patel. In this movie, Tara Singh, a truck driver, saved a Muslim woman, Sakeena, who was running away from a mob. Sakeena started living in his house and they fell in love. They became parents to a baby boy in that movie. In Gadar 2, Tara Singh crossed the border of Pakistan to save his son, Charanjeet, who was…