Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: A 57-year-old man from Kanpur had tested positive for the virus on October 22.

The Union Health Ministry on Monday sent a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Uttar Pradesh where a Zika virus case was reported in Kanpur.

The multi-disciplinary team comprising an entomologist, public health specialists and a gynaecologist has been sent to take stock of the ground situation and follow containment measures.

New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has decided to postponed its October 26 Kisan Mahapanchayat in Lucknow due to adverse weather conditions and the ongoing harvest season.

After the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed, the SKM announced a Kisan Mahapanchayat to be organised in Lucknow on October 26.

Lucknow, Oct 23 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to rename the Faizabad railway station, a tweet by the office of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday.

It will be called the Ayodhya Cantt railway station, the tweet said, adding that the decision was taken by the chief minister.

In another tweet, the CM's office said the Centre too has granted its consent to the decision and Adityanath has given green signal to issue a notification in this regard.

Kanpur: What is Zika virus, that has caused a sensation in Kanpur? 

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Zika virus is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes.

It was first identified in humans in Uganda and Tanzania in 1952.

Symptoms generally include mild fever, rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, or headaches.

Most symptoms can last for two-seven days. The virus can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse.

Varanasi, Oct 23 (PTI) Bahujan Samaj Party MP Atul Rai was on Saturday booked under the Gangster Act, according to police.

Police said Rai has several criminal cases registered against himself.

The case has been registered at the Lanka police station.

Police Commissioner A Satish Ganesh said soon properties acquired by him from criminal activities will be confiscated.

Kanpur: Sunny weather has been reported. It goes so as Sunday has no chance of showers in and around the city. If we take into view the cloud cover it is 13% as was predicted by the weather department. Yet the air quality is not good.

As we are well aware of the fact that daily changes in the weather are due to winds and storms.

Seasonal changes are due to the Earth revolving around the sun.

Because the Earth is round and not flat, the Sun's rays do not fall evenly on the surface of the earth and oceans.

Kanpur: IIT-Kanpur has formed the Bright Minds Scholarships programme for at least 10 students within the top 100 all India rankings of JEE Advanced 2021.

The scholarships will be awarded to 10 students whose parents gross yearly income is less than Rs 20 lakh, as has been reported.

They will study at the IIT Kanpur from the 2021-22 academic session onwards.

'The scholarships are being established with support from the institute's alumnus Lokvir Kapoor.

Kanpur: Is a serious disease spreading? The dread of Covid-19 is still not over. In such a grim situation there remains a possibility of another deadly infection.

For it, a team of experts from Delhi has reached here and samples of those who came in contact with the one patient have been sent for thorough examination.

Official sources asserted that the patient is an Air Force Station personnel. He is admitted to an Air Force Hospital.

The first patient of Zika virus has been found in Kanpur. The health department sent the patient's samples to Pune for testing.

Lucknow, Oct 22 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government has planned to provide cheap accommodation to its employees on the property freed from the possession of members of the land mafia, said a release issued by CM Yogi Adityanath's PR team.

Preparations have also been intensified to build shelter homes for the poor on the land of illegal 'havelis', it further said, adding that the CM has directed the Housing Department to prepare a proposal for it.

Agra, Oct 22 (PTI) Azad Samaj Party chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the custodial death of a sanitation worker in Agra.

If the demand was not met, he said a protest will held in Agra.

Azad on Friday evening visited Agra and met family members of Arun Narwar, who allegedly died in the custody of police on Tuesday night.

Arun was from the Valmiki community and lived near the Lohamandi police station in Agra city.