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Weather WatchRainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
Forecast for Sunday: Heavy/very heavy rain is likely at a few/isolated places over Uttarakhand, east & west Uttar Pradesh,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi, central Maharashtra, West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, coastal AndhraPradesh, Telangana, coastal Karnataka and Kerala
city rain max min city rain max min
Agartala.............25.8.... 34.0.... 22.2 Kozhikode ...........22.4.... 28.7.... 23.0
Ahmedabad..........0.9.... 34.6.... 25.2 Kurnool .................5.3.... 28.4.... 23.8
Aizwal ....................4.... 29.7.... 13.1 Lucknow.................11.... 30.2.... 27.7
Allahabad .............. —.... 35.5.... 28.3 Madurai................... —.... 27.2.... 26.6
Bengaluru ...............2.... 25.6.... 20.5 Mangaluru.............6.6.... 28.5.... 22.5
Bhopal.................6.7.... 29.2.... 24.1 Mumbai...............14.7.... 29.6.... 26.2
Bhubaneswar .....11.7.... 32.0.... 26.0 Mysuru.....................1.... 27.1.... 19.3
Chandigarh ............ —.... 35.0.... 27.5 New Delhi ...........45.4.... 35.3.... 27.6
Chennai ...............8.5.... 27.1.... 23.9 Patna ...................... —.... 33.8.... 27.9
Coimbatore............ —.... 28.8.... 22.2 Port Blair ............64.5.... 26.9.... 22.4
Dehradun...........10.2.... 30.2.... 24.4 Puducherry.............. —.... 30.8.... 25.5
Gangtok.............17.6.... 22.3.... 17.9 Pune .....................0.4.... 26.6.... 21.8
Goa .....................0.9.... 30.0.... 24.0 Raipur ...................4.1.... 31.6.... 25.5
Guwahati ............... —.... 36.0.... 26.0 Ranchi....................30.... 30.6.... 24.4
Hubballi................. —.... 25.0.... 21.0 Shillong.................5.4.... 23.2.... 16.6
Hyderabad ...........4.7.... 24.7.... 21.9 Shimla..................... —.... 21.9.... 16.6
Imphal.................0.8.... 30.5.... 22.6 Srinagar .................. —.... 31.9.... 21.3
Jaipur .................... —.... 32.8.... 27.0 Trivandrum ...........2.5.... 31.3.... 23.4
Kochi...................6.4.... 30.4.... 23.6 Tiruchi .................... —.... 31.8.... 27.0
Kohima.................. —.... 27.8.... 18.2 Vijayawada ..........35.4.... 29.9.... 24.0
Kolkata.................. —.... 34.7.... 28.0 Visakhapatnam .....80.9.... 31.4.... 26.6
(Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius)
Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE
In observation made at4.00 p.m., Patna, Biharrecorded an overall airquality index (AQI) score of174 indicating a moderatelevel of pollution. Incontrast, Siliguri, WestBengal recorded a healthyAQI score of 28
Ahmedabad ...... 32 .68 22 ....48 .....— ....*
Bengaluru......... ..8 .27 79 ....47 .112 ....*
Chennai ............ 11 .40 56 ....84 .....— ....*
Delhi ................ ..9 .42 81 ....66 .132 ....*
Hyderabad ........ ..4 .98 19 ....22 ...30 ....*
Kolkata............. ..2 .35 63 ....34 ...43 ....*
Lucknow........... ..7 .50 36 ..130 .....— ....*
Mumbai ............ 14 .27 64 ....19 ...41 ....*
Pune................. 34 .13 51 ....32 ...31 ....*
Vishakhapatnam ..7 .55 28 ....75 ...75 ....*
Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)
SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,
making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air
particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
and monuments.
NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by
reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to
critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause
dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,
nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and
premature death in people with heart or lung disease
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THE HINDU BENGALURU
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CMYK
M BG-BGE
KARNATAKA
In 2011, only 67% of an estimated 8.5 million deaths inIndia were registered. Although the number of registrations increased to 76% (of anestimated 8.1 million deaths)in 2016, the proportion ofmedically certifi��ed deaths isonly 22%, as per the Registrar General of India’s reporton Medical Certifi��cation ofCause of Death (MCCD),2015.
These fi��gures indicate thehuge gap between deaths registered and deaths medically certifi��ed. Besides, in thedeaths which are medicallycertifi��ed, the existing systemonly records the mode of dying (mentioning the immediate cause of death). Theunderlying and contributingcauses of death are not captured and this is creating agap in analysing mortalitystatistics.
To address this issue andbridge the gap betweendeaths registered and deathsmedically certifi��ed, the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, under the Indian Council ofMedical Research (NCDIRICMR), has developed anelectronic mortality (eMor)software.
NCDIR Director PrashantMathur told The Hindu thatit is not just the low proportion of availability of information on the cause of
death, but the lack of completeness and the quality ofinformation on the cause ofdeath in medically certifi��eddeaths that is a matter ofconcern.
“It is largely observed thatmedical practitioners recordthe mode of dying or the immediate cause rather thanthe underlying /antecedentcause that led to death,” hesaid. According to the WorldHealth Statistics 2018 released by the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) forMonitoring Health for theSustainable DevelopmentGoals, the completeness andquality of cause of death information is only 10%.
“The eMor software is forstrengthening cause of deathreporting systems in hospitals and improve death au
dits with use of appropriatetools for classifying deaths(International Classifi��cationof Diseases10). This can leadto better death statistics andsurveillance in India,” Dr.Mathur explained.
‘Free of cost’“The software has been putto use in eight hospitals inthe northeastern States. Weare now in talks with the governments of Karnataka andTamil Nadu to get the software installed in all hospitals. If any State wants to install this software, we will behappy to assist. The softwareis available free of cost,” hesaid. “It will help hospitalsmaintain a mortality registerand issue death certifi��cates,and enable doctors to recordaccurate cause of death, and
prepare Form 4 and generate Form 2, which can besubmitted with the MCCDform to the Local Registrar,”the doctor said.
This emortality softwarewill have a larger impact onresearch and public health.“Our institute will be able tocollate mortality incidencedata for the cancer registry ifall hospitals in the countryadopt the eMor software.We can also record patientsurvival analysis, cause ofmortality statistics and vitalevent registration,” Dr. Mathur said. All registered clinics,nursing homes, hospitals,medical institutes and general physicians who certifydeaths can use this software,he added.
New software to bridge gap in recording deaths Existing system falls short on information on mortality data
Afshan Yasmeen
Bengaluru
Patient wait: A fi��le photo of people waiting in queue for birthand death certifi��cates in New Delhi.
The importance of a database BENGAURU
India has a welllaid out
architecture of registering
deaths through the Sample
Registration System (SRS) and
the Medical Certification of
Cause of Death (MCCD)
system under the Registrar
General of India (RGI).
According to World Health
Organisation (WHO), keeping
a record of how many people
die each year and the cause of
their death is one of the most
important means for
assessing the effectiveness of
a country’s health system.
The statistics help authorities
determine their focus for
public health actions, said
Prashant Mathur, Director of
NCDIRICMR).
Tobacco farmers in thecountry have urged the Union government to includetheir representatives in theIndian delegation attendingthe Framework Conventionon Tobacco Control (FCTC)Conference of Parties that isbeing organised by theWorld Health Organisation(WHO) at Geneva in October.
Meeting with MinisterThe offi��cebearers of theFederation of AllIndiaFarmer Associations metUnion Commerce MinisterSuresh Prabhu in New Delhiearlier this week to seek theinclusion of tobacco farmers’ representatives, whoare key stakeholders in the
tobacco industry, in thedelegation.
The conference to be heldfrom October 1 to 6 will bechaired by Union Ministerfor Health J.P. Nadda.
Fearing that FCTC is a forum “dominated by antitobacco NGOs” from countrieswith “no dependence on tobacco farming and hencehave no concern about theimpact on the people dependent on tobacco”, the federation, in a memorandum,said lack of knowledge isbound to negate the “justrights” of tobacco farmersand farm labourers andwould adversely aff��ect theirlivelihood as well as the Indian economy.
“Our participation will ensure that the farmers’ viewpoint on issues are taken into account resulting in reasonable and balanced policyadoption,” the memorandum signed by federationgeneral secretary P.S. MuraliBabu said.
The conference is expected to discuss steps to bring
down tobacco consumptionand cultivation.
Federation president Javare Gowda, who is also thepresident of the FederationVFC Tobacco Growers ofKarnataka, said Article 17and 18 of FCTC deal withsuitable alternatives to tobacco cultivation, whichshould also be discussed extensively at the conference.
He said exclusion of farmers’ representatives fromprevious FCTC Conferenceof Parties held in New Delhitwo years ago had triggereda massive protest by the International Tobacco Growers’ Association in the national capital.
They want to beheard at thetobacco controlconvention inGeneva
Laiqh A. Khan
MYSURU
Tobacco farmers want to be part ofdelegation attending WHO event
<> Our participation
will ensure that
farmers’ viewpoint
on issues are taken
into account,
resulting in a
reasonable and
balanced policy
adoption Says memorandum of Federation ofAllIndia Farmer Associations
Armyworms or swarmingcaterpillars have invadedpaddy nurseries, devouringyoung plants at Nagarle andsurrounding villages in Nanjangud taluk.
What isalarming is thatthe pests haveinfested theplants at thenursery stage,which may delay paddy transplantation infi��elds, whichhad been prepared for the season.
More than 60 acres ofpaddy nurseries have beenhit by the pest, which candevour the entire plantswiftly. Besides paddy, armyworms have also infestedjasmine (kakada mallige)plants in the area.
“Infestation at the nursery stage cannot be neglected. Armyworms can bedisastrous and bring downthe yield signifi��cantly. Theinfection can spread fast,even to other crops, such asmaize. Farmers are unawareof the damage these insectscan do,” said chief scientistArun Belamatti, who headsthe ICAR JSS Krishi VignanaKendra at Suttur.
Dr. Belamatti told The
Hindu that armyworm infestation was reported in threetaluks last year, but duringthe harvesting stage. This
year, the worms have madeearly invasions.
But the scientist gives ushope. He said the infectioncan be controlled if measures are taken on a community basis as armyworms
can migratequickly, fromone fi��eld toanother. Simultaneous remedial measures workbetter, headded.
The Department of Agriculture has
been alerted about the armyworm outbreak. Theworms had aff��ected maizecrop signifi��cantly in Haveriand Belagavi districts in December last.
Last year’s slumpLast year, the disease reduced paddy productionfrom 20 quintals an acre to12 to 14 quintals an acre inthree taluks. The averageyield had slumped byaround 40%, according toDr. Belamatti.
Plant scientists, who visited the armyworminfectednurseries in Nagarle village,said that pesticide solutionshould be sprayed in the afternoon when the insectsclimb up the plants. The insects remain at the groundin the mornings and spraying then won’t help, theysaid.
They can devour an entire plant swiftly
Shankar Bennur
MYSURU
Acres hit: Paddy nurseries infected by the pests at Nagarleand surrounding villages in Nanjangud taluk; and (below) acloseup of the worms.
Armywormsinvade paddynurseries
An interview for remainingseats for fi��rst year B. Pharm,2nd year B. Pharm lateralentry, and M. Pharm cours
es will be held on August 14at Government College ofPharmacy, P. Kalinga RaoRoad, Subbiah Circle, Bengaluru 560027 between 2p.m. and 5 p.m. Call 08022222681 for details.
Interview for B. Pharm courses on Aug. 14
Staff Reporter
BENGALURU