Lesbian couple has a right to live their lives, rules Delhi High Court

Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare released an Analytical Report of the National Health Profile-2018 prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), under the aegis of the Directorate General of Health Services at Patna, today. The National Health Profile covers demographic, socio-economic, health status and health finance indicators, along with comprehensive information on health infrastructure and human resources in health. CBHI has been publishing National Health Profile every year since 2005. This is the 12thedition.

In India, 62.58% of the population is not covered through any form of health protection

Approximately 62,000 persons died in the United States as a result of violence-related injuries in 2015.

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.

Advocate Ira Gupta: Lesbian couple has a right to live their lives, Delhi HC ensures police protection: Upholding the rights of two lesbian partners, the Delhi High Court recently directed the Delhi Police to provide requisite protection to the couple, who were in a live-in relationship. Fearing the wrath of their parents, who did not approve of their cohabitation, the petitioners moved the High Court seeking police protection. A Single Judge Bench of Justice Nazmi Waziri held that the petitioners are legal adults and live together of their own free choice, and that they “have a right to live their lives in terms of the constitutional freedom recognized and reiterated by the Supreme Court”.

The petitioners informed the Court that not only did the police deny protection to them, but a sub-inspector had also threatened to file a case against one of the partners, if they failed to disclose their location. Additionally, the Court directed that the petitioners be provided with telephone numbers of three police officers from the jurisdiction of the concerned police station, of which one shall be the number of a lady police officer. “These numbers shall be kept operational at all times so that any exigency could be intimated on either of the numbers of the Petitioners”, the Court stated.

It further directed that, “The Beat Constable/Division Staff of the area to regularly visit the residence of the Petitioners on a daily basis and report the same in the Roznamcha. The safety and security of the Petitioner shall be assessed by the SHO on a weekly basis with due endorsement of the same in the Roznamcha. The Beat Constable shall record entries in his Beat Book.”

The Court was also assured that the matter of threats against the couple by the Sub-Inspector would be investigated and appropriate action shall be taken against the said officer, if the allegation is found to be true.

Brain-eating amoeba confirmed in New Jersey man’s death. A New Jersey man who died of a brain-eating infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis was exposed while visiting the BSR Cable Park and Surf Resort in Waco, Texas, during the summer, the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District said Friday. Water samples taken by local, state and federal health officials at the beginning of the month “found evidence of Naegleria fowleri,” the amoeba that causes the infection, according to the health district. Fabrizio Stabile, 29, visited the surf resort before developing symptoms in September. Although the amoeba itself was not found in water samples from the park, “the presence of fecal indicator organisms, high turbidity, low free chlorine levels, and other ameba that occur along with N. fowleri indicate conditions favorable for N. fowleri growth.” (CNN)

China reported three new African swine fever cases in Liaoning province, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. The new outbreaks, confirmed on three pig farms in Jinzhou city and Panjin city in the northeastern province, infected and killed 459 pigs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement published on its website… (ET Health, October 15, 2018).

Road safety is improving, but more laws are required to control speed limits, helmet and seat belt use. Countries in the Region of the Americas have made progress on road safety throughout the past decade, particularly in the development and designation of coordinating bodies to tackle these problems. However, reforms are still needed to improve laws on speed limits and the mandatory use of motorcycle helmets and seat belts. These are the conclusions of the final report on the Plan of Action on Road Safety (2012-2017), submitted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to its member countries during the 56th Directing Council, which brings together all the Region’s health authorities … (PAHO/WHO)

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