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In a tragic hit-and-run incident in Lucknow, a 21-year-old Class 12 student, Gaurav Singh, was detained after his speeding car rammed into multiple people, resulting in the death of a six-year-old child and injuring four people.
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00:00Hello very, a very good evening. You're watching India Today Television. This is 5 Live. I'm Sneha Mordani and we will start this edition as always with the top headlines, the top stories this Friday evening first.
00:14A new dawn begins for Bangladesh in the first election after Sheikh Hasina's ouster. Landslide, victory for returning prince, Tariq Rahman. BNP wins 209 out of 299 seats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to Tariq Rahman, says India will continue to work with Bangladesh.
00:37Lucknow after Kanpur, killer brats are roaming on our streets. A class 12 student loses control of a speeding car and goes down. Six people, one child has been killed, five others injured.
00:54A new beginning for power centres of the government. Prime Minister's office vacates. Southlock moves into Sevatid. Prime Minister Modi begins work at new office by signing off files on women and youth.
01:07Months after Stampede, another tragedy at Vijay's rally. A man faints at his rally and passes away due to dehydration. Police sources say they will file the FIRE against the organisers.
01:20DVK denies neglect, claims the victim fainted due to illness and was given immediate first aid.
01:26Chief Minister, Stalin's big polls stop for Tamil Nadu women. 5,000 rupees, credited to 1.3 crore women.
01:36Sayers won't back down from women's scheme. Vijay hits out at Stalin.
01:40Rahul Gandhi gathers support for farmers as he intensifies his attack on Prime Minister Modi.
01:50He meets leaders of farm unions. Discusses opposition to India-US trade deal. Claims livelihood of farmers at risk.
02:00Bloodbath on the Dalal Street. Sensing calls by more than 1,000 points.
02:04Nifty sheds over 300 points. More than 7 lakh crore wiped out in one day's session.
02:12Sarah Ferguson, formerly Duchess of York, is facing a fresh round of embarrassment.
02:18After the latest batch of Jeffrey Ibsen Files was released, email exchanges revealed the ex-wife of Andrew
02:24labelled the sex offender a legend, even going ahead and asking him to marry her.
02:30Another Bollywood star on the target of Laurence Bishnoi.
02:35A member of Bishnoi's gang threatens actor Ranbir Singh and Rohit Shetty,
02:39warning that their entire staff will be killed if they refuse to fall in line.
02:46The first major upset in the T20 World Cup 2026,
02:50Zimbabwe defeat 2021 Champions Australia by 23 runs in Pulumbo.
02:56A top story today, we are telling you all about this killer brat, another one, on the loose, on our roads.
03:10A video of the infamous Luckno hit-and-run case has now emerged,
03:15showing a speeding car driven by 21-year-old Gaurav Singh,
03:19ramming into five people, leaving a six-year-old child dead.
03:22Gaurav has been detained.
03:24The case comes, just remember, days after the Kanford Lamborghini crash,
03:28involving a rich brat who was released in no time.
03:32Yes, ma'am.
03:33Inconsolable, anguished, shattered.
03:47This is the mother of the six-year-old who lost his life in a hit-and-run in Lucknow.
03:53A class-12 student, Gaurav Singh, was allegedly driving the car that hit Dikshant Patel and four others.
03:59CCDV footage shows 21-year-old Gaurav, along with a female friend,
04:04driving the car at high speeds, ramming a motorcycle, an auto rickshaw and some pedestrians.
04:11The shocking incident took place around 6 p.m. on Thursday near the Hanuman Temple on Lucknow's Kanpur Road.
04:17Gaurav fled from the accident spot.
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05:02India Today's reporter found empty water bottles and packets of chips inside the car,
05:14which was then seized by the police.
05:17The accused had reportedly borrowed the car from his friend to go to a farewell.
05:32The families of the accident victims are not demanding justice.
06:02Just a few days back, the nation had watched a rich brat in a Lamborghini run down six people in Kanpur.
06:15While the accused in the Kanpur incident, Shivam Mishra, evaded the police for four days and got bailed within hours of his arrest,
06:22the suspect in the Lucknow hit-and-run is at least in police custody.
06:26It's the same story from Kanpur to Lucknow.
06:29Brats running a mock on the streets with no accountability.
06:33With Santosh Sharma in Lucknow, Bureau Report, India Today.
06:40I'm going straight across to my colleague Santosh, getting in more details on that story, tracking that for us.
06:45Santosh, the fact is that this man, in fact, could have helped the victims.
06:50He ran away. It's a pure case of hit-and-run.
06:53He ensured that his friend, the girl with him, was safe and then he fled until he was caught.
06:58He's now been detained. What next? What are the police saying?
07:02Was this a case of drunken driving? What are you learning?
07:05This is a simple case of hit-and-run in which a 12th class student of 21 years old, Gaurav Singh, has been arrested by the Banthara police in this hit-and-run case.
07:20The simple, what we get the information from the Lucknow police, that in this whole incident, Gaurav Singh was driving the car and he was a student of class 12th.
07:33And he was coming back from the funeral party of his school with his student, girl student, or we can say the girlfriend, was sitting behind his seat in the car.
07:43And after that, what happened, this is to be revealed by the Gaurav Singh, the accused, who was driving this car.
07:50And that suddenly he hits, firstly he hits a bike, then he hits an auto rickshaw.
07:57And six people totally injured and in this one six-year-old child dies.
08:03So we can say this is a simple hit-and-run case.
08:06Now the police is investigating whether it was a drunken drive case or hit-and-run case.
08:12Because police have detained this accused, Gaurav Singh, after 12 hours of this incident.
08:19So, firstly, the police have to take him to the medical examination.
08:23In this medical examination, that report will tell that he was in an alcoholic position or any other substance he has taken due to which this accident happened.
08:37So we can say that now the police has arrested this Gaurav Singh, the 12th class student, but 21 years.
08:44He's an adult.
08:45Primarily, we got the information that the 12th class student is a minor.
08:48But as Gaurav Singh was arrested, the police has gone through his legal documents, whether it was the Aadhaar card or the certificates.
08:58Police claimed that he was an adult, he's 21 years old, studying in class 12th.
09:03So Gaurav Singh has been arrested and sent, he will be produced before the court in this whole hit-and-run case.
09:09But the medical report will reveal whether it was a drunken drive case or simple hit-and-run case.
09:15All right, I'm going to leave it there for the moment.
09:17And Santosh getting in those details and telling us about that horrific incident from Lucknow.
09:22A young child, just six years of age, has died because of reckless driving in Lucknow City.
09:31Now, from the era of Dawood to the rise of Bishnoi Gang, is Bollywood once again under the shadow of the underworld and gangsters?
09:39Well, the spike in Bishnoi Gang's warnings, gunfire incidents and explosion calls have sent fresh tremors through the film industry, making B-Town rather nervous.
09:51Here's more.
09:51There was a time when Bollywood functioned under the shadow of the underworld.
10:06The era of Dawood Ibrahim cast a long, dark spell on the film industry.
10:11Today, years later, a new shadow appears to be growing.
10:18The Lawrence Bishnoi Gang.
10:20What began as isolated threat centered around certain stars like Salman Khan, has expanded to the whole B-Town.
10:31In the latest episode, actor Anveer Singh received an extortion call, allegedly from a Bishnoi Gang member.
10:38India Today accessed this chilling audio clip, though its authenticity is yet to be verified.
10:52In the recording, Harry Boxer, allegedly from the Bishnoi Gang, warns the actor threatening all of Bollywood to fall in line, especially Ranveer and director Rohit Shetty.
11:05Our stage is still recorded.
11:20If you wouldn't be the one who only means that you deserve this, I would have exhausted one day.
11:28a spike in attacks over the last
11:58couple of years has raised alarm gunfire outside Rohit Shetty's Juhu residence
12:04multiple shootings at comedian Kapil Sharma's cafe in Surrey shots fired outside Salman
12:15Khan's Galaxy apartment in Bandra firing outside the shop at me is family house gunshots outside
12:24singer AP Dhillon's house in Vancouver just to name a few a disturbing pattern a widening target
12:33list Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the wake of events vowed that every gangster
12:41plot will be stopped and gangs operating in Mumbai will be wiped out law enforcement agencies he
12:48says have been told to act firmly but inside Bollywood the mood is tense the glamour remains the cameras
13:00roll many are now looking over their shoulders as if the 80s have returned report India today I'm going
13:12straight across the Devesh getting in more details on that story Devesh has been fair amount of
13:16speculation that often small-time gangsters also in fact take the name of Lawrence Bishnoe and make
13:21these calls for attention or for whatever reasons what have the investigators found in this case
13:26any word from Ranveer Singh's camp also just yet what are you learning
13:29well as of now it has been learned that the voice note sent to Ranveer Singh's manager actor Ranveer Singh's
13:40manager was sent using VPN and that is why the tracking location of the sender has been very
13:48difficult though specialists from cyber cell and expert help from other private organizations has also
13:56been sought while the cyber cell is working around the clock to track the exact location from which
14:04country this message was sent to actor Ranveer Singh where he was threatened extortion was demanded and
14:09the sender claimed that he's a member of the Lawrence Bishnoe gang as of now it is yet to be
14:16asserted whether it was act by the Lawrence Bishnoe gang or it was some impersonator but after the threats
14:26have been issued there have been audio notes that have been circulated there's a recent audio note
14:31that came in from another member of the Lawrence Bishnoe gang Harry Boxer there again he has mentioned
14:37about Ranveer Singh Rohit Shetty and others he's issued threats to them he's issued threats to
14:42invasion but we will continue to talk about that in a moment from now more news coming in let's take a listen
14:50Oh
14:59there are all three
15:04See, be it how many parties do join us, there will be sharing that will take place.
15:32And that's the decision that our leader, Vijay, has taken.
15:42It shouldn't be like a political party joins allies with another political party, but they're not given their proper share of power.
15:56Nobody has formed a party for time pass.
16:01Neither they're being given a seat sharing or power sharing.
16:08That isn't the end goal for a political party.
16:11We have already criticized the union government on the budget announcements.
16:27We have already stated the very same day and the next day as well how this budget is anti-Tamil.
16:34Right, let's shift focus now and tell you little about a neighboring country of Bangladesh where Tariq Rahman's BNP has won.
17:00The country's elections with a two-third majority.
17:04Tariq Rahman is the son of former Prime Minister Khalida Zia, returned from 17 years in exile last year and is being hailed from his party's performance.
17:14He's all said to be the next Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
17:16The new government is likely to be formed on the 17th of February.
17:20Rahman managed to win from both Dhaka and Bogra's seats he contested.
17:24Meanwhile, the chief of Bangladesh's Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami Party, Shafiqur Rahman, has said his party will not engage in politics of opposition but pursue positive politics.
17:35Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken with Tariq Rahman who is expected to be the next Prime Minister.
17:41Prime Minister Modi has congratulated BNP saying that India will stand in support of a democratic and inclusive Bangladesh.
17:48First reaction after the election result, were you surprised by the kind of majority that the BNP has got?
17:58It is not a surprising. It is a desirable because the largest party, our competitive party, Aumalik Epson, could not participate in the contest.
18:15So that result is not at all unexpected. Not surprising. It's normal.
18:23So you knew, you were confident that you are going to come to power anyhow?
18:27No, no, no anyhow. We are fighting for an initiative of democracy and the voting rights for 16 years.
18:37So that we have been tortured or the jail or the false cases, everything.
18:49But always, always, always we are fighting for an initiative of democracy and the voting rights of the peoples. Okay.
18:59So that I think that initiative of democracy is the best revenge for a political party like BNP.
19:06Now that you are in power and Tariq sahab is going to be the Prime Minister, what assurance would you like to give the Hindu community?
19:14You just told us that the BNP is the best party for the Hindus.
19:18So the Hindu community, the minorities in Bangladesh, will they seek shelter, protection, their rights, their constitutional rights?
19:27Will that be guaranteed by the BNP government?
19:31Well, our election commitment, we have given the election commitment and also we have placed to the people that you want to attack.
19:45It is clearly, clearly stated that what we, the East and everybody who have an equal right constitutionally, no Hindu, no Muslim, no, we don't believe in minority.
19:59It is a son of the soil.
20:01So that is a question, not a question of minority.
20:06We are equal.
20:07Okay.
20:08The second thing, I think already Hindu people could realize the only BNP is the best because BNP is a sub-democratic party.
20:25It was a must-expected, the people, we know that the people will support BNP, it's a very popular party in Bangladesh, its founder is especially in Jira Rahman, so we hope that the Bangladesh people, even the BNP government, the future government, will lead the country according to their people's choice because they have, people have a must-expectation, even they have board the BNP party for good governance.
20:55So when Tariq Rahman returned to Dhaka after nearly 17 years of exile, BNP and its supporters unitedly pushed for him as the next leader to take charge of the country.
21:06His rallies for the past month have witnessed tens of thousands to come out even at midnight.
21:12Here's a report that tracks the rise of the 60-year-old Tariq Rahman as the possible next Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
21:19Bangladesh has decided. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is set to form the next government. At the heart of this transition is Tariq Rahman, a leader once forced into exile, now preparing to assume power.
21:38From years abroad to the centre of Dhaka's political stage, Tariq Rahman's return marks a defining moment for Bangladesh.
21:4660-year-old Tariq Rahman returned to his motherland in December 2025 after two decades of exile.
22:02The eldest son of former Bangladesh President Ziaul Rahman and former Prime Minister Khalid Azia, Tariq Rahman has lived in London since 2008.
22:12He left Bangladesh for medical treatment following his arrest during a military-backed caretaker government.
22:21Rahman was 28 years old when he joined the BNP in 1988 and rose to prominence as its senior joint secretary in 2002.
22:31That trajectory shifted in 2007 when Rahman was detained on corruption charges during an anti-graft drive.
22:38He left Bangladesh the following year and since then lived in exile.
22:43But while in London, Rahman continued to shape BNP strategy, addressing rallies via video calls and meeting party leaders abroad.
22:52In January 2025, Rahman reunited with his mother at Gatwick airport after more than seven years apart when Khalid Azia travelled for medical care.
23:07Months later, he met Interim Government Chief Mohammed Yunus in London, signalling his continued relevance in Bangladesh's political transition.
23:15On December 2025, Rahman returned to Bangladesh after an exile of about 17 years.
23:26His return to the country was made possible after criminal cases against him at home were overturned following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a student-led uprising in 2024.
23:38Days after his mother Khalid Azia's death, Tariq Rahman formally became chairman of the BNP in January 2026.
23:49He has been holding the position of acting chairman since February 2018.
23:54And this time he promises to break the cycle of revenge politics that has dominated Bangladesh for the past five and a half decades.
24:05What we need at the moment in the country is peace, stability.
24:10To bring stability, we need peace.
24:13So that's why personally I believe that revenge will not bring us anything good, rather it will destroy anything.
24:20Tariq Rahman now steps into the role of national leadership.
24:25As Bangladesh moves from contest to continuity, the focus now turns to governance and to whether Tariq Rahman can deliver on his promise of stability.
24:37Bureau Report, India Today.
24:39Moving on, the Motor Vehicle Department in Kerala on Friday felicitated an elderly woman who stopped a scooter rider from misusing a footpath in Koeikore.
24:52A video of Prabhavati went completely viral earlier where she was seen confronting the scooter rider after he attempted to ride along a footpath near a traffic signal to bypass congestion on the main route.
25:04That's the video on your screens at this point in time.
25:08Well, after social media users applauded Prabhavati for a fierce response, authorities praised her civic sense and urged the people to act responsibly on the roads.
25:17By honoring Prabhavati, officials said they hoped to encourage more citizens to prioritize safety over haste and contribute to safer public spaces.
25:24In the video that went viral earlier, Prabhavati blocked the scooter rider's path by firmly placing her foot in front of the vehicle and refused to move until he returned to the road.
25:35The video drew widespread appreciation for a firm yet calm intervention and highlighted concerns over vehicles encroaching on pedestrian spaces.
25:44Moving on. Obesity is fast emerging as one of India's biggest public health crises.
25:54A recent study has revealed that 84% of Indians have attempted to lose weight at some point in time.
26:01But here's the worrying part. Only 4.7% managed to sustain even modest weight loss for one year.
26:07The study further shows that more than one-third of respondents did not consult a healthcare professional about their weight in the past five years.
26:18An almost equal number said they had never received a formal diagnosis of obesity.
26:23India has 254 million people living with generalized obesity.
26:29Another 351 million are affected by abdominal obesity.
26:33In 2019 alone, nearly six lakh adult deaths in India were linked to obesity-related diseases.
26:40These staggering figures help explain why weight loss medicines are rapidly gaining ground across the country.
26:47New data from the much-followed PharmaTrack report for January shows that new entrants are catching up fast in India's booming obesity drug market.
26:56The report places your peak just behind Mount Jaro in the blockbuster new introductions list.
27:04Your peak was launched by pharmaceutical major CIPLA.
27:08It's a branded version of Chilzepidide and it has gained significant traction within just three months of its launch.
27:16Also featuring in the blockbuster list are Vigovi, Ozempic and Loclema.
27:19Vigovi and Ozempic are semaglutide-based drugs, originally developed to treat diabetes, now widely used for weight management.
27:27Loclema, meanwhile, is prescribed to treat high potassium levels in adults, a condition known as hyperkalemia.
27:35As obesity numbers climb, India's weight loss drug market is expanding rapidly, driven by demand, desperation and a growing shift towards medical intervention.
27:48The Nipah scare in India has once again turned the spotlight on one of the world's deadliest viral infections.
27:56Rare, unpredictable and often severe, Nipah is a virus that commands attention every time a case emerges.
28:04With no approved vaccines and no specific antiviral treatment, even a handful of infections is enough to trigger concern.
28:12So over the next half an hour or so, we break down everything you need to know.
28:19What exactly is Nipah? How it spreads? How dangerous can it be?
28:24And why, health authorities are saying, there is no reason to panic just yet.
28:30Let's begin in West Bengal, where the young nurse has died now following the complications after the Nipah infection.
28:36The 25-year-old was amongst the two nursing staff who had tested positive earlier this year and were later declared recovered.
28:45But her health never fully stabilised.
28:49She remained critical, also required ventilation support and eventually suffered a cardiac arrest.
28:55Officials say the death cannot be attributed solely to the Nipah virus.
28:58However, they do acknowledge the infection significantly worsened her conditions and triggered a chain of complications here.
29:06But what exactly is Nipah? Let's dive into that now.
29:11It is a zoonotic virus, meaning it spreads from animals to humans and can also pass between two humans, people to people.
29:19It's also the natural host inside of a fruit bat or especially any kind of dropper species.
29:29Early symptoms also look like severe flu, fever, headache, muscle pain, vomiting, cough, sore throat and also breathing difficulty.
29:40In severe cases, Nipah can inflame the brain, causing encephalitis, organ failure and also life-threatening complications.
29:51Transmission usually happens through close contact with infected animals to their bodily fluids or, you know, their bodily fluids there.
30:01It can also occur through contaminated food, especially raw date palm sap.
30:06Now, human to human spread is also possible, particularly in hospitals or caregiving settings where close contact is just unavoidable,
30:16which is why we had two cases reported in West Bengal, both nurses.
30:20And also the diagnosis is done through something called RT-PCR testing.
30:24We all know that by now, thanks to COVID, using a throat swab, a nasal swab or sometimes a blood, urine or also, you know, some other fluids that are used for its testing.
30:35Later in the illness, the ELISA tests help detect the antibodies, which seem to be the only way forward.
30:44But when it comes to treatment, there is no specific antiviral therapy just yet.
30:50Care remains largely supportive, hydration, monitoring and intensive care when needed, which is why early detection and isolation are critical.
31:00NEPA is considered one of the deadliest infections known.
31:05Fertility rates range between 40 to 75%.
31:10That's very, very high.
31:12And nearly one in five survivors may experience long term neurological complications as well.
31:18The incubation period, well, that is typically between 3 to 14 days, where in some rare cases it may also extend for longer.
31:28And despite years of research, no approved vaccine currently exists.
31:34But here is the part experts want you to remember.
31:37This remains a contained situation, at least so far.
31:42So far, only two confirmed cases have been reported in India, including one linked to the recent deaths.
31:49Like I said, contact tracing has not found any wider spread.
31:54There is no evidence of community transmission just yet.
31:56NEPA spreads, remember, mainly through close contact.
32:01It is not primarily airborne like the case of COVID was, which significantly reduces the risk of, you know, large scale outbreaks.
32:09But India has faced NEPA before.
32:13So we have some learnings there.
32:15Let's look at the cases earlier on.
32:16In 2001, West Bengal reported 66 cases, 45 of them died.
32:23In 2007, again, the state saw about five cases and also all five did not survive.
32:31In Kerala in 2018, the outbreak recorded 18 cases and 17 deaths.
32:36In 2023, Kerala again reported six cases and two deaths.
32:40In 2025, there were three cases and two deaths that were recorded and each time rapid contamination sort of, you know, and also what really helped in these cases was just containing them that helped from wider spread.
32:57So the issue here is to ensure that you detect early and you also isolate them early.
33:03Authorities are urging now simple precautions.
33:05Follow quarantine advice if used, wear masks in high-risk settings, wash your hands frequently, maintain strict hygiene.
33:12Also, avoid consuming unwashed fruits.
33:17Do not drink raw date palm sap or even toddy.
33:22And in affected areas, limit unnecessary movement.
33:26NEPA, remember, is serious.
33:28It's fertility rate, you know, the fatality rate over there is very, very high.
33:32But right now, awareness and caution matter far more than panic.
33:38So that's everything you need to know about NEPA.
33:42But let's deep dive with our expert now on the program to get you more details on this one.
33:48Joining me next is Dr. Rajiv.
33:50Dr. Rajiv Jayadevan is the epidemiologist, author and co-chairman of the National IMA COVID Task Force and also the past president of the Indian Medical Association in Coaching.
33:59Thank you so much for your time.
34:00Dr. Rajiv, my first question is that in West Bengal, we had seen NEPA about 10 years ago and then there were no cases reported in West Bengal.
34:12We largely saw cases in Kerala.
34:13This time it's come back in West Bengal and while we are constantly talking about two nurses, it has to come through a human source, right?
34:23Somebody infected with NEPA who could not be detected was in that hospital and gave it to the two nurses.
34:30Are we missing something in surveillance here to ensure and get to that zero patient, the first patient?
34:35Very good question. Since we've already covered the basics, I'll go directly to answer your question.
34:43Did the nurse pick the virus up from another person? It's entirely possible. We do not have a proof of that.
34:51But for our viewers, as they would have probably heard, the virus freely circulates in certain types of fruit bats, not all bats.
35:01And in areas where bats and human beings coexist or they live together or they come into contact directly or indirectly, the virus gets a chance to jump onto man.
35:12And as you mentioned, the virus, once it infects man, it can spread to other people.
35:19And that is what makes NEPA dangerous, particularly from a community health standpoint.
35:24So where the first patient was, and that is really called a primary case, the first case.
35:30And commonly, because it is so serious and so severe, the first patient commonly is already dead by the time the outbreak is identified.
35:43We talked about the Seliguri outbreak 25 years ago in West Bengal, where a large number of people died.
35:50And the diagnosis was made in the prospect, initially suspected to be something else.
35:54A very large number of people died. And many of them were, in fact, relatives or close relatives or people who visited patients and health care workers who passed away.
36:06So clearly it has the ability to spread within hospitals.
36:10And the Seliguri outbreak is also remarkable that it started in one hospital and spread to three others, which means that four hospitals in total were involved in that outbreak.
36:20And with a mortality in the range of 70 to 74 percent.
36:26So back to our question here.
36:29Yes, it is quite possible that a patient who got the virus from the bat, one way or the other, may have come to the hospital and the nurse may have looked after the person and may have picked up the virus from that person.
36:43So it is entirely possible we don't have proof of that.
36:45So that is the reason why such measures are needed to contain the outbreak.
36:52Yeah. And this is the worrying part because if the patient, I'm sure, had family, they were in touch as well.
36:57So this is why surveillance gets like really, really important in these cases.
37:00However, WHO was very early in sounding the alarm on this one.
37:05And they did, you know, go on to ensure that some 175 people were tested after that over 175, if I'm getting the number correct.
37:14And all of them have come, you know, clear so far, which is good news.
37:18But, you know, there's there's a question that always bugs me, Dr. Rajiv.
37:20Why are all these viruses found in Kerala? I have never understood. Is it the climate? Is it better surveillance? How is it that the genesis of all kind different peculiar viruses, it all comes from Kerala or now West Bengal as well?
37:39There are many, many reasons for this. First, a patient with NIPA does not come with a label.
37:47I have NIPA. Someone's got to discover it. Someone's got to find it.
37:51And that requires clinical suspicion, the ability to perform a test, the ability to report and confirm it with the reference laboratory in the country.
38:00So Kerala, with its prior experience with several outbreaks, it is able to pick up outbreaks at a very early stage and contain it before it spreads to other people.
38:13And the way it's contained is, as you mentioned, the contact list of the person is is made.
38:18And each of these individuals are screened by questions and isolated if necessary so that they do not get a chance to spread to other people.
38:26And after the period of isolation, as long as they remain healthy, they are free to leave.
38:31So that's how outbreaks are contained.
38:35So diagnostic acumen is what we call it.
38:39I'll put this in perspective.
38:41NIPA is one of several causes of what's called encephalitis.
38:44Encephalitis is, in plain English, it's brain infection.
38:48It's a very serious illness, brain infection.
38:51And brain infection is caused by several viruses.
38:54And NIPA is one of the rare causes of encephalitis.
38:57So not all instances of encephalitis do doctors send all the tests for all the viruses.
39:03So, for instance, if there's a NIPA outbreak in the region, doctors tend to spend time and effort in identifying NIPA as well.
39:11But otherwise, it's futile to test for NIPA for every case of suspected brain infection.
39:17Sure.
39:19So that's really the reason why Kerala in particular has reported NIPA in the past.
39:25Second is Kerala is a travel hub.
39:27Because a lot of people who work outside the state, in the rest of the country, as well as abroad.
39:31So whatever infections are from, say, from the Middle East or...
39:35Top story at this hour, the news we are breaking.
39:44Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a special meeting of the Union Cabinet at the South Clock on Friday.
39:50This is the last such gathering at the British ERA secretariat building.
39:54Before the Prime Minister's office ships to its new complex, which is Sevatirth.
39:59This was the Cabinet's last meeting in the PMO.
40:02Located in the Imperial complex designed by British architect Herbert Baker in the early 1900s to meet the requirements of the British Raj.
40:14I'm going to go straight across to Aishwarya for more on that.
40:17Aishwarya, what a day.
40:19Years and years after the Prime Minister's office functioned from here, from South Bloc.
40:24Today is the last day, the last meeting has taken place.
40:27The Prime Minister's last Cabinet meeting, so to speak, in South Bloc.
40:33What next as far as the new office of the Prime Minister is concerned?
40:38Very, very clear.
40:42Seva Teerth, that's the name that has now been given.
40:45And the reason why we are doing so is because Prime Minister Modi and the BJP, they believe that, you know, they are not just ministers.
40:51They are people who are here to serve the people.
40:54Let me just tell you, you know, the kind of name change that we are seeing.
40:57South Bloc has been called Sevatirth.
40:59The central secretariat, they are being called Kartavwe Bhavan.
41:01Because it's the Kartavwe of all those who have been elected to make sure that India rises.
41:04If we look at Rajpat, the name change that happened since 2014, it's now called as Kartavwe Bhavan.
41:10So all these things are now highlighting what the Prime Minister thinks about and the way in which he looks at India.
41:17See, the overall image, the overall idea is to make sure that India moves from being a developing nation to being a developed nation by 2047.
41:24So keeping all those things in mind, we are now seeing these iconic images that we are seeing on the screen.
41:31Now the last meeting has now taken place.
41:33And this is the last meeting that has taken place in the South Bloc building.
41:37And after this, the entire structure, North and South Bloc, they will be converted into the world's largest museum.
41:42And from now on, we will see Prime Minister Wanchi has inaugurated the new building.
41:46All the meetings will take place in the new building.
41:49The BJD believes this is the beginning of a new era for the entire country.
41:53The colonial legacy, and it's replete with deep messaging.
41:58To me, Aishwarya, this is not just about name change.
42:01It's also so much more about doing away with what was a colonial legacy, isn't it?
42:06And also, like you rightly pointed out, I'm going to in fact go across to Gaurav as well.
42:10Gaurav, like I was asking Aishwarya also, we're talking about the fact that this is replete with deep messaging.
42:15This is about Kartavya, this is about duty, and not so much about power.
42:20Also the importance of shedding away the colonial legacy, which is writ large on all of these developments that we're reporting on today.
42:27So that big message, as you notice there on the Seva Teert, is Nagarik Devo Bhav.
42:35And this comes from the concept of Matra Devo Bhav, Pitra Devo Bhav, Aacharya Devo Bhav, and Atithi Devo Bhav.
42:46Now that is the civilizational ethos of this land, that your mother you worship as God, your father you worship as God,
42:56your teacher and your guests, which are people that you worship as God.
43:01The Prime Minister is adding that line, as far as the government is concerned, the citizens are God.
43:09You know, so far the concept was my Baap Sarkar.
43:14That Sarkar is my Baap.
43:16And this is not what the culture, what the Prime Minister wants to send across the messages, my Baap Sarkar.
43:22It's actually Nagarik Devo Bhav.
43:26They serve whoever, a minister, a bureaucrat, a government official.
43:32The effort is to inculcate that culture.
43:35This is no longer the British Raj.
43:37This is no longer the government of any invader or their descendants.
43:41This is the government of the people of this land, is the message that the Prime Minister is trying to convey.
43:48And then like it was mentioned by Aishwarya, it started with, it's no longer Rajpath or King's Way.
43:56It's Kartavya Path.
43:58It's no longer Queen's Way.
43:59It was Janpath, but overall the message is that this is people first governance that they want to move forward on.
44:08How much of this actually comes about more than words into action on ground and serving people?
44:15Well, we'll wait and report on that too.
44:18Gaurav, I'm glad you said that because the messaging is important, but also how it translates into action.
44:23I mean, of course, there is, you know, Raj Bhavan, the name has been changed to Lok Bhavan, but this is a government of the people and we are serving the people.
44:34And that is the message that the government wants to send.
44:37But at the end of the day, if that is a promise which is lived up to or not, it's something that we'll keenly watch.
44:42But important messaging from the Prime Minister, a significant day where he leaves the South Glock and moves to Siva Tirith.
44:50The literal meaning of that is the pilgrimage for service.
44:54Gaurav, and I think that is extremely important.
44:57Talk to us about the sign, about the work that is being done today, about the files in that sense that have been signed today.
45:03So, 8 o'clock tonight is that cabinet briefing.
45:07The decision that's taken in this cabinet and from what sources tell India today, it's likely to be landmark what sources are telling India today.
45:16Should that finally be approved, it'll be a huge, huge infrastructure project that's connecting, you know, one end of the Brahmaputra and an underwater tunnel.
45:27Two tubes, one for trains, the other for transport, connecting, you know, one end of the Brahmaputra to the other land on either side.
45:37It'll be huge for Assam, but not just for Assam.
45:40It'll be huge for the entire North East, especially for Arunachal Pradesh.
45:45It'll be strategic, it's 18,600 crore and more.
45:49But should this project actually be cleared today and be announced at 8 o'clock, the effort is, infrastructure is the way forward as far as the Narendra Modi government is concerned.
46:01The Prime Minister very recently and the government have spoken of the Bogi Beal Bridge, for example, the effort that has been made to push infrastructure projects that had been, you know, hanging fire for decades and decades.
46:13But finally, seeing the light of day, that is something that the government is talking about.
46:19When they talk about Seva Teert, it is service for the people of this country.
46:25Again, what is extremely important is how much of it positively impacts people when they go to government offices is what we shall be reporting on now.
46:34That's right. You know, Gaurav, also, this was not just, you know, attempt to shed the colonial legacy, but also in a way to ensure that there's maximum governance.
46:45There were inconveniences given that the infrastructure and the offices were fragmented and this was making things very difficult, isn't it?
46:52Of course, the structure is extremely old, 1900s.
46:55I mean, these are structures which are decades old, isn't it?
46:58That also was problematic purely if you look at this move from an infrastructure point of view.
47:05Well, it was literally bursting at the seams, creaking, you know, files were kept out in the open and we've reported from both North Bloc and South Bloc for a very long time.
47:15You didn't have enough number of offices.
47:18If you were to talk about South Bloc and Defence Ministry, for example, while there was, you know, while the Army Chief, the Navy Chief and the Defence Secretary had a place there, the Air Chief couldn't be there.
47:30The Air Chief was in a different building.
47:32When you talk about integration, the effort is now the entire, the whole of the government approach.
47:38Integration is, is what the government is aiming for.
47:42Again, it's a project that was envisaged by the Prime Minister.
47:48The new parliament building, one part of it, the entire, you know, project which, which also includes a lot of other projects that are coming about.
47:57The Seva Teert, the messaging is very clear.
48:01The message that comes out of Seva Teert is every bureaucrat, every government employee should work with the, with the idea that he, he or she, they're serving the people of this country.
48:15They are not the, the, they're not like the British Indian, you know, the British officers or the British leaders of that time, that their job is to control and command.
48:28Here, the aim is to serve.
48:30That's the concept that the Prime Minister and his government are trying to put across with this.
48:35Yes, it's not just the Seva Teert, the Prime Minister's office, but Gaurav, important to point out that the other ministries also, which were really running from dilapidated structures.
48:44We've seen how the various Bhavans across Latians Delhi were running.
48:49This was important.
48:50Kartavia Bhavan one and two that was earlier inaugurated by the Prime Minister.
48:55Absolutely right.
48:58On that.
48:59Yes.
49:00Also the concept that a lot of rent was being paid to pay paid.
49:05Government was losing a lot of money in terms of rent that was being given out was again a reason that was put forward.
49:12All of that will now be put to better use.
49:16How much of this actually, you know, makes a positive change to the lives of residents, not just of Delhi, but citizens of this country in terms of when they need something from the government?
49:30How quickly is all of that available to them?
49:33That's the key.
49:34How accessible?
49:35That's the big question and that's the big challenge also.
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