Aizawl, Dec 22: No fresh HIV positive cases were detected in Mizoram during July to October last, according to the Mizoram State AIDS Control Society (MSACS).
Although the state is the second highest in the country in terms of HIV prevalence, mass awareness and education resulted in checking further spread of the dreaded disease, MSACS officials said.
The MSACS has detected 10,448 HIV cases since October 1990 till June this year.
The officials, however, maintained that the recent trend in the HIV cases was alarming as 69.31 per cent of HIV patients had been infected through intercourse, while earlier sharing of needles and syringes among drug abusers was the main cause of the infections.
Jaitley files defamation suit against Kejriwal in HC over DDCA case
New Delhi, Dec 22: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has filed a civil defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders for issuing allegedly false and defamatory statements against him and his family members.
Jaitley has sought Rs 10 crore as damages from Kejriwal and other AAP leaders — Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpayee — for their alleged defamatory remarks.
Advocate Manik Dogra said the civil suit on behalf of Jaitley would come up in the normal course of listing.
Jaitley’s action comes in the backdrop of attacks on him by Kejriwal and other AAP leaders over alleged irregularities and financial bunglings in Delhi’s cricket body, Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), of which he was the president for about 13 years till 2013.
The Union minister had on Sunday said that he would also file a criminal defamation case against Kejriwal and other five AAP leaders at Patiala House court.
He chose not to give any legal notice to Kejriwal and other AAP leaders asking them to apologize or face defamation cases. Instead, the case was straightaway filed in the court.
