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The Nagpur Police Commissioner, Praveen Dixit, confirmed reports of JeM threat to ace cricket player Sachin Tendulkar stating, "The Central government has issued a high-alert for Sachin...They have information that the JeM has issued a threat to him."

However, keeping in mind the terror threats on the Aussies, he took a U-Turn and said, "There is no specific threat to any individual player and there is no threat input".

He further added that the security arrangements would be usual and uniform.

In order to support the local airline firms the government scrapped basic customs duty of 5% on the fuel on Friday.  

Following suit, the Oil Companies reduced jet fuel prices by Rs 2,100 per kilolitre. Ever since October, the oil companies have reduced jet fuel prices by over 16 percent in response to the fall in international prices. The price cut will be effective from midnight of 3 November. The fuel will now sell at Rs 44,965.70 a kilolitre in Delhi and Rs 46, 518.85 a kilolitre in Mumbai.

Few nurses at the NRS Medical College and Hospital protested against the hospital authorities. The nurses claim that staff nurse Kaveri Bhowmik died due to negligence of the hospital authorities.

Death certificate of Staff Nurse Kaveri Bhowmik says that she had suffered a stroke but fellow nurses claim she showed the symptoms of dengue or encephalitis. They also say that she was not given proper treatment, not even given a bed and was also not given proper attention by the head of the nursing staff.

Recent research showed the importance of flu vaccination in protecting children against respiratory diseases.

Two year study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center has shown that the administration of all recommended flu vaccines to kids reduces their likelihood of catching the respiratory virus, due to which many children are hospitalised every year.

The World Health Organization classifies around 400 million people as obese, 20 million of them under the age of five. The condition raises the risk of diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart problems. Recent research has found a connection between sleeping hour during childhood and obesity in adulthood. Children who do not get proper amount of sleep have more chances of becoming obese in adulthood.