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A 15-year-old boy died in Kerala due to a rare brain infection called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis               Meanwhile, district health officials have advised people to avoid taking baths in contaminated water Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare brain illness, caused a 15-year-old boy to pass away in Kerala's Alappuzha district, according to news agency PTI, quoting state health minister Veena George. The minister confirmed the fatality and noted that the state had previously documented five cases of the uncommon sickness, also known as "brain-eating amoeba." The Thirumala ward of Alappuzha reported the infection's first incidence in 2016. According to the minister, one incidence each was recorded in Kozhikode and Thrissur in the years 2020 and 2022, while two instances were verified in Malappuram in the years 2019 and 2020. Only one person in ten thousand will experience this unusual ailment. The place where the sickness was r...

In connection with the Odisha train tragedy that claimed the lives of over 290 persons, the CBI detained three railway employees.                 FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows derailed coaches after trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha Three railroad employees were detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday in connection with the tragic triple train accident in Odisha that claimed the lives of over 290 people . The three employees who were detained for working with the railroads are senior section engineer Arun Kumar Mahanta, section engineer Mohammad Amir Khan, and technician Pappu Kumar. The central investigation agency stated that the accused were detained in accordance with sections 304 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code for "their action which led to the incident," without going into further detail as to what that action was . After a month-long inquiry, the CBI has added two strict sections ...