Mayur wins sea-swim event

MUMBAI, December 4: Fourteen-year-old Mayur Mehta won the open sea swimming competition from Prongs Light Buoy to Naval Sailing Club, organ...

MUMBAI, December 4: Fourteen-year-old Mayur Mehta won the open sea swimming competition from Prongs Light Buoy to Naval Sailing Club, organised by Western Naval Command last week.

Mehta, a student of Sheth Motibhai Panchan Rashtriya Shala, clocked one hour, 45 minutes and forty seconds. The competition over six km drew 136 participants from Thane, Kalwa, Mumbai and the Navy.

Mehta who collected Rs 3,000 as top cash prize, finished ahead of Sandeep Varma at second spot and Vivek Merchant.

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Madhya Pradesh: As kids died after taking cough syrup, officials probed in the dark

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Officials in Madhya Pradesh's Parasia were alarmed by a series of unexplained deaths in young children. After a thorough investigation, it was discovered that a contaminated cough syrup was the cause. This led to a health survey and a ban on the syrup's distribution. Similar incidents in Rajasthan also resulted in a ban on certain cough syrups and medicines.

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