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IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
ADVISORIES:
Temperature: Fine and warm.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very high.
Temperature: Morning fog patches on the southern and eastern Highveld, otherwise fine and cool to warm but partly cloudy in the east. It will be cloudy along the escarpment in the morning with drizzle.
Temperature: Cloudy in places in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but cool along the escarpment where morning drizzle can be expected. It will become fine over the western and central parts from the afternoon.
Temperature: Fine and warm.
Temperature: Fine and warm but cool along the Lesotho border.
Temperature: Cloudy and cool along the coast with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and warm.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly.
Temperature: Morning fog patches over the north-eastern interior, otherwise fine and warm but partly cloudy and cool along the west coast and adjacent interior.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be strong easterly in the south, otherwise fresh north-westerly in the west and south-west, becoming strong in the afternoon.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.
The Western half – Temperature: Cloudy in places south of escarpment at first with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and warm, but partly cloudy along the coast.
The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh in the evening.
The Eastern half – Temperature: Cloudy in places in the south with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and cool to warm, but partly cloudy along the coast.
The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Temperature: Partly cloudy in the morning with fog over the interior, otherwise fine and warm.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has said there is no evidence of the COVID-19 vaccines being linked to any deaths.
The health regulator appeared before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health on Wednesday, 1 September 2021.
“What we mean is that the deaths are not related to being vaccinated, in 98% of those cases they were elderly people that received vaccinations early on. Again, we did detailed assessments, age, comorbidities and any medication that they are on,” said SAHPRA CEO Tumi Semete.
According to SAHPRA, 32 deaths were looked into – 30 of them were found to be coincidental, while there isn’t enough information on the remaining two fatalities.
Meanwhile SAHPRA’s Professor Helen Rees says the effectiveness and efficacy of vaccines can drop as new variants of COVID-19 are discovered.
“And similarly, none of the Covid-19 vaccines are 100% effective. The different vaccines we are looking at will have a different level of efficacy and importantly for the vaccines that are at the most advanced stage with all of the early clinical trials, all of these vaccines showed that they prevent severe disease, hospitalisation and death,” Rees said.
“So, the effectiveness of all the vaccines had stopped somewhat but it has not gone away. The bar that we have set for ourselves, which is the international standard, is to say 50% effectiveness is the minimum that we would expect.”
SAHPRA’s Professor Helen Rees
Rees added that many vaccines are partially effective and act by reducing the severity of disease or preventing symptoms developing even if you have a low-grade infection.
“But 100% vaccines are a rare thing indeed,” she stressed.
A “scoop” in Pinkvilla this morning reported a re-collaboration between actor Vicky Kaushal and producer-director Karan Johar. This, according to the report was an impulsive arrangement facilitated by the cancellation of Kaushal’s big project Ashwathama with producers Ronnie Screwvala and director Aditya Dhar.
However when I touched base with Karan he completely denied any plans of a new film with Vicky Kaushal. Says Karan, “No not at all. There is no film with Vicky Kaushal as of now.”
Karan is currently busy looking after his mother who has undergone two complicated surgeries. “She’s back home and recovering well. Still in pain. But that will take a few days,” says the dutiful son.
Suyyash Rai and Kishwer Merchant welcomed their baby boy on August 27. On Wednesday, the TV couple took to Instagram to announce the name of their new-born.
Suyyash and Kishwer shared a video on their respective Instagram handles. Suyyash wrote, “Hello WORLD… meet NIRVAIR RAI. I have been repeatedly saying that this is the most beautiful feeling we’ve ever experienced I wanna thank our families for making it even more special and the almighty for blessing us with this lil angel.” Kishwer captioned the video as, “NIRBHAU Maa ka “NIRVAIR” Beta.”
In the video, we can see baby’s romper suit saying ‘Hello World’ and Suyyash’s voice singing “Ik Onkar” which will surely give you goosebumps. As the video progresses, we see the TV couple and their family members holding the baby boy and looking overjoyed with his arrival.
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Recently, Kishwar penned her delivery experience along with a picture. “My Bugs Bunny I know there have been a lot of problems .. I haven’t been the best, with the C section, pain killers, tiredness, anxiety and breastfeeding .. but like we promised each other today, we both will help each other in this journey and make things better for us , love you my son,” she wrote.
Suyyash and Kishwer tied the knot in 2016 and announced their pregnancy in March this year. Kishwer had an Instagram post calling it a “complete lockdown pregnancy,” as she had never imagined that her most special time will be spent with her loved ones.
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On Wednesday, Bombay High Court reserved its order on a plea, seeking quashing of criminal defamation proceedings initiated by the metropolitan magistrate's court, filed by actress Kangana Ranaut. The complaining was filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar. Following the courts judgment, Ranaut's counsel Rizwan Siddique has earlier challenged the proceedings saying Andheri's suburban magistrate court had failed to apply its mind to the case.
Ranaut's plea stated that the lower court did not independently examine the complainant or witnesses rather relied upon the discretion of Juhu Police to initiate the case against her. Siddique, on Wednesday mentioned in Justice Revati Mohite-Dere's single bench that the inquiry into Akhtar's complaint was 'one-sided' adding that their witnesses were never examined and magistrate should have ensured that no party is harassed. However Akhtar's counsel Jay Bharadwaj told the HC that it wasn't the case as it being mentioned by Siddique. He said that the police had summoned witnesses and concerned persons including Ranaut, to ensure its inquiry was impartial, but the actor never responded to the summons.
A criminal complaint against Ranaut in November last year was filed before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate by Javed Akhtar for making defamatory and baseless comments against him in an interview. The court directed the Juhu police to conduct an inquiry into Akhtar's complaint in December 2020. The police subsequently confirmed the incident and that an offence of defamation was carried out, with further inquiry into the same being required. The court accordingly, initiated criminal proceedings against Ranaut and issued summons to her in February this year.
The order on Ranaut's plea is likely to be passed on September 9.
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