Stroke emergency advice from Aasi hospital by Dr.Asik Ameen

A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted or there is bleeding in the brain. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. It is urgent to seek emergency care at the first sign of a stroke. Early treatment saves many lives and reduces the effects of stroke.

Stroke Warning Signs

These are the warning signs that you or someone you know may be having a stroke:

• Numbness, weakness, or paralysis of the face, arm, or leg (on one or both sides of the body)
• Vision that suddenly blurs or decreases (in one or both eyes)
• Trouble speaking or understanding
• Dizziness, loss of balance, or a fall that is unexplained
• Difficulty swallowing
• Sudden, severe, unexplained headache
• Sudden confusion

Learn the warning signs of stroke, and seek emergency care at the first sign of a stroke.

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With Social Media, Jallikattu Protest On Chennai's Marina Beach Gets Even Larger

CHENNAI:  It has been 24 hours since protests began across Tamil Nadu to bring back Jallikattu or the bull-taming festival. The epicentre is capital Chennai's famous Marina Beach where thousands of people, mostly students and young professionals, have gathered since last night in absolutely peaceful protest. They have refused to leave till the ban on Jallikattu is lifted and want the government and courts to listen to their demands, saying their fight is for their culture, for Tamil pride. Jallikattu, they claim, is not cruel to animals.

While all political parties, including the ruling AIADMK has supported the demand for Jallikattu to be allowed again, the protests have not been sponsored by any party. They are led mainly by students, who have drawn the support of actors, cricketers and other celebrities. They have also demanded that the state ban animal rights organisation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA, which has lobbied hard to ensure that the sport is not allowed.

Crowds at the Marina beach swelled today in response to appeals on social media. Protests may continue for a while; 31 colleges in Chennai have declared holidays from tomorrow.

AIADMK chief Sasikala Natarajan has said she will again ask the centre for an ordinance or executive order to allow Jallikattu despite a Supreme Court ban and Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam will meet the Prime Minister tomorrow. Her party, Ms Natarajan said, is also seeking legal advice on how PETA can be banned in the state.

The protest in Chennai has been completely peaceful so far but there are worries about so large a gathering in the heart of Chennai. All efforts by the city police to get the crowd to disperse have failed so far.

On Wednesday evening top cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, who belongs to Chennai, tweeted, "Scenes of peaceful protest all around TN.Unity, peace and resolve will show our plea in the right light.#peacefulprotests#jallikattu."

In a video message, popular actor Vijay said, "The law was not created to rob people of their tradition and rights but to protect it. Jallikattu is every Tamilian's identity. Those who are protesting against the ban on Jallikattu are united by the feeling that they are Tamilians but not out of compulsion or political pressure. I bow down to each and everyone of them."

Animal rights activists say Jallikattu subjects bulls to torture and pain "You basically see a bull having its tail bitten, being stabbed with sickles, agitated, stuff rubbed into its eyes with 20 people jumping on it," said advocate and animal rights activist, Rudra Krishna.

"Our people revere bulls, there is no cruelty," Tamil Nadu's education minister Ma Foi Pandiarajan told NDTV today.

Jallikattu, held during the harvest festival of Pongal, has not been held in Tamil Nadu for the last three years, after it was banned by the Supreme Court in 2014.

The Court had last week rejected a plea urging it to give early verdict on a petition on Jallikattu before this year's Pongal last Saturday. On a petition on the protests, the Madras High Court said today that it will not "interfere" as the Supreme Court is hearing a case on Jallikattu. Political parties in the state have accused each other of not pushing enough to have the ban, lifted. The ruling AIADMK has blamed the DMK for the ban, imposed when its partner the Congress led the Central government. The DMK has taunted the AIADMK for not ensuring that Jallikattu was allowed this year.

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I can do anything to overcome the odds - Jadhav

Kedar Jadhav is 31 years old, but on Sunday he did what only boys not bogged down by realities of life can dream of. He walked out at 63 for 4, with his parents, his wife and his daughter in attendance, and stunned England with a century that helped India chase down 350. It was an innings that overshadowed a really exceptional effort from a man who now has legitimate claims to being one of India's best three ODI batsmen of all time. It was an innings where Kohli had to push himself. Imagine. Jadhav played a knock that outshone that Kohli effort. Only boys dream of just walking in with the match all but lost and then running away with it, with a man destined to be an all-time great watching in awe at times.

One such time was when Joe Root and Moeen Ali had bowled 10 straight balls without a boundary. Thirty-three runs had come off the last 35 balls. This was the quietest England had managed to keep this Jadhav-Kohli partnership of 200. To the last ball of this over, the 27th, Jadhav made room. Moeen saw it. He fired it into the pads. There was no room to play a forceful shot now, especially with the leg side packed. Jadhav, though, went ahead with his attempted drive over mid-off to this short ball. The ball flew far enough to meet the boundary skirting on the half-volley.

It was just Jadhav's bad luck that, later in the night, Kohli played a shot even more awesome. This one didn't get talked about so much. Two days later, Jadhav explained why he could execute a shot like that. And one sweep against the turn of Adil Rashid, straight over mid-on for a six.

"As a kid, I played more tennis-ball cricket than with the cricket ball," Jadhav said. "There used to be a tournament where you could hit fours and sixes only straight down the ground. If you hit on the sides you were given out. So that's how I got into this habit that even if there is bounce, if the ball is at a manageable height and if I feel I can clear 30 yards, I can do it. I could do this with the tennis ball. So the flow with which I was playing yesterday, I thought if there isn't much bounce and if I can get a bit of elevation, I can hit out. In that over we hadn't got a boundary and you needed a boundary every over to maintain that asking rate. So I took that option and it clicked."

On the night, as Kohli pushed Jadhav with the running between the wickets, you got the impression he was struggling to keep up, but he turned down only those runs that were not on. Jadhav later said he will come back as a better runner, but his strength and endurance is not to be underestimated. Two years ago he went to Australia to represent India A and played on despite what he thought was some pain in his hand. When the pain didn't recede even after he came back home, he got it checked only to find he had fractured his hand.

"I realised that if I could perform well in Australia for India despite carrying a fracture, I can bear any pain," Jadhav said. "If I have to overcome odds, I know I can do anything. That's how I always think, and since I keep achieving it most of the times, my belief in my abilities continues to grow."

That doesn't stop Jadhav from watching against complacency. Jadhav's second century may have given him a more permanent spot in the India ODI side, but he is not taking it for granted. "There shouldn't be a change [in my approach]," Jadhav said. "I always play every game as my last game. Whenever you represent your country, you've to give more than 100%. I'll try and do that in whatever games I get, whenever I bat or bowl."

Jadhav played some IPL cricket with Virender Sehwag at Delhi Daredevils, and he showed shades of Sehwag's thinking in the way he approached the chase.






"Since we were four down, England were looking to attack," Jadhav said. "It was good that many fielders were in catching positions rather than saving boundaries. The wicket was good for batting, so I had a lot of gaps to score boundaries. And my natural game is to try and dominate the opposition whenever I bat. I look to take the bowlers on. So I was just playing in that flow, and because we had to chase 350, irrespective of the situation, we had to maintain the tempo."

It helped that Kohli was at the other end, which meant all of England's energies were spent on the more accomplished partner. Jadhav had said after the match that he rued that he hadn't got to bat as much with Kohli as he would have liked. Before Sunday, Jadhav had batted with Kohli three times.

"Whenever you bat with Virat, it helps you," Jadhav said. "Because the bowlers' focus would be on him - how to get him out, how to control him. So that's an advantage. If you are batting with him, you sometimes get loose balls and more opportunities to score. The bowlers are not able to put a lot of pressure on you, so that helps a lot."

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Lynn out of ODI series, Handscomb to debut

Batsman Chris Lynn has been ruled out of the remainder of Australia's ODI series against Pakistan and the upcoming Chappell-Hadlee Series in New Zealand due to a neck injury. However, the Australians are hopeful that Lynn will recover in time to be part of the Twenty20 side to take on Sri Lanka in mid-February, when the Test players will already be in India.

Lynn made his ODI debut on his home ground at the Gabba in the first game against Pakistan last Friday, but was ruled out of the second match in Melbourne due to an aggravation of his existing injury. The sidelining of Lynn comes at an unfortunate time for the batsman, who had lit up the Big Bash League with the Brisbane Heat and had a chance to make a one-day spot his own.

"He's obviously been playing in a lot of pain, even through the BBL," Australia's coach Darren Lehmann said ahead of the second ODI against Pakistan in Perth. "It's just got to the stage where he can't function anymore.

"He's got a couple of weeks with really no cricket, light duties … a little bit of physical stuff but nothing weight-bearing. He's got to calm down the neck - it's quite aggravated. He'll start his rehab as of now, but he won't be doing too much strenuous stuff before hopefully getting back for the Sri Lankan series."

As a result of Lynn's absence, Peter Handscomb will make his ODI debut at the WACA on Thursday, having been added to the squad. Although Handscomb has averaged just 23.83 in the past two years in List A cricket, his outstanding form when stepping into the Test line-up this summer - he is yet to be dismissed for less than 50 in a Test innings - encouraged the selectors to look to him again.

"He's done really well, he's been outstanding," Lehmann said of Handscomb. "A good reward for a good summer. We want four quality batters going at the top, so he'll get his chance there ... That number four spot is there and Peter has done a really good job for us in the Test matches, so he gets another crack at it.

"He played a very good one-day sort of innings for us in the Sydney Test match, where we scored quite quickly. He's got all the shots and he's quite innovative. But if we lose early wickets he can consolidate from there."

Handscomb's inclusion for Mitchell Marsh, who hurt his shoulder during Australia's loss at the MCG, is one of two changes to the XI. Mitchell Starc has been rested for the third match, with fast bowler Billy Stanlake set to return to the side after making his debut in the first game at the Gabba.

"He's tall and he's got some bounce, so we think he'll be quite effective here," Lehmann said of Stanlake. The teams head into the Perth ODI level at 1-1 in the five-game series, after Pakistan's win in Melbourne ended a stretch of 16 consecutive losses to Australia in Australia across all formats.

Australia XI for Perth ODI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (wk), James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Billy Stanlake.

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MS Dhoni Signals For Review Before Captain Virat Kohli on 1st ODI

Virat Kohli was handed the captaincy reigns after MS Dhoni stepped down from the role earlier in the month. Kohli's first game in charge could not have been scripted any better, as the 28-year-old scored his 27th ton to help the Men in Blue chase down a mammoth England total.

The Indian cricket team ushered in a new era on Sunday, as Virat Kohli took charge of the limited-overs side. Kohli was handed the captaincy reigns after MS Dhoni stepped down from the role earlier in the month. Kohli's first game in charge could not have been scripted any better, as the 28-year-old scored his 27th ton to help the Men in Blue chase down a mammoth England total. Before the match however, fans were keen to observe the Dhoni-Kohli dynamics on the field, especially since the wicketkeeper-batsman was playing a regular member of the team for the first time after a long time.

As England piled on the runs, Kohli consulted his predecessor on multiple occasions. Dhoni too helped set the field and get all the angles right through the course of the match. One interesting moment though, stood out for all the fans when the Indians appealed for Eoin Morgan's wicket off Hardik Pandya's bowling.

The left-hander appeared to have edged the ball to Dhoni, but the umpire was unmoved despite frantic appeals from the fielding side. The reaction from the umpire prompted Dhoni to signal for a review almost immediately, even before captain Kohli. Ultimately, it was the skipper who had to officially ask the umpire to go upstairs.

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