Tokyo: A baby boy weighing just 268 gm (9.45 oz) at birth was sent home after months in a Tokyo hospital, the smallest surviving male baby in the world, Keio University hospital said. The boy was born through Caesarean-section last August after he failed to gain weight during the pregnancy and doctors feared his life was in danger. The boy was in intensive care until his weight reached 3.2 kg and he was discharged on February 20, said Dr Takeshi Arimitsu of the University’s School of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics. Reuters
Nepal minister among seven killed in helicopter crash
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Rabindra Adhikari and six others were killed when a private helicopter crashed in eastern Nepal’s mountainous Taplejung district, according to a media report. Besides Adhikari (39), the Air Dynasty helicopter was carrying Nepal’s prominent aviation and hospitality entrepreneur Ang Tsering Sherpa, Prime Minister’s personal aide Yubaraj Dahal, two officials of the Tourism Ministry and a body guard of the minister. The helicopter caught fire after it hit the Chuchche Dada hill in Taplejung district in the mountain region of northeast Nepal. All seven on board the helicopter, including pilot Captain Prabhakar KC, have been killed in the crash, an Air Dynasty official was quoted as saying by the Himalayan Times. PTI
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