NEW DELHI — Justin Narayan, the Indian-origin winner of the latest season of the popular culinary show— “MasterChef Australia,” an Australian cooking game show— is highly excited about his future endeavors. Justin, a Fijian Indian who lives in Australia, spoke about his culinary journey so far and his plans after lifting the trophy a few days ago. “I would love to be in the restaurant game,” he said. “That would be a lot of fun. Opening up a restaurant is definitely on my mind, but I am just trying to learn as much as possible at this stage. I want to get more…
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BIJAPUR, India — Schools in the Naxal-dominated villages of Bijapur district in Chattisgarh have opened after 16 years of efforts and informed the district administration. “Naxals destroyed many schools in last 15-16 years. 116 schools will be opened in 2021, benefitting over 2,800 children. The children from Pedda Jojer, Chinna Jojer, and Kamkanar villages of Bijapur block can get an education now,” said Ritesh Agarwal, the District Collector of Bijapur, to the local media. The District Collector further informed that the administration faced obstruction from Naxals during the construction of roads as many security personnel was killed in the process. “The…
BARCELONA, Spain — How does the parasite respond to changes in its environment? A new study is here will all the long-standing questions answered. The researchers in the study published in Nature Microbiology found a gene that activates a protective response against high temperatures and other adverse conditions within the host. A gene called PfAP2-HS allows the malaria parasite to defend itself from adverse conditions in the host, including febrile temperatures, as per a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by ‘la Caixa’ Foundation. Infection by Plasmodium falciparum, which causes one of the…
WASHINGTON — A pair of research letters reveal that vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 substantially lowers the risks of breakthrough infections and death due to Covid-19 in adult organ transplant recipients. The study’s findings were published in the journal ‘Transplantation,’ the official Journal of The Transplantation Society, and the International Liver Transplantation Society. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. “These studies show that vaccine protects transplant patients and cuts mortality by about half, but sadly deaths are still much higher in transplant patients than in the vaccinated general population,” said Jeremy R. Chapman, Transplantation Editor-in-Chief, MD. “The message to patients is…
Changes in healthy lung tissue can be an early signal that the lung is preparing to receive breast cancer cells that are metastasizing — spreading to other organs. This is the breakthrough finding of a study from researchers at Israel’s Tel Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Weizmann Institute of Science. In many types of cancers, including breast cancer, the main cause of death is when the cancer cells metastasize and proliferate in essential organs. Metastases may appear after several years even after surgical removal of the primary tumor, chemotherapy and radiation. Methods currently available…
Some 20 tiny loggerhead turtles recently made history when they became the first of their endangered species to be documented hatching on the beach in the southern Israeli city of Eilat before quickly making their way into the Red Sea. Experts are left wondering why their mother decided to lay her eggs there. “Loggerhead turtles are a species that hasn’t been seen here in Eilat. There was one that was seen a couple of years ago, a very young turtle that we couldn’t understand where he came from,” said Omri Omessi, a ranger in the marine unit of the Israel…
More than 500 colleges and universities in the United States will require students to get a COVID-19 vaccine before attending the fall semester, but a patchwork of rules about which vaccines satisfy the mandate is creating uncertainty for international students. Most universities will require students to get new jabs if they received vaccines not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the World Health Organization. Among the vaccines in this category are Russia’s Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona, India’s COVAXIN, China’s Ad5-nCoV and ZF2001, Cuba’s Soberana 02 and Abdala, and Kazakhstan’s QazCovid. “We are headed into a very chaotic…
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudanese authorities have intensified a crackdown on a newly-launched civil society group that has vowed to liberate the country from “criminals”. South Sudan National Security Services arrested Kuel Aguer Kuel, a former caretaker governor of Northern Bahr El Ghazal state, on Aug. 2. Kuel is a founder member of the People’s Coalition for Civil Action, a pressure group formed on July 29 to champion democracy in the conflict-stricken nation. Other group members are Rajab Mohandis, the executive director of a local non-governmental organization, Organization for Responsive Governance, and Abraham Awolich, the managing director of the Sudd Institute.…
WASHINGTON — Tech giant Google is planning to launch its latest flagship smartphone, Pixel 5a 5G, soon. Google is expected to unveil the smartphone as early as Aug. 17. Some new information and photographs of various parts of the device have been leaked. The upcoming device might look pretty much the same as the Pixel 4a 5G. The Pixel 5a 5G is expected to have a dual rear camera and a fingerprint scanner on the back. It will be roughly the same size as its predecessor, the Pixel 4a 5G, with a 6.2-inch OLED display on the front. The new pictures also reveal an…
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger recently shamed anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers for prioritizing individual freedom over a moral obligation to prevent society from being infected when said freedom has a consequence. Schwarzenegger shared his frustrations about Americans advocating for their freedom over public health. The former California governor shared his stance on the importance of following public health protocols and told people who argue their personal freedom is being threatened by mask mandates to “screw their freedom.” “There is a virus here,” Schwarzenegger said. “It kills people, and the only way we prevent it is: get vaccinated, wear masks, do social distancing, washing…