NEW YORK — Dr. Chad Stapleton started a TikTok account in March 2021 to help the patients at his Houston-based dentistry practice feel more at ease. Four months later, the account has become a key element of his practice’s social-media advertising strategy. He gained new clients, garnered over 80,000 followers and his videos have been watched by millions around the world. “In terms of free advertising, I feel like it’s the best tool right now to use,” Stapleton said. Businesses large and small flocked to the short-form video app, which had been popular among Gen Z since it exploded in 2020.…
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NEW DELHI — When National Award-winning actress Surekha Sikri passed away on July 16, 2021, India lost an actor who gave audiences some of the most nuanced and passionate performances throughout her career, spanning almost four decades. Popularly known as “Dadisa” in Indian households after her well-crafted role in the television series “Balika Vadhu,” she was a film, theater, and television actor. Born on April 19, 1945, Sikri spent most of her childhood in Almora and Nainital in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, and in 1971 graduated from the National School of Drama, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture,…
MUMBAI, India — Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh, Sonakshi Sinha, and Saqib Saleem started shooting for “Kakuda” on July 19, 2021. Aditya Sarpotdar will direct the upcoming film. Sinha took to her Instagram account to share the news along with posting a picture featuring her along with her co-stars and director of the movie. “Boooooooooo. Triple trouble on the way! Get ready for a spooktacular — laughter riot with RSVP’s homegrown production, #Kakuda! (sic),” Sinha said in the post. “Shoot begins today, and the smiles on our faces say it all.” Produced by RSVP Movies, “Kakuda” marks the Hindi directorial debut of filmmaker Sarpotdar,…
HEIDELBERG, Germany — Researchers have recently demonstrated that cells originating from separate organs of the body are susceptible differentially to activating mutations in the drivers of cancer. The same cells lead to fundamentally different outcomes when the mutation occurs in the precursor of the pancreas or the bile duct. Published in the journal named Cancer Discovery, the findings were conducted by the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and the University Medical Center Gottingen. For the first time, the team discovered that tissue-specific genetic interactions are the main reasons behind the differential susceptibility of the biliary and the pancreatic epithelium towards…
WASHINGTON — Politicians turning to angry rhetoric seems to work, at least in the short term, new research led by the political scientists from Colorado has revealed. Published in the journal Political Research Quarterly, the study by Carey Stapleton from the University of Colorado Boulder and Ryan Dawkins at the U.S. Air Force Academy discovered that political furor may be spreading easily. Ordinary citizens can start to mirror the angry emotions of the politicians they read about in the news. Such “emotional contagion” might even drive some voters who would otherwise tune out of politics to head to the polls. “Politicians want to…
ISLAMABAD — The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which has been facing opposition in Pakistan, is set to expand the area of chili farming in the upcoming sowing season to over 5,000 acres. “After successful pilot project at 100 acres [impressive results], next phase of chili farming will be ready for launch with upcoming sowing,” tweeted Asim Saleem Bajwa, Lieutenant General, authority chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. “Could expand to 5,000 acres spread over different regions.” China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a collection of infrastructure projects that are under construction throughout Pakistan since 2013. Originally valued at $47 billion, the value of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor…
NEW DELHI — India reported its first bird flu death in 2021 after a 12-year-old boy undergoing treatment for H5N1 Avian influenza died at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences pediatric department in the capital Delhi on July 20. The All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education. “The 12-year-old boy being treated at the hospital was found to be infected with H5N1 (Avian flu) after diagnosis,” said the officials at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. “The boy was suffering from leukemia and pneumonia. He was under treatment and admitted to…
ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister of Pakistan Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has accused India and Afghanistan of distorting the facts involving the kidnapping of the Afghan envoy’s daughter. He said the investigation conducted by the authorities found no evidence of abduction in the Afghan ambassador’s daughter’s incident. The minister said that the incident was not a kidnapping and was an attempt to defame and destabilize the reputation that Pakistan had built. Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of Afghan envoy Najibullah Alikhil , was abducted in Pakistan for several hours on July 16 and was severely tortured by unknown individuals on her way home. …
ISLAMABAD — Just days after climbing his 14th 8,000 meter-plus mountain, a South Korean climber is feared to be dead on the Karakoram range in Pakistan. Regarded as the “fingerless maverick,” Kim Hong-Bin, the 57-year-old mountaineer, went missing on July 19 after falling into a crevasse of the Broad Peak in the Karakoram range. After detaching from the safety rope, he reportedly fell into the Chinese side of the mountain. Broad Peak is a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at 8,047 meters above sea level. It was first ascended…
NEW DELHI — The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on July 20 said the government should consider opening primary schools before starting secondary school in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We know clearly that children can handle viral infections much better than adults,” said Balram Bhargava, Director-General at the Indian Council of Medical Research, while addressing a press conference. “Antibody exposure is also similar in children as adults. Some Scandinavian countries didn’t shut their primary schools in any Covid-19 waves.” “Once India starts considering, it will be wise to open primary schools first before opening secondary schools. All the support…