What are human challenge trials — the experiment Oxford is considering for its Covid vaccine
Bengaluru: The Jenner Institute, which is working collaboratively on developing the promising vaccine candidate from University of Oxford, is considering human challenge trials to expedite results, according to a report in The Guardian Thursday. Human challenge trials (HCTs) are those where participants are exposed to the virus on purpose, which is normally not allowed for ethical reasons. Exposure occurs in […]
Wrist is history: Azhar recalls his 3 hundreds, and his Eden
Third Test in Kolkata, from December 31, 1984 to January 5, 1985; Azhar 110, DNB Fourth Test in Madras, from January 13 to 18, 1985; Azhar 48, 105 Fifth Test in Kanpur, from January 31 to February 5, 1985; Azhar 122, 54* Calcutta was boiling with anger. ‘No Kapil, no Test’ was the call. India […]
Another death takes J&K Covid-19 toll to 238
Jammu and Kashmir reported two more deaths due to covid-19 on Sunday, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 238 in J&K. Official sources told GNS that one of the victims was an 84-year-old man from Baramulla. They said the patient was admitted to SKIMS Soura on July 16 as a case of […]
Like Gambhir’s batting but as a person, he has some problems: Shahid Afridi refers to Paddy Upton’s comments on Ex-India opener
Ever since that India vs Pakistan ODI in Kanpur in 2007, former India opener Gautam Gambhir and former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi have been at loggerheads. The duo had a heated argument in that match which it seems has stayed with them. After taking numerous pot-shots at each other, Afridi once again fuelled the rivalry by saying that Gambhir, […]
736 new cases push Odisha’s Covid-19 tally to nearly 18,000
US continues to see massive spikes in the number of coronavirus cases rose by 1.4%. Texas reported more than 10,000 cases for the fifth consecutive day and Arizona reported a record number of Covid-19 deaths. The European Union is yet to finalise a economic recovery plan as the southern European nations expressed their displeasure accusing […]
Implement Home Isolation guidelines to reduce burden on hospitals: JKAP
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Monday urged the J&K government to follow the revised COVID-19 guidelines which allow home isolation of mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infection cases. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir observed that in the background of the rising number of COVID […]
Mian Altaf grieved over loss to property in Kangan, seeks compensation for the affected
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Senior leader and former minister Mian Altaf Ahmed on Saturday expressed grief over the unfortunate incident where in a four-storey residential house, 20 shops and a cow shed were completely damaged after a massive landslide in Bonibagh village of Kangan on Friday. While expressing solodarity with the affected families and […]
Decision to notify ‘strategic areas’ an attempt to unrecognisably alter the destiny of the people of Kashmir: Peoples Conference
Slamming the decisions by the administrative council paving the way for notifying “strategic areas” for the armed forces, Peoples Conference senior vice president Abdul Gani Vakil said that these moves are meant to alter, unrecognisably, the destiny of the people of Kashmir. Asserting that the present proposal is aimed at taking complete control of these […]
Covid care response mismanaged from the day one: CPI(M)
With Covid19 spreading thick and fast across Jammu and Kashmir, it looks as if the administration has run out of options and is reconciled to the pandemic running its course. The lockdown imposed in March would have been useful if it would have been effectively used to build capacities in terms of creation of large […]
J&K govt has failed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic: Monga
While terming the rising COVID-19 positive cases and deaths due to the deadly virus in Kashmir as worrisome, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC G N Monga today said that J&K government has run out of options and has failed to tackle the pandemic. according to statement issued to […]