A HIV born baby, who had appeared to have been cured of the virus following an antiretroviral treatment (ART), has been detected of HIV infection again.
The case report is the second report of apparent viral remission by rebound in a baby given early ART treatment, after the case of the ‘Mississippi baby’ received widespread attention in 2013-14.
The United Nations (U.N.) has warned that the Ebola virus may mutate to become airborne if the authorities fail to control the outbreak soon.
Anthony Banbury, the Secretary General’s Special Representative, said that the situation may be a nightmare but it cannot be ruled out. He said that the longer the virus has to mutate, the greater the chance it may become airborne, reported Metro-co.uk.
Dutch international Dirk Kuyt ended his international career Friday to fully focus on his Turkish club Fenerbahce.
“I am a player who always wants to give 100 percent but looking at my limited prospect of playing time I am no longer able and willing to do that,” the 34-year-old said, reports Xinhua.
Just after the Brazil World Cup Kuyt had decided to continue as an international but he changed his mind.
“It would have been too easy to quit immediately after a successful World Cup. I felt so fit,” he said.
The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel took up cleanliness campaign along the de-facto border in Jammu and Kashmir’s RS Pura sector as part of “Swachh Bharat Mission” launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi across the country.
As part of the mission, the BSF personnel swept areas along the border.
“The Border Security Force personnel are cleaning the area along the border as part of the cleanliness drive that started in the country,” said Sunil Kumar, a BSF soldier.
The Pakistani Army Friday again broke the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC), opening unprovoked firing at Indian positions in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence officer said. No casualty was reported.
“The Pakistani Army resorted to unprovoked firing at our positions in Saujian area of the LoC in Poonch district at 2 p.m. using small arms and automatic weapons,” defence spokesman Col. Manish Mehta told IANS here.
Multiple investigating agencies Friday collected samples from a house in a West Bengal district where two suspected militants were killed and another was injured in an explosion.
The explosion occurred Thursday at a house in Khagragarh in Burdwan district and police suspect the victims were associated with a militant outfit.
Besides some explosives, police have recovered several tools, including watch dials, required to make improvised explosive devices (IED).
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is eyeing victory for the third time in a row, on Friday dismissed the presence of a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state, and alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been exposed over the last three months.
The following is the list of positive drugs tests at the Asian Games here:
– Tajik footballer Khurshed Beknazarov tested positive for methylhexaneamine after playing the opening group match against Singapore Sep 14.
– Cambodian soft tennis player Yi Sophany, 18, was expelled after a urine sample was found to contain the banned stimulant sibutramine. She was tested Sep 16, before the soft tennis competition began.
– Malaysia’s wushu gold medallist Tai Cheau Xuen tested positive for sibutramine Sep 20, the day she won the women’s nandao and nanquan all-round competition.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a fine of Rs.20 lakh on 17 entities for violation of its takeover regulations while acquiring shares in Ahlcon Parenterals (India) Ltd.
The penalty is levied jointly and severely on the 14 individual and three companies who are acquirers and persons acting in concert (PAC) and has to be paid within 45 days from the date of the order, that is, Oct 1.
The Dalai Lama has hinted that he is in informal talks with China over his possible return to Tibet after more than half a century in exile.
The Washington Post reports that the Dalai Lama, 79, sat down for an interview in his temple in the north Indian town of Dharmsala before a celebration of the 25th anniversary of his Nobel Peace Prize, after a month of media speculation of a thaw between the exiled leader and the Chinese government.
The Dalai Lama also praised Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying that he was a more “realistic” and “open-minded” leader than his predecessors.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the Dussehra celebrations at Subhash Maidan here along with several other top leaders.
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan were among those present on the occasion.
Prime Minister Modi also exchanged pleasantries with Dr. Singh and Sonia Gandhi, who lit the ceremonial lamp, at the event.
The organizers of the event greeted the eminent guests with garlands and presents. (ANI)
What brand of car you drive may influence the car choices of your kids too, says a study.
Children are 39 percent more likely to buy a particular brand of automobile if their parents bought that brand, the findings showed.
“In theory, these findings could change the way automakers price and market their cars,” said study co-author Soren Anderson from Michigan State University in the US.
If young buyers approach dealers with prior loyalty to a brand, thanks to their parents, manufacturers might consider upping prices of entry-level vehicles.
In a major breakthrough, scientists have observed an exotic particle that behaves simultaneously like matter and antimatter, a feat of math and engineering that could yield powerful computers based on quantum mechanics.
Using a two-story-tall microscope, the scientists captured a glowing image of a particle known as a “Majorana fermion” perched at the end of an atomically thin wire – just where it had been predicted to be after decades of study and calculation dating back to the 1930s.
Actor Hrithik Roshan, whose latest offering “Bang Bang!” minted Rs.27.54 crore on it’s release day, is proud to break his own box office record. His last film “Krrish 3” amassed Rs. 25.5 crore on its opening day.
“That is so cool. Opening higher than a franchise film like ‘Krrish 3’ and beating my own record is one way to realise my own growth and strength. But after that, it’s not about me, I’m just glad I’ve been able to entertain my audience,” Hrithik said in a statement.
Self-employed people did not disclose their income truthfully, a court here has said while ordering a man to pay his estranged wife Rs.7,500 per month for the maintenance of his disabled child.
Metropolitan Magistrate Vandana directed the man to pay Rs.7,500 for the maintenance of his son, observing that child’s chronological age is approximately 17 years but his social age is 9- 10 years.
Czech-Slovenian pair of Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik became the sixth doubles team Friday to qualify for the season-ending Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals to be held here Oct 17-26.
Peschke, currently ranked 10th, and ninth-ranked Srebotnik have won 10 titles – including the 2011 Wimbledon – from 71 tournaments they played as a team since first pairing up in 2006.
Peschke will be making her fifth appearance while Srebotnik will be making her eighth in the WTA Finals. They have twice, as partners, advanced to the final in 2010 and 2011.
Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will campaign for Om Prakash Chautala’s Indian National Lok Dal in the Haryana assembly elections, a party leader said Friday.
The senior Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader will address 10 election rallies across Haryana Oct 11-12, said party national spokesperson K.C. Tyagi. Elections to the 90-member state assembly will be held Oct 15.
“Nitish Kumar along with former prime minister and JD-S (Janata Dal-Secular) leader Deve Gowda will address election rallies in support of INLD candidates,” Tyagi told IANS over telephone.
Spanish football giants FC Barcelona travel to Rayo Vallecano’s Vallecas Stadium Saturday for what promises to be a game filled with goals.
Barcelona suffered their first defeat of the season when they fell 2-3 away to Paris Saint Germain Tuesday in the Champions League as defensive and goal-keeping errors cost them dear, reports Xinhua.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique will almost certainly bring Claudio Bravo back in goal for the trip to Vallecas while players such as Adriano could get their chance at the back after performing well last weekend as Barcelona hammered Granada 6-0.
Over 200 gods and goddesses assembled in this Himachal Pradesh town for the week-long Kullu Dussehra festivities that began Friday.
Kullu Dussehra, a centuries-old festival, begins on ‘Vijaya Dashami’, the day when the festivities end in the rest of the country.
“More than 200 deities have arrived and more are expected in the next few days,” Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kanwar, the chief organiser of the festival, told IANS.
Unlike other parts of the countries, here effigies of Ravan, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna are not burnt.
India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.41 billion to $314.18 billion for the week ended Sep 26, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.
The reserves had decreased by $101.3 million to $315.59 billion for the week ended Sep 19.
According to the RBI’s weekly statistical supplement, foreign currency assets, the biggest component of the forex reserves, plunged by $1.39 billion at $287.39 billion in the week under review.
The foreign currency assets had decreased by $18.5 million at $288.78 billion in the previous week.
India A spinners gave the West Indians a taste of what to expect during their tour of the subcontinent as they bundled out the visiting team for 148 and setting up a comfortable nine-wicket win in the first one-day warm-up match at the Brabourne Stadium here Friday.
Tweakers Amit Mishra (3-26), Karn Sharma (2027) and Parvez Rassol (1-7) destroyed the West Indian batting, making them succumb to 148 all out in 38.1 overs.
Then opener Unmukt Chand led the home side to chase down down the target in just 25.3 overs. Chand remained unbeaten on 79 (81 balls, 11×4, 2×6).
Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday congratulated the Indian hockey team for their “spectacular success” in winning the gold medal at the Incheon Asian Games.
“Your success is a matter of pride for all Indians and will inspire the nation to devote greater effort and resources to the promotion of Hockey as a national sport,” Ansari said in a message to the victorious hockey team.
“All Indians join you and your families in celebrating this stellar achievement on this festive occasion.”
The live telecast of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s address in Nagpur by Doordarshan today stoked a controversy with opposition slamming the government for “misusing” the state broadcaster while BJP defended it.
Congress spokesman Sandeep Dikshit termed the hour-long telecast as a “dangerous tradition”, saying RSS is a controversial religious and political organisation.
“It is a dangerous tradition. This is not an organisation which is completely neutral. It is a controversial organisation,” he said, adding it is a political decision of the government.
A two-day festival from Oct 6 will celebrate the centenary of the inspiring works of ghazal and thumri singer Begum Akhtar, the organisers said Friday.
The festival “Jamal-e-Begum Akhtar” will bring ghazal maestros like Pankaj Udhaas, Anoop Jalota, Penaz Masani, Talat Aziz and Chandan Dass on a platform together to recite her popular ghazals, share poetry and watch an audio-video presentation on the legendary singer who was born Oct 7, 1914.
Organised by NGO Kaladharmi, in association with Teamwork Arts, the festival is curated by Begum Akhtar’s disciple Rita Ganguly.
Oksana Rasulova, a qualified doctor from Azerbaijan, came all the way to India to pursue her passion for acting. After winning talent show “India’s Best Cinestars Ki Khoj”, she now eyes Bollywood.
Interestingly, she holds two diplomas in medical field, but says her educational accomplishments are for her father. She is a well-known personality in her country for her Bollywood as well as classical dance shows.