US orthopedics research team is developing an injectable gel that encourages self-healing of damaged tissues after a knee-injury.
The new solution could result in a minimally invasive, practical, and inexpensive approach for repairing cartilage and preventing osteoarthritis, the study noted.
At least three persons have died and 99 others, including 25 children, are battling for their lives after consuming illicit liquor in Assam’s Jorhat district, police said on Wednesday.
The victims, tea garden labourers of Dholi Tea Estate, complained of stomach ache and vomiting last night after they consumed the country liquor sold illegally inside the garden, Jorhat Superintendent of Police Amanjeet Kaur said.
Kathmandu’s quake survivors are spending miserable nights under leaking plastic sheets and small tents in the open, fearful of aftershocks and anguished by skyrocketing prices of essential commodities.
This IANS correspondent went to Tundi Khel, a sprawling ground that has turned into a sea of bright, vivid coloured tents, and spent Tuesday night with those who survived by the skin of their teeth.
The rain has turned the ground to slush and the inclement weather has added to the survivors’ plight.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the Maharashtra government’s decision to ban sale and consumption of beef in the state.
A division bench comprising Justice V.M. Kanade and Justice M.S. Sonak gave the verdict in a bunch of PILs challenging the state government’s move to ban sale and consumption of beef, said one of the petitioners, Mutton Butchers Union Sarvashramik Sangh secretary Vijay Dalvi.
A search and rescue team pulled a 28-year-old man from a collapsed apartment block in the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday after he had spent around 80 hours in a room with three dead bodies.
Victim Rishi Khanal appeared to have had no access to food or water during his ordeal, which began at midday on Saturday when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, destroying buildings and killing at least 4,600 people.
“It seems he survived by sheer willpower,” said Akhilesh Shrestha, a doctor who treated him.
Using a helicopter-borne sensor, a team of researchers has unearthed compelling evidence that beneath the Antarctica’s dry valleys lies a salty aquifer that may support microbial ecosystems and retain evidence of ancient climate change.
The team found that brines or salty water form extensive aquifers below glaciers, lakes and within permanently frozen soils.
The benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 108 points in early trade on Wednesday as stocks of IT, FMCG, metal, oil & gas and auto companies succumbed to profit-booking by speculators ahead of tomorrow’s monthly expiry in derivatives segment amid a weak trend at other Asian bourses.
The 30-share index declined by 108.97 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 27,287.41. The gauge had gained 219.39 points in the previous session.
In similar fashion, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty edged down by 33.40 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 8,252.20.
Bollywood actor Salman Khan pleaded “not guilty” on Wednesday in an arms case in a court in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city.
Salman was in Jodhpur to record his statements under section 313 of CrPC in the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Jodhpur in the 17-year old case.
CJM Anupama Bijlani had on April 23 asked Salman’s counsel to ensure his presence in the court on April 29.
On Wednesday, he was present in the court along with his counsel and answered the questions posed by the court.
Delay in marriage led man to suicide
(Siasat News): A man, who was very upset over his delayed marriage due to the financial crunch, ultimately ended his life out of frustration.
This incident occurred in Ghatkesar police limits where the deceased Trirupathi, 26, hanged himself to death yesterday. He was a labourer and has been living in Ghatkesar for quite some time.
However, he was under heavy financial crunch and this was the cause of his marriage being delayed. Police has registered a case and further investigations are underway.
To enroll eligible candidates from Telangana State for the categories of Soldier General Duty, Soldier Tradesman, Soldier Clerk/Store Keeper, Soldier (Technical) and Soldier Nursing Assistant, the Army Recruiting Office, Secunderabad, will be conducting a recruitment rally from May 4 to 13 at the District Sports Stadium in Adilabad.
Candidates should be 17 years 6 months to 23 years (should have born between May4, 1992 and Nov 4 1997) 162 to 166cms height, 50 kgs weight, 77 cms chest with 5 cms expansion.
Nazia Sultana (28) a Techie from Infosys Hyderabad died in a road accident on the dangerous Outer Ring Road where series of accidents takes place.
In the early hours of Tuesday, Nazia was on her way to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport to take a flight for Bengaluru.the provided by her office and met with a fatal accident when her car rammed into a lorry that was stranded near Himayath Sagar in Rajendra Nagar.
Telangana State Hajj Committee will organise its 2nd orientation camp on Sunday, May 3, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm, at Nizam Function Hall (Bintarif Function Hall), opposite Falaknuma Bus Depot, Engine Bowli, Falaknuma.
Prof. S A Shukoor, Special Officer Telangana Sate Hajj Committee will preside over. Scholars will explain blessings of Hajj and its rituals. Various affairs of Hajj pilgrimage will be explained in details through projector. All selected Hajj aspirants are requested to arrive on time and bring notebook and pen so that they can note down important points.
37 students of MS have cracked the IIT mains 2015. These students can directly take admission into top institutes of India like BITS, NIT, and VIT etc. They are also eligible to write IIT advanced and IIT. Taking admission into IIT is very tough. Just 0.1% of the students appeared in the IIT-JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) get an opportunity to get admission into IIT.
Lack of potassium in the diet, not a little more salt than what is currently recommended, is linked to higher blood pressure (BP), new research says.
The researchers found that adolescent girls, who consumed more dietary potassium had lower BPs in later adolescence.
“In contrast, the data indicated no overall effect of sodium intake alone on BP, and, thus do not support the call for a global reduction in sodium intake among children and adolescents,” said Lynn Moore from Boston University School of Medicine.
G Ramakrishnan, CPM state secretary criticise the BJP government and the RSS at the Centre for endorsing the beef ban in Maharashtra and Haryana.
As per reports in the New Indian Express, the newly elected Politburo member said that the saffron parties would never gain political domination in Tamil Nadu with such ideals.
Ramakrishna, speaking at a beef carnival organised by the Students Federation of India (SFI)and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), referred to the BJP as a party that demolished the Babri Masjid and subsequently politicised the issue.
Questions can be recorded regarding intermediate result, analysis, guidance to Inter pass/fail students for the weekly career guidance programme aired on Deccan Radio every Wednesday. Questions can be recorded between 11 am to 4 pm or can be asked live during the programme from 5 to 6 pm. Mr. M A Hameed will answer the questions. Faheem Ansari will be the programme coordinator. Questions can be asked on phone no 040-24740024.
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As part of the 1-day bandh by All India Trade Unions against road safety bill of Central Government, auto bandh will be held from midnight of April 29. Auto Drivers Joint Action Committee leader Mohammed Amanullah Khan, B Venkatesh, M A Saleem, V Kiran and others in a statement told that 1,25,000 autos would be off the road in the twin cities. A protest rally would also be staged from Sundarya Park to Indira Park. They told that Central government in the name of road safety wanted to increase fine amount and to cancel the license hence the bandh is being organised against this.
Girls are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) later than boys because females exhibit less severe symptoms, says a study.
Females also have different symptoms than males, possibly contributing to later identification of the disease, it added.
“This suggests that girls with ASD, as well as perhaps older women with this disorder, differ from males in key symptoms and behaviours, particularly around social interactions,” said Paul Lipkin, director of the interactive autism network at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Maryland.
A vaccine has been found to boost a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patient’s immune system and increase effectiveness of antiretroviral drugs in a phase II clinical trial, researchers have reported.
“We prove for the first time that antiretroviral therapy may be intensified by a vaccine,” said lead researcher Barbara Ensoli from the Italian National AIDS Centre at the Istituto Superiore di Sanita in Rome, Italy.
Indian equities opened lower and were trading in a flat trajectory in the early hours of the session on Wednesday, after a benchmark index had ended in the green the day before following a 6.5-percent loss during the preceding 10 sessions.
The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened at 27395.71 points, a tad lower than the previous close at 27,396.38 points.
It soon fell further to 27,287.41 points, and was ruling at 27,409.07 points, up 12.69 points or 0.05 percent at 9.30 a.m.
Telangana government has appointed Director Minority Welfare Jalaluddin Akber as Nodal Officer of Minority Welfare Department in connection with Haritha Haram programme. Special Secretary Minority Welfare issued GO RT 61 which stated that Telangana government had planned planting of 230 cr plants in three years under Haritha Haram programme. It has included government departments, local bodies and corporations in the programme. Government has decided to celebrate the first week of July as ‘Green Week’.
India has sent army’s Gorkha soldiers to quake-hit Nepal to help in relief and rescue work, an official tweet said on Wednesday.
“India enlarges rescue operations in Nepal; sends Gorkha soldiers of Indian Army to Himalayan nation,” PIB retweeted an All India Radio tweet.
Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale on April 25. The quake sent tremors across India as well.
–IANS
Indian Railways has opened reservation counters at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) to provide immediate rail tickets to people evacuated to Delhi from quake-hit to help them undertake their onward journeys in a smooth manner.
“Reservation counter opened at T3 (Terminal Three), Intl (international) airport, Delhi, to provide immediate rail tickets for evacuees,” said an official tweet, quoting Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
Ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday inflicted a crushing defeat on BJP and the Left scoring a a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation(KMC), clinching 114 of the 144 wards and also winning 69 of the 91 civic bodies in districts across West Bengal.
The BJP, which was hoping to replace the Left as the main opposition in the KMC, failed miserably, managing to increase its tally from three to just seven seats.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Wednesday dismissed the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud, and replaced him with the Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef. “We have decided to respond to his highness and what he had expressed about his desire to be relieved from the position of crown prince,” said a statement from the royal court, carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.