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The donors of those particular stem cells have an uncommon gene that gives them protection against HIV. Adam Castillejo, known in the medical world as The London Patient, still has no detectable active HIV viral load in his tissue, blood or semen. Tests showed that 99% of Castillejos immune cells have been replaced by donor ones. Scientists say that stem cell transplants appear to stop the viruss ability to replicate itself within the human body by replacing the patient’s own immune cells wit...

Yarn shortage pushes up summer wear prices by 20 per cent SECTIONS Share Synopsis Top manufacturers Lux Industries and Dollar Industries said the increase in yarn export to Europe and the US since October--due to disruptions in their local manufacturing and in their sourcing from China--has led to a shortage of yarn in the domestic market, and the situation is not expected to improve till July. Agencies India’s knitwear industry is among the few sectors that managed to buck the general downtr...

The Centre has planned to expand aroud 60,000 km of National Highways (NHs) in the next five years.Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari told the Parliament on Monday.In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister also said ...

news Volunteer clean-up effort restores ‘forgotten’ cemetery for Hong Kong’s fallen South Asian soldiers © SCMP Volunteers working to clean up the historic cemetery. Photo: Edmond So Tucked away in the hills overlooking Hong Kongs Happy Valley Racecourse is a small cemetery, its most eye-catching feature being a white granite obelisk rising out of the tall grass. Eight names are etched into the stone, honouring Indian and Sikh soldiers who fought for the city in the first world war. Fo...

Rear Admiral Santosh Kumar Gupta (retd), MVC I was fortunate to be a part of 300 Squadron (comprising the Sea Hawk fighters) during the 1971 war, having been in command since January 1970 as a Lieute

 5 We have rarely heard of any recoveries of penalties slammed on public information officers (PIOs), but this one surely takes the cake!    Neeraj Kumar Gupta, the central information commissioner, in an order dated 19 February 2021, states, “If the Central Information Commission (CIC) starts imposing penalty on the PIOs in every other case, without any justification, it would instil a sense of constant apprehension in those functioning as PIOs in the public authorities, and would put und...

Satish Kumar Gupta and Others (Essar Steel case) held that allowing claims apart from those covered in a resolution plan to survive after the approval of a resolution plan militates against the rationale of Section 31 of the IBC. The Supreme Court held that the successful resolution applicant should be given an opportunity to take over and run the business of the corporate debtor on a clean slate. Accordingly, a resolution applicant should not be suddenly faced with undecided claims which would...

India: Senior citizens, people with comorbidities given priority in 2nd phase of Covid vaccination PTI/New Delhi Filed on March 1, 2021 Women wait for their turn to receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at a government hospital in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: AFP Vaccines will be given free of cost at all government hospitals, health centres. The second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive began on Monday in the national capital as elderly people received their first shots of the vaccine...

Second Phase Of Covid Vaccination Drive Begins In Delhi, Elderly In Queue Second Phase Of Covid Vaccination Drive Begins In Delhi, Elderly In Queue In the first phase, starting January 16, over 3.6 lakh beneficiaries comprising healthcare workers and frontline workers, have been vaccinated in Delhi. The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive began on Monday in Delhi (File) New Delhi: The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive began on Monday in Delhi as elderly people recei...

At several places, people had started gathering at the facilities at 9 AM although booking for the first dose slot on the CO-WIN portal was scheduled to start at 12 noon on Monday. Officials had on Sunday said from Tuesday onwards, the booking will be open from 9 AM to 3 PM. "I am perfectly confident about the vaccine. After all, the PM also took it today. However, getting registered is a problem. I tried the CO-WIN portal at home but it was not working, and now the staff at the hospital is ins...