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London, Aug 14 (IANS) British researchers have conducted a ground-breaking trial of a new cancer drug that has shown promise, with many patients experiencing remission for extended periods. The experimental research, by the team at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, UK, focused on blood cancers like myeloma.The results showed the majority of participants responding positively to treatment and people going into remission for months and years.”A raft of new immunotherapy drugs, which are so experimental they do not yet have a name, mean some patients, such as those with myeloma, are seeing their cancer drop to undetectable levels,” Dr…

Colombo, Aug 14 (IANS) The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Colombo banned former Sri Lanka cricketer Sachithra Senanayake from travelling overseas after a probe was launched against him on charges of match fixing. Senanayake (38), who played one Test, 49 ODIs and 24 T20 Internationals fir the island nation between 2012 and 2016, has been accused of trying to fix matches during the Lanka Premier League (LPL) in 2020.The court prevented Senanayake from leaving the country for three months following the Attorney General’s (AG) directions to Sports Ministry’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to press criminal charges against the former off-spinner. The AG…

Gandhinagar, August 14 (IANS) Private doctors affiliated with the Nephrology Association of Gujarat on Monday started a three-day strike in protest against the state government’s decision to slash dialysis rates under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) scheme. The rates for dialysis have been lowered from Rs 2,300 to Rs 1,950, inclusive of a Rs 300 transport allowance for patients.The Nephrology Association of Gujarat is advocating for a revised dialysis rate of Rs 2,500, which includes a transport allowance of Rs 300 for patients.The association has issued a stern warning that if their suggested rate is not acknowledged, around…

New York, Aug 14 (IANS) The best heart rate for burning fat differs for each individual and often does not align with the “fat burning zone” on commercial exercise machines, according to a small study.Instead, clinical exercise testing — a diagnostic procedure to measure a person’s physiological response to exercise — may be a more useful tool to help individuals achieve intended fat loss goals, said researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.The study, which used a machine learning-based modelling approach, was published online in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease. “People with a goal of weight or…

New York, Aug 14 (IANS) A Sikh army recruit, who fought a two-year-long legal battle to keep his articles of faith, has graduated from the US Marine Corps recruit training with his turban, beard and unshorn hair, paving way for religious freedom in the American military.Jaskirat Singh, who was shipped off for boot camp in May, graduated on August 11 after three months of hard training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. “I am honored to serve my country in the Marine Corps, and proud that I was able to do so while respecting my Sikh faith,” Jaskirat was…

Phnom Penh, Aug 15 (IANS) The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) experts have recovered more than 2,000 pieces of war-era unexploded ordnance (UXO) buried in a school campus in Kratie province, an official said on Monday.”Within a three-day period of operations on August 11-13 at the Queen Kosamak High School in Kratie province, CMAC’s Remnants of War team has cleared 2,116 pieces of unexploded ordinances as the remnants of war,” CMAC’s director-general Heng Ratana told Xinhua news agency.Those unearthed UXO included 2,033 M79 grenades, 63 DK75 rounds, 18 Fuze M48 shells, one H107 bullet and one B40 bullet, he said.”According…

Niamey, Aug 14 (IANS) Niger’s junta, which seized power following a coup in July, has vowed to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and slammed West African leaders for imposing sanctions on the country.Bazoum would be prosecuted “for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger”, Xinhua news agency quoted Col Maj Amadou Abdramane, a member of the country’s Defence and Security Forces and the newly-established National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), as saying late Sunday.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed sanctions on Niger in response to the…

Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) Two people ejected safely from a fighter jet that later crashed during an airshow in the US state of Michigan, the media reported.Shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday evening, the two occupants parachuted from the MiG-23 fighter jet south of Willow Run Airport, near the city of Ypsilanti, and landed in Belleville Lake, CBS News quoted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as saying.In a statement, the Wayne County Airport Authority said that neither of the two men suffered significant injuries but both were taken to a local hospital as a precaution, CNN reported.The aircraft then crashed…

Seoul, Aug 14 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has berated local officials as being “irresponsible” and “insensitive” over their failure to prevent damage from typhoon Khanun that recently swept through the Korean Peninsula, state media said on Monday.Kim made the remarks during a visit to Anbyon county, Kangwon province, where river banks were toppled and some 200 hectares of farmland were flooded due to heavy rains brought by last week’s typhoon, according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Khanun plowed through South Korea for 16 hours on August 17 and dissipated after reaching the vicinity of Pyongyang…

Lucknow, Aug 14 (IANS) If a child shows symptoms of rapid and shallow breathing, restlessness, headache, bluish lips, increased heart rate, coughing and stridor (a high-pitched, whistling sound heard while breathing) it could be signs of pneumonia, asthma or heart disease and swift action is crucial to prevent complications. Experts in the field of medicine have underlined the importance of ‘oxygen therapy for the management of hypoxic conditions (lack of oxygen) among children under five years.Director general, medical and health, Dr Renu Srivastava Verma said: “Today, our oxygen infrastructure is strong and self-sufficient. While we no longer worry about availability,…