Breakthrough: Scientists develop ‘fridge-free’ Covid vaccines

Los Angeles: Scientists have used key ingredients from plant and bacterial viruses to develop new COVID-19 vaccine candidates that do not need to be refrigerated. The fridge-free vaccines, described in the Journal of the American Chemical Society on Tuesday, triggered high production of neutralising antibodies in mice against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. If […]
Can’t create separate avenues for scribes: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it does not want freedom of press to be muzzled or stifled but it cannot create a separate avenue for journalists to approach it directly for quashing of FIRs lodged against them. The apex court stated this while hearing a plea filed by Foundation for Independent Journalism, which […]
Pak fomenting culture of violence at home, across its borders: India at UN
United Nations: Slamming Pakistan, India said the country continues to foment a “culture of violence” at home and across its borders as it hit out at Islamabad for using the platform of the United Nations for hate speech against it. “A Culture of Peace is not just an abstract value or principle to be discussed […]
Afghan students stage protest in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Students from Afghanistan staged a demonstration here on Wednesday against the Taliban takeover of their country and the alleged interference of Pakistan in its internal affairs. They gathered at the Corporation Circle in the city, carrying placards and posters and raised slogans against Taliban and Pakistan. Basheer, who is pursuing his Bachelors in Business […]
More parking spaces needed

Most towns across Kashmir have been experiencing nagging traffic jams that too during peak hours of public mobility. The crisis has become so alarming that people have started to avoid travelling during the morning and evening peak hours when the roads get crammed with vehicles making it impossible to move ahead. Even numerous cases have […]
Erosion of values in our society

Syed Mustafa Ahmad, Syed Mehroosh The erosion of values in our society is a collective mourning for us. Every nation has some values that helps it to reach the pinnacles of glory and to remain apart from others. Till today, no nation has consciously or unconsciously, has trampled up on these to be called as […]