New TB skin test could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease
By: Yvette Naudé Detecting tuberculosis early could play a significant role in eradicating the world’s most deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organization says 1.5 million people die from this devastating disease each year. People infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the TB bacteria that attack the lungs, often do not know that they have it until […]
The dance of democracy
By: K S S Pillai Elections to the Lok Sabha and some state legislatures are around the corner. Those making materials like flags, caps, and scarves of different political parties are happy as elections bring brisk business to them. Presses are fully engaged in printing propaganda materials for parties. That is also the case with […]
An anonymous coder nearly hacked a big chunk of the internet
By: Sigi Goode Outside the world of open-source software, it’s likely few people would have heard about XZ Utils, a small but widely used tool for data compression in Linux systems. But late last week, security experts uncovered a serious and deliberate flaw that could leave networked Linux computers susceptible to malicious attacks. The flaw […]
Scrutiny of nomination papers completed for 5-Jammu PC, 23 candidatures found valid
JAMMU: The Returning Officer (RO) for the 5-Jammu Parliamentary Constituency, Sachin Kumar Vaishya, Saturday conducted the scrutiny of nomination papers submitted by the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The process of the scrutiny was held at the office of Returning Officer here at D C Office complex. After thorough scrutiny, the nomination forms […]
DM Srinagar greet people on Shab-e-Qadr
SRINAGAR: District Magistrate(DM) Srinagar, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat has felicitated people on the auspicious occasion of Shab-e-Qadr, also known as Lylat-ul-Qadr, the holy night when people congregate to pray to Almighty Allah seeking His forgiveness. Dr. Bilal in his message, stated that the holy night in which Almighty Allah gives us an opportunity to seek […]
