Osaka University professor Shimon Sakaguchi, Princeton PhD student Mary E. Brunkow, and US-based Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy director Fred Ramsdell win the Nobel Prize in medicine.
Hungarian biochemist Kariko & American immunologist Weismann won for research in mRNA, which enabled vaccine development for Covid. This followed decades of struggle.
Kala-azar had wiped out entire villages in Asia, Africa and Latin America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Urea Stibamine was the main-stay in its treatment.
In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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