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The National
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The National
New Scot to host charity comedy gig for Palestinian family
Hitesh Rathore, originally from Sirohi, India, moved to the city two years ago and has put on a slate of sold-out gigs since beginning his comedy career, as well as garnering recognition from press. Now, Rathore is using his platform to raise money for a family of nine in Gaza by performing his show Chips, Cheese and Curry in Blackfriars of Bell Street on July 3. READ MORE: Paolo Nutini and Ncuti Gatwa join calls for Labour to suspend Israel arms sales In a social media post, he said: 'I have done many things I never dreamt of, and some things I didn't even know could be dreamt. "But here we are, doing a solo show for charity. [The] last one was so freaking beautiful – this one will be better. "Please come and support my dream, this time for charity." Proceeds from the gig will be donated to an emergency fundraiser for Abdul Rahman Al-Mughanni and his family. The six children, alongside their parents and grandmother, were forced to flee from their home in the east of Gaza due to Israeli strikes in the region. They initially sought shelter in an abandoned house with a tin roof in Khan Younis before it was bombed by the IDF. After fleeing to Rafah, the family initially planned to escape Gaza. However, with the Rafah crossing now blocked, the aim of the fundraiser has changed to rebuilding their family home in Shejaiya, which was also destroyed in an Israeli strike. Chips, Cheese and Curry previously sold out twice as a work-in-progress show during the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. READ MORE: The facts are clear. So why won't the BBC report on Israel's nuclear weapons? Rathore described the show, saying: 'This isn't just 'haha-I'm-an-immigrant' comedy. It's about finding a home in a place that sometimes doesn't know what to do with you.' The comic, who made it to the semi-finals of Ricky Gervais's Spirit of Comedy Award, previously told The Herald about why he moved to Glasgow, noting that it was a decision made on a whim after hearing a Nina Nesbitt song. 'It was in lockdown, I was watching this TV show called Elementary. It had this song in it, Feather on the Clyde,' he said. 'I had no idea where the Clyde was or what Glasgow was, but I decided I was going to move there.' Rathore was also labelled as 'one to watch' by The Stand Comedy Club. The show is 18+ and tickets are available here.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Three booked for minor's gang-rape in Dhar
Mhow: Three persons were booked for gang-raping a minor girl on Monday evening in Dhar. Sub-inspector Rani Rathore told TOI that the survivor is a 16-year-old girl and her mother is a construction site worker. The three accused allegedly called the girl to a room on pretext of giving her mother's wages. As soon as she entered the room, they allegedly closed the door and took turns to rape her. On returning home, she narrated her ordeal to her mother, who took her to the police station to lodge the complaint. SI Rathore said that a case under relevant sections of BNS and POCSO Act was registered against the three accused late on Monday night. A team reached the accused persons' house to arrest the accused but they went absconding by then and police are searching for them.
India Gazette
4 days ago
- General
- India Gazette
India is strong due to such Bravehearts: Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore pays tribute to Lt Colonel Rajveer Singh Chauhan
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India] June 17 (ANI): Rajasthan Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore paid his respects to Lt Colonel Rajveer Singh Chauhan on Tuesday. Lt Colonel Rajveer Singh Chauhan (Retd.) was one of the seven people who died in a helicopter crash in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, on June 15. Rathore, Lt Colonel Deepika Chauhan, wife of Lt Colonel Rajveer Singh Chauhan, and others took part in his funeral procession from Shastri Nagar. Rathore saluted the family and praised the officer's mother for her remarkable strength and patriotism. While speaking to ANI, Rathore said, 'It is an hour of grief for a family as well as the entire nation. A brave officer is no more among us, he left us at a very young tribute to such a brave officer.' The minister recalled, 'I salute his family. His mother chanted 'Bharat Mata ki jai' and 'Vande Mataram' even when she lost her son, who was so young. I touched her feet. She said that she was made strong by her son and is strong due to such Bravehearts. I salute the family and extend my heartfelt tribute.' Lt Colonel Deepika Chauhan bid a teary farewell to her husband, who was the pilot of a helicopter that crashed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath, killing him and six others. Chauhan's relatives, friends and many others attended the funeral ceremony in Jaipur. Five adults, one infant and one crew member were on board the Aryan Aviation's Bell 407 helicopter operating in the 'Shri Kedarnath Ji - Aryan Helipad, Guptkashi' sector that crashed on Sunday, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement. The helicopter took off from Guptkashi at 05:10 am and landed at Shri Kedarnath Ji Helipad at 05:18 am before departing again at 05:19 am for Guptkashi and is reported to have crashed near Gaurikund between 05:30 am and 05:45 am, the statement said. The ministry said that preliminary indications suggest that the probable cause of the crash may be Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT), with the helicopter reportedly airborne despite poor visibility and extensive clouding at the valley entry area. The exact cause will be determined through a detailed investigation by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB). Following the incident, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, convened a high-level meeting, which was attended by senior officials of the Government of Uttarakhand, the Secretary (Civil Aviation), the DGCA, and associated teams. All charter and shuttle helicopter operations in the region were suspended on June 15-16, as a safety precaution. However, earlier today, helicopter operations at the Kedarnath Dham were resumed, and the tourists were told to plan their journey according to the weather, according to Sonika, the CEO of Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority. She mentioned that flying in the region has not resumed but will resume once the weather improves. 'Heli operations have resumed today. As the weather is not favourable currently, flying has not resumed yet. But as soon as we get clear weather, flying will resume', Sonika told ANI. (ANI)
The Print
6 days ago
- Health
- The Print
Eliminating AIDS has been an uphill battle. But Melbourne researchers just got one step closer
'We sort of took on this challenge to try and see if we could redesign the lipid nanoparticle. And that is eventually where I think the biggest breakthrough has been,' Paula Cevaal, lead author at the University of Melbourne, told ThePrint. One of the reasons why HIV is a formidable opponent is because it hides inside our cells, making it difficult to eliminate them. The researchers combined different lipids—fats that can deliver treatment into the cell—into a fat bubble to deliver to the right cell where the virus is hidden. Bengaluru: Eliminating AIDS is a Sisyphian challenge. Treatments mostly miss the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that are hidden in the body. But in a breakthrough, a team of researchers from Melbourne have found a way to root out the virus hiding in our immune cells. They claim that they can reach 75 percent of infected cells. The study, 'Efficient mRNA delivery to resting T cells to reverse HIV latency', was published in the Nature Communications journal. Udayakumar Ranga, a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), and who was not part of the study told ThePrint, 'Even if you have the best weapon in the world, there is nothing you can do to the virus because it is silent.' The silent virus acts like a sleeper cell Explaining why it's so difficult for the body to fight HIV, Ujjwal Rathore, Staff Research Scientist, University of California, said, 'Those (virus particles) just look essentially like any other cells which are uninfected (and) your immune system is unable to clear those infected cells.' Rathore was not part of the study. Usually to fight the virus, one needs to send mRNA—a messenger to tell the cells what proteins to make—to the cells to activate and kill the virus, a normal procedure in building vaccines. Then the T Cells, a type of white blood cells that fight infection, will be motivated to produce a protein to fight the virus. Now the challenge is how to deliver that mRNA. The usual delivery of mRNA is not effective as it breaks down by the time it reaches the T cell. 'Whereas if you make and encapsulate this mRNA into lipids and lipid nanoparticles, then the stability of mRNA increases, and the delivery is possible into cells,' Rathore added. Inside the cell, the delivery partner knocks on the door of the T cells. Then the unboxing begins—the endosomal escape mechanism. '(This) will break down the mRNA assembly or the cargo when in contact with the T-cell. Then the mRNA will be released, and that mRNA will start expressing the protein, the targeted protein,' explained Mrinmoy De, Associate Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc). With the help of the newly designed LNP (the delivery partner), the researchers used HIV's own 'master switch' protein—called Tat—to force hidden virus out of dormant immune cells. The study is carried out by taking cells from humans, in a petri dish inside the laboratory and not on humans. 'We haven't done in this study anything in animal models or anything in people. We're not there yet,' said Cevaal. Cevaal's study showed that one can force the hidden virus out of hiding in infected cells. However, simply revealing the virus is not enough—a second step to boost the immune attacks or adding antiviral drugs will be critical to fully clear the virus. Imagine the virus is a thief hiding in one of many rooms in a huge palace. To catch the thief, the cops must search every single room. HIV, just like a thief, can hide in any of the CD4, special type of immune cells. So when the war room is highjacked by the HIV sleeper cells, the immunity system collapses. This is the issue with HIV, which can enter any of the many CD4 cells in the body and hide there. To pop out the stealthy virus, the drug must enter every individual cell, like an encounter specialist. 'Only one in 10,000 to 100,000 CD4 cells may harbour a hidden virus. The therapy of making a drug enter every cell has its undesirable side effects,' said Ranga. According to Ranga the researchers did something smart. They delivered a Tat protein in the form of mRNA and was made to pop into the cells with the help of specially designed LPN. 'However, Tat protein itself is highly toxic and can cause cell death,' Ranga added. So even though they do not activate the cells, the danger remains. 'Of course this is an essential question that we are studying at the moment and that we will continue to study closely. We will perform experiments to test whether they (healthy cells) are affected by the presence of this Tat protein and up to what extent,' Cevaal added. The potential of such studies depends on how they translate into a technology to reach patients. 'We are very much aware that the pursuit to try and resolve the HIV AIDS pandemic is very much not a done deal, that's really triggering us to continue working in this area to design a new therapeutic,' Cevaal added. (Edited by Sanya Mathur) Also Read: Eradicating malaria or mosquitoes? Gene editing raises ethical questions
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Govt imposes maintenance fee on donors of medical equipment
Jaipur: Rajasthan govt has decided to impose maintenance costs on individuals or groups who donate medical equipment, ambulances, or machines to state-run hospitals and health facilities. The move, ostensibly to ensure that donated items are utilised properly, also points to the inadequacies in the state's health infrastructure, which the health department appears to be making an effort to fix. As per the latest govt order, state-run hospitals and health facilities will receive donations of equipment, ambulances, and medical devices through a dedicated Donation Acceptance Committee (DAC) to ensure uninterrupted functionality. "This new system aims to prevent donated equipment from remaining idle," said Gayatri Rathore, principal secretary (health). She said these committees should only accept donations if the facility has the necessary infrastructure and staff to operate them. Rathore added that sometimes diagnostic machines are donated to hospitals where specific tests are not covered under free diagnostic schemes, rendering the equipment useless. To prevent this, health department will impose maintenance charges on donors. For example, donors of ambulances will be required to pay for their upkeep to ensure functionality. If a donor is providing machines, equipment, or devices, they will need to pay for consumable items required for the functionality of the machine for five years. Health department will establish DACs in hospitals to oversee and approve donations of medical equipment, ambulances, and machines. "For ambulance donations, donors must provide funding for a five-year period to cover operational costs, including driver wages, fuel expenses, and maintenance requirements," Rathore said. This initiative addresses the issue of donated items remaining unused due to health department's limited resources to make them operational. Previously, donated equipment at hospitals which lacked resources to operate them remained idle for years. For instance, nearly half of the 140 oxygen plants built at a cost of Rs 2 crore each by donors, are lying defunct in Rajasthan. Now, committees will assess the usefulness of donated items and authorise donations accordingly. Before a hospital accepts a donation, it must ensure availability of doctors or technical staff to operate the equipment.
