May 20, 2021
The two high-strung Koreas need to breathe
Mr Kim wants to take advantage of Mr Moon’s war-aversion and low threshold of
tolerance for any catastrophic clash unleashed by US President Donald Trump’s
bellicosity. Seoul persuaded Washi-ngton to postpone joint military exercises as
a confidence-building measure with Pyong-yang. Proving to its people that the
Kim dynasty was more independent and infinitely fairer than "puppet" South Korea
remains a key tenet of the North Korean regime’s survival strategy.Behind the
North’s jealousy and attempts to score points over the South was the quest to
demonstrate that its model of one-party, one-man Communist authoritarian rule
was superior to the latter’s pro-Western and gradually democratising form of
government.Nonetheless, the North’s terror ploy failed and the 1988 Summer Games
were hugely successful. Dissing the South and hiding its remarkable economic and
political achievements are core tenets of the relentless propaganda machinery in
North Korea.
That is why North Korea is such a tightly sealed hermit kingdom
where citizens’ mobility and their access to happenings abroad are heavily
restricted. The only rational way out of the predicament for the wily Mr Kim is
to wave the olive branch to Mr Moon and rupture the unity between the US and
South Korea. The North’s motive was to create international panic about safety
and security in the South, and thereby scare away foreigners from attending the
Seoul Olympics.Yet, the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics are occurring at a different
juncture and point to a new turn. But even a tactical and opportunistic pause in
belligerence due to the Olympics is welcome. Mr Trump may be compelled to go
beyond words and order kinetic action.The Olympics thaw could fizzle out as the
structural underpinnings of the geopolitical crisis over the Korean peninsula
are unchanged. When South Korea was to host the Summer Olympics in 1988, then
North Korean dictator Kim Il-Sung ordered a boycott and unleashed his
intelligence agents to blow up a South Korean passenger plane months before the
Seoul Games, killing all 125 people on board in midair.
The two high-strung
Koreas need to breathe and exult as one people, if only temporarily.But what
happens once the Winter Olympics are over? The real games will begin. It’s not a
coincidence that the last time when North and South Korean athletes marched
jointly at the Olympics were in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, when Mr Moon
was a close aide of President Roh, who believed in the path of peaceful
reconciliation with the North.The spectacle is all the more captivating because
there are simultaneous visits by North Korean art troupes, orchestras and
high-ranking government officials to the South to make the Pyeongchang Olympics
an unforgettable visual moment in international history. The current tyrant in
Pyongyang, Kim Jong-un, has realised he can’t perpetuate his hold on power by
antagonising and alienating South Korea.In Mr Moon, Mr Kim has a partner willing
to relaunch the "Sunshine policy" of peace which was implemented by Mr Moon’s
mentor, President Roh Moo-hyun, from 2003 to 2008.With Russia and even China
slowly joining hands with the United States to tighten the United Nations
economic sanctions noose as punishment for Mr Kim’s nuclear and missile tests,
there is only one consistent voice calling for an accommodative and negotiated
approach toward him — liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The 2018
Winter Olympics, being hosted by South Korea from February 9 to 25, will witness
the rare sight of athletes from sworn antagonists North and South Korea marching
together under a "unification flag" in the opening ceremony and fielding a
combined team in the women’s ice hockey event.The so-called "bloody nose"
doctrine, favoured by Trump administration hawks, is a plan to launch a limited
preemptive US military attack on a North Korean target to force Mr Kim to back
down on his nuclear and missile development agenda. What changed in the ensuing
months are the circumstances of growing international unanimity against Mr Kim’s
nuclear brinkmanship. (Photo: AFP) Pyongyang is coming to Pyeongchang. The
North’s motive was to create international panic about safety and security in
the South, and thereby scare away foreigners from attending the Seoul Olympics.
Mr Kim’s menacing New Year promise to "mass-produce" nukes and missiles suggests
that he may sooner or later resume provocative launches to attain his strategic
goal of attaining reliable deterrence capability against the US.Whenever
cornered, North Korean leaders devise crafty schemes to extract concessions by
exploiting South Korea’s liberalism and emotional ethnic nationalism, which
pines for reunification of the Korean peninsula and treats North Koreans as
unfortunate siblings who must be embraced and uplifted.
The Olympics thaw could
fizzle out as the structural underpinnings of the geopolitical crisis over the
Korean peninsula are unchanged.If Mr Moon goes further and offers economic aid
to Mr Kim or revives inter-Korean industrial and tourist projects, it will bring
considerable relief to the North from the sanctions-driven cash crunch. But Mr
Kim did not take up Mr Moon’s offer then.Mr Moon floated the proposal for a
unified sports team with North Korea for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in June
2017, itself as a means to ease nerve-wracking tensions and prevent a calamitous
war as Mr Kim and Mr Trump were spoiling for a fight. Never willing to concede
the inter-Korean ego contest of one-upmanship, the North organised a parallel
Olympics-level event of its own in 1989 by spending an estimated $4 billion and
crowing about how more country delegations were its guests than at the Seoul
Olympics. And younger and conservative South Koreans, who oppose dovishness, may
pressure Mr Moon to stop blind appeasement of the trickster and butcher Mr Kim.
Already, Mr Kim has wrung one compromise from Mr Moon in return for the North’s Thread
Standoffs Factory dramatic entry into the Pyeongchang Olympics.For the
instinctively secretive and jingoistic North Korea to cheer a Winter Olympics
being hosted by its arch-rival is not an insignificant step.The writer is a
professor and dean of the Jindal School of International Affairs Despite Mr
Kim’s typical bravado, he knows that well-enforced UN sanctions plus a precise
American military strike could squeeze him badly and spell doom. Ultimately,
unless there is an overthrow of the Kim dynasty in Pyongyang or a grand
accommodation between the US and China, permanent peace in this region is a
fantasy
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May 13, 2021
It also the senior officials government and civic bodies
It also the senior officials government and civic bodies to physically inspect
the spot and prepare an action plan to ensure immediate steps in this regard.The
court also added that it did not want a policy for this, but the issue "has to
be addressed a war-footing". A bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and
Justice C.The observations and directions came during the hearing of a public
Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the court by a student of Delhi University,
Himanshu Goswami, who has sought the removal of encroachments and maintaining of
tactile pavements in the national capital. "Continuity of the tactile marks on
pavements should ensure easy navigation by any person/s, especially the visually
impaired," the bench also said. (Photo: PTI) nut insert NEW
DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday ruled that maintenance of tactile paths
on city pavements be taken up on a "war footing", so that the new facilities can
be accessed by the visually impaired.The bench also asked the Delhi government’s
public works department, North and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to
conduct an inspection and file their status report before the next date of
hearing on March 6.The court also added that it did not want a policy for this,
but the issue "has to be addressed a war-footing".The obstructions in the form
of potholes, poles and shopping kiosks on pavements, in the North Campus also
led the bench to take the civic body officials to task for their "criminal
negligence".The bench termed the situation as "distressing" as the tactile
markings on the pavements were "replete with obstructions", including pillars,
hoardings and signboards. The bench termed the situation as "distressing" as the
tactile markings on the pavements were "replete with obstructions", including
pillars, hoardings and signboards. Hari Shankar said the Delhi government and
the Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD) should take up a pilot project of
making the South and North campuses of the Delhi University (DU)
disabled-friendly
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April 29, 2021
Good governance cant happen when outdated
Praising Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath for his good governance in taking the
state to new heights, Prime Minister Modi said, "I am very happy. Further,
driverless trains are to be introduced along with the Communication Based Train
Control (CBTC) signalling technology, which would facilitate the movement of
trains within a frequency of 90 to 100 seconds.
The Magenta Line also marks the
usage of the first platform screen doors (PSDs), which are glass-made screens
installed near the edge of platforms that open only when a train arrives and
shut after it departs. Driven by blind faith and superstition, leaders never
went to places for decades.The 12."We live in an era in which connectivity is
all important. This metro, whose line was just inaugurated, is not only for the
present but also for future generations," he said."We have changed these
mindsets.
This was a historic moment. How unfortunate is that! Unfortunately,
there were superstitions associated with Noida and in his own style, Yogi
Adityanath has risen above these superstitions and has come to Noida," he added.
Earlier, the governments took pride in making new laws. We said we wanted to be
the Government that removes laws that are obsolete. 24th December 2002. I thank
Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving Uttar Pradesh the offering of this new
metro line on this occasion," Adityanath further said. Due to his dress, few
people find it fashionable to believe he is not modern enough but it is Yogi
Adityanath Ji who has done what the other chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh could
not - he has come to Noida.Conveying his greetings on the occasion of Christmas,
Prime Minister Modi took the chance to commemorate the birth anniversary of "two
Bharat Ratnas" - Indian educationist and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya and
former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.Acknowledging the role of the people
of Uttar Pradesh in strengthening the country, Prime Minister Modi said, "It is
due to the people of Uttar Pradesh that the nation has got a strong and stable
government.. Prime Minister Modi, along with Adityanath, also travelled on a
patch of the new route - from Noida to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary station.The
coaches will reportedly have an LED display, power charging capacity and
colourful seats, while the stations will portray themes of nature, yoga, and
cultural landmarks. Since then, the metro network in NCR has expanded
considerably," he added.Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the metro line in
Noida, the chief minister said, "This step to inaugurate Metros magenta line
will prove to be a milestone towards realising the dreams of development for the
Noida and the Greater Noida region. In order to achieve this, state of the art
mass transit systems are the need of the hour.
He added the Uttar Pradesh
Government would soon bring new metro lines in Kanpur and Agra as well.Atal
Bihari Vajpayee Ji took the ride on the metro.Addressing the gathering in Noida,
Prime Minister Modi said the just-inaugurated metro line was not only for the
present, but also for future generations.I would go to all those places in my
first year itself."When I became the structural rivets chief minister,
people told me of a few places where no chief ministers went because they were
inauspicious. For us, decisions are about national interest and not political
gains. I was clear. ( Photo: ANI | Twitter) Noida: Soon after inaugurating a
stretch of the new Magenta line of the Delhi Metro, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Monday said the development of the railway and road infrastructure was
happening at a historic pace under the government at the Centre."Prime Minister
Modi further said if anybody thought not going to a place would prolong their
chief ministerial tenure and visiting a place would curtail it, such a person
did not deserve to be a chief minister. India, Uttar Pradesh, Noida.Prime
Minister Modi, along with Adityanath, also travelled on a patch of the new route
- from Noida to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary station.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the step to inaugurate a stretch of the new
Magenta line of the Delhi Metro would prove to be a milestone towards
development of Noida and Greater Noida.. I will always remain grateful to UP for
their affection..Dreaming to live in an India in which the petrol imports
reduce, Prime Minister Modi said that in order to achieve this, state of the art
mass transit systems were the need of the hour."In 2022, when we mark 75 years
of freedom, I dream that we live in an India in which our petrol imports
reduce.."Today is Christmas and it is also the birth anniversary of former prime
minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.64-km stretch runs between Kalkaji and Noidas
Botanical Garden and accounts for a travel time of 19 minutes, thus facilitating
easy access for commuters from South Delhi to Noida, and vice versa.
Good
governance cant happen when outdated laws hamper decision making," he
added.Addressing the gathering in Noida, PM Modi said the just-inaugurated metro
line was not only for present, but also for future generations."He further said
that governance cannot happen when the dominant thought process begins at Mera
Kya and ends at Mujhe Kya, adding it was important for governments to do away
with outdated laws that hamper the growth of the nation
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April 20, 2021
This reinforces and cements an efficient path forward
Related StoriesStudy finds stem cell therapy may be used to reverse
diabetesHeart failure may be treated by umbilical cord stem cells, says
studyHuman stem cells restore mobility in monkeys with Parkinson&Stainless
Steel Rivet Nuts Manufacturers039;s. Ken Uchino, a leading Multistem
investigator from Cleveland Clinic.Athersys Inc and Mesoblast Ltd, are beginning
final stage trials on patients that could change course of devastating stroke,
heart failure. Reducing the severity of a patient’s heart failure "would give
them back potentially many years of good quality life," said Mesoblast CEO
Silviu Itescu. Joseph Woo, a heart surgeon at Stanford University and an
investigator of the NIH trial, "this would be considered # one of the big
advances of this century. But researchers were encouraged by patients treated up
to 36 hours post stroke.
This reinforces and cements an efficient path forward
for us," Athersys Chief Executive Gil Van Bokkelen said.Both have overcome major
hurdles to manufacturing stem cell treatments on a large scale that are
off-the-shelf products derived from healthy donor bone marrow and do not face
immune system rejection issues. Both have overcome major hurdles to
manufacturing stem cell treatments on a large scale that are off-the-shelf
products derived from healthy donor bone marrow and do not face immune system
rejection issues.2 billion cells delivered via simple intravenous drip - dampens
the immune system’s hyper-inflammatory reaction to signals that the brain is
under attack during stroke, and promotes healing.That trial, attempting to
extend the treatment window to 48 hours, failed.Mesoblast’s MPC-150-IM therapy
aims to mitigate advanced heart failure, a progressive condition in which the
heart cannot pump enough blood to efficiently serve the body. "The market tends
to test these companies sometimes to the brink," said Tom Dobell, who manages a
fund for U. Thomas Carmichael, co-director of UCLA Broad Stem Cell Center, who
was not involved in Multistem trials."M&G is a long-time holder of
Mesoblast, with about a 15 percent stake, and Athersys, with about 4 percent.
S.Some 250,000 people in the United States alone have been diagnosed with most
serious class IV heart failure, and only about 9,000 receive a transplant or
left ventricular assist device (LVAD) each year, Itescu said.
We’re comfortable
that the progress that’s going on is going to be worth it.The company plans to
begin a 300-patient Phase III study of Multistem in early 2018, aiming for US
and European approval after regulators agreed to protocols for one pivotal
trial. "Its reason to be cautiously optimistic," said Dr.An ongoing Phase III
trial of 600 advanced heart failure patients is currently enrolling.Perception
of the field has also been hurt by unscrupulous actors selling unapproved,
possibly unsterile cell therapies for everything from cancer to lung disease and
ALS, prompting a US crackdown this past summer.Cleveland-based Athersys, with a
market value of about $200 million, demonstrated evidence in a mid-stage trial
that its therapy may be able to expand the emergency treatment window for major
strokes to up to 36 hours, compared with about four hours with current drugs,
potentially allowing many more patients to avoid crippling disabilities.The
body’s reaction to stroke may also severely deplete the immune system, leading
to later complications beyond paralysis or speech impairment.Athersys believes
Multistem - 1.Independent monitors who oversee and can halt blinded clinical
trials for futility gave a green light to continue the Mesoblast study in April
after a review of the first 270 treated patients, suggesting the therapy might
be effective. A separate 220-patient Multistem trial in Japan for that market
began enrolling patients through partner Healios KK.A separate US National
Institutes of Health-sponsored Phase II study of 159 end-stage heart failure
patients dependent on an implanted pumping assist device completed enrolment in
September, with results expected in the first quarter of 2018.The company
believes the therapy reduces inflammation, increases blood flow and spurs blood
vessel formation that helps repair the heart muscle.They are among the farthest
along in the stem cell industry at a time when Wall Street investors have
focused on potentially big payoffs from immune-system based cancer therapies and
rare disease treatments.Australia’s Mesoblast, with a market value of about $500
million, is attempting to alter advanced heart failure, a leading cause of
hospitalizations and deaths and an enormous cost burden.If such patients can
recover enough to again rely on their own heart, said Dr. A single dose consists
of 150 million highly purified stem cells delivered directly to the heart’s left
ventricle by injection or catheter. (Photo: AFP) New York: The early hope that
stem cell therapy would make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and cure diabetes
have given way to a long list of failures, highlighted by early stem cell
champion Geron Corp abandoning the field in 2011.-based M&G Investment
Management that specializes in supporting promising companies during difficult
periods. "Of the many entities in this field, they have been careful and
deliberate in their movement forward" and do not engage in "overwrought claims,"
said Dr.But two small companies, Athersys Inc and Mesoblast Ltd, are beginning
final stage trials in hundreds of patients that they - along with loyal
investors - say could change the course of devastating stroke and heart failure.
In the Phase II trial, Multistem patients had significantly fewer incidents of
pneumonia, acute pulmonary distress and other serious complications.K
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April 14, 2021
This was caused by undiluted ink
This was caused by undiluted ink, over injection, not enough/smaller injections
sights," she is quoted as saying by the Metro.Catt Gallinger is sharing her
story to warn others about the dangers of getting a tattoo." If this doesn’t
work, my cornea is way too thin and at high risk of rupturing.Adding, "I am NOT
sharing this with you to cause trouble, I am sharing this to warn you to
research who you get your procedures by as well as how the procedure should be
properly done.After undergoing surgery, Gallinger, from Ottawa, Canada, took to
Instagram to update her status on her condition. (Photo: Catt Gallinger /
Facebook) A woman is nut insert
Company at risk of losing her eye after a botched tattoo job left her crying
purple tears, the Metro reported. If it does rupture before, during or
afterwards, I lose my eye," she revealed in a post on the social media site.Catt
Gallinger’s boyfriend decided to give her the tattoo, but it soon didnt go as
she had hoped and is now at risk of going blind.She has also expressed getting
the tattoo was a "massive mistake" as it was so badly done that it looks like
"she was crying purple tears from her sclera tattoo as residue escaped", the
report stated." Related StoriesStudy reveals women are more attracted towards
men with tattoosTattoos move into cultural mainstreamTattoos may cause toxic
impurities to seep inside body. Woman may loose her eye after tattoo procedure
goes all wrong.Gallinger is sharing her story online because she wants to warn
other about the dangers of getting a tattoo
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March 23, 2021
There was this new boy and I threw the ball at him
I have not seen a man more lost in his own world. "When I recollected this
incident and told MS about it, he started laughing and this was happening as the
match was on," Kohli said. There was this new boy and I threw the ball at him
and asked ‘kahaan se’ (meaning from which end will you bowl). Their bonding has
become stronger with the passage of time and skipper Virat Kohli is proud of the
fact that no external force has been able to affect his friendship with
predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni. I am lucky to have him. We laugh amongst
ourselves and say we didn’t know there was one," Kohli said in an episode of
web-series Breakfast With Champions. He doesn’t know even five words of any of
those English songs. It was my academy’s match.Kohli may be calling the shots
now but his reverence for Dhoni is there to be seen. A few days back he was
trying to refer to Ash (Ashwin).Kohli recalled a funny anecdote from his younger
days which he had shared with Dhoni and how he literally burst out laughing.
The
boy answered: ‘Bhaiya Najafgarh se’!"When I recollected this incident and told
MS about it, he started laughing and this was happening as the match was on,"
Kohli said. The best part is neither he reads those articles nor do I. No
control on what he speaks but the most clean THREDED
STUD Suppliers hearted individual.Skipper says his bond with predecessor has
become stronger."A lot of people try to plug in stories of a rift between us."I
once told him a funny story of my U-17 days."He can just say anything. While
running between the wickets, if he says two, I just close my eyes and run
because I know that his judgement is so correct, I will make it. He said: ‘Yaar
woh Ravi Kashyap Ashwin kya bowling karta hain (He is Ravichandran)."Kohli went
to the extent of saying that at the crease he has blind faith in Dhoni’s
abilities."Hardik Pandya carries an Ipod but it only has English songs
downloaded. Our friendship has only grown over the years," Kohli said.
Obviously, I go by my instincts but whenever I ask him anything 8 or 9 out of 10
times what he says, works."I don’t think I have ever come across a better
cricketing brain just in terms of planning, knowing what’s happening in the game
and what can be done.
He just wants to groove to the beat." "Hardik is an
entertainer."One of the funniest and unassuming characters in the team,
according to Kohli, is Hardik Pandya. Everything is happening smoothly and I am
happy that he is there by my side during my initial years of captaincy."I guess
Hayden is not far off the mark," grinned the current India captain.Australian
cricket great Matthew Hayden had once said that Dhoni is someone who finds
things funny that only seven-year-olds would. And when the people see us
together, they wonder ‘wasn’t there rift between the two’.For those who were
sceptical about how easy the transition would be, Kohli lauded Dhoni for making
it smooth. He gets intrigued by things easily and is always looking for
something new that will interest him," Kohli said."MS and me have a great
understanding. No one on the field (players) felt that there has been a
change."Lot of people don’t know but he has childlike enthusiasm."The transition
happened so smoothly
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