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‘Faulty’
cloning led to Dolly’s arthritis BJP
committed to growth: Koshiyari BJP
creating war hysteria, says Mulayam NCP to go
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George’s
US visit from January 15 Dacoit
Parihar to contest
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‘Faulty’ cloning led
to Dolly’s arthritis
Lucknow, January 5 Talking to some mediapersons during the 89th session of the Indian Science Congress here, Dr Inder Verma, a scientist from the laboratory said while a development stage in normal circumstance took around three months, it was achieved in a couple of minutes in the laboratories. “This is against the principles of early developmental biology. Some defect is bound to occur due to these shortcomings.” Stating that Dolly was already very obese and had developed diabetes also, Dr Verma said scientists were not able to clone another sheep even after two years of the birth of Dolly. “Scientists have to understand the basic principles of biology. Unless we do not understand this, cloning will not be acceptable,” he said, adding that he was not against cloning of the animals as this development had opened a vast field helpful in curing human diseases and organ transplantation. He said scientists were very open to the idea of animal cloning. Commenting on the US Federal Government’s ban on cloning, he said the US President was from a party that believed in the principle of providing an opportunity for everybody to live. “They don’t even justify the abortion. So how can they justify a process in which thousands of embryos are wasted to produce a single clone.” Dr Verma, who is working to find a cure of certain diseases through gene therapy, said he had successfully cured a monkey suffering from the Parkinson’s disease, a neurological disorder. The technique would soon be tried on humans suffering from neurological disorders and will also be helpful in a safer delivery system, curing certain eye diseases and diabetes. “I am planning to choose an HIV virus to use it as a decoy virus in replacing the bad genes of an individual. Being a very potent virus we have decided on it as it reaches all cells of the body very rapidly like liver, blood, brain and all other parts of the body. We will remove the bad genes of the virus capable of causing AIDS”, said Dr Verma. He said a major breakthrough would be on the day when the HIV genes would be used to block the replication of HIV virus in the body. The scientists are already working on it. The scientists laid emphasis on educating the masses about the spread of AIDS.  |
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BJP committed to
growth: Koshiyari Dehra Dun, January 5 Talking to TNS here today, he said: “We have already addressed the concerns of the hill folk and taken a number of steps for their welfare. Until these areas are economically brought on a par with the plains, we will not rest”. In a veiled attack on the Congress, he said its leaders were misleading people by spreading falsehood on the performance of the BJP government in Uttaranchal. The issue of transfer of power assets was resolved between the parent state Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Work on the Tehri dam was resumed after two decades. Hundreds of schools had been upgraded in remote hill areas. New roads had been constructed and the existing one’s repaired, drinking water schemes were launched in the hilly areas, and new industrial and agriculture policy was introduced, besides recruitments of the state police and other departments was reopened to benefit unemployed youths. Lashing out at the Congress for raising the coffin issue, Mr Koshiyari claimed that this would prove counter productive for them. The people of Uttaranchal were aware that it was only the BJP which had given due respect to the defence services. Earlier, during the time of the Congress rule, even the bodies of soldiers were not handed over to their family members. A mere telegram was forwarded to inform them about their loss. Mr Koshiyari claimed that family members of all martyrs in Uttaranchal were given financial help amounting to at least Rs 10 lakh. Employment was also provided to one person of the family. He refuted the allegations of the Opposition parties that bureaucracy was getting an upper hand and said the activities of government officials were monitored. |
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BJP creating war hysteria, says Mulayam
Lucknow, January 5 In an interview, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said the government instead of indulging in rhetorics, should have launched military strikes at the terrorist training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. “Had the government heeded our repeated pleas for striking at the PoK terrorist training camps, the December 13 attack on our Parliament would not have taken place,” he said. Mr Yadav said the country had always been united in time of external aggression but added that Pakistan was not in a position to commit the misadventure of attacking India. Stating that the ongoing diplomatic offensive against Pakistan should continue, Mr Yadav said the option of dialogue should also be pursued if Pakistan agreed to stop aiding and abetting cross-border terrorism. Referring to the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO), the SP leader said the country did not require POTO-type laws, which were “draconian in nature and likely to be used against political adversaries to settle scores”. Mr Yadav, while claiming that the BJP would be defeated in the coming Assembly elections in UP due to its “anti-people” and `communal’ policies; said the Rajnath Singh Government was bereft of any major poll planks and was trying to whip up communal passions by raking up the Ayodhya issue with the help of the RSS, the VHP and the Bajrang Dal. Mr Yadav said if voted to power his government’s top priority would be to improve law and order, which was at its lowest ebb, and improve the conditions of poor farmers and the downtrodden. He said his government would also provide allowance to the unemployed youth and free medical treatment to the poor. Mr Yadav, while referring to the first list of 296 party candidates for the UP Assembly poll, said the remaining 107 names would be declared shortly in
consultation with the other Lok Morcha allies.
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NCP to go it alone in UP
New Delhi, January 5 Mr Sangma said a final decision in this regard would be taken shortly. Ruling out any covert or overt electoral alliance with the Congress, Mr Sangma said the political scenario in UP was confused. Therefore, he could not visualise the party’s strategy in the event of a hung Assembly. The NCP had reconstituted its pradesh committee after 36 office-bearers of the Loktantrik Congress Party (LCP) headed by its President Seraj Mahdi joined it. Mr Ramesh Dixit, who was the NCP President in UP, had been nominated National Secretary of the party by NCP founder-leader Sharad Pawar, Mr Sangma said. The former office-bearers of the LCP also included a senior vice-president, six vice-presidents and all the general secretaries. Those LCP members who were at one time ministers in UP had been excluded from the list. Such cases would be scrutinised before admitting them into the NCP, Mr Sangma said.
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George’s US visit from January 15
New Delhi, January 5 Mr Fernandes, whose visit will follow close on the heels of a tour by Home Minister L.K. Advani, during his stay in the USA is scheduled to confer with US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, National Security Adviser Condolisa Rice and hold top-level parleys at the Pentagon, according to highly-placed defence sources here. The Defence Minister, whose visit comes in the wake of heightening tension between Islamabad and New Delhi along the border, may also meet the US Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell.
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Dacoit Parihar
to contest Kanpur, January 5 Seema is at present lodged in Etawah jail under judicial custody facing trial in about 24 cases of dacoity, kidnapping and murder in different districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Seema said she had accepted the Sena’s nomination offer and wanted to challenge Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in his home district. Seema said she wanted to “expose the nexus between some Samajwadi Party leaders and criminals”.
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