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Nobel Laureate hopeful of AIDS vaccine
Chandigarh, November 27 Keeping his date with Chandigarh this Sunday, Professor Zinkernagel said while artificial vaccines against acute cytopatic infections (like polio virus or small pox) induced protective antibodies and therefore, were successful, we had not been successful in imitating infection-immunity that maintained activated effector T cell responses that would be necessary against HIV, herpes viruses and tuberculosis. The Nobel Laureate was earlier quoted as saying in The Strait Times that there would never be a perfect AIDS vaccine and unlike diseases such as smallpox, the HIV virus would probably never be wiped out though the AIDS virus could mutate into a less deadly form in the future to ensure its own survival. Talking to a media gathering, Professor Zinkernagel said one could take similar preventive measures adopted to decrease the incidence of tuberculosis, for HIV AIDS as well. These, he added, include improved hygiene, nutrition and safe sex among others. The Nobel Laureate said completely successful vaccines were the ones available for classical acute childhood diseases while the challenging diseases which evaded the first-level responses still needed to be addressed. Professor Zinkernagel also said that despite major breakthroughs made in the said field, yet a number of issues concerning the body mechanisms still needed to be understood. A Professor at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Professor Zinkernagel was awarded the Nobel Prize along with Peter C. Doherty for their research work on how the immune system recognizes the virus infected cells. According to the study conducted by the duo, white blood cells or lymphocytes must recognise both the virus and certain self molecule to kill the virus infected cells. The Nobel Laureate was accompanied by his wife Kathrin and will also attend the Ranbaxy Research Award in New Delhi.
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Conference on immunology
Chandigarh, November 27 Dr Deo highlighted the unique capacity of stem cells, the ‘master cells’ to differentiate into many tissue specific cells. He stressed that this capacity could have far-reaching implications in the treatment of diseases like parkinson’s, alzheimer’s, diabetes and myocardial infaction. Dr Deo said many deficiencies could be overcome with the use of highly proliferative and suitably differentiated embryonic stem cells. The major challenge was to maintain embryonic stem cells in undifferentiated state. Problems were also faced in their use due to tumourigenic potentials and immune rejection by the host, said Dr Deo. Meanwhile, the afternoon session focused on tuberculosis which is responsible for almost a million deaths in India and also kala azar, which is still rampant in certain regions of India. Dr Abu Mustafa from Kuwait, Prof G.K. Khullar, PGI, and Dr Salotra, ICMR, deliberated on the potential mechanisms for development of vaccines against the dreaded infections. |
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Talk on kriya yoga
Chandigarh, November 27 He dwelt on the benefits of the kriya yoga for a common man. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof K.N. Pathak, was the chief guest. In his autobiography, “Autobiography of a Yogi”, Yoganandaji gives a detailed account of the science of kriya yoga, an evolution-hastening technique. It is a technique in which a person can direct his life energy up and down the spinal chord. Half a minute of this results in one year of natural spiritual unfoldment in man. In just three years, advanced yogis can accomplish the same result through kriya yoga that nature brings to pass in a million years, he says. |
SJOBA holds mini marathon
Chandigarh, November 27 Nearly 900 participants, including young boys and girls, teams from various gyms of the city and health conscious couples ran with great zeal to spread the message of fitness. The participants were divided into 19 different categories. For safety and convenience of participants, special arrangements were made like a total of six water points, 60 marshals and ambulances positioned all along the route. The race was flagged off by Mr Amitabh Dhillon, SP, Traffic, Chandigarh, from the St John’s School, Sector 26 and from there the runners crossed the Raj Bhavan, Sukhna Lake, Rock Garden, Matka Chowk and ran along Madya Marg before the race culminated at St John’s High School. The winners were awarded cash prizes of Rs 2500, 1500 and 1000 for the first three positions respectively. The results: Veterans- V2: Vidyawati 1; Archana Kapur 2. Veterans- V1: Surinder S Parmar 1; Wg. Cdr. K S Baweja 2 40-59 men: M 2: Jatinder Singh 1; Gurdial Singh 2. 40-59 women-W2: Manjit Sibia 1; Nirmal Saini 2 19-39 men- M1: Joginder 1; Tejinder Singh 2; Amandeep Singh. 19-39 women- W1: Sunita Kapur 1; Deep Kamal Gill 2; Sangeeta Bhargava 3 15-18 boys -B2: Sukha Singh Khalsa 1; Kulwinder Singh 2; Manjinder Singh 3 15-18 girls- G2: Amandeep Kaur 1; Prabhjot Bal 2; Jyoti 3 Under-14 boys-B1: Sarabjit Singh 1; Yesuraj 2; Rattan Singh 3. Under-14 girls- G1: Amandeep Kaur 1; Yogita 2; Tanvir Kaur 3. Special prizes: Gian Singh Birdi (The oldest to finish); Pardeep Bajwa (first SJOBA member). |
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PSEB men enter badminton semifinals
Panchkula, November 27 Saleem was too good for Raghav Bhosle of Bombay Reliance whom he defeated 21-2 in the quarterfinal. Ram Lakhan of PSEB snuffed out a tough challenge of Pathak of Maharashtra by 21-10. Earlier, in the team championship Madhya Pradesh prevailed upon Bombay Reliance 3-2 for the third and fourth positions respectively. Punjab had won the team title beating Haryana by 3-1 in the final last night. In other quarterfinals Santosh More of Maharashtra faced stiff resistance from Vipin of Bhakra and Beas Management Board before winning 21-13 while left-handed N. Subramani beat Gurpreet of BBMB 21-2. In the semifinal matches, Saleem will meet Santosh More while second seed Ram Lakhan will cross swords with N. Subramani . Results: team championship for third and fourth positions: Madhya Pradesh b Bombay Reliaince 3-2 (Subramani b Vijay Nair 15-4, 15-8; S.K. Verma lost to Raghav Bhosle 1-15, 2-15, R.S. Chauhan and P. Joshi lost to Raghav Bhosle and Vijay Nair 3-15, 6-15; Sanjay Pandey and M. Subramani b Vivek Patil and Umesh Joshi 15-4, 15-0; Sanjay Pandey b Vivek Patil 15-7, 15-7. Men’s singles: quarterfinals: Mohammed Saleem ( Punjab ) b Raghav Bhosle (Bombay Reliance) 21-1; Santosh More (Maharashtra) b Vipin (BBMB) 21-13; Ram Lakhan (Punjab) b Pankaj Pathak (Maharastra) 21-10; N. Subramani (Madhya Pradesh) b Gurpreet (BBMB) 21-2. Pre-quarterfinal: Raghav Bhosle (Bombay Reliance) b Anil (Delhi) 21-0; Vijay Kharrar (Chattisgarh) b G. Sreedhar (A.P. Transco) 21-13; Vipin (BBMB) b Shah Nawaz (AP Transco) 21-7; Gurpreet (BBMB) b Umesh Joshi (Bombay Reliance) 21-7; Shanbaag (Karnataka) b S. Babu (Kerala) 21-12; P. Ram Mohan (AP Transco) b Sanjay Mittal 21-2; Pankaj Pathak (Maharastra) b S Satyanarayan (AP) 21-3; P. Ram Mohan (AP Transco) b Shan Bhag (Karnataka) 21-7; Manju Nath (Karnataka) b Surinder (Haryana) 21-18; Sanjay Pandey (MPSEB) b Rajesh (Kerala) 21-8; Subramani (Madhya Pradesh) b S. Mishra (Gujarat) 21-10; Mohammed Saleem (Punjab) b S.P. Jain (Guj) 21-4; Vijay Kharrar (Chattisgarh) b Manju Nath (Kar) 21-8; Raghav Bhosle (BR) b Sanjay Pandey (MPSEB) 21-8; Gurpreet (BBMB) b Varinder (Haryana) 21-14; Subramani (Madhya Pradesh) b S.K. Gaekwad 21-11; Santosh More (Maharastra) b Vijay Kharrar (Chattisgarh) 21-9. Men’s doubles: Arun and Vipan (BBMB) b Sreedhar Kumar and G Sarel (APT) 21-11, R.K. Sharma and Ravinder (Delhi) b Sonal and S Babu (Kerala) 21-20; J.V. Rao and V.J. Rajan (AP Transco) b S.K. Gaekwad and Roop Bijoria 21-4; B.K. Rao and V.P.S. Verma (Chhattisgarh) b Manu Nath and Nagraj (Karnatka) 21-16; Gurpreet and Sanjiv (BBMB) b S.P. Pathak and S Deshpande 21-11; Gulshan Bajaj and Mohan Lal (Haryana) b K.G. Upadhaya and Hari Hareshwar (Karnataka) 21-17; Sahil and Sandeep (PSEB) b Arun and Vipin (BBMB) 21-11, Gulshan and Mohan Lal (Haryana) b J.V. Rao and UJ Raja (AP Transco) 21-13. |
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Sunil Kumar among direct entrants
Chandigarh, November 27 According to information received by CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap, other Indians in the
main draw of acceptance list are: Rohan Bopanna (303), Karan Rastogi (368 world ranking), Vishal Uppal (503) and Vinod Sridhar (609). The Indian players in the list of alternates are: Vivek Shokeen (791), Ravi Shankar Pathanjali (800), Ashutosh Singh (878), Divij Sharan (908), Kamala Kannan (941), Arjun Goutham (962), Vishnu Vardhan (99), Gurmer Singh of Chandigarh (999), Tushar Liberhan, also of Chandigarh, (1031), Shivang Mishra (1158), Purav Raja (1191), Aditya Madkekar (1265), Vishal Punna (1286), Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (1331), Devinder Singh Bhusari (1367), Jeevan Neduchezhian (1523) and Rahil Makharia (1523). The main draw will be of 32, which will include 20 direct entries, four wild cards and eight qualifiers. Among the direct entries will be two special exempts. The highest ranked among the foreign players is Matthew Smith of Great Britain with 311 points followed by Japanese Go Doeda (334), Norikazu Sugiyama (37) and Toshihide Matsui (440). The CLTA chairman,
Mr Rajan Kashyap, said the lone Pakistani player in the main draw is Aisam Qureshi (450). Players from
more than 20 countries will compete in the qualifying round of 64 and the main draw. Players from Great Britain, Japan, Poland, Pakistan, Egypt, Korea, Taipei, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Russian, France, Brazil, Slovakia, Thailand, Czech Republic, Switzerland, USA and Bulgaria will be seen in action during this meet. Mr Kashyap said Doordarshan would telecast live the semifinals and finals on its national
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St John’s academy win by 4 wickets
Mohali, November 27 The chief guest Intkab Alam, former skipper of Pakistan cricket team and at present coach of Punjab Ranji team, distributed the prizes to the winners. Karan Goyal was awarded the ‘Man of the match’ award and ‘Man of the series’ award. Mayank Sood won the best batsman title whereas Mayank Munjal bagged the best bowler title. Brief score: MCA: 153 for 7 in 35 overs (Mayank Sood 47, Subhir 23, Mayank Munjal 19, Karan Goyal 3 for 14, Shivam Bambri 3 for 35). St John’s Academy: 154 for 6 in 32 overs (Karan Goyal 36, Shivam Bambri 25, Ravi 33 not out, Munish Kumar 2 for 37, Mayank Munjal 1 for 11). |
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Inter-media meet results
Chandigarh, November 27 As many as 35 sportspersons, including women and children, participated in the meet, which was organized by Chandigarh Press Club in association with State Bank of India. The prizes were distributed by the chief guest, Mr S.D. Sharma, Chief Manager of the bank. The results are as follows: 100 m race (above 50 yrs) 1 Prabhjot Singh, 2 Gurdev Singh Bhullar; (below 35) 1 Rohit Awasthi, 2 Sukhvir Grewal; (above 35) 1 Ramesh Handa, 2 Ashok Sharma; (women) 1Sanjana Ghai, 2 Meenakshi Sharma. 200 m (below 35) 1 Abhesh, 2 Sukhvir Grewal; (above 35) 1 Ramesh Handa, 2 Sanjay Kalia; (boys) 1 Mayank, 2 Abhinav. 400 m (below 35) 1 Sukhvir Grewal, 2 A. Mukherjee; (above 35) 1 Rakesh Patial, 2 Joginder Singh. Musical chairs (women) 1 Ranju Aery, 2 Sanjana Ghai; (children) 1 Alisha Ghai, 2 Akshit Saini. Shot put: 1 Sukhvir Grewal, 2 Joginder Singh. Long jump: 1 Ramesh Handa, 2 A. Mukherjee. 50 m (boys): 1 Harnoor, 2 Mayr; (girls) 1 Ashna Ghai, 2 Kirti. Lemon race (boys) 1 Ishan, 2 Divyanshu; (girls) 1 Bharti, 2 Kirti. |
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Neeraj to lead
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Sepak Takraw results
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