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Thai authorities were preparing on Sunday to conduct an autopsy on the body of Australian cricket superstar Shane Warne, who died of a suspected heart attack, before flying him home where he will receive a state funeral. Police said there was no foul play suspected in the 52-year-old’s death after he was found unresponsive in a luxury villa on Thai holiday island Koh Samui on Friday. The “King” of spin’s unexpected passing sparked a global outpouring of grief from prime ministers, rock stars and fellow players, an acknowledgement that the Melbourne native transcended his sport. On Sunday, Warn… Continue reading “Shane Warne’s body prepared for autopsy ahead of repatriation”

Americans and Europeans are increasingly turning to Israeli news outlets Jpost, Times of Israel and DebkaFile for impartial coverage of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Indian news channels have sought to provide unbiased coverage, however it is clear that Israel’s population, having strong links to both Russia, Ukraine and the West, along with non-governmental Israeli intelligence have access to better sources of information. Actors, activists and influencers have come out swinging at our good old western media outlets who are repeating the rhetoric that Ukrainians have a fighting cha… Continue reading “Israeli News Sites Jpost, Times Of Israel and DebkaFile Remain Impartial Following Russian RT Censorship”

On January 13, 2021, a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) was identified by the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio in Moscow, Russia* in a specimen from a patient with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in Jaloliddin Balkhi district, Khatlon Region, in Tajikistan. Paralysis onset occurred on November 22, 2020. On February 6, 2021, a second, genetically linked VDPV2 paralytic case, with onset of paralysis on January 17, 2021, was confirmed from Khatlon Region in the neighboring Vakhsh district, indicating local transmission. Genetic sequencing of the isolate by the Regional Reference Lab… Continue reading “Notes from the Field: Readiness for Use of Type 2 Novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccine in Response to a Type 2 Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreak – Tajikistan, 2020-2021”

Recently, in a rare diplomatic row between India and Singapore, the former lodged a strong protest over comments made by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that almost half of the lawmakers in the Lok Sabha, or the Indian Parliament, have criminal charges pending against them, that suggested a decline in the country’s democratic polity from what he said used to be, ‘Nehru’s India’. The ruling Baratiya Janatha Party (BJP) government took umbrage at the statement and summoned the Singaporean High Commissioner in New Delhi to the Ministry of External Affairs to lodge a formal complaint. P… Continue reading “Lament for ‘Nehru’s India’ | Daily FT”