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World Asthma Day: Early Detection And Awareness Key, Say Doctors

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SRINAGAR: Every year world Asthma Day is observed in the month of May and Asthma ‘Care For All’ is the theme that has been chosen byGINA (Global Initiative For Asthama) on the World Asthma Day- 2023.
Stating that around five to ten percent of population in Kashmir division is suffering from, doctors on Tuesday said Asthm is the third leading cause of deaths worldwide.
Principal GMC Srinagar Dr Masood Tanvir Bhat said that Asthma and COPD that are chronic lung diseases are the third leading cause of deaths worldwide followed by cardiovascular diseases and Cancer.
Around 4.5 lakhs of people die worldwide every year due to chronic lung diseases and Asthma is a common disease and is found in around 5-10 percent population including children, he said.
Asthma cases are more in women than men while around 8 percent people in the adult population have this deadly disease, he said.
“Asthma is a common long term disease and early stage diagnosis and treatment is very important as it is potentially a life threatening disease and if prevention is taken, it can be kept in control,” he said.
Head of Department at Chest Disease Hospital Srinagar Dr Naveed Nazir said that myths and social stigmas are associated with this disease and our efforts on this day remain to educate people and spread a message that this disease can be controlled.
“If it is diagnosed on time, followed by proper patient care the disease can be controlled and threats can be minimized, he said, adding, “It is among the leading cause of deaths worldwide but if such patients take proper precautions, they can lead life like common people.”

He further said that it is an astonishing fact that in India ten times more deaths are reported due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease as compared to Western countries. “Around 5-10 percent people in Kashmir are suffering from Asthma,” the doctor said.
Another expert, Dr Bikram Singh said that deaths due to Asthma are on rise worldwide because people don’t take medicines and they don’t understand how medicines help in its treatment.
He said that people must take precautions and they shouldn’t hesitate in using inhalers as it is absolutely safe with long term benefits and its side effects are very little.
“In Kashmir, Asthma cases are more and people need to take medicines regularly,” he said.
Doctors said that the World Asthma Day that is celebrated every year on the first Tuesday of May month is to increase understanding of the disease’s pathophysiology, promote asthma education, and improve the quality of life for people living with asthma.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

May 2, 2023
Telangana: Clues teams to train in fingerprint collection for crime detection

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Hyderabad: The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) will soon train officers of clues teams in fingerprint collection and preservation techniques as they play a crucial role in crime detection.
Owning to the importance of ‘fingerprints’ in the detection of property offences, identification of unidentified bodies and verification of the suspects, crime detection teams are being formed in five newly created zones in Rachakonda, Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Mulugu districts.
Director General of Police, Anjani Kumar held a video conference with fingerprint bureau officers of 41 units in Telangana on Wednesday and lauded the services rendered by the fingerprint bureaus.

“Five of the best units in the state will also be presented awards for good performance,” declared the DGP.
Additional DG CID, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat said, “In all the five zones in the city and Mulugu district we will have clues teams which would include a fingerprint bureau officer.”
“The officials will be trained by experts to assist in the collection of scientific evidence for two weeks,” Mahesh Bhagwat added.
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April 13, 2023
New method for early detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection

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New Delhi: A new sandwich-based lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) for the detection of Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) could provide an efficient substitute for RT-PCR tests.
According to Union Ministry of Science and Technology, it can detect the RBD antigen of the SARS-CoV-2 at an early stage of infection with a visual line of detection (LOD).
Popularly used gold standard techniques such as RT-PCR and ELISA are usually time-consuming, require skilled labor, specific equipment and are not feasible for on-site detection.

In order to overcome this challenge, a team of researchers from DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) and Gandhi Medical College developed a rapid and robust platform for early and on-field detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus.
A smartphone app (Colour grab) has been used for the qualitative analysis of the test strip. The developed LFIA working on the principle of antigen-antibody interaction holds the potential to be used for detection of SARS-CoV-2 without any requirement of skilled personnel and subsequently reduce the spread of the virus.
Officials said that with support from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), an institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) the scientists came together to clone the gene responsible for RBD protein expression, and purify it to generate the antibody (Ab). The generated antibodies were then conjugated with monodisperse gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to be used as a capture probe for colorimetric detection.
The fabricated LFIA works in a sandwich format, where the RBD target analyte in the sample interacts with the gold nanoparticle conjugated RBD antibody to form a complex (AuNPs-Ab), which further moves along the nitrocellulose membrane and reacts with the RBD antibody coated as test line on the membrane to form a red colour band.
The RBD Ab and IgG secondary Ab were coated on the nitrocellulose membrane as test and control, respectively to test the presence of antigen (Ag) in the sample. Further, the excess antibody bonded with the control line coated with a secondary IgG antibody validating the functionality of the test strip. An absorbent pad was placed at the end of the strip to prevent backflow across the strip.

The presence of band colour at test and control line indicates a positive result whereas a single line in control indicates a negative result. Depending on the target analyte, various parameters such as blocking buffer, antibody conjugation concentration, and antibody coating concentration on the membrane have been optimised to obtain band color with maximum binding efficiency.
The band intensity of the test line was analysed using a simple smartphone-based application for image acquisition and analysis of the test line color, which can split any color data into its three primary color components — red, green, and blue (RGB data). The specific colour component shows the trend of increasing or decreasing intensity of color. This study was published in the Journal of Medical Virology recently.
Officials said that the developed LFIA strips can be useful as a portable, point of care device (PoC) for on-site detection of SARS-CoV-2 particularly atA home or even in rural areas. Moreover, the cost of LFIA strips is much less as compared to standard RT-PCR test making it a more economical option for people who cannot afford the RT-PCR test.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 5, 2023
UP Police gets more bomb detection squads

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has added seven more Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS) and two anti-sabotage check teams to its armoury, keeping in mind the terror threat in the state.
Additional Director General (ADG), Security, Binod Kumar Singh said the teams will be deployed at the Secretariat complex in Lucknow, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, the Allahabad High Court in Prayagraj, the Varanasi Police Commissionerate and 30 battalions of the PAC in Gonda.
Besides, two BDDS and two anti-sabotage check teams have been committed to security checks on the Ram Janmabhoomi premises in Ayodhya.

The ADG said there were five BDDS teams in 1987, which gradually increased to 26 in 2010.
He said the security headquarters prepared a proposal for the creation of five new BDDS and 10 AS check teams in 2021 keeping in mind the threat perception and security challenges in the state.
He said the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for the creation of the new teams was done, and its members trained at the National Security Guards centre in Manesar, Haryana, and CRPF training centre in Pune.
Briefing the entire team, the ADG underscored their importance for the security of any programme.
He said air-conditioned buses have been provided to all 31 BDDS teams for their movement.

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April 3, 2023
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March 31, 2023
iPhone 14 Crash Detection false alarms causing problems in Japan

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Tokyo: False alarms by Apple’s iPhone 14 series’ Crash Detection feature are causing problems in Japan, with fire departments near skiing areas getting more emergency call-outs than usual because of the automated calls.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has issued a warning to smartphone users regarding crash-detecting technologies in smartphones and other devices, due to an increase in automated attempts to reach for help when it is not necessary, reports AppleInsider.
This problem has been an issue for the Kita-Alps Nagano Fire Department, which handles five municipalities in Nagano prefecture.
The report mentioned that 919 emergency calls were made between December 16, 2022, and January 23, of which 134 were false calls, with most triggered by Crash Detection within a skiing area.
Similarly, Gujo City Fire Department in Gifu prefecture had received 351 emergency calls from January 1 to January 23, of which 135 of the calls were false alarms.
It is possible to turn off the feature, but one firefighter explained that since it is an effective feature in cases where a serious accident actually happened, “we can’t ask users to turn it off”.
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January 30, 2023