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Ashwini Zadokar1,†, Pankaj Kumar1,†, *,and Rajnish Sharma1 1Department of Biotechnology, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. †These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship *Corresponding author email: pksharmabiotech@gmail.com Abstract Calgene Inc. created FlavrSavr, the first genetically engineered biotech food, to improve the flavour and taste of fresh market tomatoes with prolonged shelf life. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA) approved its commercial release in 1994. These transgenic tomatoes sold for a higher price at the grocery than regular tomatoes, but it was just a momentary success. This product disappears…

Recently we access two articles, this and this on https://www.india.com which has published December 2, 2021 on news about lockdown and extended Section 144 till December 31. It is to note that no other media house has reported about the same nor we could not find any notifications about this on the website of Administration of Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh nagar and Agra administration. The news read like this,  Keeping in mind the ongoing COVID pandemic and the threat of Omicron variant, the Police Commissionerate of Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar extended Section 144 till December 31. Notably, these restrictions have…

A very large number of Indians are likely to remain protected from Omicron or any other variant of COVID-19 and there is no need to panic, eminent virologist Dr Shahid Jameel has said. “While we should be cautious, there is no need to panic. India’s second wave due to the Delta variant was huge, infecting more people than we imagined. This is reflected in the fourth National Sero-survey that showed 67 percent of Indians to have COVID-19 antibodies. That is about 930-940 million people at a time when the vaccination levels were very low, and so it came mainly from infection,” he told PTI in an interview. “More…

Dr. Thomas Binder, a Swiss cardiologist and member of D4CE, has written a strong and accessible piece debunking the prevailing corona narrative for the general public. Thomas has documented three events which presaged the current corona fake pandemic: The conjuring up, in 2006, of a fictitious epidemic of whooping cough, based on nothing more than PCR Testing: “Faith in Quick Test Leads to Epidemic That Wasn’t”. The Swine Flu Scandal, 2009: “Profiteers of Fear – The Swine Flu Racket” (German). “Event 201:” Corona Pandemic Simulation, 2019. See the movie “Event 201: Corona Pandemic from the Drafting Table,” produced in German with English…

An 84-year-old Japanese woman presented to department with a three-day history of genital necrosis. She had received her first dose of Pfizer–BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine 26 days before admission. Nine days after the vaccination, she developed increasing pain in her genital region. Thrombosis is a rare complication of COVID-19 vaccines that typically affects cerebral and visceral vessels. However, skin involvement is largely unknown. In this paper the authors describe a case of genital necrosis associated with cutaneous thrombosis following COVID-19 vaccination. Dermatological examination revealed extensive necrosis with surrounding purpura that involved the mons pubis, labia majora, and perineum. A…

A Fox News commentator stoked outrage by comparing Dr Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, to Josef Mengele, the Nazi “Angel of Death”. Lara Logan, a host on the Fox Nation streaming service, was discussing Omicron on Fox News Prime Time on Monday night, amid fears that the new variant will trigger a new wave of Covid cases and further deepen political divisions over how to respond. The danger from Omicron is not clear but the World Health Organization has issued warnings about transmissibility and potential reaction to vaccines. Though WHO has put Concern, Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association who reported…

Covid-19 vaccine was not mandatory, but voluntary, the Centre has said in a submission in the Supreme Court on Monday. On its part, SC said that it would examine any vaccine mandate issued by the executive, if challenged on the ground that it violated personal liberty guaranteed to all citizens under the Constitution. The court was reacting to advocate Prashant Bhushan’s submission that state governments were linking vaccination to travel, jobs et al. The Union health ministry said that only 2,116 adverse events following immunisation, including deaths, were reported from across the country. “The percentage of such effects having serious/severe…

BlackRock—owner of FOX News, CNN, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J—predicted to cross $10 trillion in managed assets by end of 2021. QUICK FACTS: BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest money manager, is nearing the extraordinary milestone of $10 trillion in assets under management, Pensions & Investments (P&I) reported Friday. BlackRock declared $9.46 trillion in AUM (assets under management) as of Sep. 30. But according to a P&I estimate based on market returns and averaging recent inflows, “BlackRock’s AUM is around $9.9 trillion as of mid-November.” “And if those trends hold,” P&I predicts, “BlackRock could cross the $10 trillion mark before the…

World Health Organization European Advisory Group of Experts in Immunization former Vice President Professor Christian Perronne yesterday said that all vaccinated people must quarantine over the winter months or risk serious illness. Perronne specializes in tropical pathologies and emerging infectious diseases. He was Chairman of the Specialized Committee on Communicable Diseases of the High Council of Public Health. Confirming the rapidly deteriorating situation in Israel and the UK, the infectious disease expert stated: “Vaccinated people should be put in quarantine, and should be isolated from the society.” He went on to say: “Unvaccinated people are not dangerous; vaccinated people are dangerous for…

University of Oxford Professor Jim Naismith asserts that despite England dropping its mask mandate and Scotland keeping its rules in force, official data shows this “has made no meaningful difference” to infection rates. According to Naismith, Director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute and Professor of Structural Biology at the University of Oxford, masks are largely pointless.Naismith goes on to argue that new face mask mandates imposed in England today are “unlikely to have much of an impact” in fighting off the spread of the Omicron variant. Despite flatlining case numbers and declining deaths, partly achieved because England chose to lift…