vramakanth

Journalist. Radio & TV Broadcaster. Previously Addl Director General of AIR & DD @Prasarbharati. @NewhouseSU Alum🍊. #FulbrightFellow

[vramakanth @vramakanth_]

Control of #Hormuz ‘will no longer be the same.There’s the toll' : Iran’s foreign minister

Months after war, threats, and a failed ceasefire, the US and Iran look like closing in on an agreement that could see the Hormuz opened and the fighting in the Gulf region come to an end.

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

We are closer to a peace deal than ever before. With finalisation likely expected in the next 24 hours, Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after, followed by technical level talks next week.

We would like to thank United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran for their ongoing commitment during the negotiations, and we extend our sincere appreciation to our brothers in the region for their support. We are confident that this historic peace deal will form a strong foundation for lasting peace.

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[vramakanth @vramakanth_]

China and the U.S. are racing to establish a permanent presence on the moon with the explicit mission of mining – and exploiting – lunar resources.
https://t.co/Zq94kMkwCR

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@jawharsircar . . ..

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Trump officials tried to ban half of US. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories

-- Reuters

[Reuters @Reuters]

India's 'Cockroach' group goes viral, spotlights Gen Z worries https://t.co/6MQPV8CMYf https://t.co/6MQPV8CMYf

[vramakanth @vramakanth_]

BREAKING: As the supply crisis approaches, the clock in the oil market has begun to reach its critical moments. The oil market is likely to have only about three months before the supply decline crisis begins to seriously worsen. Reuters

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India faces LPG gap of 400,000 barrels a day as energy crisis goes on

Domestic production of gas used for cooking has increased only slightly

https://t.co/b4Lv744FQe

[Ronen Bergman @ronenbergman]

A NYTimes Exclusive:
Days after Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader, President Trump mused publicly that it would be best if “someone from within” Iran took over the country.

It turns out that the United States and Israel went into the conflict with a particular and very surprising someone in mind: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former Iranian president known for his hard-line, anti-Israel and anti-American views.

To say that Mr. Ahmadinejad was an unusual choice would be a vast understatement. But U.S. officials spoke during the early days of the war about plans developed with Israel to identify a pragmatist who could take over the country. Officials insisted that there was intelligence that some within the Iranian regime would be willing to work with the United States, even if those people couldn’t be described as “moderates.”

But the audacious plan, developed by the Israelis and which Ahmadinejad had been consulted about, quickly went awry, according to the U.S. officials who were briefed on it.

There are many unanswered questions about how Israel and the United States planned to put Mr. Ahmadinejad in power, and the circumstances surrounding the airstrike that injured him. American officials said that the strike — carried out by the Israeli Air Force — was meant to kill the guards watching over Mr. Ahmadinejad as part of a plan to release him from house arrest.

W\ @MarkMazzettiNYT @julianbarnes and @farnazfassihi via @nytimes

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[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Senate Democrats pass a war powers resolution to stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran

[vramakanth @vramakanth_]

#IranWar‌
Breaking : Four Senate Republicans joined Democrats to advance a resolution limiting Trump’s war powers in Iran.

Tuesday’s 50-47 vote marks the first time the chamber has advanced the bill, the eighth attempt at doing so since the conflict began in February.

[Malachy Browne @malachybrowne]

More than 100,000 children have been separated from their parents during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, roughly 75% are likely U.S. citizens https://t.co/QapJcicQPV

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

A tiny bee just did what chemotherapy couldn't.

Scientists in Australia discovered that honeybee venom can wipe out 100% of aggressive breast cancer cells in under 60 minutes.
And the healthy cells around them? Barely touched.

The breakthrough came from Dr. Ciara Duffy and her team at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, working alongside the University of Western Australia.
They tested venom drawn from 312 honeybees and bumblebees across Australia, Ireland, and England.

The target: triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer. Two of the deadliest, most stubborn forms of the disease.
The weapon: melittin. The same tiny peptide that makes a bee sting burn.

At one specific dose, melittin tore through cancer cell membranes completely within an hour. Within just 20 minutes, it shut down the chemical signals cancer cells need to grow and multiply.
Bumblebee venom, which lacks melittin, did nothing. Zero effect, even at high concentrations.

Scientists then recreated melittin synthetically in the lab and got almost identical results, meaning no bees need to be harmed to develop the therapy.

Published in the peer-reviewed journal npj Precision Oncology, the findings are still early-stage. Human trials haven't happened yet.

But one thing is clear. Nature has been hiding answers in plain sight all along, sometimes inside the smallest creatures on Earth.

Source: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research / npj Precision Oncology (Dr. Ciara Duffy et al.)

[vramakanth @vramakanth_]

Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a fighter jet squadron and a Chinese air defence system to Saudi Arabia as part of its mutual defence pact with the kingdom.
-- Reuters
https://t.co/v0BdBtUvuz

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Friends, I’ve been around politics for over 50 years. I’ve never seen anything as brazenly crooked and corrupt as what Trump and his cronies did today.

[vramakanth @vramakanth_]

Trump says he's pausing plan to attack #Iran. He'd planned to strike Iran "tomorrow" but was holding off to give negotiations another chance as he made the decision at the request of several Arab leaders.

[vramakanth @vramakanth_]

#Ebola
Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is called global emergency by the @WHO

The announcemen was made a day after Africa’s leading public health authority reported that an outbreak in a province in the northeast of Congo was linked to dozens of suspected deaths.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

BIG: Cuba has acquired 300+ military drones from Russia and Iran and has discussed using them to attack Guantanamo Bay, US naval vessels, and Key West.

CIA Director Ratcliffe flew to Havana to personally warn Cuba against hostilities.

US officials say Cuban soldiers who fought for Russia in Ukraine are now bringing drone warfare lessons home.

Source: Axios

[The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpod]

The Iran War has resulted in far more damage to US bases and allied countries than has been reported. Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) offers some insight. @CrookedMedia #theweeklyshow #jonstewart #politics

[vramakanth @vramakanth_]

POTUS left Beijing on Friday afternoon, concluding his state visit to China.