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HYDERABAD: Chairman of Bharat Biotech Krishna Ella announces the Bharat Biotech Program on the Zika virus at a press conference yesterday. Vaccines and bio-therapeutic manufacturer Bharat Biotech said it was developing two candidates for vaccines for Zika infection. — AFP

Indian company says working on two possible Zika vaccines

HYDERABAD: Chairman of Bharat Biotech Krishna Ella announces the Bharat Biotech Program on the Zika virus at a press conference yesterday. Vaccines and bio-therapeutic manufacturer Bharat Biotech said it was developing two candidates for vaccines for Zika infection. — AFPMUMBAI: Indian biotechnology company Bharat Biotech said yesterday it was working on two possible vaccines to fight the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in...

WASHINGTON: In this March 30, 2011, file photo, a bedbug is displayed at the Smithsonian Museum. — AP

Scientists tracks bedbug genome, follows pest through NYC subway

WASHINGTON: In this March 30, 2011, file photo, a bedbug is displayed at the Smithsonian Museum. — APNEW YORK: Scientists have mapped the genome of bedbugs in New York City, then traced fragments of the nefarious pests' DNA through the subway system. In the grubby recesses of hundreds of stations, they discovered surprising genetic diversity among the bloodsucking creatures. The next step is to figure out how the information can be put to good...

Halle Berry, left, and Kevin Huvane speak at the 2nd Annual MAKERS Conference at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. —AP

Halle Berry: Hollywood not truthful about people of color

Halle Berry, left, and Kevin Huvane speak at the 2nd Annual MAKERS Conference at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. —APHalle Berry said Hollywood’s lack of diversity stems from a lack of honesty. Filmmakers and actors should tell the truth, she said, “and the films, I think, that are coming out of Hollywood aren’t truthful.” “The reason they’re not truthful these days is they aren’t really depicting the importance and...

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A healthy body and mind comes first

With all this travelling, I’m always amazed by how drastically my skin and hair dries out, especially on this trip that I went on to Philadelphia. The freezing cold temperatures sucked the moisture right out of my hair and skin! This doesn’t necessarily only happen when you’re in the cold but also in the extremely hot weather that we deal with back home, and generally in the Middle East. I never travel light, when it comes to my skin and...

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Lady Gaga to sing at Super Bowl, Grammys

Lady Gaga will perform at two of February’s most-watched events as she sings the national anthem at the Super Bowl and leads a tribute to David Bowie at the Grammys. The National Football League announced that Lady Gaga would sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl 50 on Sunday in San Francisco, where British rockers Coldplay will be the halftime entertainment. The Super Bowl is often the most-watched television event each year in the...

OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (C) celebrates scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Stoke City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Tuesday. — AFP

Man Utd rekindle glory days with win over Stoke

OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (C) celebrates scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Stoke City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Tuesday. — AFPMANCHESTER: Manchester United produced one of their best performances under beleaguered boss Louis van Gaal as they lifted the gloom around Old Trafford with a 3-0 win over Stoke on...

Leicester City’s Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki (R) vies with Liverpool’s French defender Mamadou Sakho and Liverpool’s Spanish defender Alberto Moreno during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on Tuesday. Jamie Vardy scored both goal in Leicester’s 2-0 win. — AFP

Vardy double keeps Leicester out in front

Leicester City’s Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki (R) vies with Liverpool’s French defender Mamadou Sakho and Liverpool’s Spanish defender Alberto Moreno during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on Tuesday. Jamie Vardy scored both goal in Leicester’s 2-0 win. — AFPLEICESTER: Claudio Ranieri believes Jamie Vardy and his Leicester team-mates...

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Henry, Guptill superb as NZ thrash Australia by 159 runs

AUCKLAND: Matt Henry shrugged off the disappointment of missing out on selection for next month’s World Twenty20 with a hostile spell of pace bowling that helped New Zealand ease to a 159-run win over Australia in the first one-day international yesterday. The 24-year-old Henry, who has been regularly overlooked this summer and then brought in as injury cover, took 3-20 in his first four overs at Eden Park as he and Trent Boult reduced the...

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PACI to increase civil ID fees to KD 5 from April 1 - Silk City to be financed through BOT, PPP

KUWAIT: Director of The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) Musaed Mahmoud Al-Asoussi said that PACI will increase the charges collected for issuing civil ID cards from KD 2 to KD 5 and the charges for issuing a replacement from KD 10 to KD 20 from April. Asoussi explained that the fee increases had been recommended by the Audit Bureau because the actual cost of issuing ID cards exceeds KD 4.5, while the current fee is only KD 2.Asoussi...

Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae are photographed in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Center (CIDEIM) in Cali, Colombia. CIDEIM scientists are studying the genetics and biology of Aedes Aegypti mosquito which transmits the Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue and Yellow Fever viruses, to control their reproduction and resistance to insecticides. — AFP

No Zika virus cases detected in Kuwait: Health Ministry - Govt committed to protection of patients' rights: official

KUWAIT: No cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which spread in Latin American countries, were registered in Kuwait, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement, reiterating its ability to detect related infections.The MoH has been carrying nationwide surveillance of insects and there was no evidence that the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the Zika virus, exists in Kuwait, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Dr Majda...

Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah

Married female absconders can shift to dependent visa

Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-JarrahKUWAIT: Security sources said Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Nationality and Passport Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah issued decisions to reduce the number of those on the absconding list. Al-Jarrah ordered the "absconding" be lifted from married females on Article 18 visas and transfer their residency to Article 22, under their husbands as dependents.The husband must have a valid...

Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi

Health Minister calls for reducing private hospital buildings' areas

Health Minister Dr Ali Al-ObaidiKUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi has called on Kuwait Municipality to reduce land area restrictions for private hospitals in order to allow smaller private hospitals to be built. Obaidi added that according to earlier regulations, a general private hospital's area was required to be at least 5,000 square meters and a specialized hospital had to be on land of at least 3,000 square meters.The minister...

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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos

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AYRSHIRE: Britain's King Charles III holds an audience with His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at Dumfries House, Cumnock, on January 15, 2025. - AFP

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SCOTLAND: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by Lord-Lieutenant Iona MacDonald, representative of King Charles for the Ayrshire area upon his arrival in the United Kingdom. — Amiri Diwan photos

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