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Srinagar, Nov 2: To bolster healthcare infrastructure across Jammu and Kashmir, the government has initiated the process of procuring Linear Accelerator (LINAC), state-of-the-art medical equipment for cancer treatment for Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura. Linear accelerator (LINAC) is a sophisticated device, having integrated CT scanner or an integrated MRI for image guidance, generates high-energy X-rays and electron beams, which can precisely destroy cancer cells while minimising damage to surrounding healthy tissues. LINAC is a cornerstone in cancer treatment and fundamental to obtaining the highest rates of cancer cure in the majority of cancer patients. Speaking on this development, Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Masood underlined that the government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was committed to providing advanced healthcare services to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “Health sector is a priority sector for the government and we are determined to provide world-class medical facilities to people here,” she said. “This measure has been taken in that direction and is one among many efforts that the government initiated for enhancing cancer treatment facilities across J&K.” The minister highlighted that the government’s initiative to procure LINAC is expected to significantly improve cancer treatment outcomes in J&K. The minister said that patients, especially those belonging to economically weaker sections, would no longer need to travel outside for advanced cancer treatment after the establishment of this facility at SKIMS. She also said that this facility would reduce the financial burden on families going through tough times during the treatment phase of their patients. LINAC would be procured by SKIMS for the State Cancer Institute, under the NPCDCS scheme through JKMSCL for an estimated cost of Rs 29 crore.
The New York Mets missed the World Series in 2024, but they could bolster their rotation through free agency in hopes of getting over the hump in 2025. FanSided's Jacob Mountz urged the Mets to sign Los Angeles Dodgers star Walker Buehler in free agency this winter. "Since his injuries have hampered his career, he will likely be inexpensive lowering his potential risks and giving Cohen some padding in his pursuit of top-tier stars like Soto and Alonso," wrote Mountz. "If Buehler can stay healthy, he will likely provide his new club the most bang for their buck." Mountz noted Buehler's success in the postseason as the biggest reason the Mets should sign him. Buehler has pitched 94 2/3 postseason innings and holds a 3.04 ERA. He has tallied 119 strikeouts. Buehler had the worst regular season of his career and started off the postseason on a sour note. However, he bounced back and was a huge part of the Dodgers title. After allowing six runs in five innings against the San Diego Padres, his next two starts were flawless. He went a combined nine innings with 11 strikeouts. He even came on to get the title-clinching save on one day of rest. The Mets could be losing Sean Manaea in free agency. Adding Buehler would be cheap, allowing them to still retain Pete Alonso or sign Juan Soto. "One key issue the Mets dealt with in 2024 was pitching. As a team, the Mets posted a 3.96 ERA, ranked 15th in the MLB. Notably, Kodai Senga was injured for all but one game," wrote Mountz. "The Mets will be in better shape when he returns, but their starting rotation will need an overhaul. One arm Cohen should be looking at could return to ace form at a low cost." Buehler is a two-time All-Star. If he can find that form again he could be a great signing for the Mets. More MLB: Mets urged to sign Dodgers 33 home run slugger in free agency blockbuster
Jimmy Carter's critics turned his name into a synonym for weakness over the Iranian hostage crisis. But by any measure, he also scored major achievements on the world stage through his mix of moralism and painstaking personal diplomacy. The 39th president of the United States, who died at age 100 on Sunday, transformed the Middle East by brokering the Camp David Accords, which established an enduring and once inconceivable peace between Israel and its most serious adversary at the time, Egypt. Carter again brought a sense of righteousness and nearly obsessive attention to detail to negotiate the return of the Panama Canal to Panama, defying furor by US conservatives. In two decisions with lengthy reverberations, Carter followed up on Richard Nixon's opening by recognizing communist China, and he began arming jihadists in Afghanistan who fought back against the Soviet Union, which would collapse a decade later. But Carter was crushed by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election in no small part due to foreign affairs after religious hard-liners toppled Iran's shah and seized US embassy staff, whose 444 days in captivity were broadcast nightly on US television. Carter ordered an aborted rescue mission in which eight US troops died in a helicopter crash. Asked at a 2015 news conference about his biggest regret, Carter replied: "I wish I'd sent one more helicopter to get the hostages and we would have rescued them and I would have been reelected." The Iran debacle led to attacks that Carter was "weak," an image he would struggle to shake off as Republicans cast him as the archetypal contrast to their muscular brand of foreign policy. The former peanut farmer's public persona did little to help, from a widely panned speech pleading for shared sacrifice to an incident that went the pre-internet version of viral in which Carter shooed away a confrontational rabbit from his fishing boat. Robert Strong, a professor at Washington and Lee University who wrote a book on Carter's foreign policy, said the late president had been inept in public relations by allowing the "weak" label to stick. "The people who worked with Carter said exactly the opposite he was stubborn, fiercely independent and anything but weak," Strong said. "That doesn't mean he was always right, but he wasn't someone who held his finger in the wind allowing whatever the current opinion was to win." Strong said that Carter defied his political advisors and even his wife Rosalynn by pushing quickly on the Panama Canal, convinced of the injustice of the 1903 treaty that gave the meddlesome United States the zone in perpetuity. "Every president says, 'I don't care about public opinion, I'll really do what's right,'" Strong said. "Most of the time when they say that, it's not true. To a surprising extent with Carter, it was true." Carter, a devout Christian, vowed to elevate human rights after the cold realpolitik of Nixon and Henry Kissinger. Years after the fact, he could name political prisoners freed following his intervention in their cases, and took pride in coaxing the Soviet Union to let thousands of Jewish citizens emigrate. But the rights focus came to a head on Iran when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi a Western ally whose autocratic rule by decree brought economic and social modernization faced growing discontent. Reflecting debate throughout the administration, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's more hawkish national security advisor, believed the shah should crush the protests a time-tested model in the Middle East. Secretary of state Cyrus Vance, who would later quit in opposition to the ill-fated helicopter raid, wanted reforms by the shah. Stuart Eizenstat, a top adviser to Carter, acknowledged mistakes on Iran, which the president had called an "island of stability" on a New Year's Eve visit a little more than a year before the revolution that ultimately saw the shah flee the country. But Eizenstat said Carter could not have known how much the shah had lost support or that he was to die from cancer within months. "It was the single worst intelligence failure in American history," Eizenstat said in 2018 as he presented a book assessing Carter as a success. Uniquely among modern US presidents, much of Carter's legacy came after he left the White House. He won the Nobel Peace Prize more than two decades after his defeat at the polls. The Carter Center, which he established in his home state of Georgia, has championed democracy and global health, observing elections in dozens of countries and virtually eradicating guinea worm, a painful infectious parasite. Carter also took risks that few others of his stature would. He paid a landmark visit to North Korea in 1994, helping avert conflict, and infuriated Israel by asking if its treatment of the Palestinians constituted "apartheid." But the accusations of weakness never went away. Conservative academic William Russell Mead, in a 2010 essay in Foreign Policy magazine, called on then-president Barack Obama to avoid "Carter Syndrome," which he described as "weakness and indecision" and "incoherence and reversals." Carter personally responded in a letter that listed accomplishments on the Camp David accords, China, the Soviet Union and human rights, while describing the fall of Iran's shah as "obviously unpredictable." "Although it is true that we did not become involved in military combat during my presidency, I do not consider this a sign of weakness or reason for apology," he wrote. sct/sst/nro This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.New York Giants called ‘soft’ by Dexter Lawrence, Malik Nabers after loss to Bucs - Big Blue ViewGophers linebacker Cody Lindenberg declares for NFL draft
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers running back J.K Dobbins is unlikely to play against the Atlanta Falcons this week because of a knee injury. Dobbins was hurt in the first half of the Chargers’ 30-23 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. He had six carries for 40 yards and three catches for 19 yards before leaving the game. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
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United States president-elect Donald Trump has chosen a highly decorated retired three-star general to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Keith Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a policy book laying out an 'America First' national security agenda for the incoming administration, will come into the role as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its third year in February. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account, saying: "He was with me right from the beginning! Together, we will secure peace through strength and make America and the world safe again." Kellogg, an 80-year-old retired Army lieutenant general, has long been Trump's top adviser on defence issues. He served as national security adviser to then-vice president Mike Pence, was chief of staff of the National Security Council and then stepped in as an acting security adviser for Trump after Michael Flynn resigned. Trump's inner circle: A Fox News host, the world's richest man, and an admitted dog killer The White House has pushed more than US$56 billion ($86 billion) in security assistance to Ukraine since the start of Russia's February 2022 invasion and expects to send billions more before US President Joe Biden leaves office in less than months. Trump has criticised the billions the Biden administration has poured into Ukraine. The incoming Republican president has said he could end the war in 24 hours. As a co-chairman of the America First Policy Institute's Center for American Security, Kellogg wrote several of the chapters in the group's policy book. In April, he wrote that "bringing the Russia-Ukraine war to a close will require strong, America First leadership to deliver a peace deal and immediately end the hostilities between the two warring parties". Trump's proposed national security adviser, Michael Waltz, wrote on social media platform X on Wednesday that "Keith has dedicated his life to defending our great country and is committed to bringing the war in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution". 'Severe escalation': Russia fires ballistic missile at Ukraine as Putin warns of 'global' conflict Kellogg was a character in multiple Trump investigations dating from his first term. He was among the administration officials who listened in on the July 2019 call between Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during which Trump prodded the Ukrainian leader to pursue investigations into the Bidens. The call, which Kellogg would later say did not raise any concerns on his end, was at the centre of the first of two house impeachment cases against Trump, who was acquitted by the Senate both times. On 6 January 2021, hours before pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol, Kellogg, who was then Pence's national security adviser, listened in on a heated call in which Trump told his vice president to object or delay the certification in Congress of Biden's election victory. He later told house investigators that he recalled Trump saying to Pence words to the effect of: "You're not tough enough to make the call."Apiaries abuzz over ruling against widening cross-border trade in live honeybeesBREAKING NEWS Anthony Albanese's government set to pass laws that will ban social media for under-16s World-first legislation expected to pass the Senate Trials underway for age-verification technology READ MORE: Meet the American who helped ruin Albanese Government's censorship plan By ANDREW BROWN FOR AAP Published: 23:35 GMT, 27 November 2024 | Updated: 23:55 GMT, 27 November 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Children younger than 16 are all but set to be banned from social media, with federal parliament poised to enact the world-first legislation. The Senate is expected on Thursday to pass the laws that would ban young people from platforms such as Facebook , Instagram and TikTok with bipartisan support. However, there has been concern the proposal has been rushed through parliament without proper scrutiny, given Australia would be the first country to implement such a ban. The ban would come into effect one year after the laws pass the parliament, with trials of age-verification technology still being carried out by the federal government. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said the age limit would help children to be safe online. 'We know parents are concerned about the harms to children and we have taken a decision to support them,' she told parliament. 'Keeping Australians safe online requires decisive action and the Albanese government is delivering exactly that.' Criticism had been levelled at the ban after an inquiry into the laws ran for just three hours, with people also only given one day to hand in submissions, as well as a lack of consultation with young people themselves. The ban, which would see children under 16-years-old from accessing social media, would come into effect one year after the laws pass the parliament Minister Michelle Rowland has defended the laws, saying the government is supporting parents Suicide Prevention Australia executive director Christopher Stone said the laws had been rushed and would not address the issue of online harms. 'The government is running blindfolded into a brick wall by rushing this legislation,' he said. 'It has bypassed the rigorous consultation and scrutiny needed for such a far-reaching decision. 'Young Australians deserve evidence-based policies, not decisions made in haste. 'This legislation fails to consider the positive aspects of social media in supporting young people's mental health and sense of connection.' While the bill has enjoyed bipartisan support support, several coalition members have broken ranks on the issues. Tasmanian Liberal MP Bridget Archer crossed the floor to vote against the ban in the House of Representatives, while coalition senator Matt Canavan has also criticised the laws. Facebook Anthony Albanese TikTok Instagram Share or comment on this article: Anthony Albanese's government set to pass laws that will ban social media for under-16s e-mail Add comment