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We welcome China’s peaceful rise: Obama
President Barack Obama said on Monday he had no desire to contain or counter China despite clinching a defence pact with the Philippines which will inject U.S. forces close to the volatile South China Sea.
In the Philippines on the final leg of an Asian tour, Mr. Obama directly addressed leaders in Beijing, telling them that maritime territorial disputes needed to be addressed peacefully, not with “intimidation or coercion.”
The new defence pact is a framework agreement that will pave the way for more U.S. troops and ships to rotate through the Philippines, and for the United States to place military hardware on Filipino bases. Mr. Obama said the pact would not result in new U.S. bases in the Philippines but would expand U.S. access to airfields and ports.
EU puts temporary ban on Indian Alphonso mangoes, veggies
The 28-member European Union has temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes, the king of fruits, and four vegetables from India from May 1, sparking protests from the Indian community, lawmakers and traders.
The recent decision by the grouping’s Standing Committee on Plant Health came after 207 consignments of fruits and vegetables from India imported into the EU in 2013 were found to be contaminated by pests such as fruit flies and other quarantine pests.
GeneXpert or Xpert MTB/RIF or CBN test being used to diagnose multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has been reported to give inaccurate results. Approximately 35 per cent patient samples gave erroneous results, according to the latest study report submitted by doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
The doctors at AIIMS have noted that tests like MGIT Liquid Culture and Molecular test LPA could be more efficient in countries such as India.
There are four tests approved by the World Health Organisation for TB detection -- LED Microscope, Liquid Culture and two molecular tests viz. GeneXpert and Line Probe Assay.
GeneXpert is one of the advanced tests for TB diagnosis. The test report is generated in two to three hours. It also indicates whether the ongoing first line medicine will work for the patient or not. The test is available at AIIMS for patients suffering from drug resistance TB. As the test is costly, it is not available at all the hospitals, but Central TB Division of Ministry of Health is installing GeneXpert in all the referral TB laboratories.
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