Playback singer Jubin Nautiyal’s latest track, ‘ O Aasman Wale’, has hit the airwaves.

The casual number also stars Neha Khan in her first association with the singer. The song, organized by ‘Paani Da Rang’ hitmaker Rochak Kohli, has been penned by Manoj Muntashir and is produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series.

The director Navjit Buttar has shot ‘O Aasmanwale’ in the picturesque locales of Shimla.

Talking about the song, Jubin said: “‘O Aasmanwale’ is a very soulful yet very intense track. As an artist, it’s always challenging to take songs in this genre because you want a listener to feel the emotions behind lyrics. I hope they enjoy this one.”

Neha Khan complimenting her collaborator said: “I love Jubin’s music, and I think he is one of the finest singers we have in the country today, so it was a huge honor to be part of a song he has sung. Bhushan sir is the ultimate name in music, so ‘O Aasmanwale’ is an amazing song to me for many reasons.”

Bhushan Kumar said: “Jubin Nautiyal has time and again proved to be a singer who can uplift any song. He and Neha did a brilliant job in ‘O Aasmanwale’ that makes you truly empathize with their characters.”
‘O Aasmanwale’ is available to stream on T-Series’ YouTube channel.

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Sputnik V shows strong protection against Omicron Variant: Joint Italian-Russian study.

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According to a study conducted by the Spallanzani Institute in Italy, the Sputnik V vaccine has demonstrated strong protection against the Omicron variant, with over two times higher virus-neutralizing activity than the Pfizer vaccine Russian Direct Investment Fund.

The Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology (Gamaleya Center) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund on Thursday said that two doses of Sputnik V provide more than two times higher geometric mean titers (GMT) of virus-neutralizing antibodies to the Omicron variant of Covid than two doses of Pfizer vaccine (2.1 times higher in total and 2.6 times higher three months after vaccination).

The study was conducted at the leading Italian research institute for infectious diseases by a joint Italian-Russian team of researchers representing the Institute and the Gamaleya Center in the identical laboratory conditions on comparable sera samples from individuals vaccinated with Sputnik V and Pfizer with a similar level of IgG antibodies and virus-neutralizing activity (VNA) against Wuhan variant, said a report.

Among the top quartile of individuals with high RBD-specific IgG antibodies, 100 percent of those vaccinated with Sputnik V could neutralize the Omicron variant compared to 83.3 percent of individuals vaccinated with Pfizer. Among all samples, 74.2 percent of Sputnik V-vaccinated sera were able to balance Omicron vs. 56.9 percent for Pfizer-vaccinated, it said.

Alexander Ginsburg, Director of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, said: “The joint study by the Gamaleya Center and Spallanzani Institute confirmed the results obtained in our separate study published in December 2021. The hard scientific data proves Sputnik V has higher virus-neutralizing activity against Omicron as compared to other vaccines and will play a major role in the global fight against this new contagious variant.”

“Results of the study in Italy confirm Sputnik V offers the strongest protection against Omicron. The adenoviral platform has shown high efficacy in fighting mutations of Covid previously. The partnership of different platforms is the key and heterologous (‘mix & match’) boosting with Sputnik Light will help strengthen the efficacy of other vaccines in light of combined Delta and Omicron challenge,” said Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of RDIF.

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Subhash Ghai reveals his inspiration behind composing for ’36 Farmhouse’

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Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has talked about his inspiration behind composing and writing songs for the web film ’36 Farmhouse’.

He said: “Since I became writer-director, whenever I start writing a script, I have had a habit of thinking of music also along with storylines and its characters and I used to suggest my poetic catch lines from my writing to my lyrics writers and mood of the music to my composers.

“So, my songs became an integral part of the film itself. This process clicked in a big way. So, while writing the storyline of ’36 Farmhouse’, I wrote a few lyrics and started composing too as per the story and characters.”

Ghai said it allowed him to test himself independently to write and compose three songs in a flow.’

“Today technology helps you a lot in composing song and music. I hired a musician from Whistling Woods Music School, Abhishek Bonthu, who translated my vision and compositions into a song on the computer,” he said.
He added: “Then I requested two legendary singers Sonu Nigam and Hariharan to lend their voices to my songs, and they did oblige me happily and made a lot of difference to my creation as a composer.”

The filmmaker said it was also four decades of learning from association with veterans like Laxmikant Pyarelal and A.R. Rahman and Anand Bakshi as great lyricists.

“Thirdly, I had also developed a knack of writing poems and songs during these two years of pandemic time.”

The film ’36 Farmhouse’ is directed by Ram Ramesh Sharma, and it features Amol Parashar, Barkha Singh, Sanjay Mishra, Vijay Raaz, Flora Saini, and Ashwini Kalsekar, among others.

The movie releases on ZEE5 on January 21.

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Smriti Mandhana named ICC Women’s T20 Team of the Year

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India opener Smriti Mandhana on Wednesday has been named in ICC Women’s T20I team of the year for 2021. The team of the year statements by the International Cricket Council acknowledge the best players in women’s cricket who contemplated one and all with their performances in a calendar year.

With 255 runs at an average of 31.87, Smriti was India’s most elevated scorer in the format in 2021. She scored two fifties in the nine matches she played this year and got her team off to rapid openings regularly, as evident by her strike rate of 131.44.

It is also the third time Smriti has cut for the T20I team after 2018 (opener) and 2019 (number three). Interestingly, Smriti is the only Indian player in the eleven in which England’s Nat Sciver has been made the captain with no players from Australia — the reigning T20 World Cup champions — cutting the playing eleven.

Nat, the experienced England all-rounder, produced many impactful performances throughout the year. Batting in the middle-order, she scored a total of 153 runs, including one fifty, and backed it up by picking ten wickets at an excellent average of 20.20.

Various other England players consist of wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones, left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, openers Tammy Beaumont, and Danni Wyatt. The eleven announced by the ICC likewise has three South Africa players in batter Laura Wolvaardt and pacers Shabnim Ismail and Marizanne Kapp, aside from off-spin all-rounder Gabby Lewis of Ireland as well as off-spin bowler Loryn Phiri of Zimbabwe.

ICC Women’s T20I Group of the Year: Smriti Mandhana, Tammy Beaumont, Danni Wyatt, Gaby Lewis, Nat Sciver (captain), Amy Jones (wicketkeeper), Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp, Sophie Ecclestone, Loryn Phiri, and Shabnim Ismail.

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Mohammad Azharuddin has said that Rohit should hand over the Test captaincy

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Former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin feels that Rohit Sharma should be handed the Test captaincy as he is the best in all formats.

“If he is your no.1 player in all formats, then what is the problem? I feel seeing 5-6 years ahead is a long time. It would be best if you looked forward but need to see immediately as well. To look forward, you cannot give to an inexperienced player, which might cause a problem.

“I feel Rohit Sharma is a good player and can be an outstanding captain. I feel Rohit should give captaincy, whatever experience I have and whatever cricket I have played. He might play cricket for another two or three years, he might play more as well, but his fitness will be crucial because his hamstring becomes weak repeatedly,” Azharuddin was quoted as saying by India News.

Azharuddin reckoned that Rohit’s presence in the Test series could have made a massive difference in South Africa.

“His absence in this Test series also became an advantage for South Africa because he is an attacking player, plays in an attacking fashion as an opener as well,” he said.

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Vaping increases the frequency of Covid 19 symptoms: Study

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According to a new analysis from Mayo Clinic, people who use smokeless cigarettes and examine favourably for Covid-19 have a higher frequency of getting involved with Covid signs than people who don’t vape.

The study, released in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, located that signs and symptoms include muscle aches, headaches, body discomfort, upper body pain, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting, and loss of taste and feeling of odour.

People who vaped and smoked tobacco, and checked favourable for Covid, experienced laboured breathing and had more frequent emergency department visits than those who did not vape.

“The study was designed to compare the frequency of common Covid-19 symptoms, such as loss of taste or smell, headache, muscle aches and chest tightness in Covid patients who vaped, compared with those who were not vapers,” said David McFadden, from Mayo Clinic.

The team interviewed more than 280 Covid-positive vapers and compared them with 1,445 Covid-positive people of the same age and gender and who don’t vape.

The investigators reported that these are common Covid symptoms more frequently among people who vape.

The use of e-cigarettes has grown significantly over the past decade, especially among high school students and young adults. However, the short- and long-term health effects of e-cigarettes are unknown.

“There are a lot of studies that have shown that e-cigarette use may be associated with inflammation in the lungs and also may cause severe lung injury in certain users, causing a condition called e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury,” said Robert Vassallo, a Mayo Clinic pulmonologist & critical care specialist.

“Our research was not designed to test whether e-cigarette use increases the risk of acquiring Covid infection, but it indicates that symptom burden in patients with Covid-19 who vape is greater than in those who do not vape,” he added.

The research study kept in mind that the raised inflammation of lung tissue affected by Covid-19 infection and the swelling induced by vaping could get worse the chance of systemic swelling, with an involved rise in symptoms such as fever, myalgias, exhaustion, and headache.

“During a pandemic with a highly transmissible respiratory pathogen like SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19), it is highly advisable to reduce or stop vaping and e-cigarette use and minimise the potential for increased symptoms and lung injury,” Vassallo said.

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84% of India Enterprises Favor Hybrid Multicloud Amidst Remote Job

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More than 8 in 10 Indian businesses are transferring to multi-cloud environments for safety, efficiency, expense, and business continuity, especially with the surge of remote jobs, a brand-new report revealed on Wednesday.

Almost 58 per cent of the Indian firms are expecting to carry out such settings within three years, according to US-based Cloud calculating firm Nutanix.

“India’s digital transformation has been primarily fueled by Hybrid multi-cloud adoption as it offers simplicity, agility, manageability and scalability that most organisations seek to compete in today’s digital world,” said Faiz Shakir, Managing Director Sales, India and SAARC, Nutanix.

India’s enterprises prioritise security more than their global counterparts, and 55 per cent of those cited security and compliance as the prevailing reason for shifting applications to a different infrastructure in the past year — 14 percentage points higher than the global average (41 per cent).

At the same time, enterprises are still maturing in their understanding of multi-cloud security management or security management across dissimilar clouds.

According to the report, these enterprises are learning to reach for hybrid multi-cloud tools that enable centralised management to alleviate such issues.

With extended remote work following the rise of Omicron, hybrid multi-cloud continues to be the most agile IT environment for supporting continued flexibility, resiliency and access to applications and data.

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