Indian Corona Virus Vaccine "COVAXIN" gets approved in India for Phase I and Phase II

India's regulator, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization has approved Bharat Biotech India to conduct human clinical trials for its 'COVAXIN'.  Phase I and Phase II trials start in July 2020

Bharath Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research's(ICMR) National Institute of Virology(NIV)

Others in the queue:

Zydus Cadilla

Serum Institute of India

Panacea Biotec

More here: http://bitly.ws/8V7B

再见 Hong Kong

Good-Bye Hong Kong

But, there are protests:

Picture source: 

http://bitly.ws/8V52

It is so unfortunate!

Covid-19 Vaccine Developer line up 2020-2021

These are the major companies and the research entities that are hopeful of developing a vaccine. The timeline for delivering a solution is in 2020 - 2021 as of now. Who will make it to the finish line?

The table is copied from Nippon Keizai Shinbun. The last column is my addition for my English audience.

Hopefully, we can get past this universal bug.

Why should you learn Python?

There is great value in learning Python.

You may want to read this link to learn the use cases of Python.

Insurance: creating business insights with machine learning
Retail banking: flexible data transformation and manipulation
Aerospace: meeting software system deadlines
Finance: data mining to identity cross-sell opportunities
Business services: API access to financial information
Hardware: automating network administration
Healthcare: predicting disease prognosis
Consulting services: bespoke web development
InfoTech: IT modernization
Software: adding extensibility to legacy applications

Source:
https://www.activestate.com/resources/datasheets/top-10-python-use-cases/


Python is also used for backend in Web Applications where it is used for scripting
2) Desktop GUI Applications.
3) Software Development. ...
4) Scientific and Numeric. ...
5) Business Applications. ...
6) Console Based Application. ...
7) Audio or Video-based Applications. ...
8) 3D CAD Applications.

For more applications read here:
https://intersog.com/blog/python-application-development-common-use-cases-and-project-examples/

Read all Python-related posts in this blog:
https://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/search?q=python

Butchered by the Chinese on the heights of the Himalayas

He went there to serve the country and he fell defending it.

Chinese are flexing their muscle to grab more land in the Ladakh area. During the most recent, serious skirmish, we lost one of our sons. May his soul rest in peace.

Colone B. Santosh Babu

File picture: Colonel B Santosh Babu|Photo Credit: IANS

Source: AFP
Image caption
The cremation ceremony for one of the Indian soldiers killed took place on Thursday

Here is a picture of a club of sorts that appears to have been used in the brawl.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53089037

It is crude even by MING standards!

https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1273649248941117441