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Dug Dug Review: Roaring Satire

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By Devesh Sharma, Altaf Khan, Gaurav Soni
| Filmfare
Dug Dug unfolds like a fever dream rooted in something deeply familiar, the human need to believe. Yet what makes Ritwik Pareek’s film so striking is not merely its premise but the delicate tightrope it walks. This is a satire that takes aim at religious superstition and the machinery that feeds it but it refuses to sneer. It observes, it provokes and then it steps aside, allowing viewers to wrestle with their own conclusions. The film begins with an almost hypnotic prologue.
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Analyzing fourteen deleterious nsSNPs of CFTR as promising genetic markers for cancer prognosis

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By Maria Shabbir, Yasmin Badshah, Khushbukhat Khan, Amna Hafeez, Naeem Ashraf, Janeen H. Trembley, Tayyaba Afsar, Altaf Khan, Sadia Fatima, Suhail Razak, Seyyedha Abbas, Fizzah Abid
| Nature
Abstract Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a chloride channel protein involved in trans-epithelial transport of salt and the regulation of intracellular ion concentrations. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between CFTR non-synonymous SNPs (nsSNPs) and cancer. The study also seeks to elucidate the structural and functional consequences of the deleterious CFTR variants on the protein.
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My friend is gone

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By Altaf Khan
| Greater Kashmir
The line attributed to Rumi after his preceptor’s union with the divine echoed my sentiments as I was left shattered, having lost a great friend and mentor to the drowning incident in the Gantmullah, LJHP Canal tragedy in Baramulla. I met Mehnaz nine years ago at a model school.
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