Aadil Manzoor

Microarray profiling Paired ESCC and adjacent normal tissues (n = 4 pairs) were processed by Innovative Life Discoveries (Ref: BCH/MA/ILD/14). Total RNA was extracted using the RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen), hybridised to Affymetrix Human PrimeView Arrays (49,395 probes) for 16 h at 45 °C, and scanned. Raw CEL files were normalised via the RMA algorithm, which includes background correction, quantile normalisation, geometric mean summarisation, and median centring (baseline transformation).

BY AADIL MANZOOR The dilapidated condition of roads & defunct drainage system of the village Barsoo, tehsil awantipora, district Pulwama, situated some 4 km from Awantipora has caused immense hardships to people. The residents allege that the village is deprived of basic amenities even in modern times, due to which the people have to face multiple difficulties.

With their melodious voices and synchronised drums, Kashmir's human alarm clocks, known as the Sahr Khans, keep the centuries-old tradition alive by helping to wake up the Muslim population for their pre-dawn meal during the holy month of Ramadan. As the hands of the clock tick three in the morning in the city of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, Mohammad Yousuf Pathan gets ready.