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Activists set up signs outside of Indiana State Prison on Tuesday (Dec. 17) in Michigan City, Indiana, where, barring last-minute court action or intervention by Gov. Eric Holcomb, Joseph Corcoran, 49, convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other people, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection before sunrise…
New Delhi: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams’ return from the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed once again. Ms Williams, 59, will now touch down on Earth after March next year. NASA insists that the crew is healthy and safe aboard the ISS. The US space agency announced that the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, tasked…
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This artist’s illustration shows the wayward interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua (pronounced oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah) racing toward the outskirts of our solar system. The object, heated by the Sun (lower right), is venting gaseous material from its surface, as a comet would. | Photo Credit: Reuters In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar…
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Many cultures associate twins with health and vitality, while others see them as a philosophical reminder of the duality of life and death, good and evil. | Photo Credit: Tesla Monson/The Conversation Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and vitality, while others see them…
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Japan’s Space One’s small, solid-fueled Kairos rocket aims to be Japan’s first company to put a satellite into orbit, hoping to boost Japan’s lagging space industry with a small rocket for an affordable space transport business. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into…
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R Ashwin during press conference after Brisbane Test between India and Australia.© X (formerly Twitter) It was indeed an emotional moment for legendary India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as he called time on his international career on Wednesday. The news came as a shock to the cricket world as nobody had any clue about…
The Trinamool Congress has moved a privilege motion against Home Minister Amit Shah New Delhi: Amid the massive row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar, the Trinamool Congress has moved a privilege notice against him and said he had undermined the legacy of the Constitution’s architect and Parliament’s dignity….
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Russia has developed an mRNA vaccine against cancer, Russian news agency TASS has reported. The vaccine will be distributed to cancer patients for free, General Director of the Radiology Medical Research Center of the Russian Ministry of Health, Andrey Kaprin, told Radio Rossiya. The vaccine has been developed in collaboration with several research centers and…
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks amid the massive row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dalit icon BR Ambedkar had rubbed “salt on the wound”. Mr Kejriwal said he was “shocked” after reading the Prime Minister’s six-point thread on the uproar over Mr Shah’s remarks….
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As inflation rates have fallen from multidecade highs, the central banks have started cutting interest rates. File (representational image) | Photo Credit: Reuters Inflation in the U.K. has risen to its highest level since March, driven by an increase in fuel prices last month, official figures showed on Wednesday (December 18, 2024). The Office for…
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