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ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence, being designed to survey the smallest asteroid ever explored, is really three spacecraft in one. The main mothership will carry two briefcase-sized CubeSats, which will touch down on the target body. A French team has been investigating what might happen at that initial instant of alien contact.
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Slamming the move to corporatize railways' production units, Gandhi accused the government of selling the country's assets to private players at a throwaway price.
With water scarcity looming large across the globe, CSIR and Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) of Durgapur on Tuesday announced the development of new technologies for supply of quality drinking water. India is facing drinking water crisis and a Niti Aayog report has predicted that 21 cities of the country would have no drinking water of its own by next year. Director of CSIR-CMERI Harish Hitani said that the new technologies developed are based on the principles of oxidation, precipitation and filtration. Читать дальше...
Rafa Benitez has been announced as Chinese Super League outfit Dalian Yifang’s new manager, after an abrupt end to a […]
James Anderson was in action for Lancashire against Durham when he was forced off the field
In a freak incident, a 45-year-old crane operator died here Tuesday when the load fell on him, after he jumped out of the cabin, police said. Gurpreet Singh (45) jumped out of his cabin after the machine started tilting and started running away from it, but the girder fell on him, they said. The crane, used for flyover construction work at Shaikpet, was loosely fixed on the ground, they added. Hyderabad Mayor B Rammohan announced an ex gratia of Rs 13 lakh to the kin of the deceased, who hailed from Punjab.
President Donald Trump started off the day with another Twitter rant against the state of New York and its investigations of his family business. The president ranted Monday against the state and its Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, and attorney general, Latitia James, for investigating the Trump Organization and Trump Foundation, which was forced to shut […]
Days ahead of the Union Budget, agri-warehousing companies have sought waiver of the 18 per cent GST imposed on such services to boost the farming community. "The Centre should relook at the GST on agri- warehousing services. It is raising the cost of farmers. I think the government should waive the GST on this sector," said Paran Dass, Transportation Director of Japanese warehousing major Kawasaki Rikuso. The waiver will encourage farmers to store their produce and prevent distress sale, Dass told PTI. Читать дальше...
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A proposal for granting classical language status to Marathi is under active consideration, Union Culture Minister Prahlad Patel informed the Parliament on Tuesday. In a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Patel pointed out that the Madras High Court had disposed off writ petitions and declined to interfere in the matter. "The proposal is again under active consideration in consultation with other ministries and committee of linguistic experts through (the) Sahitya Akademi," the minister said. Читать дальше...
In late March 2018, Angelo Bonati, longtime CEO of Officine Panerai, retired from his lifetime career leading the brand. It was a bittersweet moment for the now 67-year-old trailblazer. Recently, Bonati took some time with us to reflect on the ...
People with vitamin D deficiency from birth to early childhood are at an increased risk of elevated systolic blood pressure during adolescence, a study has found. Systolic refers to the first or top number in a blood pressure reading. It indicates how much pressure your blood is exerting against your artery walls when your heart beats. High systolic blood pressure readings increase the risk of cardiovascular disease even when diastolic blood pressure, the second number in a blood pressure reading, is controlled. Читать дальше...
[Nairobi News] Following Monday night 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Senegal, Kenya's chances of progressing to the round of 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations are out of the team's hands.
The Manchester United forward agreed to a new deal at Old Trafford and could be set for a strong season as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's main striker
There are echoes here of the Nazi's exploitation of Horst Wessel's death in 1930.
/ -- LCR Capital Partners announced today that the first I-526 approval has been received by investors in Hall Arts II Fund LP, an $82.5 million EB-5 offering financing the construction of the HALL Arts Hotel and Residences, a new luxury boutique hotel and residential high-rise located in Dallas, Texas. Dallas was ranked by PwC as the #1 real estate investment city in the United States. LCR is partnering with HALL Group, the project sponsor, who has a 50+ year track record as a successful real estate... Читать дальше...
Miley Cyrus put on a purple wig to perform at the Glastonbury music festival in Britain as Ashley O from Black Mirror.
The best narrators for the last few audiobooks I’ve heard leave me wanting more.
Democratic presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper is bringing on a new campaign manager and losing several key staffers, as his long-shot bid for the White House has struggled to get off the ground.
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A little less gravity: Good! Staying inside because of solar radiation exposure: not so great.
Eine Fast-Food-Kette antwortet mit einem schrägen Konzept auf den Fleischersatz-Trend. Was sich wie ein PR-Stunt oder ein Scherz liest, ist ernst gemeint.
The Marshae Jones case in Alabama highlights the emerging dangers of anti-abortion extremism within the criminal justice system.
The show must go on. And it did, despite a theft at a Calgary musical theatre company. The Front Row Centre Players have just wrapped up an adaptation of the '90s comedy The Wedding Singer. Darren Stewart, with the theatre company, says about halfway through the show's run at the Beddington Theatre Arts Centre volunteers discovered they had been robbed.