Hayabusa-2 was sent solely on asteroid mission. Scientists hope the precious samples, which are expected to amount to no more than 0.1 grams of material, could help shed light on the origin of life and the formation of the universe. The capsule carrying samples entered the atmosphere just before 2:30 am Japan time (1730 GMT Saturday), creating a shooting-star-like fireball as it entered Earth’s atmosphere. “Six years and it has finally come back to Earth,” an official narrating a live broadcast of the arrival said, as images showed officials from Japan’s space agency JAXA cheering and pumping their fists in…
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Nepal has seen revival of Pro-Monarchy demands on the rise as several Royalists took to the streets demanding the restoration of the Hindu Monarchy in the country. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1335149146005590016?s=20 In the last few weeks, Nepal has seen there has been a growing demands for the restoration of the Hindu Monarchy in Nepal. Carrying out a peaceful protest, the Nepalese group, namely, the Rashtriya Shakti Nepal had demanded the restoration of the ‘Hindu Kingdom’ status of Nepal. Vehement sloganeering by royalists were heard saying, “monarchy must return to save the country” and “country above party” were RSN leader Keshar Bahadur Bista said…
Pakistani Rangers opened fire on forward posts and villages along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Saturday. Firing from across the border started around 9.50 pm on Friday within the Hiranagar sector’s Pansar Border Outpost area, drawing a robust and an efficient retaliation by the Border private security force (BSF), they said. The officials said that firing between both the edges continued till 3.35 am, but there was no report of any damage on the Indian side. Pakistani troops also fired for a couple of minutes within the Gurnam and therefore the Karol Krishna…
Mizoram’s first solar energy plant has been commissioned at Tlungvel about 58 km from here, a politician said on Saturday. The grid connected 2 megawatt solar photovoltaic (SPV) solar energy plant was opened by state Power minister R Lalzirliana on Friday, he said. Speaking on the occasion, Lalzirliana said that Mizoram has made its entry into the solar map of the country with the commissioning of the two MW SPV solar plant. He said that the commissioning of the solar energy plant was a milestone within the history of the state. Besides solar power , the hydroelectric potential of the…
The BJP-led government is to hold their 5th round of talks with the farmer’s representatives who have been on a protest in the national capital. According to sources, the Union home minister Amit Shah had gone across to meet PM Modi in the early hours to discuss the meeting with farmers. The others who were present were Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Inspite of the government making promises on the MSP, the farmer’s protest is growing into a major protest with more and more people joining in. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has…
BJP’s massive surge in the recent Hyderabad polls sent shock waves to Telangana Rashtra Samithi party. The campaigning that was done by the Bhartiya Janata Party was carried on a massive scale. Usually, it is not done so aggressively for a local elections. The results of the polls show that Bhartiya Janata Party scored 48 wards leaving Asauddin Owaisi of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party behind with 44 wards. The Congress was badly hit with only two wards. In the previous election, the TRS scored 99 seats, the AIMIM 44 and the BJP 4. These local elections proved that the…
San Francisco, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is planning to leave California and move to Texas that has no state income tax, a move that could save him billions of dollars, the media reported. According to a report in CNBC, several of Musk’s close friends and associates say that “Musk has told them he’s planning to move to the Lone Star State”. “Even the people who know him well and are aware of his general plans to move to Texas say they don’t know where exactly he stays when he’s there and that he tries to keep those details…
Palestine slammed Bahrain’s decision to import goods from the “illegal” Israeli settlements under its normalization agreement with Israel from two months ago. “The Israeli settlements are illegal and built on the occupied lands of Palestine,” Hussein al-Sheikh, head of civil affairs in the Palestinian Authority, said in a press statement. “There are international decisions to boycott the products made in the Israeli settlements,” al-Sheikh noted. Meanwhile, Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesman of Hamas movement, said in a press statement that Bahrain’s decision “represents a violation of international law and an indication of standing on the side of the occupier.” He called…
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday urged capitalist residents in the densely-populated capital Mexico City to stay home and curb their end-of-year festivities, amid a rise in cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “If we don’t have anything really important to do, let’s not go out into the streets,” Lopez Obrador said during his regular morning press conference. The president said he preferred to make a “respectful” request, rather than impose coercive measures with curfews, that residents avoid parties and instead communicate with friends and loved ones by phone or video calls. In light of the rise…
Six person were arrested in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district with an enormous quantity of explosives and detonators, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about possible movement of explosives, police conducted raids within the 4 Kilo area on Wednesday night, they said. An SUV with Assam registration was intercepted at Kongong within the Ladrymbai police outpost area, police said. Ten cartons with 250 kg of explosives (2,000 gelatin sticks), 1,000 live detonators and eight rolls of fuse were found within the car, said Assistant military officer of Police GK Iangrai. Two persons who were travelling within the vehicle…