China wants to start using moon soil to build lunar bases as soon as this decade.

China wants to start building a lunar base using soil from the moon in five years, Chinese media reported, with the ambitious plan kicking off as soon as this decade. More than 100 Chinese scientists, researchers and space contractors recently met at a conference in the cent…

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Elon Musk sets low expectations before first SpaceX launch of Starship.

SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is preparing to conduct an unprecedented test flight of its groundbreaking Starship, which is currently the most powerful rocket in existence. Ahead of the launch, Elon Musk has set modest expectations. Key points about the first SpaceX launch o…

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Europe's JUICE Jupiter explorer probe takes 1st space 'selfies' on its way to gas giant.

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft has taken its first "selfies" from space, catching stunning images with Earth as a backdrop. The images were taken in the hours following the European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft's departure from the European …

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World Hemophilia Day - 17 April.

World Hemophilia Day is always observed on April 17. Sometimes it is also called World Bleeding Disorders Awareness Day. The focus of the day is to identify and to reach out to new members of the bleeding disorders community. Hemophilia is a bleeding problem. People with hem…

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Kagiso Rabada becomes fastest bowler to pick 100 IPL wicket.

Punjab Kings fast bowler Kagiso Rabada on Thursday (April 13) became the fastest bowler to claim 100 wickets in the Indian Premier League. He achieved the feat during Punjab's match against Gujarat Titans at the PCA IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Rabada bowled a short-of-l…

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Nepal becomes founding member of International Big Cats Alliance.

Nepal has become a founding member of the International Big Cats Alliance. During the launch of the alliance under India’s initiative, Minister for Energy Shakti Bahadur Basnet handed over the letter mentioning Nepal will be associated with the alliance as a founding member …

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European Space Agency’s Juice mission launches to search for life on Jupiter’s moons.

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission (Juice) on Friday, 14 April, at 8:14 a.m. ET using an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Juice aims to explore Jupiter and three of its largest moons. Following a …

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Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is unlikely to find life.

Even after Europe's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) concludes its mission more than ten years from now, we are unlikely to know for sure whether life might be thriving in the vicinity of the solar system's largest planet. Liquid water, a source of energy and nutrie…

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ESA Is Launching an Epic Mission to Jupiter's Icy Moons.

This is one of the mysteries that the space mission JUICE (for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) – set to be launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday 13 April 2023 at 12.14 pm UT – will look to elucidate. To propel this mission to a planet located more than 600 million kil…

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The 62,000-mile-high 'Plasma Waterfall' that erupted from the sun.

A stunning solar "waterfall" has been spotted on the surface of the sun. The picture, taken by astrophotographer Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau on March 9, shows a wall of plasma being shot "some 100,000 kilometers" – or about 62,000 miles – up towards space,…

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Kenya launches first operational satellite into orbit.

Kenya launched its first operational earth observation satellite on Saturday onboard a SpaceX rocket from the United States, a live feed from Elon Musk's rocket company showed. The satellite, developed by nine Kenyan engineers, will collect agricultural and environmental…

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The Great Bank Robbery NPAs, scams and the future of regulation.

Pattabhi Ram & Sabyasachee Dash has co-authored a new book titled “The Great Bank Robbery: NPAs, Scams and the Future of Regulation” which discusses 11 scams that have rocked India since its Independence(1947). The book is published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. V.…

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New York City appoints its first-ever ‘rat czar’.

Kathleen Corradi has been appointed by NYC Mayor Eric Adams to tackle the city’s severe rodent issue. She has been designated as the city’s inaugural “rat czar” and given the responsibility of minimizing the rat population and creating a cleaner and more hospitable environm…

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Turkey launches its first amphibious assault ship.

The Turkish Navy has received the TCG Anadolu, its first aircraft carrier, which is expected to house the world’s first air wing made primarily of unmanned aircraft. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the vessel would host many manned and unmanned aerial vehicles, …

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India to host maiden Global Buddhist Meet.

India will host the Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi, where leaders and scholars from the Buddhist community around the world will gather to discuss contemporary global issues through a Buddhist perspective. The summit aims to find solutions to problems such as climate c…

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ICC Player of the Month awards for March.

The ICC has revealed the winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for March 2023, with Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh being named as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month, while Henriette Ishimwe from Rwanda was selected as the ICC Women’s Player of the Month. This is Sha…

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Ghana becomes first country in world to approve Oxford University's new R21 malaria vaccine.

Ghana has made history by becoming the first country to approve a highly effective malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford in the UK. The vaccine, called R21/Matrix-M, has exceeded the World Health Organization’s target of 75% efficacy, making it…

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Europe successfully launches JUICE mission to study Jupiter's icy moons.

Europe's first-ever Jupiter mission is officially underway. The European Space Agency's (ESA) JUICE spacecraft launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Friday (April 14) at 8:14 a.m. EDT (1214 GMT), after a one-day dela…

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World Chagas Disease Day - 14 April.

Every year on April 14th, World Chagas Disease Day raises awareness for Chagas disease. It’s also a day that stresses the importance of prevention and finding ways to eliminate the disease. Chagas disease is also known as American trypanosomiasis and is named after Carlos Ju…

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52 million-year-old bat skeleton is the oldest ever found and belongs to a never-before-seen species.

Two stunningly preserved, 52 million-year-old bat skeletons unearthed in Wyoming are the oldest ever found and belong to a never-before-seen species, researchers have revealed. The rare fossils were discovered in the Green River Formation in the southwest of the state.  The n…

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New members of the Sri Lankan Audit Service Commission take oath.

The newly appointed members of the Audit Service Commission were sworn in on the 9 th of April before the Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Speaker of the Parliament. The Auditor General is appointed as the ex-officio Chairman to the Commission and accordingly, Mr. W.P.C. Wickr…

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New chapter of the bible found hidden inside 1,750-year-old text.

The hidden text was found as part of the Sinai Palimpsests Project, where researchers aim to recover texts that were erased and written over by scribes in the 4th-12th centuries CE. Palimpsest manuscripts – where earlier text has been washed or scraped off, then reused – we…

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Philippines, US Launch Largest-ever Joint Military Drills.

The Philippines and the United States hold an opening ceremony in Manila for their largest-ever joint military exercises, as the longstanding allies seek to counter growing Chinese assertiveness in the region.  Nearly 18,000 troops are taking part in the annual exercises dub…

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The First US President charged with crime.

Former US President Donald Tump has become the first former president in history to be arrested and charged for breaking the law. He appeared in court in New York on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to 34 charges of business fraud. Mr Trump is accused of making false records to…

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World economy faces weakest growth since 1990.

The global economy is set to grow at roughly 3% over the next five years - the slowest pace since 1990, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said. Kristalina Georgieva said the path ahead was "rough and foggy" - and warned that cooperation to address the…

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SpaceX eyeing 3rd week of April for Starship orbital launch.

SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle could launch on its first-ever orbital test flight by the end of next week, if all goes according to plan. SpaceX has been gearing up for the pioneering flight for months, and the prep work has accelerated recently. Last week, for example, …

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Webb Reveals Never-Before-Seen Details In Cassiopeia A.

The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind can be even more dramatic. A new mid-infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provides one stunning example. It shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), created by a st…

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Tesla to build new battery factory in Shanghai.

Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla says it is expanding in China as it builds a new factory to make its large-scale batteries. The plant in Shanghai will be able to produce 10,000 of its "Megapack" energy storage units a year, the firm says. A Megapack is a …

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Dalai Lama regrets asking boy to 'suck my tongue'.

The Dalai Lama has apologised after footage showed him telling a boy to suck the Tibetan spiritual leader's tongue. His office said he wanted to apologise to the child and his family "for the hurt his words may have caused". The video also shows the Dalai Lama k…

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NASA’s High-Resolution Air Quality Control Instrument Launches.

NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument has successfully launched, marking a significant step forward in the monitoring of major air pollutants. The instrument will provide unprecedented resolution, allowing scientists to observe air qualit…

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