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2029, the asteroid Apophis will make a close approach to Earth, coming within 20,000 miles of our planet. This encounter will be one of the closest ever recorded for an asteroid of this size, surpassing the distance of geostationary satellites. On April 13, 2029—a Friday the 13th—Apophis will be visible from the Eastern Hemisphere, including parts of Europe, Africa, and Western Asia. It will appear as a bright streak across the sky, resembling a fast-moving star.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team investigating the rape and murder of a trainee doctor conducted 3D laser mapping in the emergency ward of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Sunday. Earlier the same day, the CBI carried out psychological testing on the main accused, with assistance from a psychologist who arrived in Kolkata on Saturday. The Supreme Court has also taken suo motu cognizance of the case and is set to hear it on August 20. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, will handle the proceedings. The heinous crime has sparked nationwide outrage and elicited strong reactions from numerous sectors. Earlier on Sunday, football fans protested near Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, leading to the cancellation of a Durand Cup match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. Junior doctors and students continue to demonstrate at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in response to the incident.

Josh Hazlewood, Australia's premium fast bowler, acknowledged that Australia's recent results against India have been a significant gap in their record. The first Test of the series between Australia and India will be played at the Optus Stadium, Perth from November 22. «There are quite a few players who have never beaten India in a Test series. It's quite astounding to say that,» Hazlewood was quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

ISRO's latest satellite launch vehicle ' SSLV' is the first rocket in its category to be ready for commercialisation with two others, 'Vikram' from Skyroot and 'Agnibaan' from Agnikul Cosmos, expected to vie for market share to place small satellites in orbit. According to industry estimates, the satellite launch market in India is expected to grow from USD 720 million in 2022 to USD 3.5 billion by 2033 and small satellites are likely to be the most preferred modes for a number of applications ranging from providing internet connectivity to earth observation. Space start-ups such as Pixxel and Satsure have already announced plans to have constellations of small satellites for the range of services they plan to offer and Indian launch vehicles will vie to be the preferred rockets to place these satellites in orbit. «Larger launch vehicles are there, but with a large number of satellites being launched, companies do not want to wait, they want to launch a satellite as soon as they can and small vehicles are tailor made for them,» Lt Gen A K Bhatt (retd), Director General of Indian Space Association, told PTI.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India conducted inspections, sampling and testing of mixed spice blends after Hong Kong suspended sales of some blends of the MDH and Everest brands in April over high levels of a pesticide. Britain then tightened controls on all spice imports from India, while New Zealand, the United States and Australia have said they were looking into issues related to the brands.

TVS Motor Company plans to expand the sales of its electric vehicles to both developing and developed markets, betting big on India's potential to emerge as a major export hub for electric two-wheelers, according to Director and CEO KN Radhakrishnan. The company will leverage on its plant in Indonesia to cater to other neighbouring markets in the ASEAN region, where it has started selling its electric scooter TVS iQube last year, he told analysts. In the first quarter of this fiscal TVS Motor Co sold a total of 52,000 units of electric two-wheelers, as against 39,000 units in the same period last year. «We strongly believe that India will emerge as a major export hub for two-wheeler EVs. With the continuous improvement in the EV supply chain and infrastructure, we are confident that we will continue to be a strong player in the EV segment,» Radhakrishnan said.

Rugby Championship at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday to avenge last week's shock loss to the Pumas in Wellington. Damian McKenzie, skipper Ardie Savea, Caleb Clarke, Will Jordan and Beauden Barrett all crossed to give the All Blacks a 35-3 lead at halftime despite teeming rain and strong winds at the spiritual home of New Zealand rugby. Jordan added his second try soon after the break to drive home the advantage but the Pumas managed to stem the flood of tries before scoring one of their own through Juan Cruz Mallia in the 72nd minute.

Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella has been suspended indefinitely due to an alleged doping violation, the national governing body Sri Lanka Cricket said. Dickwella failed a doping test conducted by the Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency under World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines during the Lanka Premier League.

Eric Lamaze owed the plaintiffs more than $786,000.The case lasted 15 years and Lamaze had argued he couldn’t take part because he had terminal cancer – but another judge in the same case ruled the evidence Lamaze submitted to prove he was receiving treatment wasn’t “credible or reliable.”“I’ve carried the weight of this on my shoulders,” Karina Frederiks, the daughter of the plaintiffs, said while growing emotional, minutes after the Aug. 8 ruling.Her family’s stable, Iron Horse Farm, sued Lamaze in 2010, initially claiming he sold them three horses for show jumping who couldn’t perform as promised before narrowing the case down to two horses in question.Lamaze denied any wrongdoing in his defence statement.An Ontario judge ruled in the stable’s favour, noting Lamaze failed to appear in final proceedings.The lawsuit was one of many involving the Olympic equestrian gold medallist.

On a video chat in early June from the International Space Station, Sunita Williams talked to a packed elementary-school gym in her Massachusetts hometown about how it feels to ride a rocket into space (like a roller coaster) and what life is like hundreds miles above the planet. “Being in space is a lot of fun," the 58-year-old astronaut said as her hair floated loosely in a dark halo around her head. She demonstrated a few flips, sipped tropical punch from a pouch and opened up about how people pass the time in the microgravity environment of Earth’s orbit.

Despite recent interest rate cuts, the Canadian real estate market remained slow this summer.

WABetaInfo, the like reaction feature is now being tested by public beta users and has been in development for some time. Users will be able to like a status update by tapping a heart emoji icon located at the bottom left of the screen while viewing the update.

Lucknow. The conference would be held with the theme «Sashakt aur Surakahit Bharat: Transforming the Armed Forces' (String and Secure India: Transforming the Armed Forces'). The first day of the conference would be addressed by the Chief of Defence Staff, where the topmost defence officer in the country is expected to address the military commanders on how the wars of the future will be fought and how the Indian armed forces will tackle the security challenges through transformation into Theatre Commands, defence sources told ANI.

By then, ALS had begun laying waste to Harrell's muscles, stealing from him one ritual after another: going on walks with his wife, holding his daughter, turning the pages of a book. «Like a night burglar,» his wife, Levana Saxon, wrote of the disease in a poem. But no theft was as devastating to Harrell, 46, as the fading of his speech. He had sung his last Whitney Houston song at karaoke. A climate activist, he had delivered his last unassisted Zoom presentation to fellow organizers.

Sriharikota: The countdown for the launch of an earth observation satellite, onboard the third and final development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-03 commenced on Friday, ISRO said. The SSLV-D3-EOS-08 mission follows the second successful launch of the second test flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2-EOS-07) in February 2023. Today's mission is the third for the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency in 2024, after the successful PSLV-C58/XpoSat in January and GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS missions in February. In an update on Friday, ISRO said, «SSLV-D3-EOS-08 Mission — Six-and-a-half-hour countdown leading to the launch commenced at 02.47 hrs IST».

Ricky Ponting reckoned that Joe Root could surpass batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's tally of runs in Test cricket, provided the England batting mainstay stays 'hungry' and keeps scoring at a consistent rate for the next four years. Root became only the seventh batter in the history of the conventional format to cross the 12,000-run mark — a feat he achieved recently during the Edgbaston Test against the West Indies. With 12,027 runs in 143 Tests at 50.11 with 32 centuries and 63 fifties so far, Root is also overall the seventh highest run-scorer in Tests and could overtake Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (12,400 runs) and his former teammate Alastair Cook (12,472) soon. Tendulkar leads the table with 15921 runs from 200 Tests.

The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup

NASA says it's still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International Space Station until early next year and send their troubled Boeing capsule back empty

U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into complaints that suspension parts can fail on nearly 75,000 Tesla vehicles, and they won’t seek a recall

India «over the next several weeks.» The search giant launched AI Overviews in Search in May, starting with the US, to help people quickly discover information on the web. «After extensive testing and positive feedback, including in the US and Search Labs globally, we’re bringing the helpfulness of AI Overviews to six new countries: India, United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil – along with local language support in each country,» Hema Budaraju, senior director, product management, Search said in a blog post. In India, Google said it will be rolling out AI Overviews in English and Hindi. It will also introduce popular India-first features that were well-received during the company's Search Labs experiment. This includes helping a user easily switch between English and Hindi results with the language toggle button, and listen to responses with Text-To-Speech by tapping the 'Listen' button.