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NASA announces four-member crew for lunar mission Artemis II
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday introduced the four astronauts who will be a part of the lunar mission, Artemis II late next year.
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Ghode Jatra: Nepal's festival of horses observed in Lalitpur
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
This festival of worshipping horses, called "Ghodejatra", is observed on the new moon of Chaitra Sukla Paksha of the eastern lunar calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, it usually falls in mid-March or early April.
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Tibetans offer prayers for long life of Dalai Lama at Lhagyari Temple in D
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Losar is a festival celebrated each year to mark the beginning of the Tibetan New Year. Celebrated by Tibetans and Tibetan Buddhists worldwide, it falls on different dates according to the Tibetan lunar calendar and the celebrations last for up to 15 days, with the first three days being the
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Nepal: Devotees high on Shivratri fervour, wait in long queues to enter Pa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Falgun Krishna Chaturdashi-the fourth day of the waning moon in the month of Falgun is observed as Mahashivaratri as per the lunar calendar. Thousands of devotees thronged the Hindu Pilgrim site Pashupatinath in the Kathmandu.
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China's hospitals flooded with sick, elderly during Lunar New Year holiday
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to Chinese health officials, there was no infection "rebound" during last week's travel surge in the country.
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Researchers explain how were galaxies much different in the early universe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The most sensitive telescope now searching for radio signals from cosmic dawn, an era around 200 million years after the Big Bang when stars ignited, has doubled its sensitivity, a new paper reports. While not yet detecting this radiation, the redshifted 21-centimeter line they have put new
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Asteroid findings from specks of space dust could save the planet: Researc
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant findings that could contribute to potentially saving the planet if one ever hurtled toward Earth.
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Researchers details insights into darkest view ever of interstellar ice
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An international team including Southwest Research Institute, Leiden University and NASA used observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to achieve the darkest-ever view of a dense interstellar cloud. These observations have revealed the composition of a virtual treasure chest o
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China reports more than 12,000 COVID-related deaths from January 13-19: Re
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday that 12,658 patients had died in medical institutions between January 13 and 19.
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US must put strict measures on Chinese Tourists to protect from Covid infe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
China's Ministry of Transport estimates over 2 billion passenger trips will take place during the 40-day Lunar New Year season as people across the country will be travelling domestically and abroad for the first time without travel restrictions since the start of the pandemic over three yea
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Police surround male Asian suspect in mass shooting near Los Angeles that
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Police have located a white van they believe is connected to the gunman who opened fire at a Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday night.
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China welcomes Lunar New Year amid fear of Covid spike
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Chinese epidemiologist Wu Zunyou warned that Covid infection numbers in certain specific regions could rise during this Lunar New Year, state media outlet Global Times reported.
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