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Six terrorists killed in past four days include four most wanted ones: J-K
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Six terrorists have been killed in the past four days in Kashmir, out of which four were in the top ten wanted list, said Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Thursday.
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LeT commander involved in killing of CRPF jawans among 2 killed in Handwar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Handwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): One of the two terrorists, who was killed in an encounter in Handwara on Wednesday, has been identified as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Naseer-u-din Lone, said Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir.
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Tiny asteroid buzzes by Earth - the closest flyby on record
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 19 (ANI): Near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: It passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometres) above the southern Indian Ocean
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Leopardess gives birth to 4 cubs inside hut in Nashik
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): A leopardess gave birth to four cubs inside a hut in Igatpuri area of Nashik on Tuesday.
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Arecibo Observatory data help lead to discovery of cosmic 'Heartbeat'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Florida [USA], August 17 (ANI): An international team of researchers using data from Arecibo Observatory and the Fermi Space Telescope have discovered what they call a "gamma-ray heartbeat" coming from a cosmic gas cloud.
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Rain washes out third day of England-Pakistan 2nd Test
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Southampton [UK], Aug 15 (ANI): Rain washed out the day three play of the second Test between England and Pakistan at Ageas Bowl on Saturday.
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter recharges its batteries in flight
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], Aug 14 (ANI): Headed to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover, the pioneering helicopter is powered up for the first time in interplanetary space as part of a systems check.
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Hubble helps uncover mystery of Betelgeuse's dimming
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Garching [Germany], August 14 (ANI): New observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense amount of hot material ejected into space, forming a dust cloud that blocked starlight comin
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NASA's planet hunter TESS completes primary mission
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Maryland [US], August 12 (ANI): NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), on July 4, finished its primary mission imaging about 75 per cent of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey. In capturing this giant mosaic, TESS has found 66 new exoplanets, or worlds beyond our s
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COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh reach 263,503 with nearly 3,000 new infection
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh on Tuesday reached 263,503 as nearly 3,000 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
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Laser beams reflected between earth and moon boost science
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Maryland [US], Aug 11 (ANI): NASA scientists, many times over the last decade, have launched laser beams at a reflector the size of a paperback novel about 240,000 miles (385,000 kilometers) away from Earth.
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Buttler, Woakes give England improbable win against Pakistan in first Test
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Manchester [UK], Aug 8 (ANI): Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler played knocks of 84 and 75 respectively as England gained an improbable three-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test of the three-match series here at the Emirates Old Trafford.
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