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Scientists show off space snowman, Ultima Thule, in 3D

LAUREL — The newly visited space snowman — the most distant object ever explored — is now appearing in 3D. At a news conference Thursday, scientists and others put on 3D glasses to see the city-size, two-sphered cosmic body in stereo, revealing possible curvy ridges. Ultima Thule, as […]

Side of the moon you can’t see ‘is not dark, it’s just far’

WASHINGTON  — Despite the name of Pink Floyd’s best-selling album, the side of the moon you can’t see isn’t always dark. But it is far. So scientists call the area where a Chinese spacecraft just landed the far side, not the dark side. “The other side sees the […]

China begins first surface exploration of moon’s far side

BEIJING  — A Chinese lunar rover began exploring the terrain Friday in the world’s first mission on the surface of the far side of the moon. Jade Rabbit 2 drove off a ramp and onto the soft, snow-like surface after a Chinese spacecraft made the first-ever soft landing […]

Newly empowered House Dems pass funding plan without wall

WASHINGTON — On their first day in the majority, House Democrats have passed a plan to re-open the government without funding President Donald Trump’s promised border wall. The largely party-line votes Thursday night came after Trump made a surprise appearance at the White House briefing room, pledging to […]

Man gets one-month imprisonment for stalking minor girl

Thane(Maha) : A 25-year-old man was sentenced to one-month imprisonment by a court here for stalking a minor girl. District Judge V Y Jadhav, in his order passed on Tuesday, also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the accused, Shivkumar Mourya, after pronouncing him guilty under the Indian […]

Appropriate bench to fix hearing date in Ayodhya land dispute case on Jan 10: SC

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday said that an appropriate bench constituted by it will pass an order on January 10 for fixing the date of hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute title case at Ayodhya. “Further orders will be passed by an appropriate bench on […]

Lokpal search committee: SC directs Centre to file affidavit on steps taken since Sept 2018

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre to place on affidavit steps taken since September last year to set up a search committee for the Lokpal. The apex court asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to file the affidavit on the matter by January 17. “You […]

Rupee recovers 34 paise to 69.86 against US dollar in morning trade

Mumbai : The rupee appreciated 34 paise to 69.86 against the US dollar in opening trade Friday amid weakening American currency and positive opening of the domestic equity market. Forex traders said, the American currency lost some ground against major currencies overseas, while on the domestic front, the equity […]

Govt indicates printing of Rs 2000 note stopped for now; sufficient currency in circulation

New Delhi :  The government Friday indicated that printing of Rs 2,000 bank notes, introduced post-demonetisation in November 2016, has been stopped for now as there is enough stock in circulation. In a tweet, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said printing of notes is planned as per the […]

Sensex rebounds nearly 200 pts; Nifty reclaims 10,700 mark

Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex Friday rebounded nearly 200 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 10,700 mark, driven by recovery in auto, metal and banking stocks amid buying by domestic institutional investors. The 30-share index, however, pared some early gains and was trading 103.90 points, or 0.29 […]

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