JERUSALEM: The first such discovery in Israeli waters was a rare and “remarkably well preserved” Roman-era coin from about 1,900 years ago that featured the moon goddess Luna.The coin was found by researchers with the Israel Antiquities Authority during digs off Haifa in northern Israel.
It was produced in Alexandria in modern-day Egypt and depicts the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius on one side and the zodiac sign Cancer underneath Luna.The phrase “year eight” refers to the eighth year of Antoninus Pius’s administration, which spanned from 138 to 161, and was a period known as the Pax Romana, a time of largely peaceful conditions throughout the Roman Empire.
The coin is one of 13 in a set that includes examples found elsewhere in the world and shows the zodiac’s 12 signs on one and its whole wheel on another.These discoveries, he continued, “have been incredibly well preserved; some are quite uncommon, and their finding completes pieces of the historical puzzle of the country’s past. They were lost at sea and disappeared from sight for hundreds and thousands of years.
LAHORE: Governor of Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman officially opened the Akhuwat College University Kasur reading room today. Dr. Amjad Saqib, the executive director of Akhuwat, Dr. Sohail Chaghtai, and members of the board of directors of Akhuwat were also present on this occasion. Governor Punjab spoke to the students while touring various Akhuwat University College Kasur buildings.
Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rehman stated that the Akuwat model is a fantastic example of social activity during his speech on this occasion. According to him, it is laudable to establish a school where disadvantaged students are not only exempt from paying tuition but also receive free housing. He claimed that this university has students from every province in the nation, which is a positive development. He asserted that in today’s contemporary education, digital literacy is crucial. He claimed that books are now accessible on computers in digital form thanks to technology.
On this occasion, the Governor of Punjab was pleased to see the online books available in the library. He further said that the society in which people cooperate with each other in the welfare work always flourishes.
Addressing the students, Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman said that the purpose of education is to develop high moral values in your character. While addressing the students, he said that you should distinguish between right and wrong in life. Governor Punjab said that the path of truth and righteousness is difficult but there is eternal truth in it.
LAHORE: Â Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and former governor of Punjab Umer Sarfaraz Cheema attended the joint provincial parliamentary party meeting of the PTI and PMLQ today, which was presided over by Chief Minister of Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. MPAs from PTI and PMLQ participated in the meeting actively and enthusiastically. In the Provincial Parliamentary party meeting, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi received praise for serving as Punjab’s chief minister. The attendees of the Parliamentary Party conference promised to work to elect Muhammad Sabtain Khan as Speaker of the Punjab Assembly.
A plan was also developed to ensure Muhammad Sabtain Khan’s victory in his bid to become Speaker of the Punjab Assembly. During the discussion, a final plan was developed to ensure the success of the no-confidence move against the Deputy Speaker. The CM thanked Allah Almighty during his speech and predicted that Sabtain Khan would win the election for Speaker of the Punjab Assembly despite facing many obstacles. According to CM, Allah the Almighty appreciates humility and has previously and will continue to reward victory. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a former foreign minister, praised the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Dost Mazari’s illegal ruling and called it historic.
False allegations are being made that Governor Raj will be imposed on the province, and Sabtain Khan’s victory will be sealed by the election of the Punjab Assembly Speaker, according to Shah Mahmood. Sabtain Khan stated that the upcoming election is not for Speaker of the Punjab Assembly, but rather is a struggle between PTI and PDM, and he promised to run in the election to win. The requirements and operating procedures of the election were explained by Raja Basharat to the members of the legislative party. Later, a banquet in appreciation of the Assembly Members was thrown by Muhammad Sabtain Khan.
On Wednesday, 30 students from the Madhya Pradesh area of India received their vaccinations using just one syringe.Jitendra, the vaccine provider, stated that the “head of department” had instructed him to vaccinate all 30 children with a single, one-time-use syringe provided by the authorities.
How am I to blame for this? Jitendra stated in a video clip that has been widely shared on Twitter. I carried out their instructions.The event happened at a COVID immunisation clinic for kids at Jain Public Higher Secondary School in Sagar. Parents expressed worries about the occurrence.
The incidence is known to them, according to DK Goswami, the chief medical and health officer. They will act right away as well.”We have the complaint, and an investigation is also ongoing. In addition, we will punish those found guilty harshly, stated officer Goswami.
Jitendra has been the subject of a first information report (FIR) for carelessness. He flagrantly broke the “one needle, one syringe, once” vow of the central authority.
Four people were hurt in an explosion that occurred inside Kabul’s primary cricket stadium on Friday during a domestic league match, according to a representative of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB).
Nassib Khan, the chief executive of ACB, stated in a statement that “the match was going on between two teams in the Shpageza League, and during the match, a blast happened; four civilians in the crowd have been injured.”
Players and staff of the ACB were secure, he continued.
The explosion was caused by a grenade, according to a spokesman for the Kabul Commander.
For a while, the game came to a halt. The game resumed after the area was cleaned up, according to spokesman Khalid Zadran.
In spite of scarce resources and domestic unrest, cricket is a hugely popular sport in Afghanistan, where the national team consistently performs well on the international stage. Several Afghans are among the best athletes in the world.
Afghanistan has a weekly holiday on Friday, and the stadium had a sizable crowd due to the eight-team domestic league, which has been going on for the past ten days.
The Times of India reported that today’s fire broke out on the set of Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor’s untitled film.
According to reports, a large fire started at Mumbai’s Chitrakoot Studio in Andheri where actors Ranbir and Shraddha were reportedly shooting for a song. Fortunately, they were not present when the incident occurred.
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Rajveer Deol, son of Sunny Deol, was reportedly also filming in the nearby Rajshri sets at the time of the fire. According to reports, Rajveer and the film’s crew are now secure.
In Luv Ranjan’s untitled film, Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor share screen time for the first time.
Many BTS images and videos from the same have become popular online. The release date of the romantic comedy is set for March 8, 2023, which also happens to be Holi.
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) lost more than 100 points as the futures rollover week came to a close.
As some industries faced selling pressure, the index swung back and forth between the red and green zones. Investors’ worries about the weak economic growth and depressing economic statistics, which prevented the market from rising further, held back the market.
However, the index was able to halt a sharp decline thanks to encouraging corporate results and a strengthening Pakistani rupee.
Trading had earlier started out poorly, but thankfully the stock exchange was unable to maintain the momentum. The index began to move southward after trading resumed in the second session, and the session ended with losses.
The benchmark KSE-100 index dropped 126.28 points or 0.31 percent to close at 40,150.36 points.
According to a report from Arif Habib Limited, today’s market activity was range-bound because it was the final day of rollover week.
The benchmark KSE-100 index started the day in the green, but activity was slow. Profit-taking was seen during the final hour of trading, which caused the index to close in the negative territory.
Despite healthy volumes in the third-tier stocks, volumes on the main board remained low.
During the session, shares of 312 companies were traded. 108 stocks ended the day’s trading in the black, 179 in the red, and 25 were unchanged.
Compared to Thursday’s total of 251.27 million shares, total trading volume fell to 170.27 million shares. The total amount of shares traded that day
With 13.93 million shares trading, Unity Foods led the volume with a gain of Rs0.45 to close at Rs18.74. Lotte Chemical traded 9.96 million shares, losing Rs. 0.76 to close at Rs. 29.47, and Cynergyico PK Limited traded 8.78 million shares, losing Rs. 0.04 to close at Rs. 4.79, respectively.
KYIV: As Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two dragged on with no end in sight, Ukraine stepped up its counterattacks against Russian forces in the south while Moscow bombed Kyiv’s outskirts for the first time in weeks.
Oleksiy Kuleba, the regional governor of Kyiv, said on Telegram that fifteen people were hurt when missiles struck military installations in the Vyshhorod district on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday.
As visiting Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke in parliament while air raid sirens wailed, Ukraine celebrated its Day of Ukrainian Statehood with a public holiday for the first time on Thursday.
What matters is that we convince other nations to admire our Ukrainian firmness, Zelenskiy said. “It doesn’t matter with what Russia threatens us; whether it’s air-raid sirens or something else.”
The attack destroyed the sense of normalcy that had returned to Kyiv after Russian forces gave up their attempts to take the city in the early weeks of the conflict in the face of tenacious Ukrainian resistance.
According to regional governor Vyacheslav Chausov, more than 10 Russian missiles also struck the city of Chernihiv, which is located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) northeast of Kiev. Chernihiv had gone weeks without being targeted, just like Kyiv.
In addition to expressing concern over a “second phase of ground operations by the enemy,” he said, “This was Russia sending greetings on Ukraine’s Day of State Sovereignty.”
More than 20 missiles were fired at the Russian bordering Chernihiv region from a base in Belarus, according to the Ukrainian military’s North district command. Belarus is a close ally of Russia.
In the south, where it is concentrating its biggest counteroffensive since Russia’s invasion started on February 24, Ukraine said its planes attacked five Russian strongholds in the area of Kherson and another nearby city.
Soon after starting what Moscow refers to as “a special military operation,” Russian forces invaded the Kherson region, which borders the Crimean peninsula that they have annexed. Ukraine calls Russia’s actions a conquest-style imperial war.
In recent weeks, Ukraine has severely damaged three bridges over the River Dnipro using long-range missile systems provided by the West, making it more difficult for Russia to supply its forces on the western bank.
Russian forces in the Kherson region are beginning to be isolated, according to British intelligence.
It stated in an intelligence bulletin that “Russia’s 49th Army, stationed on the west bank of the Dnipro River, now looks highly vulnerable.”
Now, Kherson City was essentially cut off from the other Russian-occupied territories.
Russian efforts to portray the occupation as a success would be severely undermined by its loss, according to British intelligence.
TORONTO: Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a pro-Khalistan secessionist organisation, has declared that the Khalistan Referendum will take place on September 18 this year in Toronto, Canada, a city known for hosting one of the largest and most diverse Sikh diasporas.
The advocacy group SFJ announced that the Canadian phase of the Khalistan Referendum would begin on September 18 from Toronto, Ontario, despite concerns from Indian premier Narendra Modi’s government about the current Canadian government giving space to pro-Khalistan sovereignists. The Sikh community in Canada will decide whether or not Punjab, which is governed by India, should be an independent nation.
To honour the young pro-Khalistan Sikh who returned to India from Canada to take part in the then-ongoing armed struggle for Khalistan in the wake of the Indian Army’s June 1984 attack on the Golden Temple, the Khalistan Referendum voting centre in Toronto is named after “Shaheed Harjinder Singh Pahra.” Indian forces extrajudicially executed Pahra and tens of thousands of Sikh youths connected to the martyred Sikh in 1988 during a staged police encounter.
According to well-known Sikh leader and SFJ General Counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who referred to the voting on September 18 as the “Journey From Khalistan Rocket To Referendum,” the vote is “the most potent weapon of this century through which we will balkanize India and liberate our beloved Punjab to honour our gurus.”
The SFJ unveiled a map of the regions designated for secession from India through Khalistan at a press conference in this city that was well-attended by journalists and news outlets. The SFJ’s map includes the pre-1966 Punjab regions, including Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and the Sikh majority areas of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, and declares Shimla as the future capital of the Sikh homeland of Khalistan.
According to the SFJ, the referendum will be conducted in several phases, with voting taking place in Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Surrey, among other cities across the nation.
The Punjab Referendum Commission (PRC) www.punjabreferendumcommission.org, a group of eminent non-aligned authorities on independence referendums and direct democracy, is in charge of overseeing the voting in the global Khalistan Referendum.
Despite India’s protests, the UK, Switzerland, and Italian governments have permitted the Khalistan Referendum to proceed since it began on October 31, 2021, from London. More than 400,000 Sikhs have cast ballots as of this writing.
During the referendum events held in the various European cities, tens of thousands of Sikhs turned out to cast their votes and raised unisonant slogans in support of the establishment of an independent state of Khalistan for the millions of Sikhs living in the world.
Jibran Nasir, Mehdi Kazmi’s attorney, claimed on Friday that a YouTube user had repeatedly pressed Kazmi’s younger sister to take part in an interview.
Nasir expressed his annoyance at the YouTuber, who he claimed introduced himself as Faisal and “refused to leave and harassed the lady for a full 15 minutes” despite being informed that the woman’s father wasn’t home.
Kazmi’s legal representative posted on Twitter: “I’m horrified by the abuse being meted out to Mehdi Kazmi’s family right now. Mehdi Kazmi sb’s home was visited today by a YouTuber going by the name of Faisal, who wasn’t home.”
He added that he did not leave and kept knocking on the door, insisting on a video interview. “Sister told him that Mehdi sb isn’t available and if he has any questions he may speak to lawyers,” he said.
Nasir continued by announcing that the YouTuber will face legal action and referring to the video-sharing service as the “most irresponsible party” in this situation.
In his article, he claimed that YouTube “seems to not care much about its own community guidelines to ensure the welfare of child victims of heinous criminal offences.”
On Wednesday, Dua Zahra appeared in court after being transferred from Lahore to Karachi. Police officers brought her before a judicial magistrate in the city court.
The court stated during the hearing that Dua was to be presented today to ensure that the setting was appropriate and that she should not be presented until further orders were made.
The public prosecutor was instructed by the judicial magistrate to only present Dua when the court ordered.
The Muharram-ul-Haram moon, which will usher in the new Islamic year of 1444 AH, was not visible to the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Friday.
This means that the first day of Muharram will be Sunday and Youm-e-Ashura will be observed on August 9.
The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meeting was presided over by Moulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad and held at the Quetta Deputy Commissioner’s office.
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the federal minister of foreign affairs, emphasised the significance of energy and road connectivity for regional prosperity between Pakistan and Tajikistan.
Bilawal emphasised the significance of the CASA-1000 power transmission project’s completion in this context during a bilateral meeting with the Tajik foreign minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting.
The foreign minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to fostering regional connectivity, growing bilateral trade, and fostering people-to-people ties.
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Bilawal emphasised the importance of reviving bilateral economic ties by increasing trade and investment through collaboration in numerous fields and regular business delegation exchanges.
The two countries’ close cooperation at multilateral fora, such as the SCO, was also praised by the foreign minister, who also discussed the Afghan situation.
He emphasised the need for immediate international humanitarian assistance for the Afghan people while also highlighting Pakistan’s efforts to promote humanitarian efforts, long-lasting peace, and stability in Afghanistan. The foreign minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for an Afghanistan that is peaceful, united, stable, and prosperous.
Both parties agreed to keep in touch going forward.
The election to choose the speaker of the Punjab Assembly is currently taking place, and both the ruling coalition and the opposition alliance have fielded candidates.
Following the election of Pervez Elahi as chief minister of Punjab, the seat in the Punjab Assembly became vacant.
Waseem Khan Badozai, an MPA for the PTI, presided over the meeting. The PML-Khalil N’s Tahir Sindhu attempted to raise an objection prior to the start of the voting process regarding the location of the polling booth, claiming that cameras were installed above it. His objection was heard, and the polling place was moved.
After the Opposition objected, the location of the polling place was changed before the vote. Khalil Tahir Sandhu of the PML stated that there are cameras above the voting booth. Nawabzada Waseem Khan Badozai, who was presiding over the meeting, responded that the former’s objections were valid.
In an effort to win the election “effortlessly,” Sibtain Khan predicted that the PML-N would “fail to cause any interruption” during the speaker’s election.
Everyone was able to see what had happened to the PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s letter, which the PML-N had used to win the chief minister election, he claimed.
Prior to the start of the session, PML-Khokhar N’s told the media outside the assembly that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and one of its candidates would prevail. He continued, “They [PTI] will know who is better and who is a thief.”
The PML-N, PPP, and a small number of independents together make up 178 of the MPAs in the opposition to the ruling coalition’s 186. In a secret ballot, there is a good chance of an upset and a very close race.
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has revealed more information about the upcoming feature film spin-off, and fans can’t contain their excitement.
Knight announced that the show will be made into a full-length movie during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Birmingham on Thursday.
“Peaky’s coming home,” he said, adding that the movie is “nearly written” and will begin production sometime in the following year.
We’re going to film it in Digbeth, Birmingham, both in the studio and on location.
The actual areas the Peaky Blinders visited were Digbeth and Small Heath. Therefore, it’s basically like Peaky is returning home,” he said to Heart Breakfast.
\ The series’ creator also affirmed that both recognisable characters and brand-new ones will appear in the spin-off. Fans are speculating as to whether Cillian Murphy, who portrayed the infamous Tommy Shelby on the show, will rejoin the series.
The Birmingham crime gang The Peaky Blinders is the subject of the Bafta-nominated programme, which is set in the years following World War One.
Murphy plays Tommy Shelby, the leader of the Peaky Blinders, while Paul Anderson portrays Arthur Shelby, Sophie Rundle plays Ada Shelby, and Joe Cole plays John Shelby.
Elizabeth “Polly” Gray was portrayed by the late actress Helen McCrory. Until her death from breast cancer in April 2021 at the age of 52, she remained connected to the programme.
The waterfall in Kendall’s post on the photo-sharing app appeared to bear a “strange resemblance” to another waterfall Devin shared on Instagram the same day.
According to a source close to the Kardashian family, Kendall and Devin are now totally back together. After resolving their differences, the couple made the decision to remain together.
According to recent reports, the legal battle between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie over the Chateau Miraval winery is expected to become more complicated.
They are both very stubborn, and this case will only become more difficult, an insider told Us Weekly in this week’s issue.
In 2008, the ex-lovers purchased a majority stake in the vineyard in the South of France and made the decision that they would not sell their shares without first consulting one another.
Following their breakup in 2016, the Maleficent actress sold her shares in Château Miraval to Russian booze tycoon Stoli, angering Bullet Train actor.
Pitt claimed that Jolie did not consult him before selling her shares to Tenute del Mondo in a lawsuit he filed earlier this year.
Pitt claimed in his lawsuit that the woman who sold her interest did so with the knowledge and intent that Shefler and his associates would try to take over the company to which he had devoted himself and to undermine Pitt’s investment in Miraval.
The insider said, “Brad was never given the choice to purchase Miraval. He would have been happy to make a kind offer, but he was never given the chance.
The insider continued, “He feels that is the main reason Angelina sold her stake to them,” adding that Jolie was aware that the sale to Stoli was “against” the wishes of her ex-husband.
In February, a different source told the publication that Pitt attempted to acquire his ex-ownership wife’s interest but that she “made the negotiations difficult and was not being fair.”
Pitt was “blindsided” when she made the deal with Stoli, but he still had hope that they would come to an agreement.
The source claimed Jolie did it “just to punish Pitt,” adding, “He assumed they’d work it out because she knows how important the winery is to him.” He was hurt by what she did.
Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court poked fun at Prince Harry’s comments regarding the contentious Roe v. Wade decision.
Alito commented on the British Prince getting involved in domestic US politics last week during his speech at the University of Notre Dame Law School in Rome.
“I had the honour this term of penning what I believe to be the only Supreme Court decision in the institution’s history that has been roundly criticised by a number of foreign heads of state who felt perfectly at ease criticising American law.
“Boris Johnson, a former prime minister, was one of them, but he paid the price. President Macron and Prime Minister Trudeau are two others who are still in office.
To the audience’s laughter, he said, “But what really hurt me was when the Duke of Sussex addressed the UN and seemed to compare the decision—whose name may not be spoken—with the Russian attack on Ukraine.”
“Well, despite this temptation, I’m not going to talk about cases from other nations,” Alito continued.
“All I am going to say is that in the end, we will need more than positive law if we are going to win the battle to protect religious freedom in an increasingly secular society.”
In KARACHI, the precious metal lost some of its lustre on Friday as it lost nearly half of the gains it had made the day before as the Pakistani rupee ended its 10-day losing streak.
The price of gold, which is regarded as a safe haven, fell by Rs 4, 200 per tola and Rs 3, 601 per 10 grammes to settle at a record high of Rs 158, 300 and Rs 135, 717 in the local market, according to data released by the All Sindh Saraf and Jewellers Association (ASSJA).
A day earlier, the price of gold increased dramatically by a whopping Rs10,500 per tola, reaching an all-time high of Rs162,500.
In the local bullion market, gold has increased by Rs12,000 per tola overall since the beginning of the week on Monday.
According to the international market prices, which have increased by $50 per ounce since Monday, and the weakening of the Pakistani rupee against the US dollar, gold prices are rising sharply in the local bullion market. Adnan Agar, Director of AA Commodities The analyst added that there is “no hope of stability in local currency” until the country receives a loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund, and that the precious metal is expected to maintain an upward trend as international prices are once again eyeing the $1,800 mark (IMF).
However, the association claimed that even though the price of gold in Pakistan reached an all-time high, it was still below cost. When compared to Dubai, gold costs Rs6,500 less per tola.
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Bullion prices rose $12 per ounce to settle at $1,762 on the international market, supported by a weaker dollar and bets that the Federal Reserve may slow the rate of rate increases as economic risks increase.
The cost of silver in the domestic market today remained constant at Rs1,630 for a tola and Rs1,397.46 for a gramme.
COLOMBO: The World Bank announced on Friday that it would not extend new financing to the island nation of Sri Lanka unless it implemented “deep structural reforms” to stabilise its collapsing economy.
With its 22 million residents enduring months of food and fuel shortages, rolling blackouts, and escalating inflation, Sri Lanka has experienced an unprecedented downturn.
Massive protests earlier this month forced the country’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to flee and resign after the South Asian country went into default on its $51 billion foreign debt in April.
The World Bank stated that while it was concerned about how the crisis was affecting Sri Lankans, it was not yet prepared to provide funding until the required reforms had been implemented by the government.
The World Bank stated in a statement that it has no plans to provide new financing to Sri Lanka until an adequate macroeconomic policy framework is in place.
This calls for extensive structural changes that prioritise economic stabilisation as well as addressing the underlying factors that contributed to the crisis.
The World Bank reported that it had already diverted $160 million from existing loans to pay for critically needed supplies like cooking gas, school lunches, and medications.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Sri Lanka are currently in bailout negotiations, but officials warn that it could take months.
The island nation lacks the foreign currency to pay for even the most basic imports, and ongoing shortages have stoked public resentment.
Government officials are instructed to work from home in order to reduce commuting and save fuel, while motorists wait in days-long lines to purchase rationed gasoline.
According to data from the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) released on Friday, inflation increased to 60.8 percent in July for a tenth consecutive monthly record, while the Sri Lankan rupee has lost more than half of its value against the US dollar this year.
Five out of every six Sri Lankan families, according to the UN World Food Programme, have been forced to buy lower-quality food, eat less, or in some cases skip meals entirely.
Tens of thousands of protesters stormed Rajapaksa’s home on July 9, forcing the president to flee to Singapore and escalating the crisis.
According to reports, Halley’s comet debris will be traversed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
The chance of a micrometeoroid striking the $10 billion telescope is being reduced by experts. JWST had previously suffered damage from one of the micrometeoroids in May 2022.
Now, however, Halley’s comet cannot affect the space telescope because scientists are working to mitigate the problem.
The comet, which is 15 km long and 8 km wide, won’t likely pass through our solar system once more until 2061. JWST will be obsolete by that time. Even our most advanced space observatory is predicted to exist until 2040.
Comets are composed of ice and rocks. They melt as they get nearer to the sun, leaving streams of dust and debris in their wake.
Webb’s designers anticipate one meteoroid strike per month, but the likelihood of a hit increases significantly if the telescope travels through the debris stream.
For the JWST engineers, forecasts are being computed by NASA’s meteoroid environment office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, according to Nature.
In May 2023 and May 2024, Webb is predicted to pass through Halley’s comet stream.
It has been in operation for the past 50 years and is anticipated to keep photographing the Earth for the ensuing 50. NASA’s groundbreaking Landsat satellite.
The Landsat 9 satellite was launched by NASA innovative last September, continuing a long line of significant spacecraft. Jim Irons, who has worked on Landsat since 1992, described how the first Landsat operated in an interview with Tech Crunch. The first Landsat had two instruments and functioned like a TV camera with analogue data.
“The Multi-Spectrum Scanner was a more experimental instrument that Hughes [Aircraft Company] persuaded NASA to add to the payload. Moreover, it offered digital data “he declared. It was a device that scanned a path at 7–14 Hz underneath the orbital plane using an oscillating mirror that went back and forth.
One of the first women to work in the aerospace industry, Virginia Norwood was the female engineer who created the sensor.
Mapper scene data was briefly privatised and sold to USGS for $600, but it was later brought into line with NASA standards, and in 2008 the data was made available without charge. At the time, Google and Amazon simply copied a sizable image of the Earth and made it available to their customers.
Landsat 8 and 9 have been launched with better and more sophisticated sensors over time, and they have helped to gather priceless data.
The message we want to get across is that Landsat is complementary to that data — they don’t replace Landsat data, Irons says when speaking about the success of commercial providers. The first is that all data gathered by NASA satellites is accessible in an open and transparent manner. Two, the USGS has kept this data archive for 50 years.
In order to observe the effects of climate change over a long period of time rather than just having short bursts of data, is there a business case for companies to archive their data for decades? I’m not sure if there is a business case.
He continues by praising the accomplishments of the for-profit provider: “The emergence of all these systems indicates that the Landsat project has been extraordinarily successful; it
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats won a victory on Thursday when the US House of Representatives passed comprehensive legislation to support the domestic semiconductor industry as it competes with Chinese and other foreign manufacturers. The Democrats are hoping to maintain their slim congressional majority in the November midterm elections.
With one Democratic representative, Sara Jacobs, voting present, the final vote was 243 to 187. The measure received support from 218 Democrats and 24 Republicans. The bill is now on its way to the White House, where Vice President Biden is anticipated to sign it into law as soon as next week.
After more than a year of work, the “Chips and Science” act was finally approved by the Senate on Wednesday with strong bipartisan support. The bill offers about $52 billion in government subsidies for American semiconductor production, which is used in everything from cars and high-tech weapons to electronic devices and video games.
This is a rare significant foray into U.S. industrial policy. Additionally, it contains a $24 billion investment tax credit for chip factories.
Additionally, the legislation would grant $200 billion over ten years to advance American scientific research in order to compete with China. To pay for those investments, Congress would still need to pass separate appropriations legislation.
After Biden’s phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which Xi cautioned Biden against “playing with fire” over Taiwan, the bill was approved hours later. The leaders of the two largest economies in the world would also discuss supply chains and other economic issues, according to aides.
China had opposed the semiconductor bill through lobbying. According to the Chinese Embassy in Washington, China “firmly opposed” it and described it as “counter to the common aspiration of people” in both countries and reminiscent of a “Cold War mentality.”
Private business HEFTY Subsidies Many American lawmakers had stated that they wouldn’t typically support sizable subsidies for private companies, but they pointed out that China and the European Union have been giving their chip companies billions in incentives. They also mentioned risks to national security and significant issues with the global supply chain that have impeded global manufacturing.
Michael McCaul, a representative from Texas and the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, cast the lone Republican vote in favour. Before the vote, he told reporters, “We need to manufacture (chips) in this country and not let it go offshore.”
For the sake of our national security, this is absolutely crucial, McCaul said.
When informed that the House had passed the chips bill, Biden left a meeting on the economy with corporate executives at the White House. To thunderous applause, Biden announced with a smile, “The House has passed it.”
After the bill was approved, House members applauded. For more than a year, the proposal had been under consideration. Strong bipartisan support helped the Senate pass a bill in June 2021, but it was stalled in the House for months due to disagreements between Republicans and Democrats over whether it should include provisions addressing issues like climate change and China’s human rights record.
The chips bill narrowly passed the House compared to expectations after some Republicans withdrew their support.
After the announcement on Wednesday of an agreement between Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, who could open the way for the Senate to pass separate legislation to raise corporate taxes, reduce the national debt, invest in energy technologies, and lower the price of prescription drugs, Republican party leaders advised members to vote against the bill.
Democrats anticipate that these legislative victories will aid them in the midterm elections on November 8. According to some polls, Republicans are expected to win a majority in the House of Representatives in addition to hoping to retake control of the Senate.
NEW ZEALAND: Citing a directive from the Indian government, Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Thursday blocked access to a well-known battle-royale format game created by a South Korean company, Krafton.
After falling more than 9% on Friday due to the news, Krafton shares quickly recovered and fell only 5.7 percent.
The American tech giant claimed in a statement that it was compelled to remove the app from its Play Store because India had ordered the blocking of the Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) game.
According to the game’s website, India is home to more than 100 million of its users. The restriction follows India’s 2020 ban on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, another Krafton game (PUBG).
“We have notified the impacted developer and have blocked access to the app upon receipt of the order, in accordance with established procedure,” a Google spokesperson said.
Also unavailable on Thursday night in India was BGMI on Apple Inc.’s App Store.
It was not immediately obvious why the block was in place.
A Krafton spokesperson in Seoul stated that the developer was in contact with the appropriate agencies and businesses to determine the precise circumstances surrounding the suspension in the two major app stores in India.
Requests for comment made outside of regular business hours were not immediately answered by regional Apple representatives or the Indian IT ministry.
According to a source with firsthand knowledge of the situation, Google received the government takedown order just the previous day.
When India banned PUBG, it cited security concerns, but the move was largely viewed as a result of the country’s deteriorating business relations with China. Tencent from China had the exclusive publishing rights to PUBG in India at the time.
Following a months-long border standoff between the nuclear-armed rivals, New Delhi banned more than 100 mobile apps with Chinese origins. The crackdown was a part of that ban.
Since then, the ban has been extended to more than 300 apps.
The latest casualty of the global decline in digital currencies is the cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex, which has its focus on Southeast Asia. Zipmex announced that it had filed for bankruptcy protection in Singapore.
The Singapore-based Zipmex company said it was working to address its $53 million exposure to cryptocurrency lenders Babel Finance and Celsius when it resumed withdrawals last week, a day after it had suspended them on July 20.
The cryptocurrency exchange said on Wednesday that five applications for moratoriums to stop legal actions against Zipmex for up to six months were submitted on July 22 by Zipmex’s attorneys.
According to Singaporean law, such a filing gives businesses a 30-day automatic moratorium, or until a Singapore Court rules on the application, whichever comes first.
According to its website, Zipmex operates in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Australia. Zipmex is the most recent cryptocurrency player to experience problems as a result of a severe market sell-off that began in May with the collapse of two paired tokens, Luna and TerraUSD.
Following Zipmex’s temporary suspension of withdrawals, Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission declared on Monday that it was collaborating with law enforcement to investigate any potential losses suffered by the general public.
The recent collapse of cryptocurrency fund Three Arrows Capital has also shaken Singapore’s ambitious cryptocurrency industry, which is by some estimations the largest in Asia-Pacific.
To compete with TikTok videos, YouTube is making it simpler for creators to format and turn their longer videos into Shorts.
The platform has made it incredibly easy to format videos in its iOS and Android app by adding the “Edit into Short” tool.
On the app, creators can choose up to 60 seconds of the video to edit and add to a Shorts clip. Additionally, they are able to include text, filters, and more videos from the Camera or Library.
The original long video will be linked to the short clip by YouTube as a promotional tool for creators. As YouTube delves more deeply into monetizing content on its platform, this is a crucial motivator. even created a fund
The new tool, which only appears in the Create menu of videos that you have uploaded, cannot be used on other users’ uploads. Each month, roughly 1.5 billion people watch short form content on YouTube.
While the video-sharing site isn’t entirely doing away with conventional long videos, it is encouraging creators to turn their old and new videos into short ones.
Max Verstappen, the reigning world champion, acknowledged on Thursday in Budapest that he is concerned about his chances in this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, which Red Bull has not won since 2014.
Despite having a 63-point advantage over Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, the 24-year-old Dutchman said he was aware of his team’s recent track performance at the challenging Hungaroring circuit.
Verstappen triumphed decisively after Leclerc lost control of the race during the French Grand Prix last weekend.
It’s a little bit like driving on a go-kart track here, and the second sector is very technical, which I like, so I really enjoy driving here, he said.
“It’s hard for me to predict how we will do this weekend, though; it’s not our strongest track. We will do everything in our power to succeed as a team because, of course, I want a good outcome.”
When Sebastian Vettel, who started second on the grid, finished seventh for Red Bull, Daniel Ricciardo, who is currently driving for McLaren, took the victory in 2014.
Vettel, a four-time world champion, announced on Thursday that he would be retiring at the end of this year’s racing. His coworkers in the pit lane and paddock paid him warm tributes.
In five attempts, Verstappen has failed to win in Hungary, twice coming in second and once in fifth.
He acknowledged that he is looking forward to Formula One’s yearly vacation in August.
I’m anticipating the summer break, and I’m hoping the team will have time to rest up so we can start the second half of the season strong.
Verstappen finished fifth in Hungary in 2017, and four-time champion Vettel won there in honour of Ferrari.
At the end of the day, he has accomplished so much in this sport that retiring is completely understandable, he said.
“I believe his career has been amazing. He has won numerous races as well as championships. He is a fantastic representative for the sport, of course.
“Because of this and the fact that everyone is getting older and retiring, it was inevitable to see him go.
“And while it’s obviously never pleasant when that time comes, especially for Seb’s supporters, these things do happen.
Everyone has such a limited amount of time in their lives that they work so hard to achieve all these things, so it’s important that he just enjoy his time with the family now.
Lewis Hamilton set the tone as coworkers, competitors, and friends paid heartfelt homage to Sebastian Vettel on Thursday after the four-time champion announced he would leave Formula One at the end of the current campaign.
The 35-year-old German’s greatest rival for many years, seven-time champion Hamilton, who made his debut alongside him in 2007, said it had been an honour to have raced and gotten to know him.
Hamilton wrote on Twitter, “Seb, it’s been an honour to call you a competitor and an even greater honour to call you my friend.” “The ultimate goal is to leave this sport better than you found it.
\ “Whatever happens to you after this will undoubtedly be exciting, significant, and rewarding. Man, I love you.”
Later, he added in a paddock interview: “Of the few, he stood for a lot more than just himself. He supported and raised his voice.
“He has always taken the low road, follows his own path, and has fought for the causes he holds dear as well as the greater good.
And while I’m saddened by the news of today, I’m also happy to have been there and raced alongside of him because I know he will accomplish more than this.
Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time champion Michael and Vettel’s mentor and friend, said that his compatriot had contributed significantly to his own career.
“I’m sorry you’re going, but I’m also happy for you and this new phase of your life. You have been and continue to be such a significant figure in my life, and I appreciate our friendship.
Prior to this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz of Ferrari spoke to the media about how kind Vettel had been to him when he served as Red Bull’s simulator driver back in the day when he won four championships.
He has always been a great role model from the start. He was very professional when I was his simulator driver at Red Bull, and he
“Everyone in Formula One adores him for his personality and his life as a human being. He has been a fantastic ambassador for the sport and for the younger generation. Although I hope to see him back in the paddock to assist us in securing the sport’s future, we will miss him.”
Vettel’s former teammate at the Italian outfit, Charles Leclerc, of Ferrari, stated: “He truly is a legend. With him and because of him, I have developed both as a driver and as a person.
“We seem to have a unique bond, in my opinion. He has always been a very nice, straightforward person.”
Daniel Ricciardo, a former teammate who now works for Red Bull, said: “Of course, the loss of a legend is sad.
Another seasoned rival, Valtteri Bottas, expressed his admiration for him and his work to promote driver safety. He added that “and he used his platform for all the right things.” He was consistently just and a pleasure to get to know.
Max Verstappen, the reigning world champion and leader of the series, praised him for his accomplishments and four victories, adding that his work at Red Bull had paved the way for his own successes.
Of course, everyone is aware of what he accomplished while working for Red Bull, and there are many anecdotes about him from the past, he added.
“For me, being there with a seasoned team that has been competing for titles is nice,”
MANCHESTER: Phil Foden, a teammate of Erling Haaland, said the Norwegian striker is “scary” in front of goal and believes he will quickly adjust to life in England and play a significant role in the Premier League champions’ system.
Haaland, who signed a five-year contract to join City from Borussia Dortmund last month, gave Bayern Munich a taste of his goal-scoring ability earlier this week with a poacher’s finish in a 1-0 preseason victory.
The 22-year-acquisition old’s also put an end to City’s search for a replacement for Sergio Aguero, their all-time leading scorer, who left for Barcelona last year on a free transfer.
Foden told Sky Sports on Thursday, “He’s a great addition to the team, makes everyone laugh, and is humble which is important when you come to a team.”
“He is eager to accomplish things with us, and that can only be a good thing. He is dreadful in front of goal. He is entering a completely different league with much faster football, so it might take him some time to adjust. However, I am confident that once he finds his rhythm, he will be impossible to stop.
“He is very similar to Aguero, and Haaland has all different kinds of finishes. He will be very important for us this year if we can get the ball to him in the right spots.
Germany’s men’s national soccer team decided to change its name from “die Mannschaft” (the team) on Thursday. The country claimed that while the term may be well-known abroad, it was not well-received at home.
Following Germany’s fourth World Cup victory in Brazil in 2014, the name was formally adopted as part of the branding for the national team.
However, a first-round exit from the 2018 World Cup and a round-of-16 exit from the 2017 European Championship did little to help the team’s reputation among disgruntled German supporters.
Officials from soccer have criticised the term for being too haughty and disrespectful to other national teams, including Hans-Joachim Watzke, CEO of Borussia Dortmund.
According to a recent poll, it was time to give it up, according to DFB President Bernd Neuendorf.
The name “die Mannschaft” has a high level of recognition, especially abroad where it stands for team spirit and success, according to polls and analysis, Neuendorf said in a statement.
However, it is also true that among fans in this country, it is criticised and brings up strong feelings.
Germany has qualified for the 2018 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar in November or December.
