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Joe Biden nominates new special envoy for North Korean human rights
Washington : US President Joe Biden has nominated a state department official as a new special envoy for North Korean human rights, the White House said.
Julie Turner, director of East Asia and the Pacific at the State Department's…
12 shot in US nightclub
Washington : Twelve people were shot and injured at a nightclub in Baton Rouge, capital city of the US state of Louisiana. Three of the injured were in critical condition and were rushed to the hospital, Xinhua news agency quoted local…
2022 was 5th warmest year on record, situation alarming : NASA
Washington : Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest year on record, according to an analysis by US space agency NASA, which termed the situation as "alarming".
The global temperatures in 2022 were…
NASA’s Chandra observatory helps dig out black holes previously buried
Washington : NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has helped discover hundreds of black holes previously buried, which will help astronomers get a more accurate census of black holes in the universe.
By combining data from the Chandra Source…
NASA’s Webb telescope spots its first Earth-like exoplanet
Washington : Researchers have confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own,…
Piyush Goyal mocks ‘mini’ trade deal with US, concedes no FTA on offer
Washington : Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that India was not interested any longer in the "mini" trade deal that was once under discussion with former US President Donald Trump and a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is…
Joe Biden’s legal team finds fresh batch of classified documents
Washington : US President Joe Biden's legal team has found a fresh batch of classified documents at a second location following the initial discovery of confidential material dating back from the time when he was Vice President at his…
We are looking at much bigger ambitions in our trade with US : Piyush Goyal
Washington : Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that India is not interested any longer in the 'mini' trade deal that was once under discussion with former US President Donald Trump and a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is…
New Omicron subvariant spreading rapidly in US : CDC
Washington : The new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is spreading quickly in the US, and is estimated to account for nearly 30 per cent of Covid-19 cases in the week ending January 7, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease…
NASA mission spots 2nd Earth-size world within ‘habitable zone’
Washington : NASA mission has discovered a second Earth-sized, rocky planet within the habitable zone of its star -- the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface.
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet…