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NASA picks Anil Menon among 10 new astronauts for Moon mission
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Menon helped launch the Elon Musk-run SpaceX's first humans to space during the 'Demo-2' mission and built a medical organisation to support the human system during future missions. He also spent a year in India as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to study and support polio vaccination.
Aung San Suu Kyi's jail term reduced from 4 to 2 years by Myanmar's military regime
Win Myint and Suu Kyi will continue to be held at the current undisclosed locations, according to a state media report. Both Suu Kyi and Win Myint were sentenced to 4 years in prison earlier on Monday on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules under the Natural Disaster Management Law.
US federal budget deficit insane, delete Joe Biden's infra bill: Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that Biden's administration's ambitious $1 trillion infrastructure bill or any government subsidies should not be passed as the Americans do not need it. He made these remarks while speaking at the Wall Street Journal's CEO summit late on Monday. The billionaire's Tesla currently operates more than 3,000 charging stations with around 30,000 connectors globally.
US President Joe Biden announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
In November, President Biden had told reporters that the boycott was under his consideration as both Democratic and Republican lawmakers were pushing for it in view of China's human rights abuses. China has threatened to respond with "firm countermeasures" though they are yet to share details on what retalitaory action they have in mind.
Protests in Gwadar enter Day 22
The protesters, which also include women and children, have been demanding, among other things, access to clean drinking water and an end to the "trawler mafia". Local Jamaat-i-Islami leader Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, who is leading the Gwadar Ko Huqooq Do Tehreek (Give Rights to Gwadar Movement), told Dawn that the protest would continue until the acceptance of two major demands.
London HC rules in favour of Boris Johnson in Priti Patel case
The FDA Union filed the case against the fact that Johnson had gone against the conclusion reached by Sir Alex Allan, then his independent adviser on ministerial standards, to protect Patel. The two-judge bench said: "The question for this court is whether the Prime Minister proceeded on the basis that conduct would fall within the description of bullying with paragraph 1.2 of the ministerial code if the person concerned was unaware of, or did not intend, the harm or offence caused."
China attempting to build military base on the Atlantic Ocean
US intelligence officials believe that China's President Xi Jinping is hoping to convince the president of the West African nation, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, to allow expansion of an existing port in the city of Bata, and conversion into a military base, the report said. Were China to convert the Bata port into a military base, it would enable Beijing to repair and rearm their warships and other naval equipment in the same waters in which the US Eastern Seaboard sits.
Aung San Suu Kyi awarded 4-year imprisonment for 'inciting dissent, breaking Covid rules'
Win Myint, the ousted president of Myanmar, has also been jailed for four years. Suu Kyi is facing a total of 11 charges and according to BBC, she could be jailed for life. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest at an undisclosed location after her National League for Democracy (NLD) government was toppled by the Myanmar Army in February this year.
US officials to boycott Beijing Olympics
The National Security Council has refused to make a comment regarding the boycott. Last month, the US President told the media that he was weighing a diplomatic boycott as Democratic and Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, advocated for one in protest of China's human rights abuses, as reported by CNN .
Daily necessities prices evaluated to be hiking in N.Korea
Chronic food shortages in North Korea: "North Korea is experiencing chronic food shortages with around 1 million tons of foods falling short every year," Ministry spokesperson Lee Jong-joo said in a press briefing. Since the borders are sealed in North korea for a long time, it's been difficult for the country to secure food from abroad, Lee further said.
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