Author: Starvision Desk

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Former captain Nasser Hussain was impressed with how England’s women’s side fought back to draw the recent Ashes series against Australia, but he knows they must continue to evolve if they want to close the gap even further on the reigning ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup champions.England showed their class by winning both the ODI and T20I components of the multi-format Ashes on home soil last month and defeat in the one-off Test in June meant the topsy-turvy series ended tied at eight points apiece as Australia retained the trophy for a fifth straight series.There…

Washington, Aug 8(IANS) Boeing said that it has again stalled the first crewed flight of its Starliner capsule and it now plans to take off next year. Starliner’s astronaut launch, which is already running years behind schedule, was scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21 with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.”Based on the current plans, we’re anticipating that we’re going to be ready with the spacecraft in early March (2024). That does not mean that we have a launch date in early March. That means that we are ready with the spacecraft…

Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Is the Indian government looking at having about 130 earth observation satellites under the public-private-partnership model, an idea mooted by the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) in its consultation paper?It seems yes, based on the kind of imagery that is required and the number of revisits a satellite has to make to a particular spot, said industry experts.The consultation paper is silent on the current revenue generated from the satellite images or the number of Indian government departments willing to invest in satellites.”Working backwards based on the revisits and the area to be…

The findings indicate antibiotic resistance increases with particulate matter (PM2.5) — made up of particles 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair. With every 1 per cent rise in air pollution linked with increases in antibiotic resistance of between 0.5 and 1.9 per cent, depending on the pathogen. The association has strengthened over time, with changes in PM2.5 levels leading to larger increases in antibiotic resistance in more recent years. “Antibiotic resistance and air pollution are each in their own right among the greatest threats to global health,” said lead author Professor Hong Chen, of Zhejiang University,…

“Added message editing support for media with captions,” the company mentioned in the official changelog.The company is also rolling out an updated user interface (UI) with translucent bars as well as new action sheets. The changelog also mentioned that the redesigned sticker tray with improved navigation and a larger set of stickers including more Avatars are still rolling out.All these features will roll out over the coming weeks, the company said. Last month, the messaging platform WhatsApp had widely rolled out landscape mode support for video calls and silence unknown callers option, on iOS.Users can silence unknown callers by going…

While, the show has been entertaining the audience through some intriguing plot twists, in the recent episodes viewers witnessed how Sumeet was able to prove that it was Shlok (Syed Raza Ahmed) she got married to, and finally Raunak (Vikram Bham) accepted his crime of trying to kill Sumeet through a necklace.In the upcoming episodes, the audience will get to watch that Sumeet and Shlok have decided to start their lives afresh. Amid their happy married life, Sumeet will also find out that Shlok is the real ‘Wonder Boy’, but Shlok’s mother Poonam (Aditi Deshpande) will inform her about Shagun’s…

In the first part of the film, ‘Pushpa: The Rise’, which was released in December 2021 and became a massive blockbuster, Fahadh essayed the role of Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat, a cop who is set to have a major showdown with the titular character of Pushpa – Pushparaj in the second part of the film.The poster features the actor in a bald look smoking a cigarette with swag as he dons a leather jacket rounded up with a pair of sunglasses and ear piercing. The poster has a monotone colour fill of blood red shade.The makers further jotted down the caption…

On Monday, a small group of 15 migrants were moved from their hotels to Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset. Twenty others were helped by a charity to stop their removal on safety grounds. But the government plans to house up to 500 men at the 222-room, three-storey vessel.The barge has a TV room, a multi-faith prayer room and gym. The inmates will be allowed to go out during the day but must return by the night.The government says it is spending 6 million pounds a day to accommodate about 51,000 migrants in hotels. It is planning two more barges and…

His wife, Kermeen Bose shared the news of his demise with the media.Remembering Ardhendu, Kermeen said that he lived a proud man with his chest always high, and was very proud of his legendary uncle, his heroic deeds and sacrifice until the end.A model and actor by profession, Ardhendu Bose was based out in 1970s Bombay where he started his career and starred in various Bollywood movies such as ‘Cobra’, ‘Mera Yaar Mera Dushman’, ‘Vishkanya’ and Bengali films such as ‘Kalkut’.He began a strong successful career as a Bombay Dyeing model in the 1970s for many years and from then…

The BJP asked, ‘What changed in five minutes, we were enthusiastic to listen to him.”Speaking in the Lok Sabha, when the House met once again, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, “As per my information I came to know that a letter has arrived that Rahul Gandhi will speak in the place of Gaurav Gogoi.”What happened sir, we were waiting for his speech. What has happened as the letter came at 11.55 a.m. Let us understand what has happened in five minutes. What is the problem, we are very enthusiastic to listen to Rahul Gandhi,” Joshi said after Gogoi…