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New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Wishing Indians ‘good luck’, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has said she will cheer for India as Chandrayaan-3 mission’s lander module attempts a touchdown on the moon’s surface on Wednesday.”I am super excited for Chandrayaan-3 on the 23rd of August. Good luck, we are cheering for you,” the veteran NASA astronaut said in a video message shared by National Geographic India.Williams, who has spent about 322 days in space in her two shuttle missions, said that landing on the moon will provide valuable insights on lunar composition and history.National Geographic India will telecast a live coverage…

New York, Aug 23 (IANS) A grieving widow has sued Tesla in the US after her husband died in a 2020 crash involving a Model 3 vehicle.Jyung Woo Hahn, 46, died on March 12, 2022, when his Tesla malfunctioned and collided with a tree and burst into flames in New York.He allegedly survived the initial crash but was trapped in the burning vehicle.Now, the plaintiff Jiyoung Yoon has sued Tesla in the US District Court, Southern District of New York, for its role in designing, manufacturing, distributing, and selling the vehicle “in its defective and unreasonably dangerous condition and for…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the people from well-to-do families also prefer mohalla clinics over private hospitals for their treatment.“Since effective treatment is being provided at mohalla clinics, even affluent individuals who usually visit expensive private hospitals are now seeking treatment at mohalla clinics. Rich people living in Greater Kailash are also taking advantage of mohalla clinics,” Kejriwal said.The Chief Minister also inaugurated five mohalla clinics in the Keshopur Vegetable Market, Shahbad Dairy, Govindpuri, and Kalkaji Market.With the opening of these clinics, the number of mohalla clinics has now increased to…

New York, Aug 22 (IANS) An Indian-American curator, who worked with the Worcester Art Museum, is suing the establishment for “mocking” her brown skin tone and subjecting her to “hostile” work environment.Rachel Parikh filed a 64-page lawsuit in Worcester County Superior Court last month, alleging that she was “mocked and ridiculed because she is a brown-skinned South Asian” Indian woman and “subjected to a hostile and offensive work environment”.Parikh resigned from her job as associate curator of the arts of Asia and the Islamic world with the museum last fall, radio service WBUR reported.In the civil lawsuit, Parikh detailed a slew of allegations against Director…

London, Aug 22 (IANS) Meta-owned Instagram on Tuesday introduced additional transparency measures and user options for European users, as the Digital Services Act (DSA) comes into effect later this month.The users will now be able to access features like Reels, Stories, and Search on Facebook and Instagram without seeing content that’s been ranked by Meta’s recommendation algorithms, according to Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs at Meta.“We’re now giving our European community the option to view and discover content on Reels, Stories, Search and other parts of Facebook and Instagram that is not ranked by Meta using these systems,” said Clegg.For…

Toronto, Aug 22 (IANS) The Canadian government is considering a cap on the number of international students to address the growing housing crisis, one of the main goals of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet. The country hosted more than 8,00,000 international students last year, with 2,26,000 of the 5,49,570 study permits going to Indians in 2022, according to the government data.On being asked whether a cap could be imposed on international students, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Sean Fraser told reporters: “I think that’s one of the options that we ought to consider.”The government has not yet made a decision……

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) A team of doctors successfully performed the maiden bone marrow transplant at the Safdarjung Hospital here.The 45-year-old woman patient was admitted on August 1 and the bone marrow transplant was performed on August 5, as per the statement issued by the hospital.The transplant was carried out at the BMT unit of the hospital which was inaugurated in June.”The patient with multiple myeloma underwent the process of autologous bone marrow transplant. The stem cells of own body is preserved before infusion of cytotoxic drug and preserved stem cells are re-infused in the body of patients. It…

Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) A Pennsylvania-based dentist has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife while they were on an African safari in 2016, the media reported.Larry Rudolph was sentenced on Monday by a Denver federal courthouse after he was convicted last year of fatally shooting his wife of 34 years, Bianca Rudolph, in Zambia, reports The New York Post.According to prosecutors, Larry Rudolph “killed his wife in cold blood as part of a plan to receive life insurance payments and begin a new life with longtime mistress Lori Milliron”.“Even Judas would be afraid to be in your…

Bangkok, Aug 22 (IANS) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday was transported to prison soon after his return to the country after more than 15 years of self-exile as the Supreme Court issued an 8-year detention order for him.The court’s criminal division for holders of political positions announced that Thaksin has been convicted of an eight-year imprisonment related to his three convictions passed on the 74-year-old in absentia, reports Xinhua news agency.The convictions include a two-year sentence for corruption in a lottery project, a three-year sentence for his involvement in an Export-Import Bank loan for Myanmar case, and…

Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) A Pakistan Army helicopter on Tuesday Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to rescue schoolchildren and a teacher who were left stranded midair after the cable of a chairlift snapped.According to a statement from the government, the rescue operation will be carried out in a “very careful and deliberate manner” after making an aerial reconnaissance, Ary News reported.Eight schoolchildren and their teacher have been stranded since 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning.Earlier, Commissioner Hazara Sultan Aamir said he has contacted the provincial govt and Pakistan Army for helicopter support.In a previous incident, four people were killed as a cable plunged…