Manipur Congress urges Kharge to take action against Chidambaram over X post
The state Congress leaders reiterated the party’s commitment to the unity and integrity of Manipur, urging prompt action against Congress MP P. Chidambaram. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Manipur Congress on Wednesday (November 20, 2024) urged the party’s president, Mallikarjun Kharge, to take action against senior leader P. Chidambaram for his controversial post on … Read more
Rust premieres at Polish film festival three years after shooting
BBC The film premiered on Wednesday in Torun, central Poland The western Rust has premiered in Poland, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed on set in New Mexico. Organisers of Poland’s Camerimage International Film Festival said the screening was a tribute to the 42-year-old Ukrainian-born cinematographer, who was a fan … Read more
An overturning of Sri Lanka’s old political order
The National People’s Power (NPP), led by Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has swept the Sri Lankan parliamentary polls with an astounding majority. The NPP’s success, built on Mr. Dissanayake’s win in September 2024 (the presidential election), was made possible by an astute reading of the ground sentiment, patient planning and execution of a … Read more
‘God’s influencer’ to be made first millennial saint in April
A London-born teenager nicknamed “God’s influencer” for his online skills will be made a saint in April. Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15, will be the first millennial – a person born in the early 1980s to late 1990s – to be canonised by the Catholic church. Pope … Read more
What is BioSentinel? – NASA
Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 20, 2024 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked two years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a pretty extreme environment aboard the International Space Station. Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth in the weightlessness of microgravity, they rely on commercial cargo missions about every two months to deliver new … Read more
Ofwat rules out customers paying £195,000 Thames Water boss bonus
A £195,000 bonus awarded to the boss of Thames Water should not be paid for by customers, regulator Ofwat is expected to say on Thursday. The BBC understands the regulator will say that any bonuses paid should be borne by owners and lenders to the company rather than paid by customers, Thames Water chief executive … Read more
Best Prepaid Home Internet Plans for 2024 – CNET
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Beirut: Meet the TikTokers filming destroyed homes
As people are displaced by the Israeli air strikes pounding the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, two TikTokers are filming the damage for families who have fled. Ali Baydoun and Adam Kassak post videos online documenting the scale of damage to buildings for those who have been forced to abandon their homes at short notice. Dahieh, … Read more
Shooting for the Stars: NASA Lights Up the Court at Toyota Center – NASA
On Nov. 6, 2024, NASA Night brought cosmic excitement to the Toyota Center, where Johnson Space Center employees joined 16,208 fans who interacted with NASA as they watched the Houston Rockets claim victory over the San Antonio Spurs. Energy soared as International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel stepped up to take the first shot. … Read more