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NASA’s Hubble telescope recently captured an amazing image of a young cluster of stars known as NGC 6530. This is located in the constellation Sagittarius and is around 4,350 light-years away from Earth. The US-based space agency shared the image on its social media account, which showed a collection of thousands of stars. The cluster is located within the Lagoon Nebula, which is a massive interstellar cloud. “A collection of thousands of stars lie around 4,350 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. Set within the Lagoon Nebula — a stellar nursery with scorching temperatures, stellar winds, and powerful radiation — these stars form in a gigantic cloud of interstellar dust and gas,” NASA wrote in its Instagram caption. The cluster is located within the Lagoon Nebula, which is a massive interstellar cloud. This region has been viewed and studied by Hubble multiple times. The images released by NASA show that the Lagoon Nebula’s thick cloud of gas and dust extends from o...

Actor-dancer Nora Fatehi set the stage on fire at the closing ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2022. On Sunday, Nora joined Balqees, Rahma Riad and Manal to perform their song, Light The Sky. The actor took the centre stage and crooned in Hindi. Pictures and videos of her performance have been doing rounds on social media For the performance, she opted for an embellished black dress which featured frills. She teamed it with black stockings and heels. A video of her performance was shared on the official Twitter handle FIFA. Along with the video, the caption read, “The #FIFAWorldCup closing ceremony delivered!” Pictures and videos of her performance have been doing rounds on social media. Nora’s fans loved her dazzling performance and a few also said that she made them proud. A user wrote, “#NoraFatehi was a pleasure to eyes at the #ClosingCeremony performing live.” “Nora fatehi the women who stole the show in the closing ceremony in Qatar 2022,” added another user. The third user wrote, ...

James Cameron’s Avatar The Way of Water registered another good day at the box office on Saturday. It collected another ₹40.5 crore at the desi box office, a marginal uptick from Friday’s collection of ₹40 crore. The total two-day haul therefore, currently stands at ₹80 crore A still from Avatar: The Way of Water. As per a report in Box Office India, Andhra and Kerala saw some downward trends in collection on Saturday, which could explain the low turnout on day 2. It also predicted a ₹125 crore nett collection for the film over the weekend. In US, movie generated $53 million in its first two days of release. It garnered an additional $127.1 million in international markets over three days, Disney said in a statement Saturday. Worldwide, the film opened to $53 million. The number is quite low compared to Spider-Man: No Way Home, which made $121.9 million on opening day in 2021. The company suggested The Way of Water would take in between $130 million and $150 million in US and Canadian...

The bilateral relationship between India and Canada could get a major boost next year, with as many as eight Canadian cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expected to visit to participate in G20 events. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Liberal national caucus holiday party in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The first significant visitor to India will be Canada’s foreign minister Mélanie Joly, who is expected in India in March 2023 and is likely to have a bilateral meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. The two ministers spoke last week and a senior Canadian official said, “The call was positive and ministers look forward to seeing each other early in 2023.” Joly may also participate in the Raisina Dialogue, organised by the Observe Research Foundation (ORF), with support from the Ministry of External Affairs. Another cabinet minister who may be at that multilateral conference will be Canada’s minister of national defence Anita Anand. While ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for “dialogue and diplomacy” amid the ongoing Ukraine war , as well as the mention of “defence and security” cooperation were two aspects missing from the Kremlin’s version about what was discussed in a call between the Indian Prime Minister and Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday.  PM Modi with President Putin  Following the telephonic conversation, the US Department of State said countries will make their own decisions on how to engage with Russia. According to the statement released by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), PM Modi “reiterated his call for dialogue and diplomacy as the only way forward” during his latest call with the Russian President. A statement released by the Kremlin only said, however, that “At Narendra Modi’s request, Vladimir Putin gave a principled assessment regarding Russia’s policy in Ukraine”. On discussions about bilateral cooperation, Modi and Putin spoke about “energy cooperation, tr...

Patients achieved better weight loss and glucose control over a 6-month intervention with a low-carbohydrate, high-fat, calorie unrestricted diet compared to a high-carb, low-fat diet. This is according to a randomized controlled trial of more than 100 people with type 2 diabetes. The changes were not sustained 3 months after the intervention, suggesting a need for long-term dietary changes to maintain meaningful health benefits. The findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on December 13. More than 480 million people worldwide are affected by type 2 diabetes. Just in the United States, more than 37 million people have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. More than half of persons with diabetes also have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can progress to cirrhosis and impair liver function. Prior studies suggest that weight loss improves both diabetes control and NAFLD and restriction of carbohydrate intake improves the control of bl...

For decades, water has baffled scientists . They have speculated for the past 30 years or so that water would be able to divide into two liquid phases of different densities when cooled to extremely low temperatures like -100C. These phases don’t mix, just like oil and water, which may help to explain some of the other peculiar characteristics of water, such as how it loses density as it cools. But because water turns into ice so quickly at such low temperatures, it is nearly hard to analyse this phenomenon in a lab. The phase shifts of water are now better understood according to recent research from the Georgia Institute of Technology that makes use of machine learning models, providing greater opportunities for a more theoretical understanding of distinct components. Representative Image (Image Source: Pexels). “We are doing this with very detailed quantum chemistry calculations that are trying to be as close as possible to the real physics and physical chemistry of water,” said Th...

Shakib-Al-Hasan batted through an injury to produce one of the best innings of his career but his gritty knock of 84 was not enough to prevent India from beating Bangladesh by 188 runs. India did not take long to pick up the final four wickets, requiring just 58 deliveries and 50 minutes on the fifth morning to go 1–0 up, with Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav combining to grab seven wickets. A target of 513 always required a miraculous chase heading into the two days of a Test match and even though Bangladesh produced a couple of stunning performance with the bat — a century on debut for Zakir Hasan and fifties from Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shakib — it was India who managed to pick 20 wickets, dismissing the host for 324 and keeping their hopes alive for a place in the World Test Championship final, who are now placed third in the points-table. India's players celebrate the dismissal of Bangladesh's Mehidy Hasan Miraz For Bangladesh to come close to the prospect of an unlikely wi...

OnePlus 11 is coming soon. OnePlus teased the upcoming smartphone during its ninth-anniversary celebrations in China on Saturday giving on-lookers the first official look at the design of the OnePlus 11. Basis on the phone’s teaser video, it is confirmed that the OnePlus 11 will come with a tweaked design. It will retain OnePlus’s hallmark alert slider and its camera setup will be tuned by Hasselblad. OnePlus 11 launch soon; OnePlus teases design, confirms Alert Slider and Hasselblad cameras The OnePlus 11 will be a follow-up to the OnePlus 10 Pro (there was no OnePlus 10). OnePlus hasn’t revealed the exact timeline of launch but speculation is rife that the OnePlus 11 will be launched first in China like the OnePlus 10 Pro. It is expected to arrive in global markets including India shortly thereafter. Looking at the teaser video, it can be confirmed that the upcoming OnePlus 11 will feature an alert slider and Hasselblad-tuned triple rear camera setup. Other than this, it can be conf...

Members of the family leading the Bajaj Group conglomerate have bought five luxury apartments in Mumbai, which are cumulatively worth around Rs 104 crore, a report said on December 17. Representative visuals of a flat shared on Raheja Vivarea's website All five flats face the iconic Arabian sea and are based in Tower E of Raheja Vivarea, the luxury residential project located in the Mahalaxmi area of south Mumbai. Out of the five apartments, two have been bought through Nirvaan Family Trust, The Economic Times report said, adding that one each has been bought by Shefali Bajaj, Sanjali Bajaj and Manish Kejriwal. Shefali, who is the wife of Bajaj Finserv MD Sanjiv Bajaj, has reportedly bought the most expensive apartment worth Rs 28.31 crore. The 3,400 sq ft flat is located on the building’s 39th floor. Sanjali, their daughter, has bought an apartment of a similar size on the 38th floor, for Rs 28.27 crore, the report added. Kejriwal, who is Bajaj’s son-in-law, has purchased a Rs 15...

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns said PM Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping’s concerns about the use of nuclear weapons, have had an impact on the Russians amid Ukraine war. CIA Director William Burns is seen “I think it has also been very useful that Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi in India have also raised their concerns about the use of nuclear weapons as well. I think that’s also having an impact on the Russians,” William Burns said during an interview with the PBS adding that he doesn’t see any clear evidence today of Russia’s plans to use tactical nuclear weapons. Russian president Vladimir Putin’s saber-rattling is only meant to intimidate, he added. This comes as Vladimir Putin acknowledged that the war in Ukraine could continue for a while as he warned of the increasing threat of nuclear war. Speaking at a meeting of Russia’s Human Rights Council at the Kremlin, the Russian president said that Moscow will fight by “all available means at th...

In Shillong, PM Modi inaugurated, dedicated, and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects worth over Rs 2450 crores besides attending a golden jubilee celebration of the North Eastern Council. PM Narendra Modi in Shillong, Meghalaya  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated various development projects during the golden jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council, in Shillong. “When football fever is gripping us all, why not talk in football terminology? When someone goes against the sportsman spirit, they’re shown a red card and sent out. In the last 8 years, we’ve shown a red card to several hurdles in the development of the northeast,” PM Modi said, as quoted by news agency ANI. The Prime Minister further said, “We are making honest efforts to send out corruption, bias, nepotism, violence, stalling of projects, and vote bank politics. But you know that the roots of these diseases run deep. So, we all have to uproot it together.” Earlier, attempts ...

Outdated computers and labs adorn the engineering college in Coimbatore, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology . Low class infrastructure and lack of facilities are part of the day-to-day life of the students at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology unlike what the college claims. The institution was established in the year 2009 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. According to the student reviews in  http://www.ambitionbox.com , this college has no Wi-Fi, and computer labs are with outdated computers. The computer labs have systems that hang all the time and 40% of them does not work properly, the students say. There is no dedicated area for sports at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology. As per some reviews, the infrastructural facilities like auditoriums and seminar halls are also very small. KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology The students complain that the library is small and onl...