- Mythily Sivaraman, CPI(M)
leader and former vicepresident of the All India
Democratic Women’s
Association, died on Sunday.
She was 81
- The Delhi High Court will on Monday pronounce its verdict on a petition seeking to halt construction activities related to the Central Vista project in view of the recent surge in COVID19 cases in the national capital.
- An elephant, gifted by the erstwhile Travancore king Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma to the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here in Kerala, died following prolonged illness. The female jumbo, named Mathilakam Darshini, was believed to be aged around 58. A favourite of the devotees and the local people, the elephant had been a constant presence at various temple rituals.
- An aggressive, liberalised vaccination program is key to prevent another surge of COVID19, say health experts, warning that pandemics often persist for years presenting insurges.
‘Accused denied anticipatory
bail can be given protection’
A Supreme Court judgment
said an accused denied anticipatory bail can, in exceptional circumstances, still be
given protection from immediate arrest if his sudden incarceration by the State will
plunge his personal affairs
and family into crisis.
- The Assam government has approved a proposal to increase the firepower of the guards of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve and provide commando training to them.
China’s space station plans
gather pace with cargo docking
China took another step towards completing the construction of its first space
station by the end of next
year following the launch
and docking of a cargo spacecraft early on Sunday.
The Tianzhou2 cargo spacecraft, described by China’s
state media as “the delivery
guy for China’s space station”, was launched late on
Saturday on a Long March7
rocket from the island of
Hainan, and docked eight
hours later with the space
station’s first core module
called Tianhe, or “heavenly
harmony”.
The launch was a third
landmark for China’s space
programme in recent weeks.
China landed a spacecraft in
Mars on May 15 carrying its
first Mars rover, Zhurong.
The Tianhe module, which
the cargo spacecraft docked
with on Sunday, was
launched on April 29.
The Tianzhou2 spacecraft carried a range of supplies, the China Manned
Space Agency (CMSA) said,
and will be followed by the
launch of another cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou3, and two
manned missions, Shenzhou12 and Shenzhou13, this
year, each carrying three astronauts who will spend several months in orbit. The
Shenzhou12 launch is slated
for midJune.
The six missions to follow
this year, including for the
space station’s second and
third modules, Wentian and
Mengtian, will close to complete the construction of
China’s first space station,
expected to be finished in
2022.
The CMSA said Tianzhou2, with a maximum takeoff weight of 13.5 tons and
6.9 tonpayload capacity, is
the largest cargo spacecraft
in service.
The spacecraft is carrying
cargo and propellant that
will replenish the supplies of
the Tianhe module, the
agency said.
Official broadcaster China
Global Television Network
said its supplies include food
for the crew that will follow
in the Shenzhou12 and
Shenzhou13 missions, including “famous stirfried
Chinese dishes like shredded pork with garlic sauce
and Kung Pao chicken.”
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted Egypt’s intelligence chief and sent Israel’s Foreign Minister to Cairo on Sunday, amid efforts to build on a ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas a week ago that ended the worst violence in years.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, and his fiancee Carrie Symonds, 33, married over the weekend, his office confirmed on Sunday, in what media reports have described as a “secret ceremony”.
- Chelsea won the Champions
League for the second time
on Saturday, beating Manchester City 10 thanks to Kai
Havertz’s firsthalf goal as
Pep Guardiola’s overthinking
proved costly again in the all English final.
- Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo dominated the Italian MotoGP on Sunday
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