International Space Station’s $23 million toilet does far more than collect waste. It helps recycle about 98% of the station’s water into drinking water |
Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) depends on making the most of every available resource, especially water. Transporting supplies from Earth is enormously expensive, so astronauts cannot simply rely on regular deliveries for drinking water. Instead, the ISS uses one of the most sophisticated recycling systems ever built. At the heart of that system…
Assaulted while covering CJP march, say reporters | Delhi News
New Delhi: Reporters covering CJP’s protest found themselves at the receiving end Monday with several of them allegedly heckled and assaulted.Reporter Shafali Nigam was among those targeted. Videos purportedly from the protest site showed a crowd surrounding her as she attempted to report live. They tried to block her cameraperson’s lens with Tricolour, while one…
Told to share live location, phones may be under surveillance: Students after hours-long detentions in Mumbai | Mumbai News
Many students raised fears of illegal monitoring Mumbai: Directions to share their live locations with police, 3am notices on messaging platforms to appear before them, hours-long detention at police stations, phones surrendered during detention returned with signs of surveillance, copies of ‘zero’ FIRs not being shared, and calls from different security agencies—many students who took…
Woman on test drive presses accelerator instead of clutch, hits pedestrian in Bengaluru | Bengaluru News
Bengaluru: A test drive went awry for a woman as she pressed the accelerator mistaking it for clutch, knocked down a pedestrian and then rammed an electric pole in KR Pura Monday evening.The injured pedestrian, identified as Shantamma, filed a complaint against the driver, Supriya, accusing her of causing injuries by driving in a rash…
Youth pour into T Nagar to support Delhi protesters | Chennai News
Students and supporters assembled at the Communist Party of India (CPI), T Nagar office in solidarity with the students movement at Jantar Mantar, Delhi. The sit-in protest that began on Monday night is organised by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), Tamil Nadu and All India Students Federation (AISF). Chennai: Hundreds of people, mostly students and young…
Airline crew member raped in office cab near Hyd airport, driver held | Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: A 37-year-old cabin crew member of a private airline was allegedly raped by her cab driver while travelling to Rajiv Gandhi International (RGI) Airport, Shamshabad, to report for duty on Monday. Based on her complaint, the RGIA outpost police registered a rape case and arrested the accused on Tuesday. He was later remanded in…
Fake Telma AM probe widens in Gurgaon after raid on drug stockist, 323 meds seized | Gurgaon News
The joint team conducts raid at Shree Balaji Pharmaporium in Okhla Gurgaon: A joint investigation into the circulation of counterfeit blood pressure medicine has led to the detection of an unlicensed wholesale drug stockist in Delhi.Authorities on Tuesday seized stocks of 323 varieties of allopathic medicines along with suspected fake Telma AM tablets.The action followed…
Metro To Extend Services On Blue And Green Lines | Kolkata News
Kolkata: Metro Railway is all set to extend revenue services by one-and-a-half hours on the Blue Line and 65 minutes on the Green Line from next Monday.Metro will run from 6 am to 10.30 pm between Dakshineswar and Shahid Khudiram stations or the Blue Line, barring Sundays.Services on the Green Line or the East-West metro…
Bogus transport firm, stolen IDs and disposable phones: How 4 men cheated people on pretext of arranging vehicles | Noida News
Ghaziabad police have arrested four people for allegedly duping people on the pretext of transportation Ghaziabad: Police have arrested four people for allegedly cheating customers by promising to arrange vehicles for transporting goods.The accused have been identified as Saurabh Singh (28) and Abhishek Awasthi (26), both residents of Farrukhabad, Rakesh Singh (21) of Lakhimpur Kheri…