Author: Trainee Reporter

United States: Tesla has launched the restyled version of its Model 3 compact sedan in North America. The price of the vehicle remains unchanged. The restyle happened months after it attracted healthy demand upon its launch in China and Europe. The move will refresh Tesla’s ageing vehicle line-up in its biggest market. This comes after a price war last year that helped the company meet its annual delivery goal at the cost of margins. The changes brought an update to the single charge distance travel of the long-range variant. The update enables the vehicle to go 341 miles on a…

United States: Scientists have developed a simple DNA test that can identify 18 early-stage cancers. It could represent a medical game-changer in expert opinion. Cancer accounts for one in every six deaths worldwide. Early detection can significantly improve outcomes. Existing screening tests have drawbacks, including invasiveness, cost and low levels of accuracy for early-stage disease. Researchers in US have designed a test that analyses proteins in the blood. It can pick up 18 early-stage cancers from all main organs in the human body. The researchers said that even though specific blood proteins could already be used for early detection and…

Paris: French Education Minister Mr. Gabriel Attal has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of France. This move by President Mr. Emmanuel Macron before the parliament elections may not necessarily lead to any major political shift, but signals Mr. Macron’s desire to attempt to move beyond last year’s unpopular pension and immigration reforms.  The reform may improve the chances of the Centrist Party, led by Mr. Macron in the June EU ballot. The opinion polls show a difference of around eight to ten percentage points between the leading far right politician, Mr. Marine Le Pen’s party and trailing Mr.…

Taiwan: Authorities has announced that a Chinese satellite had flown over southern Taiwan airspace. An “air raid alert” flashed on every mobile phones in the island warning the user to “be aware for your safety.” Taiwan defence ministry said that the satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province in China at 15:03 local time (12:03 pm IST). A Chinese broadcaster confirmed the launch of a satellite named Einstein Probe from the centre. It added that the launch mission was a “complete success.” Sources reported that Taiwan foreign minister, Mr. Joseph Wu said that launching a…

Thimphu: The people of Bhutan have qued up in the polling stations to exercise their right to vote. The country holds the final round of Parliamentary elections. People are traveling long distances to play their part in the democracy. Bhutan is a country known for the importance it has given to happiness. The happiness index of the country has been affected by the economic issues. The campaigns by two political parties, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP) focus on the “happiness and well-being of the people.” It is considered as a tool to measure the…

United States: Christopher Nolan’s epic film ‘The Oppenheimer’ and the TV series ‘Succession’ have swept the most awards in the much anticipated Golden Globes 2024. The awards were declared at the star-studded Ceremony. The biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist, bagged 5 awards. It was awarded the Best Drama Motion Picture. Cillian Murphy became the Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture through the movie. Robert Downey jr. became the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the feature. Ludwig Göransson received the award for Best Original Score through ‘The Oppenheimer’. In addition, its director Christopher Nolan,…

Japan: An elderly Japanese women in her 90s has been rescued alive amidst the rubbles of a two-storied building which was devastated by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake on New Year’s day. According to the reports, the woman was rescued alive after 124 hours since the earthquake. The rescuers immediately took the lady to the hospital. The doctor informed them that the lady was well enough to have conversations but had injuries in the leg.  Mr. Kume Takanori, a member of the emergency rescue team, told sources that the woman’s knees got stuck under furniture within a very narrow space between…

United States: Hollywood gears up for the much anticipated Golden Globes 2024. The event marks a  major ceremony in the award season that ends with The Oscars in March 2024.  This year, movies that gained box office success including Barbie and The Oppenheimer share the nomination list with Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, Past Lives, May December, Anatomy of a Fall, and Maestro.  Barbie, with the most number of nominations, is followed by Christopher Nolan’s The Oppenheimer and The Killers of the Flower Moon. Emma Stone, Sandra Hüller, Lily Gladstone and Carey Mulligan are among the nominees in the…

New Delhi: India’s first solar observation mission, Aditya L1, will reach its final destination soon. The Indian Space Research Organisation will attempt to place Aditya-L1 in a spot in space that enables continuous observation of the Sun. The spacecraft began its movement towards the Sun four months ago. Indian Space Agency launched Aditya L1 soon after the success of the Lunar Mission. The country created history by becoming the first one to land in the Lunar South Pole.    India’s first space mission to study The Sun was named Aditya from the synonyms of names for the Sun. According to the…

United States: Mr. Willis Gibson, an American teenager, has become the first person ever to beat the Tetris game. Mr. Gibson tasted victory by forcing the old classic Nintendo Entertainment System version of the video game into a kill screen. A YouTube video streamed by Mr. Gibson under the streamer name Blue Scuti, showed him going Oh! My God, after beating Tetris. The human success came after the screen got frozen, fulfilling the wish expressed through the words ‘please crash.’  Mr. Gibson broke three World Records for overall score, levels reached and total lines reached. Only an Artificial Intelligence computer…