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Nasa confirms ocean moon mission

Scientists working on an audacious mission to the ocean world of Europa can proceed with the final design and construction of the spacecraft, Nasa says. The Europa Clipper mission will target the ice-encrusted moon of Jupiter, which is considered a prime target in the search for life beyond Earth, reports BBC. Below its icy shell, Europa is thought to hold ...

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India’s 2nd Moon Mission enters lunar orbit

New Delhi, Aug 20 : India’s second Moon Mission, or Chandrayaan-2, successfully entered into the Moon’s Orbit on Tuesday, confirmed the country’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). This is said to be the biggest milestone achieved by Chandrayaan-2 so far. Launched on July 22, it’s lander named “Vikram” will attempt to make a soft-landing on the Lunar ...

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UK prime minister under pressure to recall Parliament

Photo: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with staff during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, south-west England, Monday Aug. 19, 2019. London, Aug 19 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday dismissed the notion of recalling Parliament from its summer break after leaked government documents warned of widespread shortages and border delays in the event ...

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Brexit: Freedom of movement ‘will end’ says the government

No 10 has said rules allowing EU nationals to live and work freely in the UK will end in the event of a no-deal Brexit at the end of October. Theresa May’s government had considered extending freedom of movement to 2021 or allowing EU citizens to stay in the UK for three months before having to apply for a longer ...

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Jeremy Corbyn: General election will stop Brexit ‘crisis’

The Tory party has “failed” the UK and a general election is the “change of direction the country needs”, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The Labour leader said the UK is facing a Brexit “crisis” and vowed to do “everything necessary” to stop the UK leaving the EU without a deal. It comes after a leaked government report warned of food ...

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Class of 2019 achieve A level success across the borough

Students across Tower Hamlets have achieved great success in their A levels this year Nearly three quarters of students gained A*-C grade in their A levels and,  in Tower Hamlets 98.9% of students entered for A Levels achieved at least 1 A*-E grade, an increase of 0.3% points from 2018. Mayor John Biggs met students at Sir John Cass school in Limehouse and said: ...

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Facebook removing its group chats on August 22

Facebook has announced that it’s removing the group chat functionality that it launched in October last year, which was designed to facilitate more intimate discussion between group members, separate from post comments. As you can see here, Facebook will remove the function as of August 22nd. The reasons why Facebook has chosen to remove the option are not entirely clear, ...

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Economists survey: 34% expect a US recession in 2021

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Washington , Aug 19 : A number of U.S. business economists appear sufficiently concerned about the risks of some of President Donald Trump’s economic policies that they expect a recession in the U.S. by the end of 2021. ...

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Brexit: Sinn Féin criticise PM after no-deal dossier leak

has pledged to lead the UK out of the EU by 31 October with or without a deal Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit is “reckless” Sinn Féin has said, after a leaked dossier warned of a hard border and food shortages if there is no deal. The party’s deputy leader Michelle O’Neill accused the prime minister of treating the Northern ...

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Wisdom (Hikma) Quranic word, lacking in most Muslims

  Fatema Miah: Wisdom a fundemental quality in Human being that’s must for human and social positivity, always a minimum amount is must in every human being for societical integrational and definitely for relational dealings, to maintain a decent cooperative exchanges for system in society. Is training courses  needed for that? It has been a norm to maintain a cooperative ...

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