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The Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-Way Trip into Orbit

“One small paw for the dog. One giant leap for dogkind.” It’s what Laika would have said if the poor dog had been aware of the historical achievement, she was a part of.Laika was the first dog to go to space as part of the USSR and the US’s bitter cosmological rivalry was at its peak during the Cold War. The US had already won plaudits for the first living beings sent to space when they launched fruit flies inside a V2 rocket beyond the atmosphere in 1947. The fruit ...

A blast at the convention center in Kochi killed three and injured 41 worshippers at the Jehovah’s Witnesses convention in Kerala’s Kalamassery

A member of the religious group, who claimed to be disillusioned with its “anti-national messaging”, confessed to the crime and has been booked under UAPA; police probing whether he worked alone At least two successive explosions ripped through a crowded Jehovah’s Witnesses prayer convention at Kalamassery in Ernakulam on October 29 morning, killing three people and injuring 41 other worshippers.The police identified one of the deceased as 53-year-old Kumari from Thodupuzha. The other victim remained unidentified. In the early hours of Monday, a 12-year-old girl from Malayattoor, who was hospitalised ...

Supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage in India

India's Supreme Court recently issued a ruling on same-sex marriage, refusing to legalize it and stating that the responsibility lies with Parliament to create a law for the recognition of same-sex marriages in the country.The Chief Justice, DY Chandrachud, emphasized the need for the government to uphold the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and end discrimination against them. The court heard 21 petitions advocating for the legalization of same-sex marriage but ultimately concluded that it is the legislative function of Parliament to decide on expanding marriage laws to include queer ...