NASA’s oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday.
But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), AFP reported.
A Soyuz capsule carrying the American and two Russian cosmonauts landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday, the day of Pettit's milestone birthday.
Spending 220 days in space, Pettit and his crewmates Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner orbited the Earth 3,520 times and completed a journey of 93.3 million miles over the course of their mission, accordign to AFP.
It was the fourth spaceflight for Pettit, who has logged more than 18 months in orbit throughout his 29-year career.
Teachers protest enters 20th day with demonstration
The Nepal Teachers' Federation continued its protest in Kathmandu on Monday also demanding immediate enactment of the School Education Bill.
The teachers under the leadership of the Federation staged a demonstration in the Maitighar-Baneshwor area demanding the endorsement of the School Education Bill pronto.
As a result, traffic went haywire in various places of Kathmandu including Baneshwor, Thapagaun and Anamnagar, causing inconveniences to school, college students and office workers who commute daily.
The teachers said that they would continue the protests until their demands are met.
Due to the teachers’ protest, teaching and learning activities across the country have been affected.
They have been staging protests in Kathmandu for the past 20 days.
Israel pounds Gaza; Rescue effort in Yemen after deadly US attack
Israeli forces kill 31 people in Gaza and two others in Lebanon, as US forces bomb a popular market in Yemen, killing at least 12 people.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) rejects the findings of an Israeli military investigation into the deaths of 15 emergency workers last month, calling for an independent UN inquiry, Al Jazeera reported.
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 51,201 Palestinians and injured 116,869 others since it began 18 months ago.
The Gaza Government Media Office raised the death toll to nearly 61,700, stating thousands of individuals missing under the rubble are assumed dead. At least 1,139 individuals were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led strikes on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
Four killed in Kalikot tractor accident
Four persons died in a tractor accident at Palanta Rural Municipality in Kalikot on Sunday.
DSP Tik Bahadur Raut of the District Police Office, Kalikot informed that the tractor was heading towards Khin via Dhaulagoha carrying food grains from Thirpu, Palanta Rural Municipality when the incident occurred at 11: 30 pm.
Police identified the deceased as Anna Shahi (32) of Palanta Rural Municipality-5, Sadu Budha (38) and Rabindra Bishwokarma (23) of Palanta Rural Municipality-4 and driver Chandra Prakash Rokaya of Khatyad, Mugu.
Local Dhankad Bishwokarma said that the tractor fell some 200 meters down the road.
Police said that they are looking into the case.
