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After three attempts to complete a critical fueling test of the Space Launch System rocket, NASA has decided to take a break. On Saturday night the space agency announced plans to roll the large SLS rocket from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center to the Vehicle Assembly Building in the coming days. This marks a notable step back for the program, which has tried since April 1 to complete a "wet dress rehearsal" test, during which the rocket is fueled and brought to within 10 seconds of launch. Read more:  iPhone14 may be Apple’s first pencil phone The decision comes after three tries during the last two weeks. Each fueling attempt was scuttled by one or more technical issues with the rocket, its mobile launch tower, or ground systems that supply propellants and gases. During the most recent attempt, on Thursday April 14, NASA succeeded in loading 49 percent of the core-stage liquid oxygen fuel tank and 5 percent of the liquid hydrogen tank. While this represents progr

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 2,354 new companies in March 2022, raising the total number to 165,688. Total capitalization (paid-up-capital) with regards to newly incorporated companies for the current month stood at Rs3.5 billion, said an SECP press release. Read more:  Stocks marginally higher as profit-taking weighs Foreign investment was reported in 53 new companies during March. These companies had foreign investors from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea South, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. In March, nearly 63 percent companies were registered as private limited companies, while 34 percent were single member companies. Remaining 3 percent companies were registered as public unlisted companies, not for profit associations, trade organizations and

Ukraine on Sunday vowed to fight to the end in Mariupol after a Russian ultimatum expired for remaining forces to surrender in the Black Sea port city where Moscow is pushing for a major strategic victory. "The city still has not fallen," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said hours after Moscow s deadline had passed for fighters holed up and surrounded in a sprawling fortress-like steelworks to surrender. Read more:  Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months "There s still our military forces, our soldiers. So they will fight to the end," he told ABC s "This Week". Moscow has shifted its military focus to gaining control of the eastern Donbas region and forging a land corridor to already-annexed Crimea. Russia s defence ministry said there were up to 400 mercenaries inside the encircled Azovstal steel plant, calling on Ukrainian forces inside to "lay down their arms and surrender in order to save their lives". Moscow claims Ky

Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has risen to 1,527,326. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,364 on Monday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 78 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across the country in the past 24 hours. Pakistan has conducted 22,361 tests in the past 24 hours out of which 78 persons were tested positive for the disease. The COVID Positivity Ratio was recorded at 0.35 percent. from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/yJSUrIB

PML-N supporters on Sunday staged a protest in London outside the residence of Jemima Goldsmith, the ex-wife of former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan. Footage shared on social media showed a throng of PML-N supporters waving flags, holding banners and placards, and chanting slogans in favour of their party supremo Nawaz Sharif and against Khan. Read more:  PM condemns attack on Deputy Speaker in Punjab Assembly Police contingents deployed outside Jemima's home were also seen in the footage. Separately, PTI supporters also took out demonstrations at London's Hyde Park. Footage shared by the PTI also showed a protest outside Nawaz's Avenfield residence. PML-N leader Abid Sher Ali had on Thursday first announced that a protest would be held outside Jemima's London home. He had also shared an image bearing her full address and used derogatory language against Khan. "Protests outside my house, targeting my children, anti-Semitic abuse on social media

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has stressed that misinformation and propaganda threatened state’s integrity and required timely and unified response to effectively counter speculations and rumours. He said this while visiting the Lahore Garrison over the weekend, military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a statement on Sunday. Read more:  'Conspiracy' not interference, Khan claims yet again The army chief maintained that the military drew its strength from people and any effort to create wedge between military and population will not be tolerated. “The hostile forces are trying this for a long time but they won’t succeed, Insha Allah,” he was quoted as saying as he interacted with garrison officers and veterans in two separate interactive sessions. Opon his arrival at the garrison, the COAS was received by Corps Commander Lieutenant General Muhammad Abdul Aziz. During the visit, the army chief appreciated Lahore Corp

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, marking the end of China’s longest crewed mission as it continues its quest to become a major space power. The Shenzhou-13 spacecraft was the latest mission in Beijing’s drive to rival the United States, after landing a rover on Mars and sending probes to the Moon. Live footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed the capsule landing in a cloud of dust, with ground crew who had kept clear of the landing site rushing in helicopters to reach the capsule. The two men and one woman — Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu and Wang Yaping — returned to Earth shortly before 10am Beijing time (0200 GMT), after six months aboard the Tianhe core module of China’s Tiangong space station. Ground crew applauded as the three astronauts took turns to report that they were in good physical condition. Mission commander Zhai was the first to emerge from the capsule roughly 45 minutes after the landing, waving and grinning at cameras