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  NASA’s Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing Krudant The first image sent by NASA’s Perseverance rover upon touching down on Mars shows its shadow upon the Red Planet's surface, at the Jezero crater.   | Photo Credit:  @NazaPersevere/Twitter The rover will begin its search for traces of ancient microbial life on Mars NASA's science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles burst into applause and cheers as radio signals confirmed that the six-wheeled rover had survived its perilous descent and arrived within its target zone inside Jezero Crater, site of a long-vanished Martian lake bed. The robotic vehicle sailed through space for nearly seven months, covering 293 ...

  PTI/File Image Around this time last year, Chennai’s Kannagi Nagar, a resettlement colony in the city, was under the spotlight as the city’s 'first art district'. The project was spearheaded by St+art India Foundation, co-founded by Italian contemporary art curator Giulia Ambrogi, based on an invitation from Dr Alby John Varghese, the Regional Deputy Commissioner (South) of Greater Chennai Corporation. India has a handful of other art districts, including cities like Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai. What constitutes an art district? In addition to taking art to them, organisers also host festivals and cultural programmes involving the local community. In Chennai, the initiative was done jointly in collaboration with Asian Paints, Greater Chennai Corporation and Chennai Smart City Limited. While Chennai has many other public murals, the latest being the panoramic wall mural at Indira Nagar MRTS (280-metre-long facade), Kannagi Nagar is its first art district. About 16 murals were...

  Since we tend to spend a lot of time in our kitchens, it should be a comfortable space to work in, and should also ensure stress-free cooking. However, if your kitchen feels unwelcoming and is prone to a lot of chaos then it is time to reorganise and realign the space. Experts identify the troublesome areas of the kitchen and give solutions to make it a calm and peaceful space.    Problem 1: Absence of Natural Light “If there is no natural light in the kitchen, a combination of ambient lighting and task lighting is the way to go.  All downlights should be directed towards the overhead cabinets so that the countertops are also well-lit. Since a single light fixture creates a lot of shadow, multiple lighting sources should be incorporated to create an overlapping effect which prevents dark parches in the kitchen. Introduce LED strip lights under the overhead cabinets to provide focussed illumination on the countertop, hob and sink .One can also upgrade the look of th...