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Behold! Breathtaking Nasa images reveal Uranus in halo of moons and rings

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December 19, 2023

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Behold! Breathtaking Nasa images reveal Uranus in halo of moons and rings

The beautiful hidden symmetry of Uranus is on full display in new images released by Nasa and scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.

Ghostly inner and outer rings shimmer faintly while the planet’s polar cap — which, unlike Earth’s, is located on its side — glows brightly.

Some, but not all, of the planet’s 27 known moons, float peacefully in their orbits.

The pictures were taken using the Webb Telescope’s near-infrared camera, which offers a markedly more interesting and active view of a planet that, at first glance, can seem a bit boring.

The photos offer our best view of Uranus, perhaps since 1986 when Voyager 2 mission became the first spacecraft to explore Uranus.

Photos taken on that mission show Uranus as a calm blue marble, floating placidly in the inky black of space.

But that tranquil appearance is deceiving. As the new images show, Uranus is a dynamic and tempestuous planet — indeed, if you look closely, you can see huge storms raging near the pole.

The exact cause of these storms is still not fully understood, but they may be a fault of Uranus’ unique positioning: the planet spins on its side at tilt of 98 degrees.

It takes Uranus 84 years to complete a single orbit around the Sun, and parts of the planet endure 21-year long winters, during which the Sun doesn’t shine at all.

As the planet approaches its solstice in 2028 — the time when the pole most directly faces the Sun — scientists hope to use the Webb Telescope once more examine the ice giant to see how the solstice affects the planet’s meteorology.

As Uranus is the planet in our solar system that most closely resembles 2,000 of the far-off exoplanets that have been discovered, the hope is it has much to teach us about how these mysterious objects formed and, by extension, we can learn about more about the nature of our own little piece of cosmic real estate.

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Pakistan laments UNSC inability to implement resolutions on Palestine

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May 10, 2024

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Pakistan laments UNSC inability to implement resolutions on Palestine

Pakistan ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram has said that the Israeli government is taking illegal and inhumane actions in Gaza.

Commenting on the United States’ vetoing the UNSC resolution seeking Palestine’s full membership, Ambassador Munir lamented that permanent UN Security Council members did not reach a consensus to implement the crucial decision.

“The Israeli government is taking illegal actions in Gaza and the United Nations has fulfilled its responsibility in the Security Council and the General Assembly. However, permanent members did not agree to implement the decision of the UNSC,” he said.

The member states were bound to implement every decision of the UNSC, he said highlighting that there had been resolutions regarding human rights violations in Gaza.

The ambassador said that efforts were underway to negotiate a Gaza ceasefire at the UN. A special session on the Palestine’s membership would be held on Friday (today), he added.

“At the UN meeting, the Security Council will be asked to review its decision,” he said.

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International flights operation resumes as IBMS restored at Lahore airport

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2 days ago

May 10, 2024

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International flights operation resumes as IBMS restored at Lahore airport

The Integrated Baggage Management System (IBMS) which was affected by the fire in the immigration hall at Lahore airport on Thursday, has been restored completely.

After restoration of the IBMS, two international flights landed at the Allama Iqbal International Airport. According to the CAA, a short circuiting in the special immigration area had damaged the immigration system. It took more than two hours to control the fire.

Only one Air Blue Hajj flight was able to leave the airport in the meanwhile. The other three flights were manually handled and took off the runway.

According to Civil Aviation, 35 domestic and international flights from Lahore faced delay or cancelations due to smoke at the airport immigration counter after the incident. Passengers hailing from other cities were shifted to nearby hotels.

Meanwhile, Federal Aviation Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif also visited the terminal building of Lahore airport. He inspected the fire affected area. On this occasion, the federal minister was also briefed on the restoration of domestic operations.

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LHC registrar stopped from fixing Raja’s plea for additional election tribunals

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May 10, 2024

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LHC registrar stopped from fixing Raja's plea for additional election tribunals

The Lahore High Court has prevented the registrar from fixing for hearing a petition filed by Salman Akram Raja, a senior lawyer and top PTI leader, seeking the formation of additional election tribunals.

LHC’s Justice Shahid Karim took up Raja’s plea for hearing on Friday.

During the course of proceedings, the judge observed that his name had also been proposed for the tribunal, so how he could hear this case.

At this, Raja remarked that this was not a personal matter of a judge and that the court could hear this case.

Later, the court sought a response from the Election Commission for not appointing judges as tribunal judges.

Salman Akram Raja had approached the Lahore High Court seeking the formation of additional tribunals. He had made the chief election commissioner a party in his petition.

Raja had contended in the petition that election tribunals had been constituted in the high courts of other provinces, but no additional tribunals had been formed even after a letter from the LHC chief justice to the Election Commission which was causing a delay in the hearing on election-related appeals.

The petitioner had sought the formation of additional election tribunals in the high court, through a legal order.

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