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‘This is opposition’s favourite taunt which I take as tonic’: As Modi takes a dig on ‘Modi teri kabar khudegi’ chants read how many times it was used – OpIndia
- ‘This is opposition’s favourite taunt which I take as tonic’: As Modi takes a dig on ‘Modi teri kabar khudegi’ chants read how many times it was used OpIndia
- Indian opposition walks out as Narendra Modi refuses to discuss Manipur conflict The Guardian
- Reply, Rebuttal And Run Up To 2024; Stunning 3 Day Crossfire Climax | Watch As Panelists Debate India Today
- India PM Modi’s government defeats no-confidence motion Yahoo News
- PM’s Dig Over No-Trust Vote: “Why Don’t You Prepare, I Gave You 5 Years” NDTV
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Microsoft AI Research Introduce a Novel Deep Learning Framework Called Distributional Graphormer (DiG) to Predict the Equilibrium Distribution of Molecular Systems. – MarkTechPost
- Microsoft AI Research Introduce a Novel Deep Learning Framework Called Distributional Graphormer (DiG) to Predict the Equilibrium Distribution of Molecular Systems. MarkTechPost
- MIT researchers to lead a new center for continuous mRNA manufacturing MIT News
- MIT’s AI and Laser Duo Is Shaking Up How We Make Medicine SciTechDaily
- MIT Researchers Have Developed a Unified Framework that Uses Machine Learning to Simultaneously Predict Molecular Properties and Generate New Molecules Using Only a Small Amount of Data for Training MarkTechPost
- MIT Scientists Build AI Models for Biological Research Analytics Insight
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‘You are talking about corruption? First, go and wash your face with Dettol’: Nirmala Sitharaman takes a dig at Congress over corruption charges – OpIndia
- ‘You are talking about corruption? First, go and wash your face with Dettol’: Nirmala Sitharaman takes a dig at Congress over corruption charges OpIndia
- ‘Go rinse your mouth with dettol’; Nirmala blasts Cong MPs | Watch The Faceoff Hindustan Times
- Centre atoning for ‘sins’ of UPA government: FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha Deccan Herald
- ‘Dettol Se Muh Saaf Kardo Bhaiya…’: Sitharaman Takes Dig at Congress on Corruption | WATCH News18
- ‘Chi, chi, chi…’: FM refers to Mamata Banerjee jibe while criticising Congress Hindustan Times
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Hardline Republicans dig in against McCarthy’s House speaker bid
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rejected Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid for an 11th time on Thursday, while his supporters worked behind closed doors in hopes of cementing a deal that could bring success.
The voting propelled the House to a level of dysfunction not seen since the turbulent era just before the Civil War, even after McCarthy offered to curb his own clout, raising questions about the party’s ability to wield power.
After the 11th ballot, the House adjourned for the third time this week without electing a speaker. Lawmakers will reconvene at noon (1700 GMT) on Friday.
McCarthy’s opponents say they do not trust him to fight for the deep spending cuts and other restrictions they want to impose on President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Senate.
But some Republicans held out hope of an agreement between the California Republican and at least some of the 20 hardline conservatives who have opposed his candidacy in ballot after ballot.
“Things are coming together in a very healthy way,” said Representative Patrick McHenry, a McCarthy supporter who is poised to lead a top congressional committee.
“We don’t know the timeframe. But the engagement is there and that’s why I’m optimistic,” he said.
Among other things, a possible agreement would allow for a vote on term limits for members of Congress, according to Republican Representative Brian Fitzpatrick.
But McCarthy’s supporters stopped short of predicting a resolution to the stalemate anytime soon.
Because of its inability to choose a leader, the 435-seat House has been rendered impotent – unable even to formally swear in newly elected members let alone hold hearings, consider legislation or scrutinize Biden and his administration.
Republicans won a slim 222-212 House majority in the November midterm elections, meaning McCarthy cannot afford to lose the support of more than four Republicans as Democrats united around their own candidate.
McCarthy, who was backed by former President Donald Trump for the post, offered the holdouts a range of concessions that would weaken the speaker’s role, which political allies warned would make the job even harder if he got it.
At least 200 Republicans have backed McCarthy in each of the votes this week. Fewer than 10% of Republican lawmakers have voted against him but they are enough to deny him the 218 votes needed to succeed Democrat Nancy Pelosi as speaker.
“What you’re seeing on this floor does not mean we are dysfunctional,” said Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna as she nominated a McCarthy rival, Byron Donalds, for the 10th vote.
‘CONSTRUCT A STRAITJACKET’
“I can tell you there’s some good things happening,” said Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a McCarthy supporter who is among the most outspoken conservatives in the House. “I think we’re going to see some movement.”
But some of McCarthy’s opponents showed no sign of yielding.
“This ends in one of two ways: either Kevin McCarthy withdraws from the race or we construct a straitjacket that he is unwilling to evade,” said Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, who voted for Trump for speaker.
As speaker, McCarthy would hold a post that normally shapes the chamber’s agenda and is second in the line of succession to the presidency behind Vice President Kamala Harris. He would be empowered to frustrate Biden’s legislative agenda and launch investigations into the president’s family and administration in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
In a late-night bargaining session, McCarthy offered the holdouts greater influence over what legislation comes up for a vote, according to a source familiar with the talks.
He also offered the ability for any single member to call a vote that could potentially remove him from the post – a step that helped drive at least one prior Republican speaker, John Boehner, into retirement.
Those concessions could potentially help McCarthy win over some of the holdouts but would leave him more vulnerable to the hardliners through the rest of the next two years if he ultimately wins the speakership.
That has even alarmed some Democrats, who have largely served as bystanders in the drama of the past three days.
“With every concession, he has to wake up every day wondering if he’s still going to have his job,” Democratic Representative Richard Neal told reporters.
The inability to agree on a leader also raises questions about whether Republicans will force a government shutdown or risk default later this year in a bid to extract steep spending cuts. Some of the holdouts say they expect McCarthy or any other Republican leader to take that approach.
If McCarthy ultimately fails to unite Republicans, they would have to search for an alternative. Possibilities include No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise and Representative Jim Jordan, who have both backed McCarthy. Jordan received 20 votes when nominated by the holdouts on Tuesday.
Reporting by Moira Warburton, Doina Chiacu, David Morgan, Kanishka Singh and Gram Slattery; Writing by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Will Dunham, Howard Goller and Christian Schmollinger
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Ukraine: Russia Draftees Have to Dig Trenches With Bare Hands: TV Rain
- Hundreds of drafted Russians are already dead in Ukraine, Russian media reported.
- “They were given four grenades, they dug the ground with their hands,” said sister of one draftee.
- Earlier reports have highlighted the lack of training and equipment given to Russian soldiers.
The sister of a Russian soldier deployed to Ukraine said that troops were suffering huge casualties, were given no weapons, and were expected to dig trenches with their bare hands.
Hundreds of recently mobilized Russian soldiers have died on the front line in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, according to Russian news outlets, following three days of shelling by the Ukrainian army.
On Sunday, TV Rain, a Russian-language independent television channel that relocated to Latvia earlier this year, spoke to the relatives of two of the soldiers. It posted the exchanges on Telegram.
The sister of a soldier call Alexander, who was drafted on October 16, said that they were brought to the Luhansk region on November 1 and immediately sent to the front.
“The commanders said that you are meat, they brought you here for this, they will kill you all anyway. They gave them one sapper shovel for 30 people and told them to dig trenches for themselves,” she said he told her.
After that the commanders told the soldiers that they were going to get food for them, and left, per her story. She said that 40 minutes later the men started to get hit by artillery strikes that went on for three days.
Of the 560 mobilized alongside him, Alexander told his sister, after the shelling they could only account for 31. They do not know exactly what happened to the rest.
“They had no weapons, nothing. They were given four grenades, they dug the ground with their hands,” Ekaterina Brazhnikova, the sister of a different mobilized soldier, told the news outlet.
The accounts add to previous reports suggesting serious dysfunction in Russia’s efforts to rush around 300,000 additional Russians into the military to fight in Ukraine.
On Friday, the UK Ministry of Defence said that Russia’s military was likely now deploying units with the sole purpose of threatening to shoot soldiers caught retreating in Ukraine.
“These units threaten to shoot their own retreating soldiers in order to compel offensives and have been used in previous conflicts by Russian forces,” it said, adding that this was due to low morale and reluctance to fight among troops.
Earlier reports have highlighted the seemingly lack of training and equipment for Russian soldiers.
In October, UK intel said that Russia was rushing reserve troops into battle with “barely usable” rifles, creating a new kind of headache for Putin’s generals.
British intelligence said in many cases these reservists have arrived in Ukraine “poorly equipped,” with Russian officers concerned because some individuals were even sent without weapons.
Ukraine: Russia Draftees Have to Dig Trenches With Bare Hands: TV Rain
- Hundreds of drafted Russians are already dead in Ukraine, Russian media reported.
- “They were given four grenades, they dug the ground with their hands,” said sister of one draftee.
- Earlier reports have highlighted the lack of training and equipment given to Russian soldiers.
The sister of a Russian soldier deployed to Ukraine said that troops were suffering huge casualties, were given no weapons, and were expected to dig trenches with their bare hands.
Hundreds of recently mobilized Russian soldiers have died on the front line in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, according to Russian news outlets, following three days of shelling by the Ukrainian army.
On Sunday, TV Rain, a Russian-language independent television channel that relocated to Latvia earlier this year, spoke to the relatives of two of the soldiers. It posted the exchanges on Telegram.
The sister of a soldier call Alexander, who was drafted on October 16, said that they were brought to the Luhansk region on November 1 and immediately sent to the front.
“The commanders said that you are meat, they brought you here for this, they will kill you all anyway. They gave them one sapper shovel for 30 people and told them to dig trenches for themselves,” she said he told her.
After that the commanders told the soldiers that they were going to get food for them, and left, per her story. She said that 40 minutes later the men started to get hit by artillery strikes that went on for three days.
Of the 560 mobilized alongside him, Alexander told his sister, after the shelling they could only account for 31. They do not know exactly what happened to the rest.
“They had no weapons, nothing. They were given four grenades, they dug the ground with their hands,” Ekaterina Brazhnikova, the sister of a different mobilized soldier, told the news outlet.
The accounts add to previous reports suggesting serious dysfunction in Russia’s efforts to rush around 300,000 additional Russians into the military to fight in Ukraine.
On Friday, the UK Ministry of Defence said that Russia’s military was likely now deploying units with the sole purpose of threatening to shoot soldiers caught retreating in Ukraine.
“These units threaten to shoot their own retreating soldiers in order to compel offensives and have been used in previous conflicts by Russian forces,” it said, adding that this was due to low morale and reluctance to fight among troops.
Earlier reports have highlighted the seemingly lack of training and equipment for Russian soldiers.
In October, UK intel said that Russia was rushing reserve troops into battle with “barely usable” rifles, creating a new kind of headache for Putin’s generals.
British intelligence said in many cases these reservists have arrived in Ukraine “poorly equipped,” with Russian officers concerned because some individuals were even sent without weapons.
Fox News Host Jesse Watters’ Dig at Joe Biden’s Hurricane Ian Response Falls Flat
Jesse Watters attempted to make a wry dig at President Joe Biden on Thursday over his response to Hurricane Ian but came up empty after receiving pushback not from a Democratic-leaning guest but former George W. Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove.
The Fox News host tried to give the impression that Biden has been dragging his feet about providing aid to storm-ravaged Florida, despite Gov. Ron DeSantis saying he is “thankful” for the help from the administration, which he has often criticized. On Thursday, Biden approved federal aid to individuals in nine counties, meaning affected residents could receive up to $37,900 for home repairs and the same amount to cover lost personal property.
“Do you think if Ron DeSantis renamed Florida ‘Ukraine,’ Joe Biden would give him the federal aid faster?” Watters asked, regurgitating an argument often heard from his colleagues like Tucker Carlson, who have questioned the amount and frequency of aid to the war-torn nation battling Russia.
“Well, you know what? He did, and Governor DeSantis made this point: that the federal government… the state of Florida sent its initial request, they immediately responded, and said yes,” Rove replied. “They made a request for what’s called individual assistance. And you heard the governor just now reflect on it. The federal government immediately responded and said yes.”
Prior to Rove’s appearance, Watters tuned into a live briefing where DeSantis again voiced his appreciation for FEMA’s help. (After Hurricane Sandy ravaged the New York/New Jersey region in 2013, then-Rep. DeSantis opposed federal money for the cleanup effort, calling it a “put it on the credit card mentality.”)
“So far, we haven’t seen politics when it comes to the delivery of the aid. And let’s hope not,” Rove continued. “Let’s hope that the emergency officials in charge of the federal entity that has to relate to the state keep the politics out of it. That’s what—in Republican and Democratic administrations alike—they’ve done in the past. Let’s hope that they continue to do it in the future.”
Space experiment suggests Mars rovers must dig deep to find life
NASA’s Mars rovers shouldn’t expect to detect biomarkers on the surface of the Red Planet, according to a new study based on an experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) that suggests ultraviolet radiation will break down such molecules after just a year or two.
Both Curiosity and Perseverance utilize Raman spectrometers to identify organic compounds and, potentially, biological molecules on Mars‘ surface. A Raman spectrometer uses a laser to excite molecules, and then the way these excited molecules scatter light tells scientists what kind of molecules they are. In particular, they are sensitive to organic compounds, which is why they are a key tool for both rovers.
However, new research at International Space Station led by Mickael Baqué of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has placed doubts on how useful the instruments might be on Mars. Because of its thin atmosphere and lack of magnetic shielding, Mars is deluged by a torrent of ultraviolet light from the sun, which can be harmful to biological cells.
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Baqué’s team exposed a sample of seven different types of biomolecule to Mars-like conditions for 469 days in the Biology and Mars Experiment (BIOMEX), which is installed on the Expose-R2 platform on the outside of the ISS. Temperature, daily light cycles and levels of ionizing radiation were tailored to mimic Mars, and the sample was placed among simulated Mars regolith.
The biomolecules involved in the experiment were all ones commonly found in organisms: 𝛃-carotene (which is an antioxidant and a pigment that responds to light), chlorophyllin (derived from the chlorophyll plants use to process sunlight), naringenin (a common antioxidant), quercetin (another common antioxidant), melanin (a pigment that provides protection from ultraviolet light), cellulose (a component of cell walls in plants) and chitin (found in bug skeletons).
Ordinarily, Raman spectroscopy can detect all seven of these biomolecules. However, by the end of the experiment, Baqué’s team discovered that only three — chlorophyllin, quercetin and melanin — remained detectable, and even their signal had weakened by 30% to 50%. The ultraviolet light that the molecules had been exposed to had degraded them to the point that Raman spectroscopy could not recognize them.
Importantly, the technique could still detect the biomolecules from a control sample that was shielded from the radiation by deeper layers of regolith. Those detections imply that Perseverance or future rover missions could still identify biomarkers buried in the surface.
“Ultraviolet [radiation] only penetrates the first few micrometers to millimeters of the Martian surface, so organic compounds and potential biomolecules should be protected beyond these depths,” Baqué told Space.com. (One micrometer is about 1% the width of a strand of hair; 1 millimeter is smaller than a grain of sand.) Dig a little deeper, and the Martian regolith should provide adequate shielding from the radiation.
Meanwhile, the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover will take robotic drill to Mars that will be able to dig 6.6 feet (2 meters) down into the surface. That rover’s launch has been delayed because a Russian lander was to deposit it on the surface, and Europe will no longer cooperate with Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine. Even facing a launch no earlier than 2028, the Rosalind Franklin rover offers our best chance of finding life on Mars since the Viking missions, scientists say.
If the Rosalind Franklin rover does find evidence for microbial life, then those microbes will have evolved in a very harsh environment.
“The Martian surface appears very deleterious to organic compounds because of ultraviolet radiation, but also [because of] oxidative substances and finally — but most importantly for long-term preservation across billions of years — ionizing radiation,” Baqué said.
Intriguingly, the results differ from those of similar BIOMEX experiments that exposed intact organisms, both living and dead, to similar conditions bathed in ultraviolet radiation. Those experiments found that biomolecules within the organism remain intact. Baqué said he puts this discrepancy down to life’s ability to protect its own cells.
“Just as regolith can protect directly exposed molecules from photodegradation by ultraviolet radiation, other cellular components can play the same role in organisms,” he said.
The results do mean, however, that Raman spectroscopy may play a lesser role in the search for Martian life, part or present, than scientists expected. Baqué’s team conclude that any biomarkers on the surface would degrade within a few years at most, meaning that unless Mars is teeming with enough life to constantly replenish such biomarkers, the surface will appear dead — which may or may not be the true picture.
The research was published Wednesday (Sept. 7) in Science Advances.
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Video: Shovel Knight Dig Switch Gameplay Footage, Direct From PAX West 2022
Earlier this week, Shovel Knight confirmed he would be returning later this month on 23rd September in an all-new vertical adventure, co-developed by Yacht Club Games and Nitrome (Bomb Chicken).
If the new release date trailer for Shovel Knight Dig wasn’t already enough, we’ve now got some Nintendo Life footage (8 minutes, in fact), direct from PAX West 2022, courtesy of our American-based producer and man-on-the-ground Zion Grassl. And we must say, it’s looking rather impressive. Here it is in all its glory:
In this new, players can look forward to meeting new friends and foes, visiting strange lands, and jumping, slashing and digging your way through an ever-changing chasm of mystery as Shovel Knight.
Shovel Knight Dig will cost $24.99 USD or the regional equivalent on Switch and Steam, and will also be available to Apple Arcade subscribers. What do you think of this latest footage? Will you be checking out Shovel Knight’s new adventure later this month? Tell us down below.
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