The International Space Station will continue its operation until 2030 and then crash into an uninhabited area in the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo.
It will be replaced with three free-flying space stations to continue the work after ISS's retirement.
NASA also selected Houston-based Axiom Space to provide the ISS's first commercial module.
Senegal defeated Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations championship winning the continental championship for the first time on penalty kicks at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Sadio Mane scored the winning spot-kick as Senegal claimed a first ever Africa Cup of Nations title with a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over seven-time winners Egypt.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a record USD 4.6 billion loans to India in 2021, including USD 1.8 billion towards coronavirus response.
The ADB's regular funding programme to India is made to support transport, urban development, finance, agriculture, and skills building.
The agency extended a USD 2.2-billion support for 12 state projects.
The nearly seven-decades-old 'Khadi Emporium' has been banned for selling fake Khadi products by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
The commission, which is under the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, has adopted a “zero tolerance” policy against sale of spurious or non-Khadi products in recent years.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) awarded the prestigious Digital Transformation award, ‘DX 2021’ to Karnataka Bank.
The award is in recognition of best practices in digital transformation, including the ‘KBL Vikaas’.
Bank has recently launched digital transformation journey ‘KBL NxT’ as part of wave 2.0 of ‘KBL VIKAAS’.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will take over as Norway’s central bank Governor at the end of the year.
The appointment comes amid escalating tensions between the West and Russia.
Western nations fear Moscow has plans to invade Ukraine, which aspires to join the NATO alliance.
Amazon India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (KSRLPS) to support the growth of women entrepreneurs.
Amazon India would launch Sanjeevini-KSRLPS in its marketplace and extend benefits of the 'Saheli' programme to train and empower thousands of women entrepreneurs to come online.
Professor R Rajamohan, who was an astronomer at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, for decades.
He is best known for his Kalki Project, which aimed to discover asteroids using the 48-cm Schmidt telescope in Kavalur VBO and discovered a new asteroid, number 4130, from India.
This was the first asteroid discovered in India in 104 years.
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has installed and commissioned Param Pravega, one of the most powerful supercomputers in India, and the largest in an Indian academic institution under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
It has been designed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
The government plans to make fitness testing of vehicles through Automated Testing Stations mandatory in a phased manner starting from April next year.
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry said a draft notification has been issued for public comments regarding mandatory fitness testing of vehicles through an ATS.
State-run Power System Operation Corporation Ltd(POSOCO) said its Director (System Operation) S R Narasimhan has taken additional charge of the post of chairman and managing director.
Narasimhan has a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and Master in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance.
POSOCO's Headquarters:- New Delhi, India
Padma Shri awardee and social worker Ibrahim Sutar passed away in Karnataka following a cardiac arrest.
He was 82.
Fondly referred to as the “Kabir of Kannada”, Sutar was known for his work towards spreading social and communal harmony. Ibrahim is popular among the public, especially in north Karnataka, for his spiritual discourses.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2018.