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Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive of the world’s biggest electric vehicle maker Tesla , has said he intends to have self-driving cars ready by the end of the year, it was reported on Monday. The world’s richest person, who was speaking at an energy conference in Norway on Monday, said he expected a wider introduction of self-driving vehicles to the roads of the US and possibly Europe, depending on the regulatory approvals, Reuters reported. Mr Musk said he was also focusing on his SpaceX Starship spacecraft. “The two technologies I am focused on, trying to ideally get done before the end of the year, are getting our Starship into orbit … and then having Tesla cars to be able to do self-driving." However, this is not the first time Mr Musk has made announcements about self-driving cars . In 2019, he voiced his ambition to have 1 million robotaxis on the road by the end of the following year. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2022/08/29/elon-mu...

Before the end of the decade, ponderous woolly mammoths could be traipsing across the tundra once again. Driven to extinction about 10,000 years ago, the 15-tonne animals could soon be kicking up the permafrost — if a company called Colossal has its way. Under the aegis of George Church, considered by many to be the godfather of genetic engineering, Colossal is using state-of-the-art genomic sequencing and Crispr gene-editing technologies to splice together recovered genetic material from the long-lost mammoths and DNA from Asian elephants. It is a process known as “de-extinction”, and researchers have been working on it for several years. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/08/15/how-cloning-woolly-mammoths-could-save-the-world/

Sanamacha   Chanu  (born 1 February 1975) is an Indian weightlifter who competed in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The 46 year old Chanu, is one of the most successful woman weightlifters in the country. She is an Arjuna awardee of the year 2000. She is from Imphal in Manipur state. Manipur also has a formidable legacy is weightlifting — lifters, especially women, from this tiny state make their presence felt with power-packed medal-winning performances. In Manipur, sports is  considered a way of life and community service, not just a hobby, and begins from grassroots levels. Manipur is in the forefront in two decades of consistently churning out weightlifters that are among the best in the world. Sanamacha Chanu Olympic   Sanamacha Chanu  acknowledges that the sports culture of Manipur is one of the main reasons for this. The sport club culture has been a part of Manipur for centuries now. These clubs might ...

Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department's investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home. In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed to oversee the documents that FBI agents took earlier this month. Eleven sets of classified files were taken from Mr Trump's Florida estate on 8 August, according to the FBI. Mr Trump is being investigated for potentially mishandling documents. US presidents must transfer all of their documents and emails to a government agency called the National Archive - and the FBI is investigating whether Mr Trump improperly handled records by taking them from the White House to Mar-a-Lago after he left office in January 2021. He has denied any wrongdoing and said the items were declassified. In the 27-page document filed in a Florida court, Mr Trump's legal team accuses the justice department's search as "simply wanting the camel's nose under the tent so they...

Egypt has unveiled a global ClimaTech Run competition for start-ups and digital artists to address the most pressing climate challenges on the road to  Cop27  and beyond. The initiative is led by the Ministry of International Co-operation, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Ministry of Environment, as the Egyptian government ramps up preparations to host the UN climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh in November. Its partners include the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the African Export-Import Bank, the World Food Programme, Google, the UN Population Fund, General Motors, Egyptian multinational conglomerate Mansour Group, the UN Industrial Development Organisation, the UNDP Accelerator Lab and Microsoft, as well as others from the entrepreneurial community. Start-up finalists will have the chance to pitch their ideas at Cop27, win monetary prizes of up to $100,000 on offer. They will also participate in a mentorship and cap...