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Witco’s retail brands turn off the business because of Covid-19 and limitations

Witco (India) PVT Limited, one of the oldest retail brands of Chennai, has hurt its business due to Covid-19 pandemic. "We regret to tell you that we have closed our business. The decision to close this business is not easy, but unfortunately because the Covid-19 and restrictions on international travel are not sustainable for us," a 70-year-old brand, who sells luggage and bags , said on the note on his official website on Thursday. "We want to thank all our customers and our honorable customers for their patronage for the past 70 years," he added. Company Implementing Director V.P. Harris, told Hindu, "We close our operations in January itself. What actually happened was March [2020] when the first lock announced us (family) sat together and evaluated business and we found that internati...
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Mandiri Covid MyLab testing kit is available in stores within 2-3 days

Developed by Mylab Discovery Solutions, Mandiri Covid-19 Indian testing kit called 'Coviself' will be available at the pharmacy in the next two or three days. In addition, it will also be available in Flipkart, the company's official statement said. Mandiri testing kit, RS 250 price, is likely to be available in the government e-marketplace too. Thank you for your patience. We are happy to launch 1 million tests first today. In 2-3 the next day, it must reach atmactors near you and you can also buy it at @flipkart. Official sales points are available at https://t.co/Fr8hrea24i pic.twitter.com/xf2xzzmudwk - Mylab Discovery Solutions (@mylabsolutions) June 3, 2021 "This original test kit will be distributed through 95 percent of Pincodes in this country and will be available over-the-counter...
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This satellite aims to show the world how to clean up space

ELSA-d is the world's first business project to reveal technology for space debris docking and elimination. On 22 March, a Russian Soyuz rocket took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying 38 overseas satellites. The take-off turned into postponed two times because of technical issues, consistent with the Russian area company Roscosmos. One of the satellites on-board the rocket turned into from the Japanese space tech organization Astroscale, that's aiming to demonstrate technology that may dock with and do away with space debris in low-earth orbit. At any given time, as in step with recent numbers from the European Space Agency (ESA), there are near 34,000 debris objects in orbit that are larger than 10 cm in size. The ELSA-d or End-of-Life Services, with the aid of using...
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First historic Mars helicopter flight on April 8: NASA

NASA will try and fly Ingenuity mini-helicopter, presently connected to the belly of the Perseverance rover, on Mars on April 8, in the first such try on any other planet. However, earlier than the 1.8- kg rotorcraft attempts its first managed flight, each of it and its crew, again domestic, should meet a sequence of daunting milestones. "When NASA's Sojourner rover landed on Mars in 1997, it proved that roving the Red Planet became possible and completely redefined our method to how we discover Mars. Similarly, we need to find out about the ability Ingenuity has for the future of scientific research," stated Lori Glaze, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. "Ingenuity is a technology demonstration that objectives to be the primary powered flight on any other ...