Current Affairs in Short: 26 July 2022

Jul 26, 2022, 19:48 IST

Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station after 2024.

James Webb Telescope, the world's most powerful telescope, has discovered the oldest galaxy in the universe.
The telescope spotted galaxy candidates that existed when the universe was just 300 million years old.
After analysing the data, a team of researchers spotted two candidates to be the oldest galaxies in the universe -GLASS-z11 and GLASS-z13.
The light from GLASS-z13 galaxy took about 13.4 billion years to hit the mirrors of the spacecraft, which is almost 15,00,000 km away from Earth.

Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station after 2024. This was confirmed by Russia's newly-appointed Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov.
The announcement comes amid spike in tensions between Russia and West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The United States of American and Russia have worked side by side on the ISS ever since it has been in orbit in 1998.
The Roscosmos chief said that the space agency will fulfil all its obligations to its partners but will leave the space station after 2024.
Borisov also mentioned putting together of a Russian orbital space station, calling it the space agency's main priority.

Scientists have discovered a deadly pool at the bottom of the Red Sea that kills anything that wades into it.
This discovery was made by scientists of the University of Miami. They uncovered the deadly pool 1.7 kilometres beneath the surface using a remotely operated underwater vehicle during the last five minutes of a ten-hour dive.
They explained that the deadly pool is a depression in the seafloor that is filled with highly concentrated salt water and other elements that makes it salties that the surrounding areas.

The Amarnath Yatra has been suspended due to inclement weather between Panchtarni and the cave.
This comes after heavy rainfall was recorded in the area around the holy cave shrine due to which water level in a nearby stream rose.
All the pilgrims were rushed back to Panchtarni camp and there have been no reports of any loss of life or injuries or damage to property.
The yatra is expected to be resumed once the weather improves.

The 23rd Kargil Vijay Diwas is commemorated every year July 26th to observe India's victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War.
The day is observed to celebrate ousting of the Pakistani Forces from their occupied positions on the mountain tops in Northern Kargil District in Ladakh in 1999.
The day honours the Kargil War heroes and martyrs who laid their lives for the nation.