First Chinese Woman To Walk In Space

Wang Yaping, a Chinese astronaut, has become the first Chinese woman to walk in space.

Highlights:

Wang Yaping’s team performed a six-hour trip outside Tiangong space station as part of ongoing construction.

On November 7, 2021, Wang and her colleague Zhai Zhigang left Tiangong. They added a suspension system as well as transfer connectors.

This was the Shenzhou-13 crew’s first extravehicular activity. They will stay on board the space station for six months.

Tiangong, which translates to “heavenly palace,” is China’s most recent success in its quest to become a significant space force.

China has sent multiple missions to the Moon and has landed a rover on Mars. The Tiangong’s core module was launched into orbit in 2021.
By 2022, this station should be operating. Tiangong is projected to be operational for around 10 years.

A report by the World Food Programme (WFP) has revealed that acute hunger has increased across the world. As a result, 45 million people are living on the edge of famine across 43 countries.

In its earlier report in 2021, WFP had estimated this number at 42 million. But, recent assessment of reveals that another three million people facing famine in Afghanistan.

As per report, fuel prices & food prices are increasing and fertiliser is more expensive. All these factors feed into the new crises of starvation like unfolding in Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria.

Report highlights that, to curb this situation worldwide, seven billion dollars will be needed, which earlier was estimated as 6.6 billion.

5 million Syrians are witnessing an acute hunger, as per report.

In countries like Haiti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Angola and Burundi, acute hunger has been increasing.