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In Islamabad, the rupee experienced a decline of 21 paisas against the US dollar during Tuesday’s interbank trading session, concluding at Rs279.56 compared to the previous day’s Rs279.35. Meanwhile, according to the   Forex Association of Pakistan   (FAP), the US dollar’s buying and selling rates in the open market were reported at Rs279.7 and Rs282.25, respectively. The Euro saw a slight decrease of 03 paisas, settling at Rs301.24 in contrast to the previous day’s Rs301.27, as per the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Similarly, the Japanese Yen saw a marginal decrease of 01 paisa, closing at Rs1.85. Meanwhile, the British Pound witnessed a notable decrease of 76 paisas, trading at Rs351.94 compared to the previous closing of Rs352.70. Additionally, the exchange rates for the Emirates Dirham and the Saudi Riyal experienced minor increases of 05 paisa and 06 paisa, respectively, closing at Rs76.11 and Rs74.54.

Did you know that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has a dedicated team to warn us of a possible asteroid strike?  Their mission is to track near-Earth objects (NEOs) and alert the public of a potential world-ending disaster.   Lindley Johnson, the lead program executive for Nasa's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, heads the team and has recently shared the agency's step-by-step plan to notify the public of a looming threat and take action to prevent it from happening.   The PDCO classifies a NEO as any object that comes within 30 million miles of Earth but does not raise alarms every time it spots it. However, it keeps track of each NEO it finds. "We definitely want to find all those before they find us," he told Business Insider. Here’s how Nasa has planned the sequence of events to warn people about an NEO posing a serious threat to the inhabitants of Earth: Detecting asteroids Nasa collaborates with the International Asteroi...