1) Chandrayaan-3
Lander on the Moon :
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| ISRO ROCKET AROUND THE MOON`S ORBIT |
With the successful
landing, India also became the first country to land near Moon’s south pole.
With the successful landing of the Lander Module of ISRO’s third lunar mission
Chandrayaan-3, India has reached the Moon! It has also became the first country
to land near the Moon’s south pole.
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| MOON LANDER SEPARATE FROM ROCKET |
The Lander Module (LM)
of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) third lunar mission
Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, made a successfully landing on the Moon’s
surface on August 23, making India only the fourth country after the erstwhile
USSR, the U.S. and China to make a soft landing on the lunar surface.
Congratulating the team of scientists at ISRO, PM Modi said, “India’s
successful moon mission is not India’s alone...Our approach of one earth, one
family one future is resonating across the globe...Moon mission is based on the
same human centric approach. So, this success belongs to all of humanity.”
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| LANDER TOUCHES THE SURFACE OF THE MOON |
Precisely at 6.03 p.m.
the lander touched the lunar surface and there was euphoric celebrations at the
Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking, and Command
Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru. Following this, the Lander successfully deployed
the Rover which will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface
during the course of its mobility. The Lander and the Rover with a mission life
of one Lunar day (14 Earth days) have scientific payloads to carry out
experiments on the lunar surface.
2) Pragyan rover
rolls out of Chandrayaan-3 lander:
With Vikram, the lander
module of Chandrayaan-3, successfully landing on the surface of moon on
Wednesday, the focus has now moved to the rover in its belly, Pragyan.
The officials at the
Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking, and Command
Network (ISTRAC) readied to roll out the rover, which will carry out in-situ
chemical analysis of the lunar surface during the course of its mobility.
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| lANDER ON MOON ORBIT |
Chandrayaan 3 makes
historic Moon landing in giant leap for India
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| The live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shows the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft seconds before its successful lunar landing on the south pole of the Moon |
ISRO's Vikram lander
successfully soft-landed on Moon’s south pole — an unchartered territory that
scientists believe could hold important reserves At 6.04pm on Wednesday, India
scripted history by becoming the first nation to land the Indian Space Research
Organisation's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, days after a
Russian probe Luna-25 crashed in the same region. The solar-powered rover
Pragyan will now explore the surface and transmit data to Earth over its
two-week lifespan.
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| 3D ANIMATED STRUCTURE OF LANDER |
Chandrayaan-3, which
means “Mooncraft” in Sanskrit, touched down near the little-explored lunar
south pole. A previous Indian effort – Chandrayaan-2 – failed in 2019.
For India, the
successful landing marks its emergence as a space power as the government looks
to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based
businesses.Before India, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China were
the only three countries that have successfully carried out soft landings on
the Moon.People across the country were glued to television screens and said
prayers as the spacecraft approached the surface.The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft
landed on the lunar south pole, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
said. This was India's second attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon and
comes less than a week after Russia's Luna-25 mission failed.
On Wednesday, the ISRO
said it was all set to activate the automatic landing sequence of the
spacecraft, triggering the algorithm that will take over once it reaches the
designated position and help it land.
"Landing on the
south pole (of the moon) would actually allow India to explore if there is
water ice on the moon. And this is very important for cumulative data and
science on the geology of the moon," said Carla Filotico, a partner and
managing director at consultancy SpaceTec Partners.
A few hours before the
scheduled landing, the mood was upbeat at the spacecraft command centre on the
outskirts of Bengaluru as ISRO officials and scientists hunched over massive
screens monitoring the lander.
Anticipation before the
landing was feverish, with banner headlines across Indian newspapers and news
channels running countdowns to the landing.
Prayers for
Chandrayaan-3 across India
Prayers were held at
places of worship across the country, and schoolchildren waved the Indian
tricolour as they waited for live screenings of the landing.
Children gathered on the
banks of the Ganga river, considered holy by Hindus, to pray for a safe
landing, and mosques in several places offered prayers.
At a Sikh temple, known
as a gurduwara, in the capital New Delhi, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
also offered prayers for Chandrayaan.
"Not just economic,
but India is achieving scientific and technological progress as well," Puri
told reporters.Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched the landing from South
Africa, where he is attending the BRICS summit.
Rough terrain makes a
south pole landing difficult, and a first landing is historic. The region's ice
could supply fuel, oxygen and drinking water for future missions.
Noida-based tech
start-up powers eyes of Chandrayaan’s lunar rover
With the Pragyaan rover
poised to navigate the moon, its eyes to traverse the crater-filled lunar
surface are powered by a software developed by a Noida-based tech start-up.
Omnipresent Robot
Technologies, which has been working closely with ISRO for the Chandrayaan
series of lunar missions, has developed Perception Navigation Software for the
Pragyaan rover that is housed in the Vikram landing module that touched down on
the moon Wednesday evening.
“We are very excited and
look forward to seeing the Pragyaan rover navigating the lunar surface using
our software,” Aakash Sinha, Chief Executive Officer of Omnipresent Robot
Technologies, told PTI here.
Sinha, who is also a
professor at Shiv Nadar University, said the software developed by his start-up
will capture images of the moon using the two cameras of the lunar rover and
stitch them together to generate a 3-D map of the lunar landscape.
Envoys of Israel,
UK, France, Germany, Australia congratulate India on historic achievement
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| Graphic on India's space mission Chandrayaan-3, the first nation to land a craft near the Moon's south pole |
As India scripted
history on Wednesday, with the Chandryaan-3 successfully performing a soft
landing on the moon, the envoys of Israel, United Kingdom, France, Germany and
Australia heaped congratulatory wishes.
Israeli envoy, Naor
Gilon congratulated India and ISRO for the achievement and said that it has
made everyone “moonstruck”. “Heartiest congratulations to @isro and #India on
the incredible success of #Chandrayaan3, becoming the first country to land on
the Moon’s south pole! Your dedication to space exploration makes us all
moonstruck,” Gilon said on X (formerly Twitter).
British High
Commissioner Alex Ellis also congratulated India and said ‘Bhadhi Ho’.“A big
moment for India for the world and…” Ellis wrote on X. “Badhai Ho”“Touchdown!
Congratulations to India 🇮🇳 and@isroon making history with the
successful #Chandrayaan3 mission - a giant step forward for the whole world,”
the British High Commission said on X.The French Embassy also congratulated the
people of India calling it “soft landing in the history books”. “Soft landing
in the history books Congratulations @isro & the people of India on the
#Chandrayaan3 success! Through this landmark feat born of ingenuity and
perseverance, India benefits all humankind’s space exploration endeavors,” the
French Embassy stated on X.
German envoy to India,
Philipp Ackermann also congratulated India calling it a “historic day”. “My
heartfelt congratulations to India and Team @ISRO for the successful moon
landing of #Chandrayaan3.What a historic day, not only for India, but also for
the whole world!” Ackermann said on X.Australian High Commissioner to India,
Philip Green also congratulated India and that his whole team was watching the
moment live. “What a triumph! Congratulations #India on #Chandrayaan3’s
successful #MoonLanding! Our team watched with pride the final frontier of your
#MoonMission,” Green wrote on X.
3) THIS visionary
scientist from Lucknow spearheaded ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 launch:
In a tale of
extraordinary achievements, a remarkable feat has been accomplished by the
brilliant scientists at ISRO. And guess what? Among the team of brilliant minds
behind the Chandrayaan 3 mission, there is one scientist who proudly hails from
Lucknow – Dr. Ritu Karidhal Shrivastava. This incredible woman has not only
made her city proud but has also etched her name with the successful launch of
the mission.
Dr. Ritu Karidhal
Shrivastava, often referred as the "the Rocket Woman of India," has
made significant contributions and displayed her expertise in various missions
of ISRO. She has been working with India's prestigious space organization ever
since 1997.
Born and raised in
Lucknow, Dr. Shrivastava pursued her M.Sc in Physics from Lucknow University.
She pursued her studies at the renowned Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
before embarking on her journey with ISRO.
Dr. Shrivastava, also
played a pivotal role in the Mangalyaan mission, serving as the deputy director
of the Mars mission. Currently, she holds a leadership position in a crucial
space mission.
As Chandrayaan-3
touches down on Moon’s surface, meet the key scientists behind mission:
Key figures include
Chandrayaan-3 project director as well as ISRO chairman & directors of
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, U R Rao Satellite Centre & Satish Dhawan
Space Centre.Hours before India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission made a soft landing on
the Moon’s surface Wednesday, the first country to land a spacecraft near the
lunar south pole, mission directors at Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) were busy preparing for what was to be a historic moment in the nation’s
space mission.
S Somanath, ISRO
Chairman
The ISRO chairman has
become a household name after he assumed the leadership of the space agency in
January last year. Since then, Somanath has become the face of India’s third
lunar mission.Somanath has served as director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre (VSSC) as well as the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre — both of which
are driving the development of rockets
for ISRO.
P Veeramuthuvel,
Chandrayaan-3 Project Director
Veeramuthuvel, who hails
from a humble family in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram, took charge as the Project
Director of Chandrayaan-3 in 2019. The IIT-Madras alumnus was earlier the
Deputy Director at the Space Infrastructure Programme Office at ISRO’s main
office.
He has been part of
various projects including a number of on remote sensing satellites, India’s
Mars Orbiter Mission ‘Mangalyaan’ and, more recently, Chandrayaan-2 and
Chandrayaan-3.
S Unnikrishnan
Nair, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Director
Nair is the director of
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Kerala. VSSC was responsible for
developing the Launch Vehicle Mark-III. As the head of VSSC, Nair and his team
oversee various aspects of the
Chandrayaan-3 mission. Beginning his career at VSSC Trivandrum in 1985, he has
made significant contributions in launch vehicle mechanisms, acoustic
protection systems and payload fairing areas during his tenure.
Apart from this, Nair is
also the first director of Human Space Flight Centre, Bengaluru. He has an
expertise in leading advanced projects like Human Spaceflight, Air Breathing
Propulsion and Reusable Launch Vehicle Development.
Nair played a key role
in the maiden orbital reentry experiment, Space Capsule Recovery Experiment
(SRE), right from the study phase onwards to its mission accomplishment in
2007. He has made seminal contributions in developing the parachute and other
recovery systems for re-entering vehicle for the first time in the country.The
senior scientist has also played a pivotal role in lining up various national
agencies including the services for formulating the recovery procedures and
implementation for the recovery of SRE from sea.
M Sankaran, U R Rao
Satellite Centre Director
Since 2021, Sankaran has
been director at U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), which is responsible for
developing satellites that meet India’s diverse needs such as communication,
navigation, remote sensing, weather forecasting, and planetary
exploration.Before taking over as URSC head, Sankaran was functioning as Deputy
Director for Communication and Power Systems Area in URSC and spearheading the
developments.During his 35 years of stint in URSC and ISRO, he has contributed
primarily in the areas of solar arrays, power systems, Satellite Positioning
System and RF communication systems for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites,
geostationary and navigation satellites, and outer space missions like
Chandrayaan, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) among others.
He has been instrumental
for developing a unique design for power generation and distribution systems
for the interplanetary mission like Chandrayaan-1 & 2, Mars Orbiter
Mission, Astrosat, etc.
A Rajarajan, Satish
Dhawan Space Centre Director
As director of Satish
Dhawan Space Centre, Rajarajan’s team works on the Launch Complex
Infrastructure to meet ISRO’s increased demand for launches.
Previously, he has held
the responsibility as Deputy Director of various VSSC entities from time to
time including the ‘Propulsion and Space Ordinance Entity (PRSO), Aero Space
Ordnance Entity (ASOE), Composites Entity (CMSE) and Structures Entity (STR)’.
He has extensively
worked in the area of design and development of composites products and played
a pivotal role in developing many innovative technologies for the development
of composites for satellites and launch vehicle subsystems.In 2017, he was
assigned an additional responsibility as Deputy Director of Propulsion and
Space Ordinance Entity (PRSO), post PSLV C39 mission failure. Rajarajan has
steered the team in addressing the issues and improving the reliability of the
system along with improvement in analytical methods of systems.
Chandrayaan-3
lander Vikram shares video of Pragyan as rover rolls out on moon’s surface
Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) shared a video Friday, showing the Chandrayaan-3 rover
ramping down from the lander on the moon’s surface.The smooth rollout of the
rover Pragyan was captured by the lander imager camera, the space agency said,
as it took place on 23 August.The mission’s lander module, Vikram, made a
historic touchdown only hours earlier – precisely at 6.04 pm on 23 August –
making India the first country to reach the lunar south pole.
“India took a walk on
the moon!” ISRO shared the next day, confirming that Pragyan had successfully
been rolled out.Chandrayaan-3 blasted off from the spaceport in Sriharikota,
Andhra Pradesh on 14 July, and took 41 days to reach the moon’s surface, a feat
that could not be accomplished by the previous mission, which had successfully
launched the orbiter but failed to soft-land Vikram in 2019.After the
touchdown, ISRO shared images of the moon’s surface as taken by Vikram’s
cameras while the spacecraft was descending, and also one after it had come to
its resting position.
4) Scientists
finally solve the genetic puzzle of sex-related Y chromosome: By Will Dunham
Scientists have taken an
important step forward in understanding the human genome - our genetic
blueprint - by fully deciphering the enigmatic Y chromosome present in males,
an achievement that could help guide research on infertility in men.
Researchers on Wednesday
unveiled the first complete sequence of the human Y chromosome, which is one of
the two sex chromosomes - the X chromosome being the other - and is typically
passed down from male parent to male offspring.
It is the last of the 24
chromosomes - thread-like structures that carry genetic information from cell
to cell - in the human genome to be sequenced.
People have a pair of
sex chromosomes in each cell. Males possess one Y and one X chromosome while
females have two X chromosomes, with some exceptions. The Y chromosome's genes
help govern crucial reproductive functions, including sperm production,
formally called spermatogenesis, and are even involved in cancer risk and
severity.But this chromosome had proven difficult to crack owing to its exceptionally
complex structure.
"I would credit new
sequencing technologies and computational methods for this," said Arang
Rhie, a staff scientist at the US National Human Genome Research Institute and
lead author of a research paper detailing the achievement in the journal
Nature.
"It finally
provides the first complete view of a Y chromosome's "It finally provides
the first complete view of a Y chromosome's code, revealing more than 50% of
the chromosome's length that was previously missing from our genome maps,"
said University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) biomolecular engineering
professor and study co-author Karen Miga, co-leader of the Telomere-to-Telomere
consortium behind the research.
The complete X
chromosome sequence was published in 2020. But until now, the Y chromosome part
of the human genome had contained big gaps.
"This is especially
important because the Y chromosome has been traditionally excluded from many
studies of human diseases," UCSC genomicist and study co-author Monika
Cechova said."The Y chromosome is the smallest and the fastest-evolving
chromosome in the human genome, and also the most repetitive, meaning that its
DNA contains stretches of DNA repeated many times over," Cechova added.
The work revealed
features of medically relevant regions of the Y chromosome including a stretch
of DNA - the molecule that carries genetic information for an organism's
development and functioning - containing several genes involved in sperm
production.
The new fuller
understanding of the Y chromosome's genes offers promise for practical
applications including infertility-related research, according to the
researchers."Many of these genes are important for fertility and
reproduction, and especially spermatogenesis, so being able to catalogue normal
variation as well the situations when, for example, azoospermia (an absence of
sperm in semen) occurs, could be helpful for IVF (in vitro fertilization)
clinics as well as further research into activity of these genes," Cechova
said.
In addition to identifying
some additional Y chromosome genes, the researchers found that some DNA from
the chromosome had been mistaken in previous studies as bacterial in
nature.Scientists continue to broaden the understanding of human genetics. A
first accounting of the human genome was unveiled in 2003.The first complete
human genome - albeit with the Y chromosome partial - was published last
year.In May, researchers published a new version of the genome that improved on
its predecessor by including a rich diversity of people to better reflect the
global population of 8 billion.
5) Indian rover
begins exploring moon's south pole:
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| Graphic on India's space mission Chandrayaan-3, the first nation to land a craft near the Moon's south pole |
India began exploring
the moon's surface with a rover on Thursday, a day after it became the first
nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole.
Pragyan—"Wisdom" in Sanskrit—rolled out of the lander hours after the
latest milestone in India's ambitious but cut-price space program sparked huge
celebrations across the country."Rover ramped down the lander and India
took a walk on the moon!" the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday.
The six-wheeled,
solar-powered rover will amble around the relatively unmapped region and
transmit images and scientific data over its two-week lifespan.The successful
touchdown of the Chandrayaan-3 ("Mooncraft-3") mission came just days
after a Russian lander crashed in the same region.It also comes four years
after the previous Indian lunar mission failed during its final descent, in what
was seen at the time as a huge setback for its space program.However, India is
steadily matching the achievements of established spacefaring
nations.Chandrayaan-3 has captivated public attention since launching nearly
six weeks ago in front of thousands of cheering spectators.Politicians staged
Hindu prayer rituals to wish for the mission's success and schoolchildren
followed the final moments of its descent from live broadcasts in classrooms.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi said Wednesday the successful lunar landing—previously achieved only by
the United States, Russia and China—was a triumph for "all of
humanity".
Elon Musk, whose firm
SpaceX is a leader in commercial space launches, hailed the landing as
"super cool".
The Indian mission took
much longer to reach the moon than the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s,
which arrived in a matter of days.Chandrayaan-3 was launched on a less-powerful
rocket and had to orbit the Earth several times to gain speed before embarking
on its month-long journey.
Future goals
India has a
comparatively low-budget space program, but one that has grown considerably in
size and momentum since it first sent a probe to orbit the moon in 2008. India
has a comparatively low-budget space program, but one that has grown
considerably in size and momentum since it first sent a probe to orbit the moon
in 2008.
Chandrayaan-3 has a cost
of $74.6 million—far lower than many missions from other countries and a
testament to India's frugal space engineering.
Experts say India can
keep costs low by copying and adapting existing technology, and thanks to an
abundance of highly skilled engineers who earn a fraction of their foreign
counterparts' wages.In 2014, India became the first Asian nation to put a craft
into orbit around Mars and plans to send a probe towards the sun in September.
ISRO is slated to launch
a three-day crewed mission into Earth's orbit by next year.It also plans a
joint mission with Japan to send another probe to the moon by 2025 and an
orbital mission to Venus within the next two years.
6) Newly
discovered, primitive cousins of T. rex shed light on the end of the age of
dinosaurs in Africa
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| Abelisaurs enjoying the beach |
Fossils of primitive
cousins of T. rex that had short, bulldog snouts and even shorter arms have
been discovered by scientists in Morocco. The two new dinosaur species belong
to the Abelisauridae, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs that were counterparts
to the tyrannosaurs of the Northern Hemisphere. They lived at the end of the
Cretaceous period and show that dinosaurs were diverse in Africa just before
their mass extinction by an asteroid 66 million years ago.Two new species of
dinosaur have been found from the end of the Cretaceous in Morocco, just
outside of Casablanca. One species, found near the town of Sidi Daoui, is
represented by a foot bone from a predator about two and a half meters (eight
feet) long. The other, from nearby Sidi Chennane, is the shin bone of a
carnivore that grew to around five meters (15 feet) in length.
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| Credit University of Bath |
Both were part of a
family of primitive carnivorous dinosaurs known as abelisaurs, and lived
alongside the much larger abelisaur Chenanisaurus barbaricus, showing that
Morocco was home to diverse dinosaur species just before a giant asteroid
struck at the end of the Cretaceous, ending the age of dinosaurs.
Dr. Nick Longrich, from
the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath, led the study, which
was published in Cretaceous Research. He said, "What's surprising here is
that these are marine beds. It's a shallow, tropical sea full of plesiosaurs,
mosasaurs, and sharks. It's not exactly a place you'd expect to find a lot of
dinosaurs. But we're finding them."
Even though dinosaurs
account for a small proportion of the fossils, the region is so rich in
fossils, it has produced the best picture of African dinosaurs from the end of
the age of dinosaurs. Rather than finding the same few species, paleontologists
often recover fossils from new species, suggesting the beds host an extremely
diverse dinosaur fauna.
So far, the small number
of dinosaur fossils that have been recovered represent five different species—a
small duckbill dinosaur named Ajnabia, a long-necked titanosaur, the giant
abelisaur Chenanisaurus, and now the two new abelisaurs.
Dr. Longrich said, "We
have other fossils as well, but they're currently under study. So we can't say
much about them at the moment, except that this was an amazingly diverse
dinosaur fauna."
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| Metatarsal fossil |
The last dinosaurs
vanished around 66 million years ago, along with as much as 90% of all species
on earth, including mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and ammonites. The
pattern of the end-Cretaceous extinction and its causes have been debated for
more than 200 years.A giant asteroid impact in the Yucatan peninsula has been
linked to their demise, although it's been argued that dinosaurs were already
in decline. The Moroccan dinosaurs suggest that they thrived in North Africa up
to the very end.
"The end of the
Cretaceous in western North America definitely seems to become less diverse at
the end," said Longrich. "But that's just one small part of the
world. It's not clear that you can generalize from the dinosaurs of Wyoming and
Montana to the whole world.
"It also grew
colder near the end, so it might not be surprising if dinosaurs at higher
latitudes became less diverse. But we don't know much about dinosaurs from
lower latitudes.In Morocco at least, they seem to have remained diverse and
successful up until the end.
"When T. rex
reigned as a megapredator in North America, abelisaurs sat at the top of the
food chains in North Africa," said Nour-Eddine Jalil, a professor at the
Natural History Museum and a researcher at Universite Cadi Ayyad in Morocco,
who was a co-author on the paper.
"The dinosaur
remains, despite their rarity, give the same messages as the more abundant
marine reptile remains."They tell us that, just before the
Cretaceous-Paleogene crisis, biodiversity was not declining but on the
contrary, was diverse."
7) Spanish
astronomer discovers new active galaxy :by Tomasz Nowakowski , Phys.org
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| Images of the newfound galaxy Credit Elio Quiroga Rodriguez (2023). |
By analyzing the images
of the Sombrero Galaxy obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Elio
Quiroga Rodriguez of the Mid Atlantic University in Spain, has identified a
peculiar object, which turned out to be a galaxy hosting an active galactic
nucleus (AGN). The finding was reported in a paper published August 11 on the
pre-print server arXiv.
An AGN is a compact
region at the center of a galaxy, more luminous than the surrounding galaxy
light. Studies show that AGNs are very energetic due either to the presence of
a black hole or star formation activity at the core of the galaxy.
Astronomers generally
divide AGNs into two groups based on emission line features. Type 1 AGNs show
broad and narrow emission lines, while only narrow emission lines are present
in Type 2 AGNs. However, observations revealed that some AGNs transition
between different spectral types; therefore, they were dubbed changing-look
(CL) AGNs.
Sombrero Galaxy (also
known as Messier 104 or NGC 4594) is an unbarred spiral galaxy located between
the borders of the Virgo and Corvus constellations, some 31 million light years
away. With a mass of about 800 billion solar masses, it is one of the most
massive objects in the Virgo galaxy cluster. It also hosts a rich system of
globular clusters.
Rodriguez has recently
investigated HST images of the Sombrero Galaxy, focusing one particular object
in its halo. He found that this object, previously classified as a globular
cluster candidate, may be a barred spiral galaxy of the SBc type, with an AGN
at its center
"While studying HST
images available on the HST Legacy website of the halo of M104 (HST proposal
9714, PI: Keith Noll), the author observed at 12:40:07.829-11:36:47.38 (in
j2000) an object about four arcseconds in diameter. A study with VO tools
suggests that the object is a SBc galaxy with AGN (Seyfert)," the paper
reads.
The object is cataloged
in the Pan-STARRS1 data archive as PSO J190.0326-11.6132. By analyzing the data
from the Aladin Sky Atlas RGB Rodriguez found that PSO J190.0326-11.6132 is a
galaxy with a dominant central arm, nucleus and possibly two spiral arms with
hot young stars and dust. The astronomer proposes that the newfound galaxy
should be named the "Iris Galaxy."
The study found that PSO
J190.0326-11.6132 has a radial velocity at a level of 1,359 km/s. Rodriguez
assumes that the object, if gravitationally bound to the Sombrero Galaxy, could
be its satellite with an angular size of around 1,000 light years.
However, the author of
the paper noted that if the Iris Galaxy is not associated with the Sombrero
Galaxy, its distance may be some 65 million light years. In this scenario, the
angular size of the newly detected should be about 71,000 light years.
The X-ray emission
luminosity of the Iris Galaxy was measured to be approximately 18 tredecillion
erg/s, assuming a distance of 65 million light years. Such luminosity indicates
the presence of an active galactic nucleus, however further observations are
required in order to determine whether this is a Type 1 or Type 2 AGN.
1) In Eastern
Ladakh, India has lost presence in 26 out of 65 Patrolling Points: Report
The document was prepared by senior IPS officer P D Nitya, who is the Superintendent of Police (Leh-Ladakh).PD Nitya, a 2016 batch IPS officer assumed charge as the new Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Leh on December 29. She replaced SSP Rajiv Pandey., She said that the District Police, India has lost its presence in 26 of the 65 Patrolling Points (PP) in Eastern Ladakh, which were patrolled regularly by the Indian Security Forces, due to ‘restrictive or no patrolling’ by the forces, according to a research paper by a senior police officer.
The document was
prepared by senior IPS officer P D Nitya, who is the Superintendent of Police
(Leh-Ladakh). Nitya has said the Chinese have a strong economic and strategic
need in the eastern border sector and they are aggressively building up their
army to dominate the unfenced areas marked by the PPs on the Indian side to lay
their claim on the area for further domination. The research paper was
submitted at last week’s the annual All-India Conference of Director
Generals/Inspector Generals of Police in Delhi.
“Presently there are 65
PPs starting from Karakoram pass to Chumur which are to be patrolled regularly
by the ISFs. Out of 65 PPs, our presence is lost in 26 PPs; 5-17, 24-32, 37,
51, 52, 62 due to restrictive or no patrolling by the ISFs. Later on, China
forces us to accept the fact that, as such areas have not seen the presence of
ISFs or civilians since long, the Chinese were present in these areas. This
leads to a shift in the border under the control of ISFs towards the Indian
side and a “buffer zone” is created in all such pockets which ultimately leads
to the loss of control over these areas by India. This tactic of the People’s
Liberation Army (PLA) to grab land inch-by-inch is known as “Salami slicing”,”
the report said.
SUSHANT SINGH FROM
tHE CARAVAN
The Caravan has obtained
a copy of a paper by a superintendent of police in Leh, Ladakh, which states
that out of the 65 patrolling points from the Karakoram Pass to Chumur, “our
presence is lost in 26 PPs (i.e. PP no. 5-17, 24-32, 37, 51,52,62) due to
restrictive or no patrolling” by the Indian Security Forces. The paper was
presented at the 57th annual conference of director generals, inspector
generals, heads of central armed police forces and central police
organisations, held from 20 to 22 January, at New Delhi. It was attended, among
others, by the prime minister Narendra Modi, the home minister Amit Shah and
the national security advisor Ajit Doval.
The conference involved
deliberations on 16 topics, for which 192 papers were received from police
officers serving all over India. These papers are put together as a compendium
of articles of the corresponding year. The paper from Ladakh was presented as a
part of the first topic, “Security Issues Pertaining to Unfenced Land Border,”
by PD Nitya, the SP of Leh, and focuses on Ladakh’s border with China and the
existing problem at the 775-kilometre-long LAC in the Ladakh region. According
to the website News18, the compendium for this year was removed by the
“secretariat of the director-general conference” soon after Nitya’s paper was
reported on by several news organisations.
The paper notes
self-imposed restrictions by the Indian Army on the movement of civilians and
administration officials in certain areas because of Chinese pressure. “Indian
Army has placed much restrictions on the movement of civilians and grazers near
the forward areas on the Indian side, indicating their ‘play safe’ strategy
that they do not want to annoy the PLA by giving them the chance to raise
objections on the areas being claimed as disputed.”
As the government has
not officially provided any details of the situation on the LAC at Ladakh, this
paper from a local police official at a top-level conference is important
evidence of the evolving situation on the ground since 2020. The paper is
reproduced in full below.
India and China
have been locked in a border dispute for decades and went to war in 1962. The
border is 3,440km (2,100 miles) long and ill-defined.
Rivers, lakes and
snowcaps along the frontier mean the line can shift, bringing soldiers face to
face at many points, sparking confrontation. The two countries however have a
long-standing agreement not to use guns or explosives along the border.
In January, troops on
both sides were injured in a clash in the north-east in India's Sikkim state.
Twenty Indian troops
were killed in June's clash which was in the Galwan Valley. China admitted two
days ago that four of its soldiers died in the encounter. Weapons used
reportedly included stones and nail-studded clubs.
China said the incident
involved "fistfighting".
2) People in Ladakh
raising concern over China taking away grazing land: Rahul:
“But the PM [Prime
Minister Narendra Modi] said that not an inch of land was taken away, but this
is not true, you can ask anyone here,” Rahul Gandhi added. Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi, who is touring Ladakh, on August 20 said the locals have raised
the issue of China taking away the grazing land with him and also expressed
unhappiness over the current status of the region.“There is a concern here that
the land is taken away by China. People are affected in a big way because their
grazing land has been taken away. Everyone is saying that Chinese troops have
intruded and have taken away their grazing land and they cannot go there,” Mr.
Gandhi said. “But the PM [Prime Minister Narendra Modi] said that not an inch
of land was taken away, but this is not true, you can ask anyone here,” he
added.
Congress Member of
Parliament Mr. Gandhi on August 20 visited the banks of Pangong Tso in Ladakh
and paid tributes to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his
birth anniversary.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is touring Ladakh, on
August 20 said the locals have raised the issue of China taking away the
grazing land with him and also expressed unhappiness over the current status of
the region.
“There is a concern here
that the land is taken away by China. People are affected in a big way because
their grazing land has been taken away. Everyone is saying that Chinese troops
have intruded and have taken away their grazing land and they cannot go there,”
Mr. Gandhi said.
“But the PM [Prime
Minister Narendra Modi] said that not an inch of land was taken away, but this
is not true, you can ask anyone here,” he added.
Congress Member of
Parliament Mr. Gandhi on August 20 visited the banks of Pangong Tso in Ladakh
and paid tributes to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his
birth anniversary.He said locals in Ladakh, which was carved out as a Union
Territory from J&K in 2019, “were having so many complaints”.“They [people
of Ladakh] are not happy with the status that has been given to them, they want
representation and there is a problem of unemployment,” Mr. Gandhi said
He said people suggested
that Ladakh should not be run by bureaucracy but must be run by the voice of
people.
Mr. Gandhi will visit
Kargil on August 25 and will address a public gathering on August 26. His visit
comes at a time when Kargil is all set for the polls of the Ladakh Autonomous
Hill Development Council-Kargil on September 10.
3) Rahul Gandhi
rides motorcycle from Leh to Pangong Lake:
Senior Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday rode a motorcycle from Leh to Pangong Lake in the
Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh on the eve of his father Rajiv Gandhi's birth
anniversary, a party spokesman said.The former Congress president is currently
on a tour of Ladakh - his first since the region was made a UT after being
carved out of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019— and is likely to visit Kargil
next week.
The erstwhile state of
Jammu and Kashmir was also turned into a UT and its special status under
Article 370 of the Constitution was revoked.
Mr. Gandhi reached Leh
on a two-day visit on Thursday, later deciding to extend his stay in the region
by four more days to cover Pangong Lake, Nubra Valley and Kargil district,
Congress spokesperson and leader of opposition in Ladakh Autonomous Hill
Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, Tsering Namgyal told PTI on phone. After
covering more than 130 km on motorcycle, Gandhi will stay overnight at Pangong
Lake where a token celebration will be organised in connection with the birth
anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on Sunday, he said.
Rahul Gandhi shared
several pictures of his motorcycle expedition from Leh to Pangong on his social
media account with the caption “On our way to Pangong Lake, which my father
used to say, is one of the most beautiful places in the world.” "On Sunday,
he is leaving for Nubra Valley on the motorcycle for a night stay there. En
route, he is likely to meet commoners including shopkeepers and farmers,” Mr.
Namgyal said, adding he will be back in Leh on Monday.
Though the trip was
described by his party colleagues in Leh as "non-political" with no
consideration of next year's parliamentary elections, Mr. Gandhi was given a
warm welcome by party workers on his arrival on Thursday.He also had a meeting
with party colleagues and interacted with the youth besides watching a football
match between two local clubs.
RAHUL GANDHI PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER AND FROMER PRIME MINISTER RAJIV GANDHI ON PANGONG LAKEMr. Gandhi will be
visiting Kargil district either on Monday or Tuesday, the Congress spokesperson
said, adding he is likely to interact with party workers and people, especially
the youth, there.The visit of Mr. Gandhi to the district assumes significance
as LAHDC, Kargil is going to polls on September 10. The National Conference and
the Congress have already announced a pre-poll alliance for the hill council
elections.
4) Will become the
voice of Ladakh’s youth: Rahul Gandhi during Kargil visit:
Rahul Gandhi, who rode
over 240 kms on his bike to Kargil, assured the youth that he and his party
would become their voice in Parliament and ensure justice with them
Jammu Ahead of Ladakh
Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil (LAHDC-K) elections, former Congress
president Rahul Gandhi reached Kargil on Thursday evening on his KTM 390
Adventure bike on the last leg of his maiden visit to Ladakh post the
revocation of the provisions of Article 370. Kargil’s Congress president Nasir
Munshi said, “Rahul Gandhi reached Kargil from Zanskar on his motorcycle around
4 pm where he addressed a youth convention of over 350 euphoric attendees
cheering for him.”
Gandhi, who rode over
240 kms on his bike to Kargil, assured the youth that he and his party would
become their voice in Parliament and ensure justice with them.
He is expected to
address a big rally at the Kargil stadium on Friday Munshi said the workers,
leaders, voters along with Congress and National Conference supporters will
assemble at the stadium to listen to the Congress president.Munshi also exuded
confidence of an easy win for the alliance partners against the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) in the ensuing polls.Earlier, Gandhi shared several pictures
about his journeyfrom Zanskar to Kargil including the one with a group of
security personnel on the foothills of a mountain with a captain “on our
frontiers stand the brave children of Bharat Mata – ready to take on any
challenge for her sake.
A look into their eyes, a
heartfelt conversation, or a glimpse into their lives is enough to leave you
inspired for a lifetime”.
The people of Ladakh
have been demanding statehood, protection under sixth schedule of the Indian
Constitutionand a Lok Sabha seat each for Leh and Kargil districts respectively
Gandhi had reached Leh
last Thursday. During his visit to Pangong Lake on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi
reiterated that “China has taken away people’s land and they are not being
allowed to graze their cattle”.Over here, the concern is the land that has been
taken away by China. People here have been affected in massively because their
grazing lands have been taken away,” he added.
Gandhi went round almost
all famous places including Pangong lake, Nubra valley, Khardungla top,
Lamayuru and Zanskar on the motorcycle during his Ladakh trip which started on
August 17 initially for two days. He later extended his tour which Congress
termed an extension of Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir
from September 7, 2022 to January 30, 2023.“Bharat Jodo is deeply rooted in
every Indian’s heart and mind. The resonating chant of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’
echoing through the streets of Leh serves as a strong example of this unity. No
power can suppress this voice, brimming with affection and camaraderie,”
Gandhi, the Wayanad MP, wrote on his social media account after meeting
enthusiastic supporters in Leh town earlier this week.
5) A question for
Rahul in Kargil: Can you change the situation for Muslims on coming to power?
To a question about the
Congress’s health, Rahul said it was the BJP, and not his party, that was
facing a downfall
in 1999, Kargil became
the battleground where India was tested, unleashing a wave of solidarity that
marked the triumph that followed.
Nearly a quarter century
later, Kargil has set up another test: What can you do to change the situation
confronting Muslims in the country now?The question was addressed to Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi who visited the Muslim-majority Kargil in Ladakh after
wrapping up his six-day tour of the adjoining Buddhist-dominated Leh.
A young person asked
Rahul in English: “...Our Muslimness, the identity we hold very dearly, we are
very proud to be Kargili, we are very proud to be Muslim. Equally proud. We
hold our identity very, very strongly. It is extremely dear to us. We have seen
the youth in the country getting incarcerated for minute crimes, for speeches,
we want to know what would you be doing when you come to power to change the
scenario that the Indian Muslims are facing right now?Rahul replied: “You are
right that Muslims are under attack in India. This (the complaint) is not
wrong. But you must also realise that there are many other people under attack
in India. Please look at what is going on in Manipur today. For four months, Manipur
has been burning.
“You must not think that
you (the Muslims) are the only people who are under attack. This is happening
to Muslims, other minorities. It is happening to Dalits and tribals.”
Rahul promised the
youngster and other youths present at the interaction: “This is something we
are committed to fighting. You are well aware that myself and the Congress
party are at the forefront of that fight.“Regardless of which religion you are
from, which community you belong to, where you come from, you must feel
comfortable in this country. Comfortable in every corner of this country. This
is the constitutional foundation of India.”
The youth then asked:
“Would you release the Muslim youth who are in jail?”
Rahul replied: “Listen,
we will have to function according to the courts, friend. We cannot function
outside the legal system of the country, right?
“I have to operate under
the Constitution. I have no choice. If the Supreme Court had not reinstated me,
I would have to abide by their decision. As a politician, those are the
instruments we have.”
Rahul added: “But what
you are saying, absolutely, we are very sensitive to unfairness towards any
community, any group, any religion, any caste, any language. That is for sure.”
2024 ‘guarantee’
To a question about the
Congress’s health, Rahul said it was the BJP, and not his party, that was
facing a downfall.“Which party faced downfall in Karnataka, in Himachal? Was it
the Congress? There is election in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and
Telangana. You will see who faces downfall there. The Congress will win all
four states,” the Congress MP said.
“Don’t think the
Congress cannot fight the BJP. I guarantee you that we will defeat the BJP in
the 2024 elections,” Rahul added, to loud cheers.
“The BJP has controlled
all institutions in the country. Do you think India has free and fair media? Is
the media neutral in India? The BJP has attacked all institutions in India.
Media, bureaucracy, the Election Commission or judiciary are under attack. If
there was a level playing field, the media was fair and the BJP had not
captured institutions, it would not have won even the 2019 elections. But
despite that, the Congress and INDIA alliance will defeat BJP,” Rahul said.
6) IT, ED attempts
to defame Chhattisgarh government: Bhupesh Baghel:
Apart from questioning
the IT and ED’s investigation methods, the CM stated that both the agencies
have not been able to prove their charges in coal scam, liquor scam.
With enforcement
agencies raiding his political advisor and Officer on Special Duty,
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday sarcastically remarked
that Income Tax (IT) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) would be contesting
coming State elections on behalf of the BJP.
Addressing a press
conference in the national capital, Baghel also alleged that the Centre was
using the Income Tax (IT) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) to defame the State
government and create hurdles in its functioning. He said that ‘incompetent ED’
is venturing into homes of people, at times without FIR copies, threatening and
physically assaulting them to sign on papers in different scams.An attempt is
being made to suppress and defame the Chhattisgarh government,” the CM stated
while insisting that the Centre’s onslaught began when the BJP lost the
Jharkhand elections in July 2020. They were silent for two and a half years,
but have become active again as the elections are approaching, Baghel told
reporters. Apart from questioning the IT and ED’s investigation methods, the CM
stated that both the agencies have not been able to prove their charges in coal
scam, liquor scam so far. According to him, the liquor scam was supposed to be
worth ₹2,168 crore as per the ED but till now they have been able to attach
assets worth only ₹200 crore and that too of parental property acquired before
2018.
He also countered
investigating agencies’ assertion that the scam lead to loss of excise revenue
by stating that on the contrary it went up from ₹3,900 crore to 6,500 crore.
Similarly, he stated that the coal scam was billed as worth ₹500 crore after
the agencies first filed FIR in Karnataka, then in Bhopal and now in Noida.
But, so far ED has been able to confiscate assets worth only ₹150 crore, he
pointed out.
Baghel said the problem
of the BJP is that it is baffled how the government procured from farmers 107
lakh metric tonnes of paddy which earlier used to rot in the open. This is said
in the context of paddy scam. “We saved all those losses. This is their worry,”
he added.
7) BRICS invites Saudi Arabia, 5 other nation
to join bloc, PM Modi congratulates new members:
BRICS leaders announced
on Thursday the admission of six new countries from next year as the club of
large and populous emerging economies seeks to reshape the global order.
The BRICS -- Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa -- agreed at their annual summit to make
Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates
full members from January 1.
"This membership
expansion is historic," said Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose nation is
the most powerful in the group of non-Western states that represents a quarter
of the world's economy.
"The expansion is
also a new starting point for BRICS cooperation. It will bring new vigour to
the BRICS cooperation mechanism and further strengthen the force for world
peace and development."
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi later congratulated the new menber, saying, "India has always
supported the expansion of BRICS. India has always believed that adding new
members will strengthen BRICS as an organisation," he said.
PM Modi, XI asks
officials to resolve border dispute:
Foreign Secretary Vinay
Kwatra says, "Prime Minister had interactions with other BRICS leaders. In
a conversation with President Xi Jinping of China, Prime Minister highlighted
India's concerns on the unresolved issues along the LAC in the western sector
of the India-China border areas. Prime Minister underlined that the maintenance
of peace and tranquillity in the border areas and observing and respecting the
LAC are essential for the normalisation of the India-China relationship. In
this regard, the two leaders agreed to direct their relevant officials to
intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation."
8) Xi, Modi hold
rare sitdown for China-India border talks:
Chinese President Xi
Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held “candid and in-depth”
talks to ease tensions along their disputed frontier, Beijing said on Friday,
after a rare face-to-face encounter between the two leaders.
Relations between the
world’s two most populous countries have been in deep freeze since a deadly
Himalayan border clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese
troops in 2020.
Tens of thousands of
soldiers have since been massed along both sides of the border. They remain
despite 19 rounds of talks between top military officials of both countries.
The leaders met on
Thursday while attending the BRICS summit in South Africa in what China’s
foreign ministry characterised as a “candid and in-depth exchange of views”.
“President Xi stressed
that improving China-India relations serves the common interests of the two
countries and peoples,” a ministry spokesman said on Friday.
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| Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra |
“The two sides should
bear in mind the overall interests of their bilateral relations and handle
properly the border issue so as to jointly safeguard peace.”India’s foreign
secretary said Modi had highlighted unresolved issues along the Line of Actual
Control (LAC) that divides India’s Himalayan region of Ladakh from Chinese
territory, where the deadly 2020 clash took place.“Modi underlined that …
observing and respecting the LAC are essential for normalising India-China
relationship,” Vinay Kwatra told reporters on Thursday.
India has been wary of
its northern neighbour’s growing military assertiveness and disputes over the
two Asian giants’ 3,500-kilometre shared frontier have been a perennial source
of tension.China also claims all of India’s northeastern state of Arunachal
Pradesh, considering it part of Tibet, and the Asian giants fought a full-scale
border war there in 1962.Both countries have regularly accused each other of
trying to seize territory along their unofficial divide, known as the Line of
Actual Control.The clash in 2020 along the border dividing Tibet from India’s
state of Ladakh led to a sharp deterioration in relations.
Modi’s government has
pumped billions of dollars into connectivity projects on its side of the border
to boost civilian presence, and establish new paramilitary battalions.
It is also seeking to
develop closer ties with Western countries including fellow Quad members the
United States, Japan, and Australia, which are themselves wooing it as an
alternative to China.Nineteen rounds of military talks between Beijing and New
Delhi, including the latest earlier this month, have failed to make headway on
the border disputes.Xi and Modi have both been present at numerous multilateral
diplomatic meetings since the 2020 clashes.But Thursday marked the first
face-to-face encounter between the two leaders since a brief interaction at the
G20 Summit in Bali last November.
9) Afternoon brief:
Rahul Gandhi's ‘China’ remark a day after PM Modi-Xi meeting:
'This is a lie’: In
Ladakh, Rahul Gandhi's ‘China’ remark, a day after PM Modi-Xi meeting
Rahul Gandhi raked up
the China border issue claiming the PLA has occupied India's land and the
government is lying.
A day after Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks on the sidelines
of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit in South
Africa's Johannesburg, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday raked up the
China border issue claiming that the PLA has occupied India's land. He also
alleged that Modi lied while asserting that “not even an inch of Ladakh has
been taken by China”.
"Ladakh is a
strategic location...One thing is very clear China has taken away India's
land...It is sad that the prime minister in the Opposition meeting said that
not even an inch of Ladakh has been taken by China. This is a lie...,"
Rahul Gandhi said at a rally in Ladakh's Kargil, where he has been travelling
for the past week. Gandhi will lay a wreath at the Kargil war memorial to
honour the war martyrs.
Then on his way to
Srinagar, he will have a stopover in Drass for a brief interaction with the
people.
India's foreign
secretary Vinay Kwatra on Thursday said Modi conveyed to Xi India's concerns on
the “unresolved” issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern
Ladakh, underlining that maintenance of peace and tranquillity in border areas
was essential for normalisation of India-China ties.The Chinese readout
described the conversation between the two leaders on Wednesday as “candid and
in-depth”.
Speaking on his Bharat
Jodo Yatra, the Congress MP said, “A few months ago, we walked from Kanyakumari
to Kashmir, it was called ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. The aim was to stand against
hatred and violence spread by the BJP-RSS in the country...The message that
came out of the yatra was-'nafrat ke bazaar mein hum mohabbat ki dukaan kholne
nikle hain'. In the last few days, I got to see this myself. At the time of the
yatra, I could not visit Ladakh due to snow in winter. It was in my heart to
conduct the yatra in Ladakh and I took it forward this time on a
motorbike.”Taking an apparent dig at Modi, Gandhi said, “Other leaders are busy
doing their 'Mann Ki Baat'. I thought of listening to your 'Mann Ki Baat'. One
thing is quite clear - Gandhi Ji and Congress' ideology is in Ladakh's blood
and DNA.”
The Congress leader will
be reaching Srinagar on a two-day "personal visit" and will be joined
by his mother Sonia Gandhi next day, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress
Committee (JKPCC) president Vikar Rasool Wani said on Friday.
Wani, however, said the
two senior leaders will have no political engagement or meeting with any party
leaders in Srinagar during the "family tour."
Gandhi reached Ladakh on
August 17, his first visit to the region since it was granted UT status after
being carved out from Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019. The erstwhile state of
Jammu and Kashmir was also turned into a Union Territory with its special
status under Article 370 revoked. Over the past one week, he has gone round
almost all famous places including Pangong Tso, Nubra valley, Khardungla top,
Lamayuru and Zanskar on his motorcycle before reaching Kargil on Thursday.
1) India win by two
runs (DLS), Jasprit Bumrah nabs two wickets on comeback:
The men in blue lead 1-0
in three-match series. India won the first of three T20Is in Malahide, Durban
against Ireland by two runs courtesy of the DLS method after rain halted play
in the seventh over of their chase.
Pace spearhead Jasprit
Bumrah made a splendid comeback as India restricted Ireland to a below par 139
for seven. Leading the side on his comeback after a 11-month layoff, Bumrah
claimed 2/24. Fellow pacer Prasidh Krishna (2/32) and spinner Ravi Bishnoi
(2/23) also bagged two wickets each. Ireland were 59/6 inside 11 overs before
Barry McCarthy propped the total in the death overs with a well-crafted 33-ball
51 not out (4×4, 4×6).
India (Playing XI):
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh,
Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit
Bumrah(c), Ravi Bishnoi Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling(c), Andrew
Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell,
Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Joshua Little, Benjamin White
2) 2nd T20
Highlights: All-round India seals series win against Ireland:
second T20I between
India and Ireland which happened at the Malahide Cricket Club ground in Dublin
on Sunday.
India wins by 33 runs
Bumrah closes off the
game with an accurate final over. Wicket maiden for the Indian skipper. He adds
the wicket of Adair to boot.
Clinical performance
from India and it has sealed the series win.
IND 185/5 in 20 overs
Adair gifts Dube a full
toss on the pads and he duly flicks it over the fine leg fence. SIX!!
Full length from Adair
next and Dube launches it for another six. Single taken next. Rinku Singh on
strike. Again on the pad and again smashed out of the ground. Third six of the
over. Adair has his revenge though. Draws a top edge from Rinku Singh and it is
caught. Rinku Singh c Young b Adair 38 (21b 2x4 3x6)
3) 3rd T20
Highlights: Match called off due to rain, India win series 2-0
The third T20 between
India and Ireland on Wednesday was called off due to incessant rain. India won
the three-match series 2-0.
Before start of play,
the Jasprit Bumrah-led young side was seen celebrating Chandrayaan-3’s
successful landing on moon’s south pole, making India the first nation to do
so.
India will now focus all
their attention towards the Asia Cup which will begin on August 30. The Indian
team will face archrivals Pakistan on September 2.
4)Magnus Carlsen
beats Praggnanandhaa to secure first Chess World Cup title:
India’s R Praggnanandhaa
fell to an agonising defeat against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE
World Cup final at Baku on Thursday. World Cup 2023 final. | Photo Credit: PTI
Magnus Carlsen came good
when it mattered and stopped R. Praggnanandhaa 2.5-1.5 for his maiden World Cup
title in Baku, in Azerbaijan, on Thursday.
After the two classical
games ended in draws, Carlsen won the first rapid game when Praggnanandhaa’s
sense of danger let him down and he erred under time-pressure on the 42nd turn.
In the next five moves, Praggnanandhaa faced a loss of bishop and resigned in
47 moves. Facing a must-win situation in the second game with black pieces,
Praggnanandhaa could not get the position from where he could put pressure on
Carlsen. Soon it became clear that Praggnanandhaa, at best, could get a draw
which he eventually did in just 22 moves. Praggnanandhaa said, “I could have
done better in the tie-breaker. These are shorter time-control and Magnus is
very good at it. After the first game, I could have given a better fight, But
being in a must-win situation with black pieces against Magnus was difficult.
Bu I am happy to qualify for the Candidates, that’s very important.”
Carlsen said, “That I am
not feeling good physically is well documented. I was happy to get the match to
tie-breaker to get an extra day’s rest. But I was feeling pretty much spent.
What prevailed today was experience. There were two key moments in the game
today. He caught me out in the opening. Frankly, I did not know this line he
played at all.
“I was trying to respond
by commonsense moves. Today, I also felt that Praggnanandhaa played
impulsively, something that he usually does not. And once he got into a
time-scramble, I exploited the weak squares and it was easy. Prag played really
well in general in the tournament. He had an exceptional performance. Today, he
had two moments of inexperience that cost him.”
Carlsen chose to rate
his first classical game against D. Gukesh as the best game of his tournament.
“Gukesh is extremely strong and he was sort of unlucky to have faced me that
one day when I really showed my best.”
The result saw Carlsen
win $110,000 and Praggnanandhaa earn $80,000 (approx. Rs. 66,10,724). Later,
Fabiano Caruana finished third after beating Nijat Abasov 3-1 by claiming the
first two rapid games.World Cup 2023 final. |
Open (final): Magnus Carlsen
(Nor) bt R. Praggnanandhaa 2.5-1.5 (for third place): Fabiano Caruana (USA) bt
Nijat Asabov (Aze) 3-1
Carlsen may have proved
his class, but this World Cup will be remembered for Praggnanandhaa leading
India’s charge in the premier competition. For the first time, four Indians
made it to the quarterfinals, with the fourth Indian Vidit Gujrathi accounting
for the last Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, seeded four. Praggnanandhaa took out
World No 2 Hikaru Nakamura and World No. 2 Caruana as he played way over his
ranking.
5) World Athletics
Championships 2023 LIVE, Day 7: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for Paris 2024
Olympics, qualifies for javelin throw final with DP Manu, Kishore Jena:
day seven of the World
Athletics Championships 2023 where India’s Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena and DP
Manu will be in action in Budapest, Hungary.
Dream Girl 2
is a Hindi comedy-drama movie directed by Raaj
Shaandilya, who also wrote the dialogue, the screenplay, and the story. The
movie stars Ayushmann Khurrana, and Ananya Panday in the lead roles, along with
Paresh Rawal, Abhishek Banerjee, and many others in supporting roles.
Storyline
Like a comedy-drama,
Dream Girl 2 follows the voyage of a young boy, Karam, who tumbles in love with
Pari in Mathura while attempting to resolve a difficult situation in his life.
The film is produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under the banner of
Balaji Motion Pictures
Release Date
The movie "Dream
Girl 2" was released on August 25, 2023.
Aakhri Sach
Aakhri Sach is a web
series on Hotstar directed by Robbie Grewal, written by Saurav Dey, and
produced by Neeti Simoes and Preeti Simoes. Casting Tamannaah Bhatia as lead
with Kriti Vij, Abhishek Banerjee, Shivin Narang, and Salim Siddiqui. Plot:
Aakhri Sach is a thriller drama web series based on the infamous Burari Deaths
of Delhi. Releasing Date: Aakhri Sach
was released on August 25, 2023
Mastaney
Set in 1739, Nadar
Shah's undefeated army was attacked by Sikh Rebellions. Nadar demands to arrest
them but it doesn't work out. Five ordinary men are hired to play Sikh
Rebellions but over time they learn what Sikhs are.
Director
Sharan Art
Writers
Sharan ArtHarnav Bir
Singh
Stars
Tarsem JassarSimi
ChahalGurpreet Ghuggi
Retribution
A bank executive
receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will
explode if they stop and get out.
Director
Nimród Antal
Writers
Alberto
MariniChristopher Salmanpour
Stars
Liam NeesonNoma
DumezweniLilly Aspell
Vyasa: The
Beginning :by Sibaji Bandyopadhyay (Author), Sankha Banerjee (Author)
On a huge battlefield
stand two armies facing each other. The dust stirred by
soldiers covers the sun.
Rain-clouds shower flesh
and blood, drenching the troops. Along the ground a
wind rises; the small
stones that the wind carries with it, hit the warriors. With
cinematic effects, full
of cuts and intercuts, Vyasa-with 1600 electrifying visuals
for hot-hearted
adults-sets in motion the battlefield of Kurukshetra. From the
birth of the Pandavas
and Kauravas to the interpenetration of life instincts and
death instincts, this
first book in this graphic book series rolls out the beginning
of interplay of lust and
violence which gives to the tale of war, revenge and peace
the unmatched regal
look.
Illustrator Sankha
Banerjee
The first in the series
that retells the story of the epic Mahabharata, Vyasa sets the stage for the
battle of Kurukshetra. This brilliantly illustrated graphic novel is authored
by Sibaji Bandopadhyay.
Bringing this epic to
life is artist Sankha Banerjee, who enthralls the readers with the many illustrations
in the graphic novel.
Here’s taking a sneak
peek into the interesting life of Sankha Banerjee.
Sibaji
Bandyopadhyay (born
16 November 1954) is an Indian author, critic, academic, theorist and
performer, who writes in Bengali and English. His interests lie in the fields
of Bengali and English literature, literary theory, philosophy, feminism,
sexuality, cinema and psychoanalysis.
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