WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 A PRACTICAL NEWS BULLETIN OF PG DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION Vol 3; No. 27 IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri removed ‘Project NETRA’ initiated by ISRO to safeguard Indian space assets scopes; data processing units for opposing fund misuse attempts THE HINDU Google and a control centre. They can, the Board to the state-run Kar - DECCAN HERALD : In the middle among others, spot, track and nataka State Electronics Devel - of its two-month Chandrayaan- catalogue objects as small as BANGALORE: Rohini Sind - opment Corporation Ltd 2 campaign, the Indian Space 10 cm, up to a range of 3,400 huri IAS officer Rohini Sind - (Keonics) without following Research Organisation (ISRO) km and equal to a space orbit huri was "shunted out" as the the tendering process. last month quietly initiated of around 2,000 km. secretary of the Sindhuri insisted on choos - ‘Project NETRA’ – an early Building and Other Construc - With this the ISRO, which ing service providers from the warning system in space to de - tion Workers Welfare Board as has placed satellites to track open market through a tender - tect debris and other hazards to she resisted attempts at possi - the earth from above, will also ing process, given that Keonics Indian satellites. ble misuse funds meant for up - start training its eyes onspace was found to have an uninspir - The project estimated to cost liftment of labourers, from earth. ing track record in implemen - 400 crore, when in place, will according to sources. tation of projects, sources said. give India its own capability in Space debris could be float - Sindhuri, 35, was transferred space situational awareness ing particles from dead satel - by the state government on One such project that Sind - (SSA) like the other space lites or rocket parts that stay in September 20. Labour Com - huri was expected to hand over IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri powers — which is used to orbit for many years. Satellite missioner K G Shantaram has to Keonics was a six-digit, 24/7 ‘predict’ threats from debris to agencies agonise over even a been given concurrent charge helpline dedicated to labour only about Rs 800 crore spent Indian satellites. It also goes so speck of paint or fragment of the Board, while Sindhuri welfare. On August 30, Labour in the last eight years. far as to serve as an unstated floating towards their space - has not been given a new post - Secretary P Manivannan urged But according to sources, warning against missile or craft: it disables on board elec - ing. Chief Minister B S Sindhuri to expedite the Sindhuri was under pressure to space attack for the country, tronics and cripples the Yediyurappa holds the labour helpline project. spend these funds in ways that experts say. satellite worth several hundred portfolio. could have led to pilferage. Sindhuri was also under The space agency says our crore rupees besides many The Board has a corpus of These claims were corrobo - pressure to divert a portion of SSA will first be for low-earth services that run on it. Agen - about Rs 8,000 crore, which is rated by a senior IAS officer the Board’s funds towards orbits or LEO which have re - cies constantly look for debris mostly through labour cess of who said was aware of the rea - flood relief. Sources said Sind - mote-sensing spacecraft. at the time of a launch and 1% that is levied on all con - sons behind Sindhuri's transfer. huri was initially asked to part Under NETRA, or Network for through the life of a struction projects — govern - with Rs 3,000 crore — and space object Tracking and satellite.NETRA’s eventual ment or private. Sindhuri was For instance, Sindhuri was then Rs 1,000 crore — to dis - Analysis, the ISRO plans to goal is to capture the GEO, or taking steps to streamline the asked by one senior IAS offi - tribute food packets, furniture put up many observational fa - geostationary orbit, scene at Board’s expenditure, what with cer to award various works of and lighting in flood-hit areas. cilities: connected radars, tele - 36,000 km. Baba Ramedev’s yoga in Udupi Lecture on poet Ratnakaravarni’s Green crackers

fluence on a large number of Bharateshavaibhava will make their DAIJIWORLD people," the Swamiji said. JESLIN . debut this Diwali UDUPI: A five-day long mega State in-charge of Patanjali “Ratnakaravarni was a Jain TIMES OF INDIA Yoga camp by internationally Yoga Peeth, Yogacharya MANGALORE: The Ma - poet of the 16th century, hail - acclaimed Yoga guru, Baba Bhavaralalaji, said, “As usual, hakavi Ratnakaravarni Study ing from Moodabidri. He is NEW DELHI: This Diwali Ramdev, will be held here every year, Patanjali Yoga Centre at Mangalore Univer - one of the prominent poets of low emission ‘green’ crackers from December 3 to 7 this year Peeth has been organizing such sity along with department of Dakshina . ‘Bharate - with a unique logo and QR at Sri Krishna Math here, said programmes once in a year in Kannada, Government First shavaibhava’ is an epic. We code on boxes will finally be Sri Vidyadheesha Theertha the state. This time we have Grade Women’s College is or - want students to know more available in Delhi. According Swamiji of Palimaru Math. chosen temple town Udupi. We ganising guest lectures on the about it and develop an interest to CSIR-National Environ - He was addressing a press are expecting 30000 people to topic ‘Rathnakaravarni’s about the study of this epic. mental Engineering Research meet at Kanaka Mantapa of Sri take part in the Yoga sessions Bharateshavaibhava: A cultural Ratnakaravarni is also known Institute officials, over 550 Krishna Math here on Monday, as participants," insight’ from 11 a.m. on for ‘Aparajiteshwara Shataka’ emission testing certificates September 23. He explained and for writing songs and Jain Yoga exponent, Baba Wednesday. The first lecture have already been handed over that the five-day Yoga camp is stories, especially those related Ramdev, has been conducting will be delivered by Prof. to manufacturers. being organized by Paryaya Sri to Bharata-Baahubali. We will Yoga camps and spreading Shubhachandra, from the de - Around 60 compositions of Palimar Math, in association also be conducting seminars in awareness about the impor - partment of Jain studies, ‘green’ crackers made by vari - with Patanjali Yog Peeth of colleges across Belthangady, tance of Yoga, Pranayama and University. There will ous manufacturers were ap - Haridwar. Uppinangady, Moodabidri and drive to use indigenously pro - also be a talk on ‘Bharate - proved for production till now, Kasargod,” said Prof. So - "I was thinking of organizing duced goods at worldwide shavaibhava and message of while 24 were rejected, Petro - manna, coordinator of the the Yoga camp here during my through Patanjali Yoga Peeth. ’ by Muniraja Renjala, leum and Explosive Safety Or - event. first year of Paryaya. But I am Palimaru Swamiji would be fe - renowned Jain scholar from ganisation(PESO) chief M K fortunate to at least organize licitating and honouring Baba Leonardo DiCaprio lends support Jhala told on Monday. this Yoga camp during the sec - Ramdev on this occasion. Delhi’s air quality last Diwali ond year of my Paryaya. I want to ‘Cauvery Calling’ day November 7, oscillated be - the people of Udupi to make Bhavaralalaji further said, tween “poor” and “very poor” tion in India. He recently the best use of this opportunity. “The required preparations are DAIJIWORLD categories as authorities I am sure that the camp will on full swing. Prior to the posted a message on his Face - warned of severe deterioration help them to have good health camp, as many as 101 camps COIMBATORE: Oscar- book saying, "India’s rivers are in air quality even if “partial and sound body," he explained. will be organized at different winning Hollywood actor severely endangered with toxic crackers” are burned "From December 3 onward, parts of ." Leonardo DiCaprio is well- many of its smaller rivers van - compared to previous years. the Yoga training will begin known for his devotion to the ishing. Join Sadhguru and the However, the next day, No - Balaji Raghavendra Acharya, everyday at 5 am and go on till promotion of environmental Isha Foundation in their fight vember 8, most air quality district Samrakshaka of 7 am at the parking lot of Sri causes. to preserve the Cauvery river.” monitoring stations across the Bharath Swabhiman trust, Krishna Math. A one day mega Lately, Leonardo was found As per an Isha release, the city had “very poor” air quality Karamballi Shivaram Shetty, Yoga camp had been con - supporting one such cause the Facebook post has been widely and AQI touched 390. Author - district president, Patanjali ducted in 2011 at MGM 'Cauvery Calling,' a movement shared and has gained a lot of ities attributed the spike in pol - ground. It had cast a good in - Yoga Peeth, will be present. launched by the Isha Founda - attention. lution level.

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