Countdown Begins, Chandrayaan-2 to Take a Billion Dreams to Moon
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What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in MONDAY faculties, in form and moving how JULY 22, 2019 express and admirable, in action CHANDIGARH how like an angel, in apprehension VOL. XXIII, NO. 164 how like a god. PAGES 8 Rs. 2 William Shakespeare YUGMARGYOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER INLD MLA from Rania Ram Not fair to have result like this: Dhawan returns, Pant Chander Kamboj resigns named wicketkeeper for Morgan on WC final Windies tour ... PAGE 3 ... PAGE 3 ...PAGE 8 Countdown begins, Chandrayaan-2 to take a billion dreams to Moon Man, daughter ISRO fixes GSLV Mk-III cryogenic engine glitch electrocuted in Kota KOTA: A man and his 10-year- 'Stronger old daughter died due to electric shock on Sunday after a power line came in contact with their than ever' house in Rajasthan's Kota dis- NEW DELHI: India will make a trict, police said. second attempt Monday to send Sheila Dikshit cremated The incident occurred in the a landmark spacecraft to the morning in the Etawa town, Moon after an apparent fuel leak when the girl, Payal, was feed- forced last week's launch to be ing pet rabbits kept in iron cage aborted. The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the with full state honours that got electrified. She was electrocuted after accidentally fourth nation -- after Russia, the United States and China -- to AGENCY many others. touching the cage, a police offi- NEW DELHI, JULY 21 Dikshit, who died at 3.55 pm at a cer said. After Payal suffered an land a spacecraft on the Moon. The misson comes 50 years af- hospital on Saturday, had served as Del- electric shock, her father, Former Delhi chief minister Sheila hi's chief minister for three consecutive Ramjhani (30), rushed to save ter Neil Armstrong became the her but himself got electrocuted, first person to step foot on the Dikshit was on Sunday cremated with terms between 1998 and in 2013. She he said. The two were immedi- moon, an occasion celebrated full state honours at the national capi- was credited for national capital's grow- ately taken to a hospital where by space enthusiasts globally on tal's oldest cremation ground, Nigam- ing infrastructure including roads and they were declared brought Saturday The fresh launch at- bodh Ghat. flyovers and better public transport sys- dead, the officer said. The bod- tempt for Chandrayaan-2 -- As per her wish, the Congress leader tem. ies were handed over to the Moon Chariot 2 in some Indian was laid to rest using the CNG method. The concept of CNG to curb pollu- family members for last rites af- languages including Sanskrit Hundreds joined in for the Congress tion was introduced in the national cap- ter their written refusal for post- AGENCY M1/#Chandrayaan2 com- Pad at 1443 hrs on Monday af- and Hindi -- has been sched- stalwart's last journey from the party ital by Dikshit during her tenure. mortem, he said. CHENNAI, JULY 21 menced today at 1843 hrs. The ternoon. ISRO said the Launch uled for 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) on headquarters to Nigambodh Ghat. With The private hospital, where she was launch is scheduled at 1443 rehearsal has been completed Monday, the Indian Space Re- her smiling photograph in front, a truck admitted, in a statement, said despite all Netanyahu to visit search Organisation (ISRO) The 20-hour countdown for the Hrs IST on July 22nd', the and the performance was nor- said. decorated with white flowers carried her resuscitative efforts, Dikshit died after a launch of the prestigious sec- tweet said. The launch prepara- mal. The launch was earlier mortal remains as supporters bid a tear- cardiac arrest. India on Sep 9 ond lunar mission, Chan- tions were progressing smooth- scheduled on July 15, but was ful adieu to their leader. Her mortal remains were kept at her to meet Modi drayaan-2, which will take a ly. The 43.43 m tall GSLV- deferred an hour before the lift UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, home in Delhi's Nizamuddin East area billion dreams to the Moon, MkIII-M1, India's heaviest off off due to a technical snag tem performance is normal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Con- on Saturday and were kept at the AICC JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime commenced at the spaceport rocket thus far, carrying the in the three-stage launch vehi- Chandrayaan-2 launch is now gress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, headquarters on Sunday morning. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to India on a day-long of Sriharikota on Sunday 3,850kg Chandrayaaan-2, with cle. On July 18, ISRO an- rescheduled for July 22 at 1443 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Leaders across party lines paid trib- visit on September 9 to meet his evening. Orbiter, (Vikram) -Lander and nounced that the expert com- hrs', it said. About 16 minutes Baghel, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister utes to the stalwart with National Con- counterpart Narendra Modi, just The countdown started at (Pragyan)-Rover as payloads mittee identified the root cause after lift off, Chandrayaan-2 Kamal Nath, Delhi Chief Minister ference's Omar Abdullah, BJP's Sushma eight days before an unprece- 1843 hrs today evening, ISRO for a soft landing on the of the technical snag and all will be injected into an earth Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Swaraj, and LK Advani and CPI's D dented repeat polls in the Jewish tweeted. 'The launch count- Moon's South pole, would lift corrective actions were imple- parking 170.06 x 40,400 km Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia were Raja paying their respects to Dikshit on state. Netanyahu, who created down of #GSLVMkIII- off from the Second Launch mented. 'Thereafter, the sys- orbit. present for the last rites, apart from Sunday at her residence. history on July 20 by becoming the longest serving Israeli Prime Minister, surpassing Israel's first premier David Ben-Gurion, is facing a tough political challenge Navjot Sidhu vacates his as opinion polls show flagging fortunes for his ruling Likud par- Hima grabs 5th gold ty. "The (Israeli) Prime Minister will be in India only for a few ministerial bungalow AGENCY hours on September 9 during NOVE MESTO, JULY 21 which he will be meeting Modi. AGENCY East, was given Power, New and Renewable No other significant meeting is yet on the cards but something CHANDIGARH, JULY 21 Energy Resources portfolio after a Cabinet Indian sprinter Hima Das extended her sensation- may be worked out during the reshuffle in June, had sent his res- al run by claiming her fifth gold of the month as coming days, possibly a busi- A day after his resignation from ignation to Captain Amarinder on she returned to her pet 400m competition with a ness meeting," informed sources the post of Cabinet minister was July 15. The cricketer-turned- season-best time of 52.09 seconds here. told a news agency here. formally accepted by Chief Min- politician had earlier submitted his The timing on Saturday slower than her per- ister Captain Amarinder Singh, resignation letter to Rahul Gandhi sonal best of 50.79 seconds, which she managed Labourer dies in Congress legislator Navjot Singh instead of Amarinder Singh. Singh at the Jakarta Asian Games and she also narrow- Sidhu on Sunday said to have va- and Sidhu had been at loggerheads ly missed out on the World Championships qual- wall collapse cated the ministerial bungalow. since his controversial visit to Pak- ifying mark of 51.80. However, it was better than KANGRA: A 52-year-old "Have vacated the ministerial istan for the swearing-in ceremony the timing of 52.88, which she managed earlier in labourer was killed, when he bungalow, handed it over to the of Imran Khan last year where he the season. It was Hima's fifth gold medal since came under the debris of a wall Punjab Government," Sidhu had hugged Pak Army Chief lead- July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in of a house which collapsed in tweeted. Sidhu, an MLA from Amritsar ing to a huge controversy back home. Europe. Nagrota Bagwan area following heavy rains on Saturday, police said here. Police told a news agency that victim was identified as Dev Raj, Adityanath meets affected families Pak feels insulted as Imran resident of Raipur village of Sul- lah, working as a labourer when construction work in a house in Sonbhadra, blames Congress gets a cold welcome in US was under progress and one of its wall collapsed following rains AGENCY 2017, the land was sold to some local WASHINGTON, JULY 21 reached the US through an air- in the area. Police said that Dev Raj came SONBHADRA, JUL 21 people," he said, adding an inquiry re- line of Qatar Airways instead under the debris of the col- port into all the wrongdoings since Pakistan Prime Minister Imran of a private jet. Pakistan’s For- lapsed wall and was seriously Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi 1952 has been sought within 10 days. Khan, who is visiting the Unit- eign Minister Shah Mehmood injured. He was rushed to Tanda Adityanath on Sunday met the families The chief minister announced an ed States for the first time Qureshi and Pakistan’s Amer- Medical College for treatment, of Gond tribals killed in a clash here enhanced compensation of Rs 18.5 lakh since becoming the Prime ican ambassador Asad M where he succumbed to his in- over a land dispute four days ago and each to the families of those killed and Minister, received a colder Khan were present at the air- juries, police said.