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' %'()%*$+,- !.!./ +#,'- (#)* ! 9 ;)=)::*) 2)).12)92+:(+<9: :,-.,2+);-):=) )+,-+251(:* 0,:.+0,20.()*. .(5,-.-2 5,.( -;., :0- . -)2:2( 5+).-(;/)-(.9?-/.( 6##>2(:)(-(;.( ),. 2( ,< ).0. =-.<*. +5 "#$ %%& ""6 7.) .! . $/010$2 $00 Q R ()* )+,- he unsavoury incidents in Tthe Upper House which led to a near washout of the Monsoon Session of Parliament again brought the Government and the Opposition face-to-face on ()* )+,- Wednesday with both the sides hurling accusations against he Chandrayaan-2 orbiter each other for damaging coun- Thas confirmed the presence try’s democratic traditions. of water molecules (H2O) and The Government fielded hydroxyl (OH) on the surface nine senior Ministers at a Press of the moon. conference and charged the The researchers, who Opposition with “pre-planned analysed the data obtained by agenda “of disruption” and the orbiter’s imaging infrared having “no interest in discus- spectrometre (IIRS), said, sion” and asked the Opposition “There is widespread lunar to “apologise to the nation”. It hydration and unambiguous cules when compared to the at higher latitudes of the moon demanded strict action against detection of OH and H2O sig- mare regions, which were were found to have higher the obstructive behaviour of the !" #$ ! ! natures on the moon between found to have more domi- hydroxyl or possibly water Opposition. &' & " "( 29 degrees north and 62 nance of OH at higher surface molecules. “People wait for their issues degrees north latitude.” temperature,” the research The Chandrayaan-1 mis- to be raised in Parliament. But Prahlad Joshi, Bhupendra ing Parliamentary conduct out dark chapter in the history of the nation”. “The initial data analysis paper said. sion had already confirmed the Opposition parties do not care Yadav, Anurag Singh Thakur, of the House,” said the Indian democracy, the The Ministers said the from IIRS clearly demonstrates The Chandrayaan-2 mis- presence of water on moon sur- about people, they don’t care Arjun Ram Meghwal and V Ministers. Government said misbehav- Opposition had publicly stat- the presence of widespread sion was launched by Indian face but due to limited spectral about taxpayers’ money. Muraleedharan. Saying that “anti-democ- iour by the Opposition mem- ed that the Session should be lunar hydration and unam- Space Research Organisation coverage, the exact nature of Anarchy from streets to “Some Opposition mem- ratic and violent behaviour” of bers is “a shameful disgrace in washed out. “Their intention biguous detection of OH and (Isro) in July 2019. Vikram lan- hydration could not be ascer- Parliament was Opposition’s bers desecrated the sanctity of the Opposition during Parliamentary history of India” was to not let the House con- H2O signatures between 29 der on-board the mission tained. However, the IIRS on- only agenda during the the House by climbing the Parliament Session scripts a and “they must apologise to duct business,” they said. degrees north and 62 degrees crash-landed on the lunar sur- board Chandrayaan-2 moon Monsoon Session. What hap- sanctum sanctorum (garbha- north latitude,” a research paper face just 2.1 km from its desti- mission has been able to com- pened was condemnable. griha), namely the table locat- published in the journal nation in September that year pletely characterise lunar Instead of shedding crocodile ed at Well of the House, and Current Science revealed. but the orbiter accompanying hydratioon attributed to the tears, they must apologise to threw the Rule Book at the The August 10 research it has been providing useful presence of OH and H2O. the nation,” said Information Chair. The member of article is authored by former information to scientists back A successful moon landing and Broadcasting Minister Parliament who stood on the ISRO chairman AS Kiran on earth. would have made India the Anurag Thakur while address- table in Parliament was not Kunar from the Indian Institute According to the fourth country in the world to ing the joint Press conference. only standing on the table of Remote Sensing (IIRS) researchers, the formation of land a rocket on the moon after The conference was attend- but was trampling upon P Dehradun, SAC in hydroxyl or water molecules the US, the erstwhile USSR, ed by Union Ministers Piyush Parliamentary ethics. He was Ahmedabad, UR Rao Satellite occurs due to a process called and China, and the first to have Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, not only throwing a book at Centre and ISRO headquarters space weathering, which is landed close to the lunar South Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Chair but was also throw- ()* )+,- in Bengaluru. when the solar winds blow over Pole. On September 24, 2009, “Plagioclase-rich rocks the lunar surface. It was also NASA announced that the M3 eaders of several Opposition have been found to have high- observed from the data that the instrument had detected water Lparties on Thursday took er OH or possibly H2O mole- brighter sunlit highland regions ice on the Moon. out a protest march against the Government on several issues, including Pegasus and alleged manhandling of their MPs in the Rajya Sabha, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying the " ' voice of people was “crushed” in the House. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, former Union Minister Sharad ! Pawar and several top ()* )+,- Opposition leaders regretted the way the Monson Session ! wo wanted criminals were was conducted without giving 5! $ ' * "#"# Tkilled in an encounter with an audience to the large num- & " "( the Delhi Police in northeast ber of Opposition MPs. ! Khajuri Khas on Thursday. The Opposition accused iour towards women MPs in The Opposition leaders Police recovered two auto- the Government of deliber- the august House. More than also called on Rajya Sabha ! $ matic pistols, four magazines, ately derailing Parliament and 40 men and women were Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu ! % a huge quantity of ammuni- alleged that the Opposition brought into the House from and complained against the tion with live rounds and MPs, including women mem- outside. It is painful. It is an alleged manhandling of its K cash worth 1 lakh from the bers, were manhandled by attack on democracy,” Pawar MPs, including women mem- ! possession of the accused. outsiders who were not part of alleged. In a joint statement, bers, following which Naidu The duo has been identi- Parliament security. Pawar has Opposition leaders con- conveyed that details are being fied as Amir Khan and alleged that outsiders were demned the “authoritarian minutely examined. Ramjan. Police said Khan, a called in to manhandle attitude” and “undemocratic Gowda urged the Centre resident of Loni in Ghaziabad, Opposition leaders, including actions” of the Government and the Opposition to find a was previously involved in women MPs, before the Upper and said what had happened “middle path” to ensure seven criminal cases while House was adjourned sine in the Rajya Sabha on Parliament’s next session in his associate Rajman, a resi- die. Wednesday was shocking and November functions properly, " ! ()& $ &* ! +()$*, & ) -&. & dent of Wazirpur Industrial “In 55 years of my an insult to the dignity of the saying being “terribly +)-./012,& !3*)/243 * !''' ) )& 5 ) Area, was involved in five Parliamentary career, I have House and humiliation of the adamant” or over enthusiastic " 6( & ' " / ! criminal cases. never seen this kind of behav- members. are both dangerous. && ()$* According to Sanjay Kumar Nain, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Northeast district, on !& " the night of Wednesday, the " &5!P Station House Officer (SHO) of Khajuri Khas police station received specific inputs about the presence of wanted crim- inals in Shri Ram Colony in P9& Khajuri Khas area. % ' ' ! ! " " .,/) .0. # he Indian Air Force has Q R $ Tsacked one of its person- ()* )+,- nel from service for refusing % to get vaccinated against ithin the next few years, Covid-19, which has been Was the SARS-CoV-2 virus made a service condition, the becoming endemic, Covid-19 Central Government has told 1.02+ whip in the Lok Sabha may behave like other com- the Gujarat High Court. ()* )+,- Manickam Tagore, Assam in- mon-cold coronaviruses, Additional Solicitor he Afghan Government charge and former Union affecting mostly young children ! & ! 5/17 && & General Devang Vyas, in his Thas offered the Taliban a he official Twitter handle of Minister Jitendra Singh and who have not yet been vacci- " submission on Wednesday in share in power so long as the Tthe Congress and that of a Mahila Congress president nated or exposed to the virus, the High Court on a plea rising violence in the country large number of its leaders Sushmita Dev and Surjewala according to new modeling SARS-CoV-2, there has been a in other coronaviruses and moved by Indian Air Force comes to a halt, Al Jazeera & ' and workers have been blocked also have been blocked. results. clear signature of increasingly influenza viruses as they have corporal Yogendra Kumar at reported on Thursday, citing a '! P by the microblogging plat- Twitter said the blocking of The observation comes at severe outcomes and fatality emerged and then become

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