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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA failed in comparison to the at- tempts made by the prime min- NEW DELHI: Foreign tourist ar- ister to showcase this country. rivals (FTAs) to India increased The data shows India is stable, despite travel advisories issued peaceful and definitely worth by several countries and at- seeing," said Patel when asked tempts by some groups to create about the effects the protests "a bad perception" of the situa- against CAA, NRC, NPR have on tion in the country, said Tourism the tourism industry. Minister Prahlad Patel on Friday. According to data from the In 2019, till December, there ministry, FTAs grew by 4.3 per has been a 43-percent increase cent in September 2019, a month in tourists availing e-visa, Forex after the abrogation of Article 370 has grown by almost 19 per- in Jammy and Kashmir, as com- cent and the increase in FTAs is pared to the same period in 2018. around 8 per cent as compared Similarly, Forex grew by 11 to the same period in 2018 percent during the same period. "I think the data makes clear In December, when protests PRESS TRUST OF INDIA At Jama Masjid in old Del- President Kovind to those trying to create a bad against CAA and NRC began, FTAs hi, where anti-Citizenship perception of the country in a grew by 3 percent and Forex by From the very place he was Amendment Act protest was planned manner that they have 16 percent, the data said. taken into custody, Bhim taking place, Azad also lauded Rejects Mercy Plea Of Army chief Chandrashekhar women participating in the Azad, with the Constitution anti-CAA protests at Shaheen in one hand, returned to the Bagh, Jamia Millia University Isro’s GSAT-30 Satellite Successfully Jama Masjid on Friday after- and other parts of the country. noon, just a few hours before “This (anti CAA) movement 2012 Gangrape Convict Launched Aboard Ariane Rocket his court deadline to leave is for the future of this country, Delhi expires. for our identity and to uphold PRESS TRUST OF INDIA dent, who was gangraped and for Mukesh, had said. Amid the swell of protesters, the Constitution. It is our re- brutally assaulted in Decem- Meanwhile, Asha Devi, Azad, aka Raavan, sitting on the sponsibility to strengthen it,” NEW DELHI:- The mercy pe- ber 2012, said. mother of the victim, blamed steps of the Masjid, read out he said. tition of Mukesh Singh, one On Wednesday, the Delhi political parties for exploit- Preamble to the Constitution. Azad said it is the fundamen- of the four convicts in the government had informed the ing her daughter’s death for Azad, 33, was released from tal duty of citizens to protect 2012 Delhi gangrape case, Delhi High Court that the four “political gains” and “delay- Tihar Jail on bail on Thursday the Constitution and also urged was rejected by President death row convicts will not be ing” the hanging of the four night and received a rousing people to carry out peaceful Ram Nath Kovind on Friday, hanged, as their mercy peti- convicts. Speaking to news welcome by his supporters. protests against the CAA. sources told PTI. tion was pending before the agency ANI, she urged Prime This comes hours after the President. The four were to be Minister Narendra Modi to ful- Union Home Ministry had for- hanged on January 22 at 7 am. fill his 2014 campaign promise warded the plea, recommend- Pointing out that the right of women safety and ensure Punjab Assembly ing its rejection to the Presi- to seek mercy is a Constitu- that the culprits are hanged to dent, the news agency had tional right, Grover said, “The death on January 22, as earlier Moves Resolution Against reported. applicant is entitled to a fair decided by a Delhi court. “We are happy that the consideration of his mercy “The same people who took BENGALURU: India's “high tage from Isro's earlier INSAT/ chances of them getting plea without the shadow to the streets to protest against power” communication satel- GSAT satellite series, and is Citizenship Amendment Act hanged have increased. We of the noose hanging over the incident in 2012 are now lite GSAT-30, aimed at providing equipped with 12 C and 12 Ku are assured that as soon as him… There is no purpose in using my daughter’s death for high-quality television, tele- band transponders. they file mercy pleas they will keeping the warrant alive as political gains,” she said. “I communications and broad- GSAT-30 is to serve as replace- be rejected,” the father of the it is in defiance of law,” advo- feel stuck in the middle of this casting services, was success- ment to the “aging” INSAT-4A 23-year-old paramedic stu- cate Vrinda Grover, appearing blame game,” Asha Devi added. fully launched onboard Ariane spacecraft services with en- 5 rocket from French Guiana in hanced coverage, ISRO has said, the early hours of Friday, the adding the satellite provides In- Indian Space Research Organisa- dian mainland and islands cov- tion (Isro) said here. erage in Ku-band and extended 'Deliberate Delay': Nirbhaya's Mother Blasting off from the Ariane coverage in C-band covering Launch Complex in Kourou, a Gulf countries, a large number French territory located in north- of Asian countries and Australia. Accuses BJP, AAP Of Playing Politics eastern coast of South America With a mission life of 15 at 2:35 am IST, European space years, GSAT-30 is an opera- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA consortium Arianespace's Ariane tional communication satellite 5 vehicle injected GSAT-30 into for DTH, television uplink and NEW DELHI: Nirbhaya's moth- the orbit in a flawless flight last- VSAT services. A resolution against the con- Census 2020 and NPR. It will er Asha Devi on Friday accused ing about 38 minutes. The Bengaluru-headquartered tentious Citizenship (Amend- be attended by Chief Secretar- BJP and AAP of playing politics “#GSAT30 successfully sepa- Isro has said the communication ment) Act was moved in Pun- ies and Census Directors of all and alleged that the hanging of rated from the upper stage of payload of GSAT-30 is specifi- jab Assembly on Friday. The states. Opposition parties say convicts of 2012 gang-rape case #Ariane5 #VA251” Isro said in a cally designed and optimised to state government will also the NPR is a “prelude” to the which was scheduled to take tweet. maximise the number of tran- seek an amendment to the NRC. place on January 22, is being Confirming the successful sponders on the spacecraft bus. form of the National Popula- Besides this, the House also deliberately postponed. launch, Arianespace CEO St- According to the space agency, tion Register (NPR) to allay passed the Punjab Right to "It has been 7 years and we phane Isral tweeted, “A strong the spacecraft would be exten- fears in certain quarters re- Business Bill, 2020, to ensure didn't get justice. The govern- start to 2020 as #Ariane5 suc- sively used for supporting VSAT garding the NPR and National ease of doing business for ment can't see our pain. Both cessfully deploys its two sat- (Very Small Aperture Terminal) Register of Citizens (NRC). those under the Ministry of parties are playing politics on the ellite passengers EUTELSAT network, television uplinking State Minister Brahm Mo- Micro, Small and Medium En- girl's death. I think the hanging KONNECT and GSAT-30 into and teleport services, digital hindra moved the resolution terprises. is deliberately been postponed," geostationary transfer orbit! I satellite news gathering (DSNG), on the second day of the two- Earlier, the Kerala assem- Asha Devi told ANI when asked appreciate the trust from the DTH television services, cellular day special Assembly session. bly had passed a resolution about the war of words between sure that the hanging of con- The Delhi High Court has re- two customers on this mis- backhaul connectivity and many “The CAA enacted by Parlia- against the CAA. The Pinarayi BJP and AAP in the case. victs take place on January 22. fused to set aside the trial court sion: @Eutelsat_SA and @ISRO such applications. ment has caused countrywide Vijayan government in Kerala "Till now, I never talked Standing Counsel for Tihar order which issued a death war- #VA251 #MissiontoSuccess.” One Ku-band beacon anguish and social unrest with also moved the Supreme Court about politics, but now I want Jail authorities Advocate Rahul rant. The court had asked the Isro's U R Rao Satellite Centre downlink signal is transmit- widespread protests all over seeking declaration of the new to say that those people who Mehra has said that the ex- convict's counsel to approach Director P Kunhikrishnan, who ted for ground-tracking pur- the country. The state of Pun- law unconstitutional. held protests on streets in ecution of convicts in the 2012 the trial court and apprise about was present in Kourou, congrat- pose, it added. jab also witnessed protests Assembly clears business bill 2012, today the same people gang-rape case will not take the pending mercy plea. ulated the ISRO community and For its initial flight of 2020, against this legislation, which Besides this, the Assembly are only playing with my place on January 22. The Supreme Court had already Arianespace team on the suc- Arianespace on its website said, were peaceful and involved all today passed The Punjab Right daughter's death for political "It can only take place 14 days dismissed curative petitions of the cessful launch. it would orbit EUTELSAT KON- segments of our society,” Mo- to Business Bill, 2020, to en- gains," she said. after the mercy plea is rejected two death row convicts, including Calling it an “excellent NECT, a telecommunication sat- hindra said while reading out sure ease of doing business by On Thursday, BJP alleged that as we are bound by the rule Mukesh Singh in the case. start” to 2020 for Isro with the ellite for the operator Eutelsat, the resolution. medium and small enterprises. the AAP government is respon- which says that a notice of 14 Vinay Sharma and Mukesh launch, he said, “The mission along with GSAT-30, using an The Shiromani Akali Dal Lok Insaaf Party MLAs stage sible for the delay in the hang- days must be provided to the Singh had moved the curative team at the master control fa- Ariane 5 launch vehicle from (SAD), which voted in favour walkout ing of Nirbhaya convicts. convicts after the rejection of petitions in the top court after cility have already acquired the the Guiana Space Centre. of the Citizenship Amendment Lok Insaaf Party MLAs staged Later, Deputy Chief Minister mercy plea," he added. a Delhi court issued death war- satellite and they will immedi- EUTELSAT KONNECT which Bill in Parliament, supported a protest in the well of the and senior AAP leader Man- Earlier, Mukesh Singh, one rants in their names for their ately complete the post launch was produced by Thales Alenia the state government’s reso- House, alleging that they were ish Sisodia hit back at BJP and of the four convicts in the hanging on January 22. operations....” Space for Eutelsat was riding lution in the Assembly. SAD not allowed to speak on the said 'Give us Delhi Police and gang-rape and murder of a Besides them, two other con- The 3,357-kg satellite, which in the upper position of Ariane leader Bikram Majithi said, “If Punjab Water Resources Bill law-and-order responsibility paramedic student in 2012, victs named Pawan and Akshay was deployed from the lower 5's payload arrangement, and people have to stand in line 2020 which was tabled today. for two days and we will hang had informed the Delhi High are also slated to be executed passenger position of Ariane-5 was released first in the flight and confirm where they were The MLAs later staged a walk- Nirbhaya convicts'. Court that his mercy petition on the same day at 7 am in Del- launch vehicle (VA 251) into sequence at 27 minutes fol- born, then we are against any out from the Assembly. Commenting on Sisodia's is pending before the Lieu- hi's Tihar Jail premises. to geostationary transfer orbit lowing liftoff. legislation like this.” Punjab Chief Minister Ama- remark, Asha said: "It would tenant Governor of Delhi and Meanwhile, the Ministry (GTO), is configured on Isro's Since the launch of India's The introduction of the rinder Singh told the House be good if Sisodia had said the President of India and he of Home Affairs has sent the enhanced I-3K Bus structure to APPLE experimental satellite on resolution coincides with a that he will convene an all- 'give me Delhi Police, I will should be given a minimum 14 mercy petition of 2012 Delhi provide communication servic- Ariane Flight L03 in 1981, Ari- meeting called in New Delhi party meet on the conserva- protect girls'." days notice between the rejec- gang-rape case convict Mukesh es from Geostationary orbit in C anespace has orbited 24 satel- by the Union Home Ministry tion of underground water on The mother also urged Prime tion of his mercy petition and Singh to Rashtrapati Bhavan on and Ku bands. lites, including GSAT-30, for the to discuss modalities for the January 23 Minister Narendra Modi to en- scheduled date of execution. Thursday night, sources said. The satellite derives its heri- Indian space agency. Panel to seek public ‘It’s Amusing’: Shiv Sena Pune-Jaipur Indigo Flight Diverted In ‘Full Emergency’ Trains Guns On BJP Over An IndiGo airlines flight from India’s aviation watchdog Di- Pune to Jaipur was diverted rectorate General of Civil Avia- opinion on data law Indira Gandhi Comment and made an emergency tion (DGCA) said the incident The joint parliamentary panel that Another panel member, who landing in Mumbai early on occurred when Engine 2 stalled the Personal Data Protection Bill did not wish to be named, said A day after Shiv Sena leader cation on underworld links. Thursday after one its engines while cruising at 30,000 feet. A was referred to last month is going the window for public com- Sanjay Raut retracted his con- Raut, a Rajya Sabha member, malfunctioned, the latest in a visual inspection later showed to seek public opinion on the pro- ments will be three weeks, af- troversial comment on former withdrew his statement and said string of incidents involving signs of damage to a specific posed law that seeks to regulate ter which they will meet again prime minister Indira Gandhi, his comments were twisted. An the Airbus A320Neo aircraft part of the engine -- the low how individuals and organisations sometime in February. his party trained its gun on editorial in the Sena mouthpiece widely used in the industry. pressure turbine blades – that handle digital data of Indian citi- During the meeting on Thurs- the BJP on Friday. The Sena Saamana, which is edited by According to flight tracking is consistent with a known zens. It has also sought a definition day, some Opposition members leader had kicked up a storm Raut, picked up the thread and data, the plane, with 183 peo- (P&W) engine, which has problem with some P&W en- of privacy from the Centre. asked the government if privacy on Wednesday after he claimed said those who once wanted to ple on board, turned around shown high failure rates and has gines. The other engine had Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party law- has been defined. “To this, the gov- that Indira Gandhi used to remove the former prime min- roughly an hour into its flight prompted aviation authorities been modified to correct the maker Meenakshi Lekhi, who heads ernment did not have an answer. meet Karim Lala, a Pathan lead- ister from India’s history are now and landed shortly after around the world – including In- mechanical flaw. the panel that met for the first time They will come back with a reply er with links to underworld, in expressing discontent on a state- 4.30am at Mumbai, where air- dia -- to order airlines to replace There are 127 P&W powered on Thursday, said advertisements next meeting,” said the member. south Mumbai. The Congress ment made on her. “We welcome port officials said a full emer- it or curtail operations in the in- A320Neos in India, with Indi- seeking comments on the bill will be An Opposition lawmaker said that party, Sena’s new ally in Ma- that Indira ji Gandhi has become gency had been declared and terest of passenger safety. Go deploying the bulk of them issued next week. “We are authoring since there was no structured dis- harashtra, took objection to dear to them (BJP). It is amusing firefighting vehicles put on When the problem came into at 98 aircraft. The rest are on an advertisement, with a dedicated cussion on the legislation, the Infor- the statement. The BJP also to see those who wanted to wipe standby as per protocol. The focus in 2018, an estimated 40% GoAir’s fleet. Air India and email, so that people can write to us mation Technology ministry gave a waded into the controversy to out Indira ji’s identity are now flight landed safely. of India’s domestic air traffic was Vistara, too, operate A320Neo and let us know if there are any infir- power point presentation on the bill corner the Congress over the worried about her,” the editorial The A320Neo aircraft was believed to be on A320Neos. jets, but these are equipped mities the bill suffers from.” during the in-camera proceedings. statement and sought clarifi- in Saamana said on Friday. equipped with a Pratt&Whitney On Thursday, an official from with a different engine.