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NEW YORK • WASHINGTON D.C. • CHICAGO • ATLANTA • CALIFORNIA VOL 27, No. 1397 July 16, 2021 50¢ Periodical Postage BANDLA IN SPACE 3rd Indian American astronaut to reach space on board Virgin Galactic Dilip Kumar, thespian of many parts Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Details on page 16 Indiaspora welcomes new Amb. to India Details on page 17 China vows retaliation after US blacklist Samir Banerjee liftsWimbledon Details on page 12 Boys' title Biden cancels Details on page 11 time-limit student visas Seshamani appointed to Details on page 14 Medicare Details on page 14 CONTENTS Sirisha Bandla Bollywood -------------------------- 15 NEW YORK: Sirisha Bandla vaulted into space on Before the flight Branson signed himself dramati- Classifieds ------------------------ 27 Sunday, 11 July on board VSS Unity 22 becoming the cally as Astronaut 001 and gave the Astronaut 004 Community Post -------------- 17-23 fourth astronaut of Indian descent. rank to Bandla, 34. Cover/Top Stories --------------- 5-8 Edit Page --------------------------- 29 This week’s question The Virgin Galactic's spacecraft reached the 100- During the space flight, Bandla was scheduled to Horoscope ------------------------- 26 U.P. 2-child norm a good km altitude that marks the entry into space after tak- conduct experiments designed by the US Immigration Post ------------ 10-11 start for India? ing off from Spaceport America in New Mexico and government's pioneer space agency, NASA involving Info/Highlights ---------------------- 4 Last week’s result returned to the base after a flight of about 90 min- plants in microgravity. Life Style ---------------------------- 16 OP-ED------------------------------- 28 Can Afghan forces stop utes. Bandla, the Virgin Galactic Vice President for Gov- advancement of the Taliban? Astronaut 004 Bandla accompanied by Virgin Ga- ernment Relations, is an astronautical engineer by TechBiz Post ------------------ 12-13 Travel & Hospitality Post -------- 30 YES 12% NO 88% lactic founder Richard Branson and two other training. Wellness Post -------------------- 14 crewmates and two pilots touched the space mark. Details on page 5 2 India Post July 16, 2021 www.indiapost.com July 16, 2021 India Post 3 www.indiapost.com 4 India Post July 16, 2021 www.indiapost.com India Post Newsweekly www.indiapost.com The Weekly Newspaper Serving Indians Worldwide Mission Statement Romesh & Sunita Japra Publishers To empower the Indian Diaspora and make their voice strong and effective in countries of their adoption. RJ Media conglomerate Rajesh Verma Co-Publisher offers a credible, professional and complete package of news, opinion, entertainment, networking and information. Vikram Paul President Krishan Sharma Mg Director & Joint Editor Naresh Sodhi General Manager HIGHLIGHTS Amit Saini IT Director Harpreet Singh Sub Editor Bollywood: Lifestyle: Ghanshyam Bisht Supervisor Graphics Hrithik-Deepika starrer 'Fighter' Dilip Kumar, thespian of many parts SAN FRANCISCO & "Fighter is a dream project and I am glad What makes Dilip Kumar stand apart SILICON VALLEY to have someone with Ajit's vision to be from other actors of his era is the differ- Vidya Sethuraman Bureau Chief partnering this with me," said director ent dimensions of his acting. His seam- Vijay Thapar CPRO & Advertising Anand. Kiran Pandey Director, WellnessPost 15 less synthesis of emotions. 16 Vinita Thapar Marketing Deepak Chhabra Promotions Ritu Maheshwari Director Promotions Sudesh Kumari Correspondent Cover Story: Techbiz: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BANDLA IN SPACE China vows retaliation Riyaz Khan Marketing Consultant Sirisha Bandla vaulted into space on Sun- China's Commerce Ministry said the US Mrs Shashi Trivedi Bureau Chief day, 11 July on board Virgin Galactic's move constituted suppression of Chi- spacecraft VSS Unity 22 becoming the nese enterprises and breach of Int'l eco- CHICAGO Ramesh Soparawala Resident Editor fourth astronaut of Indian descent. 5 nomic and trade rules. 12 A Q Siddiqui Correspondent ST. LOUIS Community: Travel: Ashwin Patel Correspondent Indiaspora Garcetti as Ambassador Cherrapunji NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY Pinky Kaur Bureau Chief Indiaspora activists, extended whole- Although Mawsynram is now the wet- Srirekha N. Chakravarty Correspondent hearted welcome to President Biden test place on earth, Cherrapunji still Sukhvinder Saini Circulation nomination of LA Mayor Garcetti as U.S. holds the record for the highest re- Ambassador to India. corded rainfall in a calendar year. BOSTON 17 30 Gope Gidwani Bureau Chief CANADA Immigration: Wellness: Paras Nehra Correspondent Time-limit student visas Seshamani appointed to Medicare NEW DELHI US President Joe Biden's administration Indian-American health policy expert Dr. Lakshay Sharma Web Developer announced it is cancelling a proposal by Meena Seshamani has been appointed MUMBAI his predecessor Donald Trump to limit as the Director of the US Center for Nidhi Soparawala Correspondent student visas to a four-year term. 10 Medicare. 14 Frank Fernandes Correspondent VADODARA, GUJARAT INFO-CENTER Vaidehi Patel Correspondent CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Priyanka Shah Correspondent 1860 Mowry Ave # 200 Fremont, CA 94538 PUNJAB Tel: 510-396-9140 • Fax: 510-790-2806 • e-mail: [email protected] Raman Nehra Bureau Chief E-SUBSCRIPTION& EDITORIAL: Vidya Sethuraman: Tel: 510-491-4867 • e-mail: [email protected] Jaswant Singh Gandam Correspondent ADVERTISEMENT: Naresh Sodhi: Tel: 510-938-8667 • e-mail: [email protected] Graphics Inquiry: E-mail: [email protected] India Post Copyright©1994 RJ Media Inc, ISSN 1084-3868, is published INDIA CORPORATE OFFICE weekly for $30 for 52 issues yearly by India Post, 1860 Mowry Ave Ste 200, 230-A, 3rd Floor, Jin Kushal Suri Complex (Opp NDSE Part-II) New Delhi - 110049 • Tel: 11-26257769 • E-mail:[email protected] Fremont, CA 94538-1730. 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Before the flight Branson signed him- self dramatically as Astronaut 001 and gave the Astronaut 004 rank to Bandla, 34. During the space flight, Bandla was scheduled to conduct experiments de- signed by the US government's pioneer space agency, NASA involving plants in microgravity. Bandla, the Virgin Galactic Vice Presi- dent for Government Relations, is an as- Members of the Virgin Galactic Unity22 crew Photo EPA-EFE tronautical engineer by training. Before her flight, she said on an inter- astronaut instructor and Colin Bennett, first 15.5 km on its way to space before multi-billion-dollar private space busi- view on a Virgin Galactic broadcast that the lead operations engineer which was being launched for the final leg. ness that would range from tourism and her adventure was an "incredible oppor- piloted by former Royal Air Force test The launch was delayed by about 90 research to commercial and govern- tunity to get people from different back- pilot Dave Mackay and former NASA minutes because stormy weather over- ment satellite deployment. grounds, different geographies and dif- Space Shuttle Commander Michael night delayed the flight preparations. Characteristic of a Branson enter- ferent communities into space". Masucci. Bandla was be the third Indian prise, the spaceflight had the pizazz of The others on the VSS Unity flight The spacecraft was carried by a twin- American in space after Kalpana Chawla show business and advertising for com- were Beth Moses, Virgin Galactic's chief bodied carrier aircraft, VMS Eve, for the and Sunita Pandya Williams and the panies involved in the project. fourth person of Indian descent -- the Grammy-winning musician Khaled first being Rakesh Sharma, who flew on performed for the flight. The host of a a Soviet spacecraft. light TV show, Stephen Colbert emceed But unlike them, Bandla did not go the start of the broadcast by Virgin Ga- into orbit and her flight was a short one lactic. Before her flight, she said on an interview on a Virgin Galactic broadcast that her adventure was an "incredible opportunity to get people from different backgrounds, different geographies and different
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