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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Gaganyaan, Chandrayaan­3 Peace on LAC can help solve in mission mode, says ISRO border issue: Army chief ‘We will build capabilities on northern, north-eastern fronts’ Four astronauts shortlisted for space trip to undergo training in Russia: Sivan New Year celebrations special correspondent throw traffic out of gear Special Correspondent NEW DELHI NEW DELHI BENGALURU Maintaining peace and tran­ Massive traffic snarls were Four pilots from the Indian quillity on the Line of Actual witnessed in central Delhi on Air Force (IAF) will leave for Control (LAC) with China Wednesday as thousands of Russia this month to receive can set the stage for an even­ people took advantage of the training as astronauts of Ga­ tual solution to the border is­ pleasant weather and flocked ganyaan, the first Indian sue, Army chief Gen. M.M. to India Gate and Connaught Place for New Year crewed flight to space. Naravane said on Wednes­ celebrations. Entry and exit They were shortlisted af­ day. gates of five Delhi Metro ter a series of fitness and en­ “We have the Line of Ac­ stations were closed around durance tests, ISRO Chair­ tual Control with China. The 6 p.m. to ease rush of man K. Sivan announced at a border question is yet to be passengers. Normal metro press meet on Wednesday. settled. However, we have operations resumed after an The initial tests were con­ made a little progress in hour. ducted in the IAF’s Institute maintaining peace and tran­ Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat with Army chief Gen. M.M. Naravane, Navy chief Adm. Karambir Singh and Air Chief CITY Ī PAGE 3 of Aerospace Medicine, Ben­ quillity along the borders DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD galuru, and Russia. The four and I am sure that situation Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria in New Delhi. * PTI will leave in the third week of will prevail,” he said, adding Businessman kills wife, January to be trained at the that by maintaining peace daughter, himself Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut on the borders “we can set Armed forces do stay far MATHURA Centre in Moscow, as per an the stage for an eventual so­ A Delhi­based businessman agreement signed between year­end along with some of moon and the experiments 2,300 acres of land in lution”. Gen. Naravane was allegedly shot dead his wife the space agencies of the two the six shortlisted micro­ to be conducted on the lunar Thoothukudi district for IS­ talking to the media after a away from politics: CDS and minor daughter before countries last year. gravity experiments, Dr. Si­ surface, Dr. Sivan said. RO’s second launch port. ceremonial guard of honour killing himself inside a car van said. The third mission, he Currently satellites are outside South Block a day af­ Special Correspondent er,” he said, talking to the that was found on the Set for 2022 ISRO has also quietly be­ said, was ISRO’s bid to real­ launched from the Srihariko­ ter he took over as the 28th NEW DELHI media after reviewing a tri­ Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Gaganyaan, announced by gun work on another soft ise for itself the difficult tech­ ta launch centre in Andhra Chief of Army Staff. The armed forces stay far service guard of honour out­ Pradesh’s Mathura district, the Prime Minister Narendra landing mission to the moon nology of soft­landing on Pradesh. Stating that both the west­ away from politics, Gen. Bi­ side South Block. police said on Wednesday. Modi in August 2018, is the with most of the same fea­ another planetary body. The Dr. Sivan said Thoothuku­ ern and northern borders pin Rawat said on Wednes­ Stating that the task cut His minor son was found ₹10,000­crore Indian human tures of Chandrayaan­2 and agency is undertaking it as di offers a locational advan­ were equally important, day after taking charge as out for the CDS was to inte­ critically injured and has been space flight scheduled for almost on the back of the fai­ the landing module of the se­ tage to launch towards In­ Gen. Naravane said that the country’s first Chief of grate the three services and hospitalised, the police said. 2022. It is designed to have lure of the latter’s lander on cond mission crashed barely dia’s South. while we had been giving at­ Defence Staff (CDS) on Wed­ enhance their capabilities, CITY Ī PAGE 2 3­7 crew members spend 3­7 the lunar surface on Septem­ five minutes before it was to When ready, the new port tention in the past to the nesday morning. Gen. Rawat said the CDS DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD days in space in a 400­km ber 7. have landed on the lunar will handle mainly the small western front, “the northern His remark comes in the would “remain neutral with­ orbit. The launch of the nearly surface. satellite launch vehicle front also now requires backdrop of his recent com­ in the Service [Army] and to Dr. Sivan said Gaganyaan ₹600­crore Chandrayaan­3 The lander and rover are (SSLV) that is under develop­ equal attention.” “It is in this ments condemning student all three services.” activities were on track. Ho­ is targeted for the end of this estimated to cost ₹250 crore ment. SSLVs are meant to context we are now going in protests which drew sharp “It is important to ensure wever it was not known yet year or early 2021. and will go to the moon on a put a payload of up to 500 kg for capability enhancement responses from political par­ that the 1+1+1 combine of the how many astronauts would It will be almost a repeti­ propulsion model. The GSLV in space. on our northern borders, ties and on social media. three services should add up finally travel to space. tion of the July 2019 Chan­ Mark III vehicle costs around which includes the north­ “Armed forces stay far to more than 3 through syn­ The first of the two pre­ drayaan­2 mission in the ₹350 crore. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 east parts of the country.” away from politics. We work ergy,” he observed. Gaganyaan flights with a hu­ configuration of spacecraft, The Tamil Nadu govern­ ‘VIKRAM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO according to the directions manoid will be launched this the landing spot on the ment has started acquiring HANDLE SPIKE IN SPEED’ Ī PAGE 9 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 of the government in pow­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC GST gross revenue War and peace Assembly has its crosses ₹1 lakh crore rights: Kerala CM Mark breached for 2nd straight month ‘Privilege move against CM unheard of’ Priscilla Jebaraj ₹1.1 lakh crore monthly tar­ NEW DELHI Special Correspondent Front that is led by the Con­ get the Centre set last month THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Goods and Services Tax for the remainder of the fis­ gress, had supported the re­ gross revenue crossed the cal year. Kerala Chief Minister Pina­ solution demanding that the one lakh crore­mark for the The improvement is un­ rayi Vijayan has described Centre rescind the Act. second successive month, likely to be enough to ena­ as unheard of a Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha func­ with a collection of ₹1.03 ble the government to reach member filing a petition tioned as per rules. Similar­ lakh crore in December. its GST revenue targets for with the Chairman seeking ly, the Assembly had a spe­ This is almost 9% higher the year. to initiate breach of privileg­ cial protection and it could than the December 2018 The Centre had budgeted es and contempt proceed­ not be violated, Mr. Vijayan GST collection of ₹94,726 for ₹6.63 lakh crore in net ings against a Chief Minister. said. Still, nothing could be crore, according to an offi­ GST revenue for the current Referring to a petition ruled out since strange cial Finance Ministry state­ financial year 2019­20, out filed by BJP member G.V.L. things were unfolding in the ment issued on Wednesday. of which it collected about Narasimha Rao against Mr. country, he said, while brief­ While the December 2019 50% in the first eight Vijayan after the Kerala As­ ing reporters on the deci­ collection of ₹1,03,184 crore months. sembly passed a resolution sions of a Cabinet meeting. is slightly lower than the No­ For the first time, the Fi­ against the Citizenship Asked about the strong vember 2019 collection of nance Ministry released a (Amendment) Act on Tues­ reactions of Governor Arif ₹1,03,492 crore, it does sig­ state­wise break­up of GST day, Mr. Vijayan said the As­ Mohammed Khan to the nal a trend of recovery after collection from domestic sembly had its own rights protests against the Act, Mr. gross GST revenue dipped transactions, which shows a and privileges and they Vijayan said such remarks below the one lakh crore 16% growth from the same could not be violated. need to be deemed only as The ruling Left Demo­ his personal observations. mark for the previous three period a year ago. Battle remembered: People assembling at the ‘Jaystambh’ (victory pillar) at Koregaon­Bhima in Perne village, Pune, on the cratic Front and the Opposi­ STATES MUST IMPLEMENT CAA, months.