FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 2023 INDIA THIS WEEK 1 A W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r Fe a t u r i n g N e w s & Tr e n d s f r o m t h e I n d i a n S u b - C o n t i n e n t P u b l i s h e d f r o m t h e U S C a p i t a l Website: www.indiathisweek.online ‘Congratulations, India’ says ISRO after Chandrayaan-3 lands on Moon Vol. 31 No: 34 WASHINGTON DC • Phone: 301-445-0200 /301-445-3543/301-917-4800 • email: indiathisweekads@gmail.com • Friday August 25, 2023 Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] August 23 (ANI): After scripting history by becoming the first country to successfully soft-land on the moon’s south pole, the Indian Space Research Organisation sent out a message of congratulations to the nation. “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: ‘India, I reached my destination and you too!’: Chandrayaan-3,” posted ISRO on microblogging site X. Following the landing of the Chandrayaan-3 probe Luna-25 crashed in the same region. Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft put down the Vikram lander on the lunar surface, descending and tilted to a horizontal position ahead of landing. “India is on the moon!” Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is currently attending the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg said. He watched the live telecast and as soon moon mission at 6:04 PM today, ISRO Chief S Somnath said, “India is now on the Moon!” With this India has become the fourth countryafter the US, China and Russia – to have successfully landed on the moon’s surface, it has earned a place in record books as the first to touchdown on the south side of Earth’s only natural satellite. India’s success in landing the spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole comes days after a Russian CHANDRAYAAN - 3 SEE PAGE 6 ENDS SEPTEMBER 5 SUMMER VIBES JAAREE x RAKHIYE ALL YEAR LONG LEXUS.COM The Golden Opportunity Sales Event hai aapka mauka to make every season as thrilling as Summer. Lekin jaldi kijiye—because while the vibes may last, an opportunity like this won’t. ©2023 Lexus, a Division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Biden to visit India in Sept for G20; Ukraine war, climate change on table: White House Washington [US], Aug 22 (ANI) US President Joe Biden will travel to India on a four-day visit to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit in September in New Delhi during which he will discuss joint efforts to tackle global issues like climate change, including the Ukraine war with member nations, White House confirmed on Tuesday. In a statement, the White House said Biden and G20 partners will also discuss clean energy transition and combating climate change increasing the capacity of multilateral development banks. India is set to host G20Summit on September 9 and 10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the US in June, where Biden had said he was looking forward to the G20 summit in September in New Delhi. While in New Delhi, President Biden will also commend Prime Minister Modi’s leadership of the G20 and reaffirm the US commitment to the G20 as the premier forum of economic cooperation, including by hosting it in 2026, the White House announced on Tuesday. “President Joseph R Biden, Jr will travel to New Delhi, India, from September 7-10 to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit,” the White House statement read. “President Biden and G20 partners will discuss a range of joint efforts to tackle global issues, including the clean energy transition and combatting climate change, mitigating the economic and social impacts of Putin’s war in Ukraine. (ANI)
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August 25, 2023 Friday INDIA THIS WEEK Dr. Vijayan Charles and Pastor Franklin David receive Dr. M.E. Cherian Leadership Award for 2023 The Awards were announced at the U.S India SME council gala held at the Martins Crosswinds on August 10, 2023 attended by a number of Legislatures and Cabinet secretaries from both federal and state governments. Dr. Vijayan Charles Dr. Charles is a General Surgeon at the Doctors Hospital in Lanham, Maryland. He is known as a selfless leader promoting education for the underpriviledged. Along with his brother Rajan Charles, Dr. Vijayan has established educational funds to educate underprivileged children to help them through their high school and college education. Even in his profession Dr. Charles has provided surgical services free of cost for people who were in dire straits. As a man of faith, he has contributed selflessly for various projects here in the US and in India. He has undertaken major projects such as student hostels for several schools in India, Church Headquarters (Trivandrum) and a monumental church Building at Spicer Adventist University in Pune. Dr. Vijayan has been an inspiration to anybody who he has come in contact Dr. M.E. CHERIAN Leadership Award (L-R: Dr Sanjay Rai, Secretary for Higher Education, Dr. Vijayan Charles, and Maryland Secretary of State Susan Lee. with, and continues to lead It is the largest Indian various capacities as an providing a vision for those Church in the Washington renowned educator and as who wish to emulate him. D.C Metro Region. Hence President. At the age of Pastor Franklin along with 35 he became the President Dr. Franklin G. David: Dr. Charles were nominated of Spicer Memorial As senior Pastor by the Spicer Alumni to College (Pune). During his and one of the founders be honored with the ‘Dr. tenure, the college turned of the Southern Asian M. E. Cherian Leadership out to be an institution Seventh-day Adventist Award’. of International repute Church in Sliver Spring, and had students from Maryland Pastor Franklin Dr. M.E. Cherian most Asian and African led the initiative to Leadership Award: countries. He strengthened materialize their ambition the undergraduate Instituted in to build a Church for memory of a visionary academic program in such Southern Asian Community leader Dr. M.E. Cherian, a way that it caters to the in Washington DC Capital who served the LORD needs of both the students region. The chuch which leading the Seventh Day and the church at large. He can accomodate about 750 Adventist Church for Convinced the University people is still strong and almost half a century in of Pune administrators to has a dedicated following. admit Spicer graduates, Johannesburg [South Africa], August 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Chandrayaan-3 mission creating history by achieving soft-landing on the lunar surface and said “India is now on the moon”. The Prime Minister, who is in South Africa for the BRICS Summit, joined the live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 landing online. “When we see such historic moments it makes us very proud. This is the dawn of new India,” he said. “Humne dharti par sankalp kiya aur chand pe usse sakaar kiya...India is now on the moon,” he added. The Prime Minister said no country has reached the South Pole of the moon be- fore. “With the hard work of our scientists we have reached there. India’s successful Moon mission is not just India’s alone...This success belongs to all of humanity,” PM Modi said. The Prime Minister congratulated ISRO scientists for the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. “Historic day for India’s space sector. Congratulations to @isro for the remarkable success of Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission,” PM Modi said on X, earlier known as Twitter. People all over the country celebrated the historic occasion. Officials at India’s space agency ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru broke into applause after the Vikram began its powered vertical descent towards its landing site. (ANI) Dr. Franklin David and Secretary of State Susan Lee to Masters program, He encouraged a move which greatly lay-members’ participation benefited students who and provided a vision for wanted to pursue higher the workers and created studies. He also worked self-governance status for for affiliation with the churches in India. Andrews University for D. A d v e n t i s t Min program. Spicer will Churches in states such as always be indebted to his the Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, ministry to thousands of and Gujarat achieved self students who have passed reliant status during his through this institution. tenure as President of the Dr. Cherian Southern Asia Adventist was President of the church headquatered in Southern Asian Division Hosur, India. It is 25 years for more than 7 years... since his passing on August His commitment, vision 10,1998 and it is his and outstanding leadership memory ‘Dr. M. E. Cherian changed the rank and file of Leadership Award’ is the church in India. instituted by the organizers “India is now on the moon...historic day for country’s space sector”: PM Modi hails Chandrayaan-3 mission success
FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 2023 ISRO chief updates Jitendra Over 40 Years Of Experience Singh on Chandrayaan-3 FAMILY HAIRCUT $ landing readiness MEN • WOMEN • CHILDREN 5 ROOT TOUCH-UP FOR MEN 20 & up $ SERVICES New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman and Secretary Department of Space S Somanath called on the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology, Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh in New Delhi today and apprised him of the status and readiness of ‘Chandrayaan-3’ for the moon landing scheduled on August 23, 2023. Chairman ISRO briefed the minister on the health status of Chandrayaan-3 and said that all systems are working perfectly and no contingencies are anticipated on Wednesday In the next two days, the health of Chandrayaan-3 will be continuously monitored. The final sequence of landing will be loaded two days ahead and tested out, he said. During the meeting, minister Jitendra Singh expressed his confidence in ‘Chandrayaan-3’ making a soft landing this time and hoped that it will script a new history of planetary exploration under the guidance of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ISRO said the Chandrayaan-3 is set to land on the moon on August 23, 2023, around 18:04 hours IST. Live actions will be available on the ISRO website, its YouTube chan- nel, Facebook, and public broadcaster DD National TV from 17:27 IST on Aug 23, 2023. While the ‘Chandrayaan-2’ mission was only “partially successful” since the lander lost contact after a hard landing, the ISRO successfully established two-way communication between the Chandrayaan-3 lander module and the still orbiting Chandrayaan-2 orbiter. In a significant development, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter which was already fixed around the moon established a two-way connection with the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 on Monday. Baptla (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 21 (ANI): A woman and her two children went missing after a boat overturned in Nizamptanam harbour in the Baptla district of Andhra Pradesh, police said on Monday. The missing per- sons have been identified as Saivarnika (25), Tanish (7) and Taruneshwar (1). The boat overturned while it was on its way from the Muttayapalem village (Baptla district) and headed to the Elichitladibba village, lo- cated in the Krishna district of the state, police said. A search operation was underway to find the missing persons. “A search operation is underway, we will trace them soon”, the police told ANI. Further details are awaited. (ANI) Andhra: 3 missing after boat capsizes in Nizamptanam harbour, search ops underway • BEARD TRIM $500 $ • SHAMPOO 1000 • BLOW DRY $1000 $ 00 • PERM FROM 20 $ 00 • COLOR FROM 20 • HIGHLIGHTS FROM $3500 • SPA PEDICURE FROM $1700 Beauty & Barber Shop 7311 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003 info@csbarbernschool.com 5
August 25, 2023 Friday INDIA THIS WEEK “Welcome, buddy!” Chandrayaan-2 orbiter greets Chandrayaan-3 lander as they establish communication CHANDRAYAAN - 3 FROM PAGE 1 as the touchdown happened he sported a big smile and waved the tricolour. ISRO had been releasing a series of upclose images of the moon, assisting the lander module in determining its position (latitude and longitude) by matching them against an onboard moon reference map. H i s t o r i c a l l y, spacecraft missions to the Moon have primarily targeted the equatorial region due to its favourable terrain and operating conditions. However, the lunar south pole presents a vastly different and more challenging terrain compared to the equatorial region The spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14. A GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle was used for the launch of the spacecraft that was placed in the lunar orbit on August 5 and since then it was through a series of orbital manoeuvres been lowered closer to the moon’s surface. Ever since the July 14 launch, ISRO had been maintaining that the health of the spacecraft remained “normal”. On August 5, Chandrayaan-3 was successfully inserted into the lunar orbit with multiple key manoeuvres thereafter. Then on August 17, the mission marked another giant leap in its lunar quest as the ‘Vikram’ lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module on Thursday. The Chandrayaan-3 mission’s lander is named after Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971), who is From The Poet’s Pen INDIA THIS WEEK- June 30, 2023 The Words of Jesus Christ Mark 6 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, widely regarded as the father of the Indian space programme. Then the deboosting of the Lander module was undertaken in two phases. Deboosting is the process of slowing down to position itself in an orbit where the orbit’s closest point to the Moon is. The stated objectives of Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar mission, were safe and soft landing on the lunar surface, the rover moving on the moon’s surface, and in-situ scientific experiments. Upon landing, the lander and the rover were to operate for one lunar day. One day on the Moon is equal to 14 days on Earth. Chandrayaan-3’s development phase commenced in January 2020, with the launch planned sometime in 2021. However, the Covid-19 pandemic brought an unforeseen delay to the mission’s progress. The approved cost of Chandrayaan-3 is Rs 250 crores (excluding launch vehicle cost). Chandrayaan2 mission was only “partially successful” since the lander lost contact after a hard landing, but the ISRO earlier this week successfully established two-way communication between the Chandrayaan-3 lander module and the still orbit- INDIA THIS WEEK Address: P.O. Box 352, Bryans Road, MD 20616 Phone: 301-445-0200; 301-917-4800 www.indiathisweek.online India This Week is published every Friday by ADV Solutions Inc, Views expressed in this paper are those of the individual writers and not necessarily of India This Week. India This Week accepts no liability for the errors in advertisements or in any of its reports. For remedial actions any errors should be brought to the attention of the editor by the information provided below. 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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) founder Vikram Sarabhai, who is considered the father of the Indian space program, once said India must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems facing society. The establishment of the ISRO was one of Vikram Sarabhai‘s greatest achievements. He successfully convinced the government of the day of the importance of a space programme for a developing country like India. “India is on the Moon”, ISRO Chief after Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully touches down on lunar surface As the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making India, the first country to have achieved the historic feat, ISRO chief S Somanath on Wednesday congratulated the people of the country on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and said, “Indian is on the moon”. “India is on the Moon”, S Somanath said as Chandrayaan-3 lander module Vikram made a safe and soft landing on the Moon. Officials at India’s space agency ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru broke into applause after the Vikram began its powered vertical descent towards its landing site. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is attending the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg watched the live telecast and as soon as the touchdown happened he sported a big smile and waved the tricolour. The countdown of the Vikram hovered at 150 metres, then 130 metres, and 50 metres and decelerated as approached the moon’s service before finally touching down on the lunar surface. As the Vikram lander carrying the Pragyaan rover in its belly touched down on the lunar surface, it marked a giant leap in India’s spacefaring journey providing a well-deserved finale to ISRO’s long years of toil. This makes India the fourth country – after the US, China, and Russia – to have successfully landed on the moon’s surface, it has earned a place in record books as the first to touchdown on the south side of Earth’s only natural satellite. Billions of people across India and globally closely monitoring the much-awaited event. More so after Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed on Sunday after spinning out of control. In the run-up to the scheduled soft landing of Chandrayaan-3, people across the country prayed to God in all denominations of places of worship for a successful mission. Special screenings of the soft landing were organized across the country, including schools and science centers, and public institutions. ISRO made the live actions available on the ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Facebook, and public broadcaster DD National TV. The scheduled timing for the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s south pole on August 23, 2023 (Wednesday), was 18:04 IST, with the powered descent of Vikram lander at 1745 IST. ISRO had been releasing a series of upclose images of the moon, assisting the lander module in determining its position (latitude and longitude) by matching them against an onboard moon reference map. Historically, spacecraft missions to the Moon have primarily targeted the equatorial region due to its favourable terrain and operating conditions. However, the lunar south pole presents a vastly different and more challenging terrain compared to the equatorial region. Remember: “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ” JESUS CHRIST
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No-Confidence Motion from page 1 August 25, 2023 Friday INDIA THIS WEEK Ashiyanaa Partners with Saathi Baltimore to launch “ Teaching English to South Asian Immigrants (Nepalese), empowering South Asian immigrants through spoken English. Jaya Nelliot & Abraham Mathew receiving a Citation from L.- R Delegates David Marks,, Harry Bhandari and Carl Jackson, of District 8 Baltimore and Ricky Amadou I. I grant Affairs Coordinator Ashiyanaa a 501 C3 organization that serves the people of South Asian heritage in the DMV region and Saathi Baltimore partnered to launch “ Teaching English to South Asian Immigrants(Nepalese), focusing on empowering South Asian immigrants through spoken English. This will foster the integration of new immigrants or refugees into society, enhancing communication skills, and cultural understanding. The six-month effort by Ashiyanaa &Saathi successfully tackled challenges with a well-designed curriculum, community involvement, skilled teachers, platform integration, and financial stability, showcasing a positive impact on adult language education for immigrants.
FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 2023 9 “Chandrayaan-3 Mission will gather data to drive understanding of Moon...”: Former NASA official Mike Gold Washington DC [US], August 23 (ANI): India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 holds immense potential for gathering critical data and will significantly contribute to the understanding of the Moon, a former top NASA official has said, describing India, US space partnership further moving to the Moon. Chief Growth Officer of Redwire Space Mike Gold on Tuesday in an exclusive interview to ANI said the data will play a pivotal role in enhancing the ability to utilize resources resulting in establishing settlements on the lunar surface. Mike Gold, a well-known name with the space fraternity is also considered the architect of Artemis Record, a set of agreements that lay out the plan and framework for the responsible exploration of the Moon. He was a former associate administrator for Space Policy and Partnerships at NASA. “This (Chandrayaan-3) mission will gather he said. invaluable data to help drive our understanding of the Moon, our ability to utilize resources and ultimately where we’re going to establish settlements on the Moon. Whether the mission succeeds in landing or not, the mission itself, in my opinion, is an overall success...” Gold asserted. Mike Gold said the mission will “move the collaboration forward to the Moon. Right now a lot of our collaboration with NASA and ISRO is focused on Earth, which is terrific, such as projects such as NISAR, where with India, we’re going to have radar systems that will be able to study the Earth. And create a lot of vital data to tackle climate change and issues related to our change in climate, which is going to be so important for India, for the US and for the entire world.” Gold further added that India has been leading the way, certainly from a government policy perspective. Commending Prime Minister in terms of enacting bold visions and programmes in a fashion that has been very affordable and India’s clarity on successfully leveraging its incredible human capital, Gold stressed on India having amazing amounts of human capital, of manufacturing capacity that when applied to commercial space could be transformative, not just for India, but for the entire commercial space sector. Red-wire Corporation is an American aerospace manufacturer and space infrastructure technology company. The company’s Chief Growth Officer on the Chandrayaan-3 Mission said: “We are entering into a new era, the Artemis era of exploration of the Moon where we’re going not just once, not just twice but to establish a permanent presence on the Moon.” According to ISRO, Chandrayaan-3 is all set to land on the Moon on Wednesday at around 18:04 hrs IST. India will be the fourth country in the world to achieve this feat after the United States, Russia, and China, but India will be the only country in the world to land on the lunar south pole. The live telecast of the landing operations will begin at 5:20 PM IST on Wednesday. Live actions of landing will be available on the ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Facebook, and public broadcaster DD National TV from 5:27 PM IST on Aug 23, 2023. He said that with the Chandrayaan-3 as well as the signing of the Artemis, “we’re seeing that partnership go beyond Earth’s orbit to the surface of the Moon where the next era of both robotic and human space exploration is going to take place...” Meanwhile, the members of the Indian diaspora performed a havan at a temple in Virginia, US for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon. A visitor at the temple in Virginia, Dr Madhu Rammoorthy on the Chandrayaan-3 Mission, said: “I’ve been personally working in the area of advanced materials that go into aerospace and defence for a very long time now. I own a company in Bangalore that makes a lot of components that go into defence. Now, it so happens, very coincidentally, that we also make a very high-strength fabric that is used to reinforce and make it stronger.” “One such part is a rubber gasket that’s reinforced using our material that actually, from what I understand, is part of the Chandrayaan mission. So we are equally invested in this. We’re all keeping our fingers crossed. We’re looking forward to tomorrow, and I’m really hoping that all goes well, and I’m sure it will...” he said. Another devotee who participated in the ritual, Radhika Narayan, said she is very proud of India’s accomplishment. “We are watching eagerly every mission that they undertake. And I want to wish them the very best. And I’m sure there’ll be many, many more such successful missions,” she said.
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