ISRO's 100th mission, PSLV Rocket lifts off Successfully

The hundredth space mission programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) took off on Sunday at 9.51 am from the space centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The historic milestone comes in the form of two foreign satellites that will be put in orbit by ISRO's workhorse PSLV rocket.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh witnessed the launch of PSLV C-21 that is carrying French advanced remote sensing satellite 720 kg SPOT-6 and its 15 kg Japanese micro satellite PROITERES. The mission is without any Indian satellite.

India is expected to earn over Rs 100 crore from the launch. The 51-hour countdown began at 6.51 am on Friday.From the time of its humble beginnings when it launched the indigenous 'Aryabhatta' in Russia on April 19, 1975, it has been a long and successful odyssey for ISRO.

SPOT-6 is the biggest commercial lift so far since India forayed into the money-spinning commercial satellite launch services after 350kg Agile of Italy was put in orbit in 2007 by PSLV. Twelve other foreign commercial satellites were less than 300 kg. France's five earlier SPOT satellites were launched by European Araine rocket.

SPOT-6, built by ASTRIUM SAS,a subsidiary of EADS, France, is an earth observation satellite, while PROITERES, developed by students and faculty of Osaka Institute of Technology, will study Kansai region of Japanese island of Honshu.

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi Arrested

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on the basis of complaints against him for insulting national symbols in his anti-corruption cartoons, was on Sunday placed in police custody for a week by a Mumbai court.

He was charged with sedition under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, which is a non-bailable offence.

He was also charged under the IT Act and the 1971 National Emblem Act.

The cartoons by Trivedi reportedly depicted Parliament as a commode and showed the national emblem with wolves instead of lions.

The police claimed that Trivedi had earlier exhibited similar cartoons at a rally organised by India Against Corruption (IAC) at the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai in December 2011

Damarukam Audio Release Date

King Nagarjuna's highly anticipated socio fantasy movie 'Damarukam' audio songs release date is confirmed on September 10 in Hyderabad. Music scored by Devi Sri Prasad contains 10 songs and one of them includes an item song which was recently shot on Nagarjuna and CHarmmee. Anushka and Prakash Raj are playing pivotal roles in Damarukam. The shooting of the film is already completed and currently the post production formalities are in progress. Damarukam offers lot of special effects and the makers have roped in Hollywood technicians for a quality output. Damarukam is being directed by Srinivasa Reddy and produced by RR Movie Makers banner.

Prabhas Rebel Shooting Completed

Finally the shooting part of Rebel is going to be completed by tomorrow evening. Young Rebel Star Prabhas has been shooting for 'Rebel' since an year. Choreographer turned director Raghava Lawrence is directing this movie. Hot beauties Tamanna and Deeksha Seth have been paired as heroines opposite to Prabhas. Makers of the movie has planned a grand audio launch for 'Rebel' on September 14 and the movie will be released in the month on October. After 'Don', Raghava Lawrence is once again composing the tunes for 'Rebel'. Bhagwan and Pulla Rao are jointly producing 'Rebel' under Sri Balaji Cine Media banner.

Bindu Madhavi Met with an Accident

Actress Bindu Madhavi met with an accident while she is on her way to Tiruchirapalli few days ago. Reportedly, the actress's wrist was fractured and a bone was disclocated in this mishap. Bindu Madhavi underwent a surgery at a local hospital in Chennai and was discharged yesterday from the hospital.  Sources say the actress has already joined the sets of her upcoming Tamil film. This accident news has shocked all her family members and her father claimed it as an unfortunate incident. Bindu Madhavi hails from Madanapalle town of Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh.

Minister Erasu to play the role of CM

Admirers of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy are all set to launch a movie on their leader. Buzz says, Posani Krishna Murali will be directing this political back drop movie with Jagapathi Babu in the lead role and minister E Pratap Reddy will be portraying the role of Kiran Kumar Reddy. It has been rumored that Kota Srinivasa Rao and Babu Mohan will be portraying the roles of key ministers in the cabinet while Jagapathi Babu will be playing the role which resembles CBI joint director JD Laxmi Narayana.

మాయా...మాయా... అంతా మాయా...!

మాయా... మాయా... అంతా మాయ... ఆధునికత మనిషికి ఎంత సౌలభ్యాన్ని ఇస్తుందో.. అంతకంటే ఎక్కువగా ప్రమాదానికి కారణమవుతోంది. మార్కెట్‌ల్లోకి ఒక వస్తువు వచ్చిన మరుక్షణంలోనే అటువంటి వస్తువే.. క్లోనింగ్‌ రూపంలో మార్కెట్‌లోకి విడుదలవుతుంది. మంచి`చెడులు ఎంచుకునే సమయం వచ్చేసరికి ఎంతోమంది నష్టపోతుంటారు. ... ఎటిఎంలను ఇప్పుడు ప్రతి బ్యాంకు ఇస్తోంది. వాటికి మంచి భద్రత కూడా ఉంది. అయితే.. కాదేదీ క్లోనింగ్‌కు అనర్హం... అన్న రీతిలో ఎటిఎం కార్డులను క్లోనింగ్‌ చేయడం ద్వారా కొందరు డబ్బులను డ్రా చేయడంతో బ్యాంకుల్లో వున్న తమ డబ్బు పోయి ఎంతోమంది బాధితులు విలవిలలాడిపోతున్నారు. గతంలో ఢల్లీ, బీహార్‌ రాజధాని పాట్నాలలో ఇలా విత్‌ డ్రా అయ్యాయి. కొత్తగా ఖమ్మం జిల్లా ఏన్కూరులో ఈ సంఘటన జరిగింది. అయితే ఇటువంటి సంఘటనలు గతంలో చాలా జరిగాయి. నేడు ప్రతి సంస్థ జీతాలు బ్యాంకుల నుండే ఇస్తున్నాయి. అందుచేత ఇకనుంచి ఇటువంటి వాటిపై మరింత భద్రతను ఆయా బ్యాంకులు తీసుకోవలసి ఉంది. లేదంటే ఎటిఎం కార్డుల క్లోనింగ్‌ బాధితుల సంఖ్య పెరిగే అవకాశం ఉంది. ఇటువంటి సంఘటనలు వింటూ వుంటే సాంకేతికంగా మనిషి సాధించిన ప్రగతి పురోగమనానికి దారితీస్తోందా... తిరోగమనానికా...! అన్న ప్రశ్న తలెత్తుతోంది.

Pune college grads line up for jobs as bus conductors

Most of the Pune college graduates are now appliying for bus conductor jobs due to heavy unemployment reason. Though they know exactly what sort of career they want, many graduates are now satisfied with these sort of public sector jobs for life security reasons. More than 5000 other graduates, many of who are in line with him at a municipal transport office in Pune, waiting to be interviewed. The city council is not looking for permanent employees so the 1600 jobs on offer come with Rs. 423 for a day's work with an allowance of Rs. 20 for meals. Bus conductors in the city are required to have passed Class 10. They are giving first priority to graduates and post graduates, so that they can handle passengers well and be like the face of the organization.1450 women also have applied for jobs as bus conductors.

Roger Federer out of US Open 2012

Roger Federer: Five-time champion Roger Federer was knocked out of the U.S. Open by Tomas Berdych on Wednesday, with the Czech completing a 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory.

It is the first time since 2003 that Federer had not reached the semifinals at Flushing Meadows. “I just didn’t come up with the goods tonight,” Federer said. “It was unfortunate.”

Federer’s forehand was way off, while Berdych kept pounding serves and groundstrokes right where he wanted them. It was Berdych’s fourth victory in his past seven meetings against Federer, including in the 2010 Wimbledon quarterfinals.

“There is no better moment than this one so far,” said Berdych, who will face Olympic champion Andy Murray in the semifinals Saturday.

Telugu professor set Guinness Record in Psychology

A Mahabubnagar based Counselling Psychologist, Mr.Srinivasa Chary Vangeepuram has set a new Guinness World Record by teaching 1,436 participants the “Largest Psychology Lesson”. With this, he secured all the required eligibility to be the first Guinness Record holder in the entire world in the field of Psychology. Srinivasa Chary has chosen the Teachers’ Day the 5th September for setting this Guinness Record. Triple Guinness World Record holder, Dr.V.Sreenathachary organized this event at 10.01 AM at JMJ Fatima Vidyalayam, Mahabubnagar. He said that there is no existing record in the said field and Mr.Srinivasa Chary has set the initial record under the ‘Set a Record’ category.

 

Mr.Srinivasa Chary has a social objective behind achieving this record. He has five-point objective with him. He would wish to request all to focus constructive and result-oriented attention on five cardinal social issues that should be amended at once. Firstly, the age old Indian family tradition should be restored to its past glory. Secondly, our present day educational system should be made more meaningful. For this, services of teachers, experts in the field of psychology, trainers and journalists must be utilized at all levels. Thirdly, health care must be given proper importance. Healthy living habits and healthy interpersonal relations must be nurtured among all. Fourthly, we must give utmost respect to women, children and senior citizens and express exemplary service attitude towards them. Fifthly, all citizens of our country irrespective of any discrimination must prove their professionalism and strive for our nation’s development and world peace. 

He opted for the ‘Teachers Day’ for his feat since he wishes to carry his mission for social and educational renaissance. Dr. V. Sreenatha Chary, read out all guidelines and instructions of the Guinness authorities. Only those who submitted written statements of attendance were allowed to witness the feat. However, 250 participants were announced disqualified from the feat by the judges.

Bus Carrying 100 Washed away by Flash Floods

A bus carrying about 50 passengers has been washed away by the flash floods in Bankura in West Bengal. Reports said that 45 passengers have been rescued and the rest are still missing.

The bus was going from Jhargram in West Midnapore district to Durgapur in Burdwan.Districts of south and central Bengal have been receiving heavy rains for the past two days.

Heavy rainfall in the region is disrupting rescue operations. Five-ten people are still missing that could include women and children.