9/9/19
THE HINDU AND ECONOMIC TIMES
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THE HINDU : TRUMP CALLS OFF SECRET WITH
TAILIBAN
1. TRUMP SAYS HE
CANCELLED SECRET TALIBAN MEETING AT THE CAMP DAVID ( THE ECONOMIC TIMES)
2. PRESIDENT
DOANLD TRUMP CANCELLED A SECRET WEEKEND MEETING AT THE CAMP DAVID WITH TALIBAN
AND AFGHANISTAN LEADERS AFTER A BOMBING IN THE PAST WEEK IN KABUL THAT KILLED
12 PEOPLE INCLUDING AN AMERICAN SOLIDER AND HAS CALLED OFF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE INSURGENT GROUP.
3. TALIBEABAN
LEADERS AND AFGHAN PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI WERE HEADED TO MEETING AT THE
PRESIDENT’S OFFICIAL CAMP DAVID RETREAT IN MARYLAND
4.
CANCELLING THE TALKS ALSO GOES AGAINST TRUMP’S PLEDGE TO WITHDRAW THE
REMAINING 13,000 TO 14,000 US TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND US INVOLVEMENT IN
CONFLICT THAT IS CLOSING IN ON 18 YEARS.
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CHANDRAYAAN -2 ORBITER SIGHTS LANDER ON MOON
1. THE INDIAN
SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ISRO) HAS RETRIEVED IMAGES AND LOCATED THE LANDER
VIKRAM ON THE MOON ON SATURDAY.
2. AT 1.45 A.M
ON SATURDAY 12 MINUTES INTO THE DESCENT THE LUNAR SURFACE, THE LANDER LOST THE
CONTACT WITH EARTH.
3. ACCORDING TO
ISRO CHAIRMAN K. SIVAN: FOUND THE LOCATION OF LANDER VIKRAM ON THE LUNAR
SURFACE AND THE ORBIT HAS CLICKED ITS IMAGE.
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EDITORIAL : SO CLOSE YET SO FAR
1. THE INDIAN
SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION CAME CLOSE TO CREATING HISTORY IN THE EARLY HOURS
OF SEPTEMBER 7 WHEN THE ROBOTIC LANDER VIKRAM FOLLOWED THE PREDETERMINED TRAJECTORY
AND CAME JUST WITH IN 2 KM OF THE LUNAR SUFACE BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WAS LOST.
2. ISRO WAS
ATTEMPTING POWERED LANDING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
3. WHILE THE
POWERED LANDING OF VIKRAM AND EXPLORATION OF THE MOON’S SURFACE FOR 14 EARTH
DAYS BY THE PRGYAN ROYER WERE ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVE.
4. 90-95% OF THE
MISSION HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
5. THE ORBITER
WILL SPEND THE NEXT YEARLY SEVEN YEARS MAKING HIGH RESOLUTION MAPS OF THE LUNAR
SURFACE,MAPPING THE MINERALS,UNDERSTANDING THE MOON EVOLUTION AND LOOKING FOR
WATER MOLECULES
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PAKISTAN AND CHINA DISCUSS KASHMIR ISSUE
1. PAKISTAN AND
CHINA ON SUNDAY DISCUSSED THE KASHMIR ISSUE AND UNDERLINED THE NEED TO SETTLE
DISPUTE IN THE REGION THROUGH DIALOGUE ON THE BASIS OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND
EQUALITY
2. BEIJING
REAFFIRMED ITS SUPPORT FOR ALL WEATHER ALLY IN SAFEGUARDING ITS SOVEREIGNTY AND
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
3. IN JOINT
PREASE RELEASED AT THE CONCLUSION OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI’S TWO DAY
VISIT TO PAKISTAN, THAT THEIR ALL WEATHER STRATEGIC TIES WOULD REMAIN
UNAFFECTED BY ANY REGIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL SITUATION.
4. CHINESE SIDE
REITERATED THAT THE KASHMIR ISSUE IS A DISPUTE LEFT FROM THE HISTORY AND SHOULD
BE PROPERLY AND PEACEFULLY RESOLVED BASED ON THE UN CHARTER,REL EVENT UN
SECURITY AND BILATERAL AGREEMENT
5. INDIA HAS
CATEGORICALLY TOLD THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT THE SCRAPPING OF ARTICLE
370 WAS INTERNAL MATTER.
6. ALSO AGREED
TO STRENGTH COOPERATION ON THE AFGHANISTAN ISSUE AND SUPPORT THE AFGHAN LED,AFGHAN
OWNED PEACE AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS
7. IN DEPTH
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON BILATERAL, REGIONAL AND BEYOND. CHINA AND PAKISTAN
RELATIONSHIP IN PRIORITY IN THEIR FOREIGN POLICIES AND BUILDING A COMMITTED
RELATIONSHIP.
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ET EDITORIAL: BEYOND THE MOON WORLDS TO CONQUER
- THE PATH TO
TECHNOLOGICAL SUCCESS IS LITTERED WITH FAILED ATTEMPT. TECHNOLOGISTS
ANALYSE WHAT WENT WRONG, MAKE ADJUSTMENT UNTIL THEY SUCCEED.
- THIS IS WHAT IS
AT THE STAKE IN INDIA’S CHANDRAYAAN TOO. THE PRIMEMINISTER STRUCK THE
RIGHT NOTES BY CALLING ISRO NOT TO BE DEMORALIZED DECLARING ENTHUSIASTICALLY
SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED EFFORT BY INDIA’S SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
- AND CHADRAYAN 2
IS FAR FROM TOTAL FAILURE. THE LANDER HAS BEEN LOST BUT THE ORBITER
CONTINUES TO CIRCLE AROUND THE MOON AT RELATIVELY LOW ALTITUDE.BRISTLING
WITH AN ARRAY OF SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT
- ET EDITORIAL:
BEYOND THE MOON WORLDS TO CONQUER
- ISRO HAS EXPERIENCED
SPECTACULAR FAILURE IN THE PAST. AN EARLIER ITERATION OF THE GEOSYNCHRONOUS
LAUNCH VEHICLE CRASHED AFTER TAKE OFF IN 2010.
- CHINA’ LONG
MARCH ROCKET CRASHED IN 1996
- US SPACE SHUTTLE
CHALLENGER AND COLUMBIA CRASHED
- SOYUZ 1
MALFUNCTIONED,KILLING A COSMONAUT
- THESE ARE SET
BACKS NOT DEFEAT
- INDIA SPACE
PROGRAMME HAS DELIVERED BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT INDIA DOE NOT NEED TO
PUSH THE ENVELOP IN QUANTUM COMMUNICATION,ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NANO
SCIENCE
- THE GOVT MUST
CREATE INSTITUTIONAL ENABLERS FOR INDIAN RESEARCHERS TO MASTER THE LEAST
IN THESE VITAL TECHNOLOGIES.
- ET EDIT PAGE
SILVER LINING FROM THE SKY (PRAKASH CHANDRA) - UPSIDE TO THE
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION’S DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT OVER CHANDRAYAAN
2’S LUNAR LANDER VIKRAM FAILING TO SOFT LAND ON THE MOON ON SATURDAY
- IT TICKED EVERY
BOX IN ITS MISSION PROFILE SINCE JULY 22 WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED BY THE GSLV(
GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE) LEAVING A BRIGHT TRAIL OVER
AUSTRIALA ITS WAKE
- UNLIKE EARLIER
LUNAR MISSION LIKE NASA (THE US NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION) APOLLO MOONSHOT TS IN THE 1960-70. WHICH REACHED MOON JUST
IN THREE DAYS.
- CHANDRAYAAN 2
TOOK SIX WEEKS TO GET INTO LUNAR ORBIT
- THIS SHOW HOW
MUCH EFFORTS PLANNED BY ISRO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HISTORIC SOFT LANDING
ON THE MOON IN THE VERY FIRST ATTEMPT BUT THE LANDER’S ANTI CLIMATIC
FAILURE SUMS UP THE BAD NEWS.
- AS FOR THE LOSS
OF THE LANDERS THE HISTORY OF SPACE FLIGHT IS REPLETE WITH INSTANCE OF
SPACE CRAFT FALLING AT CRITICAL JUNCTURES
- BUT OVER THE
YEARS MOON LANDING HAVE BEEN PRACTICALLY BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED THANKS TO
RUSSIA AND USA
- THE FIRST
SUCCESSFUL MOON MISSION THE SOVIET LUNA 1 WHICH FLEW BY THE MOON JANUARY
4.1959 WAS PRECEDED BY FIVE FAILED ATTEMPT.
- AS PER NASA: IN
THE LAST 60 YEARS THE SUCCESS RATE IS ONLY 60%-109 MISSIONS-61 SUCCESSFUL
AND 48 FAILURE
- THE LOSS OF THE
ISRAELI LUNAR LADDER BERESHEET WHICH CRASHED AT THE LAST MINUTE DUE TO
TECHNICAL SNAG
- E RICKSHAW
SIZED VIKRAM HAD SUCCESSFULLY PUT DOWN ON THE MOON. RISK FACTORS ALSO GOES
UP
- FACED MANY
UNKNOWN DANGERS FORTUNATELY 95% OF THE EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD CHANDRAYAAN 2
ARE IN THE ORBITER.
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RCEP TELLS INDIA TO MAKE UP MIND ON PARTICIPATION
1. RCEP=REGIONAL
COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
2. MEMBER
COUNTRIES OF THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP TRADE AGREEMENT
HAVE ASKED INDIA TO DECIDE IF IT WILL REMAIN A PART OF THE PROPOSED PACT AS
PRESSURE MOUNT TO CONCLUDE THIS PACT
3. ALSO INCLUDE
CHINA
4. TALKS WERE ON
FOR COUNTRIES TO IMMEDIATELY ELIMINATE TARIFFS ON 28% OF THE TRADED GOODS AND
ABOVE 35% OF THE GOODS IN PHASES
5.
RCEP TELLS INDIA TO MAKE UP MIND ON
PARTICIPATION
6. COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY MINISTER PIYUSH GOYAL : ATTENDED THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE 7 TH RCEP
MINIS TRIAL MEETING IN BANGKOK
7. INDIA HOLD A
SIGNIFICANT PLACE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND ITS ROLE IN DISCUSSION WILL PROVIDE
FOR STABLE GROWTH IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT
8. PRESSURE
BUILDING TACTICS FOR INDIA TO GIVE UP ITS INTEREST AND CONCLUDE THE PACT SO,
APPREHENSION AMONG GOVT DEPARTMENT WILL LEAD TO CHINA DUMPING GOODS IN INDIA.
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WHAT IS RCEP
1. REGIONAL
COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP IS PROPOSED FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
TEN MEMBERS STATES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
2. ( ASEAN) BRUNEI,CAMBODIA,INDONESIA,LAOS,MALYAYSIA,MYANMMAR,THE
PHILIPPINES,SINGAPORE,THAILAND ,VIETNAM AND SIX FTA PARTNERS: CHINA,JAPAN,INDIA,SOUTH
KOREAAUTRALIA AND NEWS ZEALAND)
3. FORMALLY
LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER 2012 AT THE ASEAN SUMMIT IN CAMBODIA
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SUMMARY OF OTHER NEWS
1. THE NEWLY
CREATED UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH IS MOST LIKELY TO GET THE TRIBAL AREA STATUS
FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION OF SCHEDULED TRIBES RECOMMENDED
2. A FINAL CALL ON THE TRIBAL ISSUE IS EXPECTED
TO BE TAKEN ON SEP 11 AS 98% OF THE POPULATION IS TRIBAL AND THERE HAS BEEN
DEMAND TO PROTECT REGION’S IDENTITY, CULTURE AND LAND AND ECONOMY.
3. THE CENTRAL
WOULD NOT TOUCH ARTICLE 371 OF THE CONSTITUTION ( APPLICABLE TO NORTH EAST) AND
NOT A SINGLE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE REGION
4. MOST OF THE STATES HAVE BEEN ACCORDED UNDER 371 UNDER ARTICLE 371 ARE IN THE NORTH EAST AND
SPECIAL STATUS AIMS TO PRESERVE THEIR TRIBAL CULTURE
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