'ISRO' Test Fires India's mars Missin Engine for Ist Time 

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The engines of the INdian mars orbiter were tested for the first time on monday morning. Indian Space 

Research Organisation ( ISRO).  Chief spokesperson Devi Prasad  Karnik said the engine, Known as the Liquid apogee motor (LAM), was fired for about 670 seconds at Isro's liquid propulsion systems centre at mahendra Giri in tamilnadu.  "The test was successful and will go on for about 45  days", Karnik told TOI from Bangalore. The mission  is slated for lift off towards the end of october or beginning of November 2013.

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LAM plays a key role in orbit raising Manoeuvres. the current missin profile of the mission envisages the orbiter operating  in the earth - bound orbit six times as its attitude is raised, before it sets off on its 300 day journey to mars. In the final earth orbit, the orbiter's furthest point from earth will be 2,15,000 km and the nearest 600 km. According to ISRO, it is expected to depart from the earth's orbit on November 26, 2013, and the crucial mars orbit insertion will occur on september 21,2014. An ISRO official said the real chalenge in the Mission is that the engine has to restart after 300 days when to orbiter enters the martian orbit. 

source :- THE HINDU 

        007 Completes 50 Years of Celluloid Adventures.

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James Bond fans on friday celebrated 50 years of the suave British spy's  adventures on the silver screen with a day of 077 - themed events around the globe . Bond appeared in a fil for the first time in the now classic Dr. No,  released on October 5, 1962, Introducing himself with the immortal line, "the names Bond......... James Bond,
The Movie franchise has gone on the become one of the most successful in history, with the 22 Bond film taking in more than $ 5 billion dolars(3.85  billion ponds). to mark' Global Bond Day " British diva Adele elssad the theme song of sky fale, the 23 rd. and newest Bond film, on her website , as anticipation built for its global premiere on october 23.the rugged Daniel Craig is the latest  of six actors t play Bond, but some things have stayed his taste for fast cars, beautiful women , high- tech godgets and vodka martinis. A collection of cars from the films, including the iconic Aston Martins, were present at pinewood Studios near London.
A new feature documentary "Everything or Nothing. the untold story  of 007" will also be unveiled focusing on produces Albert Broccoli and harry saltzman, and 077 author  I AM fleming, the thre men most responsible of building the brand.





source :- TOI

      NASA'S Cargo Craft Carries ice  Cream for Sunita 

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Indian american astronaut sunita williams will soon enjoy delicious chocolate vanilla swirl' on board International space statin (ISS) after NASA'S first contracted commercial cargo capsule was rocketed into orbit to resupply the orbiting Iabaratory. space's falcom 9 rocket, a commercial cargo ship , was blasted off into orbit late on sunday, kicking off a new era of commercial resupply flights intended to restore supply chain that was crippled following the shuttle's retirement. 

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source :- TOI

                       Australia Unveils Colossal Telescope 

Australia on friday unveiled a colossal radio telescope that will allow astronomers to detect distant galaxies and explore the depths of the universe  with unprecedented precision. the Australian SKA pathfinder telescope, at the remote. murchison radio- astronomy observatory in the western australian desert, is made up of 36 antennas, each 12 methors in diameter,. the aus $ 140 million ( $  140 million) facility can survey the sky much faster than axisting telescopes, with the antennae sensitive to faint radiation from the milky way, giviry it the ability to detect distant galaxies. 

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The common wealth scientific and industrial Research organization's ASKAP director Brain Boyee said studying the Radio waves would tell astronomers unique details about the cosmos. "they can tell about exotic objects- pulsars and quasars- that really push the boundaries of our Knowledge of the physical laws in the universe, " he said. "Radio- astronomy also give us an in sight"into the very beginnings of the universe.

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         Death for Five of A Family for  "Honour Killing"

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Five members of a family were sentenced to death by a sessions court here on  Friday for the June 2012"Hounor Killing "  a young couple belonging to different castes. yogesh ,20, a 

Dalit, and the girl, ASHA,19, were  planning to get married when they were mercilessly beaten up and electrocuted. 

Additional sessions judge Ranesh Kumar said the "savage nature" of the crime fell in the category of "rarest of rare cases"those convicted were Asha's's parents, suraj and maga, uncle om prakash his wife Khushboo and Asha's cusin sajeev.

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THIRD CASE - This is the third case in which the death penalty has been awarded by a sessions court in Delhi since may last year when the suprim court said that "honour killings"fell in te "rarest of rare" category deserving capital punishment.

source :- THE HINDU 

                    Eight More Arrested in Brar Attack Case 

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Eight More people were arrested on friday in connection with sunday's murderous attack on Lt. Gen. (retired) K.S. Brar  central London. the total number of arrests  now is, including two women. three were hold on Thursday. The names or ethnicity of those arrested will not be known until they are formally charged, if at all but they are thought to be of "Asian appearance. their ages ranged from 20 to 40, with most of them in their 30s.

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Giving details of friday's arrests police said two were arrested at a residential address in the hillingelon borough of London- a 42 year old man on suspicion of assisting on offender and a 38- year old woman on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. three men- aged 42, 30 and 37- were detained in the fashionable 

kensington and chelsea area, and there were picked up from the nearby equally posh Holland park . The latter were aged 32, 31, and 20.

source :- THE HINDU

              Gujarat  polls on Dec 13 & 17, HP on Nov 4.

The Election Commission on wednesday announced a November - december poll schedule for a face- off between the congress and the BJP that wil have implications for the 2014,lok Sabha contes .

HP will to polls on November 4, while Gujarat will see a two - phase voting on December 13 and 17, the results in both states will be declared on december 20. 

The poll panel's announcement sounds the bugle on a battle that is awaited with a heightened sense of anticipation. 

source :- TOI