| | | India’s space programme got another roaring boost on Saturday when a PSLV-C57 blasted off and successfully deposited the Aditya-L1 solar probe into an orbit from where the latter will set off on a four-month voyage towards the Sun, stamping the credo of the country as a major space power 10 days after Chandrayaan-3’s successful Moon landing. The rocket left a trail of smoke as scientists clapped and crowds gathered at viewing galleries near the launch site cheered, before a tense 63-minute period as the rocket, in its four stages, took the spacecraft to an orbit outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. Here, the Aditya-L1 will gather momentum before catapulting itself to a spot 1.5 million kilometres away. | THE DAILY QUIZ Vivek Ramaswamy had to snap back to reality after he performed one of Eminem’s songs at the Iowa State Fair, during his Republican nomination campaign. Which song, about getting one shot or one opportunity, by the rap icon did the Indian-origin American sing? a. The Real Slim Shady
b. Sing for the Moment
c. Stan
d. Lose Yourself TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | THE BIG STORY Aditya-L1: ISRO launches India’s maiden Sun mission from Sriharikota The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday successfully launched India’s first Sun mission, Aditya-L1 on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 11.50am. “From Moon to Sun, Isro is making India proud again. India’s maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1 successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota,” the ministry of science and technology said in a statement after the launch. This space-based solar probe aims to study solar winds, which can cause disturbance on Earth commonly seen as auroras. Read more. | | | | | | A LITTLE LIGHT READING Excess baggage: Tour the newest traumatised hotspots on India’s domestic circuit There was a five-hour wait at the popular double-decker living-roots bridge in Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, this May. That same month, tickets from Mumbai to Srinagar and from Delhi to Leh both hit ₹52,000 for a return flight, only slightly less than the cost of return tickets from Mumbai to Paris. What happens when India’s domestic tourists take to a place? What does the impact of this locust model of tourism look like? What happens when the crowds, discouraged by their own numbers, move on? And which are the most likely destinations to face this fate next? Read more. | | THE WEEKEND FIX The flying shuttle: How Pullela Gopichand transformed badminton in India In 2001, at the All-England badminton championships, a gangly, determined Indian shuttler, known on the circuit but below the radar of the rest of the country, decided to make his presence felt. The triumph at Birmingham, the first for an Indian since Prakash Padukone in 1980, launched Pullela Gopichand into the national consciousness. At 28, he had finally made it. And India could not get enough of him for a while — demands for personal appearances, requests for interviews, and offers of endorsements started flowing thick and fast. But the country learnt soon enough that this was a different kind of champion. In 2002, when Coca Cola, the I’ve-made-it signing for any athlete at the time, came calling with a lucrative deal, Gopichand turned them down. Sugary drinks are not good for children, he said, and he could not bring himself to promote them at any price. This was a sign that Gopichand, still only 29, was looking to give back. It was also a sign that he was driven by his own ideas of right and wrong, and wouldn’t compromise on them. Read more. | | TRADE-OFFS BY MRIDULA RAMESH How to eat, dress, live and work in a changing climate landscape Life is choice. Getting out of bed, to deciding when to go to sleep and everything in between is about navigating a series of choices. We make these choices when our needs / desires / values grapple with our circumstances. The problem is that our collective and cumulative (lifestyle, social and economic) choices have changed the very climate itself. Until recently, most of us considered the climate as a given. We expected winter to be cold, the rains to come when they always did, drought to be occasional, and flooding, rare. It doesn’t work that way anymore. Part of this change in climate is irreversible, meaning we will not return to normal climate even if we cut global greenhouse gas emissions to zero. That is because greenhouse gases stay up in the air for a long time after they have been emitted, where they continue to warm our planet. Read more. | | HT This Day: September 3, 1945 New constitution for China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, speaking at the opening the preparatory commission for the inauguration of a constitutional Government, gave a clear-cut picture of his attitude towards Communists and promised the people that a National Assembly to inaugurate the constitutional Government would be convened on November 12, subject to the approval of the Kuomintang Congress which meets in May. Read more. | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Shahana Yasmin. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
