Y.S.RajaSekhar Reddy Dead

Y.S.Rajasekhar Reddy (1949-2009) - Andhra Pradesh - Chief Minister



5 Dead bodies found near chopper crash site.

No More YSR

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajashekhara Reddy's helicopter has been located on top of a hill about 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Kurnool at a place called Rollapenta by Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters.

Indian Air Force officer Air Commodore Sagar Bharati of the Bangalore Air Command, who is monitoring the search and rescue operation, confirmed that IAF helicopters have located the helicopter at the crash site

"Chief Minister's helicopter has been located. It is on top of a hill 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Kurnool. We are trying to find out if there are survivors. Air Force helicopters are over the location. We are not sure if it has crashed," said Air Commodore Sagar Bharati.

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"Two helicopters are orbiting at the site. Air Force helicopters are trying to land… because the helicopter is on the top of the hill, it's a jungle so it is difficult to land," the Air Commodore said.

The Air Force has already given search parties on the ground coordinates of the place where Andhra CM’s helicopter has been located. The signal code of the YSR Reddy’s helicopter is 15471479.

Government sources have claimed that the helicopter had crash landed and was completely burnt.

“There is almost no chance of any survivors,”.




Union Home Ministry sources confirmed that Andhra Chief Minister's helicopter has been located 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool.

The sources said that as a rescue helicopter had problem in landing on a hilltop, so another helicopter has been sent with commandos who will slither down and see whether there are any survivors.

Army has also sent out a team of 70-80 para commandos to the area to find any possible survivors.

YSR Reddy has been untraceable since Wednesday morning after the helicopter carrying him went off the radar and lost all contacts with the ATC.

The Andhra Chief Minister was accompanied by his Principal Secretary S Subramanyam and Chief Security Officer ASC Wesley.

There were two pilots - Group Captain SK Bhatia and Captain M S Reddy - on board the twin-engine Bell 430 helicopter which disappeared over the Naxal-infested Nallamalla forests.

The 60-year-old Congress leader, who led the party to a remarkable victory in the recent Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, left Hyderabad for Chittoor at 08:35 hrs IST in the helicopter and lost contact with the Air Traffic Control at Begumpet Airport after an hour.

It is really a Sad day for Andhra Pradesh People for losing a great man or precisely a great HISTORY in the politics of Andhra pradesh.

We are really sorry for his sad demise... :(

Ganesh Chaturthi - Vinayaka Chavithi Special

Vinayaka Vandanam

VAKRA THUNDA MAHA KAYA
SOORYA KOTI SAMA PRABHA
NIRVIGNAM KURU ME DEVA
SARVA KAARYESHU SARVADAA



Ganesa - vinayaka - Ganaadhipa - Lambodara - Ekadantha - Vakrathunda - vighneswara - Gajaanana - Ganapathi - ParvathiNandana - Pillayar - Dhoomravarna - Chaturbhuja

Before you start any kind of work, you pray Lord VINAYAKA to remove obstacles.
He is the lord who gets respects first at the start of any ceremony.



Ganesa - Leader of the devotees of his father - Lord Siva

Vighneswara - Lord (Controller) of Obstacles

Gajaanana - Elephant Faced Lord



Vakra Thunda - Lord with the Bent Trunk

Eka Dantha - Lord with a single Tusk

Lambodara - Lord with a huge stomach



Dhoomravarna - Lord with ash colored appeal

Chaturbhuja - Lord with Four hands

Pillayar - Young Elephant Lord



Vinayaka - Lord of humbleness

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The 108 Sacred Names of the Lord Vinayaka

1 Akhurath One who has Mouse as His Charioteer
2 Alampata Ever Eternal Lord
3 Amit Incomparable Lord
4 Anantachidrupamayam Infinite and Consciousness Personified
5 Avaneesh Lord of the whole World
6 Avighna Remover of Obstacles
7 Balaganapati Beloved and Lovable Child
8 Bhalchandra Moon-Crested Lord
9 Bheema Huge and Gigantic
10 Bhupati Lord of the Gods
11 Bhuvanpati God of the Gods
12 Buddhinath God of Wisdom
13 Buddhipriya Knowledge Bestower
14 Buddhividhata God of Knowledge
15 Chaturbhuj One who has Four Arms
16 Devadeva Lord of All Lords
17 Devantakanashakarin Destroyer of Evils and Asuras
18 Devavrata One who accepts all Penances



19 Devendrashika Protector of All Gods
20 Dharmik One who gives Charity
21 Dhoomravarna Smoke-Hued Lord
22 Durja Invincible Lord
23 Dvaimatura One who has two Mothers
24 Ekaakshara He of the Single Syllable
25 Ekadanta Single-Tusked Lord
26 Ekadrishta Single-Tusked Lord
27 Eshanputra Lord Shiva's Son
28 Gadadhara One who has The Mace as His Weapon
29 Gajakarna One who has Eyes like an Elephant
30 Gajanana Elephant-Faced Lord
31 Gajananeti Elephant-Faced Lord
32 Gajavakra Trunk of The Elephant
33 Gajavaktra One who has Mouth like an Elephant
34 Ganadhakshya Lord of All Ganas (Gods)
35 Ganadhyakshina Leader of All The Celestial Bodies
36 Ganapati Lord of All Ganas (Gods)



37 Gaurisuta The Son of Gauri (Parvati)
38 Gunina One who is The Master of All Virtues
39 Haridra One who is Golden Coloured
40 Heramba Mother's Beloved Son
41 Kapila Yellowish-Brown Coloured
42 Kaveesha Master of Poets
43 Krti Lord of Music
44 Kripalu Merciful Lord
45 Krishapingaksha Yellowish-Brown Eyed
46 Kshamakaram The Place of Forgiveness
47 Kshipra One who is easy to Appease
48 Lambakarna Large-Eared Lord



49 Lambodara The Huge Bellied Lord
50 Mahabala Enormously Strong Lord
51 Mahaganapati Omnipotent and Supreme Lord
52 Maheshwaram Lord of The Universe
53 Mangalamurti All Auspicious Lord
54 Manomay Winner of Hearts
55 Mrityuanjaya Conqueror of Death
56 Mundakarama Abode of Happiness
57 Muktidaya Bestower of Eternal Bliss
58 Musikvahana One who has mouse as charioteer
59 Nadapratithishta One who Appreciates and Loves Music
60 Namasthetu Vanquisher of All Evils & Vices & Sins



61 Nandana Lord Shiva's Son
62 Nideeshwaram Giver of Wealth and Treasures
63 Omkara One who has the Form Of OM
64 Pitambara One who has Yellow-Coloured Body
65 Pramoda Lord of All Abodes
66 Prathameshwara First Among All
67 Purush The Omnipotent Personality
68 Rakta One who has Red-Coloured Body
69 Rudrapriya Beloved Of Lord Shiva
70 Sarvadevatman Acceptor of All Celestial Offerings
71 Sarvasiddhanta Bestower of Skills and Wisdom
72 Sarvatman Protector of The Universe



73 Shambhavi The Son of Parvati
74 Shashivarnam One who has a Moon like Complexion
75 Shoorpakarna Large-Eared Lord
76 Shuban All Auspicious Lord
77 Shubhagunakanan One who is The Master of All Virtues
78 Shweta One who is as Pure as the White Colour
79 Siddhidhata Bestower of Success & Accomplishments
80 Siddhipriya Bestower of Wishes and Boons
81 Siddhivinayaka Bestower of Success
82 Skandapurvaja Elder Brother of Skand (Lord Kartik)
83 Sumukha Auspicious Face
84 Sureshwaram Lord of All Lords



85 Swaroop Lover of Beauty
86 Tarun Ageless
87 Uddanda Nemesis of Evils and Vices
88 Umaputra The Son of Goddess Uma (Parvati)
89 Vakratunda Curved Trunk Lord
90 Varaganapati Bestower of Boons
91 Varaprada Granter of Wishes and Boons
92 Varadavinayaka Bestower of Success
93 Veeraganapati Heroic Lord
94 Vidyavaridhi God of Wisdom
95 Vighnahara Remover of Obstacles
96 Vignaharta Demolisher of Obstacles



97 Vighnaraja Lord of All Hindrances
98 Vighnarajendra Lord of All Obstacles
99 Vighnavinashanaya Destroyer of All Obstacles & Impediments
100 Vigneshwara Lord of All Obstacles
101 Vikat Huge and Gigantic
102 Vinayaka Lord of All
103 Vishwamukha Master of The Universe
104 Vishwaraja King of The World
105 Yagnakaya Acceptor of All Sacred & Sacrficial Offerings
106 Yashaskaram Bestower of Fame and Fortune
107 Yashvasin Beloved and Ever Popular Lord
108 Yogadhipa The Lord of Meditation


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This show was cast in 1994 first with 6 leading characters in a situational comedy. This is centered around a coffee house, the most famous "Central Perk" in Manhattan, US. A simple but funny tale of lives of 6 friends which start in an Apartment and ends at the same apartment is portrayed excellently by its directors. I have never seen such an amazing TV show which relates friends and their life situations in such a hilarious way. The main characters of the Show are:

The Gent's Cast was

1. Chandler Bing by Matthew Perry
2. Joey Tribbiyani by Matt Le Blanc
3. Ross Geller by David Schwimmer

And the ladies cast was

1. Rachel Green by Jennifer Aniston
2. Monica Geller by Courtney Cox
3. Phoebe Buffay by Lisa Kudrow.

There aren't any few words to describe each of them in the show. Every one played an important role. Friends show starts out with a union of 6 idiotic friends who don't know how to lead their life. This goes on by cultivating relationships among them and turns out to be a web of 6 friends and later an apt conclusion for a 10-year long tale of relationships.

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Among all these Friends' characters, i personally admire Chandler Bing. He is the most lively character in the show. He keeps most of the moments alive in the Show. He isn't the handsome one but surely is the cuter one. He was handsome in the first seasons, but he got addicted to drugs in his life and made himself a mess. After the seventh season, he started getting off the drugs and was good at the closing seasons of Friends.

Railway Budget 2009

Twelve non-stop, point-to-point trains between select cities to be introduced. The sections include: Howrah-Mumbai, Delhi-Lucknow, Delhi-Chennai, Delhi-Pune, Delhi-Allahabad, Howrah-Delhi, Sealdah-Delhi and Ernakulum-Delhi.

50 railway stations, including CST Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Howrah, Sealdah, will be developed to have world-class facilties

Rs.1,102 crore allocated towards improving passenger amenities

Rs 500-crore increase in budgetary support in 2009-10

New "Yuva" fully air-conditioned train for youth




Yuva fares Rs.299 up to a distance of 1,500 km and Rs.399 up to 2,500 km

309 out of 375 stations will be developed with modern facilities

50 stations at tourist, religious places to have integrated facilities

Tatkal scheme for booking tickets to be reduced from five days to two days




200 automatic vending machines at key stations for selling tickets

50 mobile rail ticket vans to be introduced

ATMs on 200 mid and small sized stations

Passengers can now buy tickets at 5,000 post offices

Ladies' specials to be introduced in suburban trains during peak hours

Railways will not be guided by economic viability, but by social commitment

New factory in West Bengal for making 500 state-of-the-art coaches annually

Committee under Sam Pitroda to commercialise railways' optic fibre network





Railways to develop cold storages for farmers to store vegetables and fruits.

Scheme named Izzjat for low income monthly travel till 100 kilometres.

Superfast parcel express trains to be started on a pilot

basis between Delhi and Chennai and Delhi and Mumbai.

Priority areas to be railway catering, punctuality, food, sanity of rail bogeys.

Banerjee says an expert committee will be set up to advise her on implementation of the so-called economically unviable but socially desired projects.

Railways to extend helping hand to physically challenged and elderly people by providing ramps, specially designed bogeys

Committed for the downtrodden & development of the country

Infotainment facilities on Rajdhani Express trains for long-distance passengers

One doctor to be posted on long distance trains, says Banerjee.

Railways to extend helping hand to physically challenged and elderly people by providing ramps, specially designed bogeys

Expert committee to be established to look into economic viability of socially important projects

Railways to develop multi-functional complexes with shopping malls, food stalls, medicines and variety stores in different parts of the country

Infotainment services to be provided in major long-distance trains

SMS updates on wait-listed tickets to be introduced

High-capacity, AC double-decker trains to be introduced on select inter-city routes

Integrated security scheme rolled out for 140 vulnerable stations

ICC World T20 Best Cricket Team

From being defending champions to not having a single player in the ICC's team of the World T20, it's been quite a sharp decline for MS Dhoni's Indian team.

The ICC named its eleven and not surprisingly, after losing three consecutive matches in the Super Eights, no Indian player made the cut.

Four Pakistanis feature, including captain Younis Khan who has been named skipper of this team, other than Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul and Kamran Akmal.

However, there was one Indian face figuring in the Women's XI announced by cricket's governing body and it was that of bowler Rumeli Dhar.

The men's team, including 12th man Lasith Maligna, contained four players from Pakistan, three each from South Africa and Sri Lanka and two from the West Indies.

The women's team, led by England skipper Charlotte Edwards, included five players from the winner, England, four from beaten finalist New Zealand and one each from Australia, India and Sri Lanka.

The men's team was chosen by a select group of experts, including former England pacer Jonathan Agnew, cricketer-turned-commentator Ian Bishop, Twenty20 World Cup Tournament Director Steve Elworthy, ICC Match Referee Alan Hurst and Indian journalist Sharda Ugra.

The women's team was selected by ICC Match Referee Chris Broad, former England captain Clare Connor, Steve Elworthy, commentator Alison Mitchell and journalist Jenny Roesler.



ICC World XI (Men): Chris Gayle (West Indies), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Younis Khan (Pakistan, captain), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, wicketkeeper), Wayne Parnell (South Africa), Umar Gul (Pakistan), Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka). 12th man: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

ICC World XI (Women): Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Charlotte Edwards (England, captain), Claire Taylor (England), Aimee Watkins (New Zealand), Sarah Taylor (England, wicketkeeper), Suzi Bates (New Zealand), Lucy Doolan (New Zealand), Rumeli Dhar (India), Laura Marsh (England), Holly Colvin (England), Sian Ruck (New Zealand). 12th player: Eshani Kaushalya (Sri Lanka)

India - T20 - What a Disaster ?

India, T20 World Cup Champion of 2007, popular cricket team these days with series of wins, with a perfect team combination, each player capable of scoring the total with single hand, has lost in the T20 battle in the intermediary stage. How sad it is to say that Indian cricket team couldn't represent 100 crore people effectively!!

Is it the fault of Team or Management or people for having such hopes ??

Assessing the failure, we come across many flaws in every match India has played right from the start of the Tournament.

The team comprised of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and Irfan Pathan.

All of a sudden, Sehwag was sent back to India and Dinesh karthik was let in to occupy his place. The details of why this happened are not mentioned clearly yet. The message was sehwag's injury called for a replacement in the squad. But there are rumours that it wasn't just injury, but a clash with Dhoni led to the replacement.



This was a major set back to Indian criket at the tournament. Without Sehwag is like having a meal without spice. He isn't just spice to the meal but the meal himself. They were tasteless victories which India managed to get at the initial levels of the tournament. With sehwag's presence, it would have been a toast for Indian fans to watch him bat in the innings.

It wasn't just sehwag's absence that led to the loss of the tournament. The ingredients weren't just mixed well in the tournament. Every one is a powerful player in the team starting with gambhir till harbhajan singh. They werent playing the way they used to play. Coming to the IPL version of Indian cricket, Rohit and Raina were like two Bazookas getting ready to be fired. But in the T20 Cup, it was like they aren't playing their natural game. That's why skippers say "IT'S ALL IN THE GAME".


Starting off with Gambhir, he lacked the momentum which he had in the presence of sehwag. They were named most successful opening pair of partners in the world. Gambhir was mostly affected by sehwag's absence. Next comes Rohit who was good at IPL and just couldn't adjust himself to the opening position. Raina was the most unsuccessful batsman in the entire T20 world cup series. You couldn't just point out another. India's primary weak point at the tournament was his batting which was unexpected after the bashing performance at IPL.



Yuvraj as usual was at his best except for minor mistakes, however he proved Indian way of batting at the tournament, the sole representer of India this world cup. Dhoni, a great captain before this tournament is now an utter disaster. He couldnt cope up with other teams and failed India at the prestigious World Tournament. The reason for his behavioural change after captaincy is not yet clear. However there are issues a captain may have to deal with, but he could atleast have proved himself as a better batsman at times necessary. Yousuf pathan was good at times and wasn't enough at times. The entire face of his batting wasn't displayed at this tournament. It might be due to pressure of falling wickets too quickly or the little score struggling at the score board. The main aim why he was brought into the tournament was his capability to hit any kind of ball to the boundary. He was a star in Rajasthan Royals at IPL. He managed to get away safe without the worse talk. However he needs to improve and adapt himself the ODI strategy without which it is difficult for him to survive in the team.



Next are bowlers. Indian bowling failed only because of Ishant Sharma. He might be a good bowler, but at times when he is not able to take control of the situation he should have been rested. But it wasnt done so, and on the contrary he was used in all the matches. RP singh was good at the matches he played. He should have replaced Ishant but Irfan was made the goat. Irfan is an excellent batsman at the lower order and he is a fluctuating bowler.



For India Irfan was a necessary player. It was Dhoni's fault of replacing him. He Should have been used and Ishant should have been replaced with Ravindra jadeja. Jadeja was good at bowling. Although he was slow in batting, he bowled good. Harbhajan played a good role in the team. Zaheer wasn't adequate to fulfill the needs of the team but was good at times.



So to blame the loss of the cup, it could be tossed over to the selection team. Ishant, Raina and dhoni were the disasters in the team. Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Jadeja, RP Singh were the rockers in the team. Gambhir, Rohit, Yousuf were neutral. Irfan, Praveen and Dinesh were the sufferers for the mistakes. Sehwag was the ultimate loss of India and the gain of other countries.



It should have been a win, instead it resulted in a ruin. Win comes only through hard work and team effort and a strong will. This year Indian players lacked atleast one of them. So it was a RUIN this year. Hope Dhoni realizes and comes back to form and puts India in its former path of success. West Indies Series is ahead. So boys get ready to rock on...

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Satyam Scam

The financial fraud perpetrated by the founders of Satyam Computer Services was executed through a well-planned accounting system that used as many as 7,561 fraudulent invoices worth Rs 5,117 crore to inflate the company's sales, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged on Monday.

To perpetrate the fraud, the accused also created an identity and code that not only bypassed all other accounting systems, but also managed to hide the fraudulent invoices from other departments, the premier investigating agency said.

"Investigations revealed that the accused have already entered 6,603 out of these false and fabricated invoices amounting to Rs.4,746 crore into their books of accounts thereby inflating the revenues of the company to this tune," said the CBI in a statement.

The CBI came to the conclusion using cyber forensic techniques to unearth the alleged Rs 7,000 crore scam that is alleged to have been perpetrated by group's founder B Ramalinga Raju and his associates.

The accused had used an emergency option of feeding invoices directly to the company's inventory management software, which in normal circumstances would be routed and validated through several software systems.

Simultaneously, the scamsters generated a new identification code called "Super User", that enabled them to hide or "unhide" invoices created in the company's Invoice Management System, thereby making the fraudulent invoices invisible to other departments.

"The amounts pertaining to these false and fabricated invoices were shown as receivables in the books of accounts of Satyam, thereby inflating the revenues of the company," the statement said.

The agency also identified the computer server used for storing the "incriminating data" resulting in the identification of the perpetrators of the fraud, unearthing the quantum of the fraud, and the modus operandi used by the accused.

Meanwhile, the trial court rejected the bail application of the Raju brothers and former chief financial officer V Srinivas on April 25 and gave CBI the permission to conduct further investigation into acquisition of assets by the accused and diversion of funds.

Chennai Passport Fraud

The CBI arrested Chennai's Regional Passport officer Sumathi Ravichandran on corruption charges. She has been accused for delivering tatkal passports for Rs,13,000, which is nine times more than the actual cost.

Sumathi has been arrested under the charges of Criminal conspiracy and Prevention of Corruption Act.

The CBI also recovered Rs five lakh from Sumathi's car. Sumati allegedly had a deal with Fathima, a travel agent and daughter of former MLA Abdul Samad to share the money.



Sumathi’s husband Ravichandran too has been arrested by the CBI. He stands accused of running a 'parallel passport office'.

The investigations began after a FACT India employee, Lakshmanan complained to the CBI about the travel agent.

Subsequently a CBI judge remanded both women to judicial custody until May 8.

Akkriti - Another Schood Mishap

Modern School Vasant Vihar in the Capital will remain closed for two days following outrage over its student Akkriti's death. The student had allegedly suffered an asthma attack in school.

The National Commission for Child Rights has ordered an inquiry following allegations of negligence by school authorities.

The decision to close the school was taken after students and parents protested against the school authorities on Thursday. The protests turned ugly when they surrounded the school Principal, Goldy Malhotra, and accused her of negligence and callous attitude.

Akkriti's parents had alleged that she was not provided adequate medical aid by the school.

Anguished parents and screaming students took on the school authorities alleging that Akkriti would have survived if they had rushed her to the hospital.

Parents and students outraged, blame school. Akkriti's parents, who are still in a state of shock, squarely blamed the Principal for their daughter’s death.

“Goldy Malhotra killed my daughter. She should be charged for murder,” Akkriti's father Vipin Bhatia said.

While Akkriti's mother Vani Bhatia said the school had a moral duty to give her daughter oxygen and call an ambulance.

The Delhi government has also ordered a probe into the death.

School’s version

According to the school, the Commerce student complained of breathing trouble at 1020 hrs IST on Tuesday morning; she was attending class at the time.

She was reportedly given first-aid in school and taken to Holy Angels Hospital, Basant Lok, where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Akkriti reportedly suffered from asthma.

While school authorities said the school nurse gave Bhatia oxygen and then took her to hospital, her father Vipin Bhatia alleged, "They waited till we sent a car to take her to the hospital; that's why she died. They had asked her to go to the second floor for permission to go home, and then asked her to go to the sports teachers' room. All this running around aggravated her problem."

However, Goldy Malhotra denied there was any delay on their part. She blamed the family for the delay in taking her to hospital.

"She was given oxygen and then she said she felt much better. The teacher told her she won't be taken to her home because she needed medical help. Then she was taken into the car and she was made to speak to her mother through the driver's phone. Mrs Kutty (the teacher who accompanied her to the hospital) also told her mother to come along because it's an emergency situation. Sometime between then and before she was taken into the hospital, she collapsed," the Principal stated.

The Managing trustee of Modern School, Ashok Pratap Singh said, "This was a very unfortunate incident. I am going to make sure an investigation is conducted."

RISAT

The Indian Space Research Organization successfully launched a revolutionary spy satellite that will help security agencies monitor the hundreds of mountain valleys that connect India with Pakistan and terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan further north.

The PSLV-C12, carrying the 300-kg spy satellite Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-2) and the 40-kg Micro Satellite ANUSAT lifted off from ISRO's Satish Dhawan space Centre.

At the end of a 48-hour countdown, the 44-meter tall four-stage PSLV-C12 blasted off from the second launch pad with the ignition of the core first stage.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, weighing 230 tonnes at the time of launch, soared into a clear sky at 0645 hrs IST from the spaceport, about 90 km north of Chennai.

This is the 15th flight of ISRO's workhorse PSLV, which had launched 30 satellites (14 for India and 16 for foreign countries) into a variety of orbits since 1993.

While the RISAT-2 has an all weather capability to take images of Earth, ANUSAT is the first student-made satellite built by an Indian University to demonstrate the technologies related to message store and forward operations.

What’s RISAT?

Designed by the Israeli Aerospace Industries, RISAT can take images through the thickest cloud cover, rain, snow or fog conditions during night and day.

While the RISAT will be used extensively for purposes like mapping, managing natural disasters and surveying the seas, it can also see through camouflage like cloth or foliage used to conceal camps or vehicles.

RISAT will enable India to keep a watch on terror camps, military installations across boundaries, missile sites and suchlike.



However, RISAT is not India's first spy satellite. The Technology Experiment Satellite has been used for photo-reconnaissance since 2001.

But unlike previous remote sensing satellites, RISAT is the first with a synthetic aperture radar, which gives it a day-night, all-weather snooping capability




It should also help keep track of ships at sea that could pose a threat.

The RISAT will reduce India's dependence on foreign suppliers like Ikonos for satellite imagery. But many more gaps need to be plugged. Despite the desperate need, India is still awaiting a dedicated military satellite.

Reason of Satyam Decline....

Fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Ltd may have up to 10 percent excess staff, a local newspaper reported on Saturday, quoting the head of the company's government-appointed board.

Kiran Karnik told the Economic Times that 3,000 to 5,000 staff were in excess, over and above the normal 'bench' maintained at outsourcing firms.

The 'bench' refers to staff not working on any projects and is normally 10 percent of the total workforce that is usually maintained for readiness to take on new projects.

Satyam Computer was taken over by mid-sized outsourcer Tech Mahindra Ltd this week after it bid the highest for a controlling stake in the company.

Three months ago, Satyam's founder and chairman shocked investors by saying profits had been overstated for years, putting in doubt the survival of a company once ranked as India's fourth-largest software services exporter.

Economic Times said Karnik ruled out any government intervention to protect employees.

"It is for the board to decide and that will be Tech Mahindra," Karnik was quoted as having said. "... we (the government-appointed board) are in transition mode and we should be out soon."

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