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Class XII girl attemptssuicide: Situation Critical

DJ VenkateshSheekha News Service

Diglipur, Nov 02: Suparna(Name Changed) a Class XIIStudent of a School at

Diglipur on Friday attemptedto commit suicide by hangingherself with the ceiling fan.According to reports the

Total failure of BSNLServices in KarmatangMuralidharan Pillai

Sheekha News Service

Mayabunder, Nov 02: Ma-hatma Gandhi Govt. College,Mayabunder is the only ruralCollege in the A & N Islandssituated at Karmatang,Mayabunder and is the pre-mier institute of higher edu-cation comprising of 1000 stu-dents, 300 members of staffand their family members. A small exchange located inthe boy’s hostel with micro

antennae for cellular servicewas provided to the college

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Heavy Rain knocks downto Electric Poles on Chatham Bridge

Staff ReporterSheekha News Service

Port Blair, Nov 02: A short

spell of heavy rainfall this af-ternoon knocked down twoelectric poles, situated on theright side of Chatham Bridge.

Both the poles standing closeto each other collapsed ataround 1.30 pm, on the

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Does Directorate of Health Services really need BAS

Biometric AttendanceSystem a mockery of punctuality

Staff ReporterSheekha News Service

Port Blair, Nov 02: Like manyother departments, the HealthDepartment has also exten-sively purchased the Biomet-ric Attendance Machines andinstalled it in most of thePHCs, CHCs and DistrictHospitals. Several otherBAMs were installed in GBPant Hospital and in the Di-rectorate of Health Services

Building but many questionwhether installation of dozensand dozens of BAMs serve itspurpose.

Many allege that afew doctors at G B Pant do notbother to register their atten-dance in Biometric Machineson time while in many PHCsand CHCs doctors reach onlyafter 9.30 AM. The employeesbelow Doctor class, allege thatrules are for only lower levelstaffs and not for Doctors. In

places like Kalighat the Doc-tors follow their own timingof arrival and departure,sometimes even in case of

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Conjunctivitis (Pinkeye)Conjunctivitis, also known aspinkeye, is an inflammation ofthe conjunctiva. The conjunc-tiva is the thin clear tissue thatlies over the white part of theeye and lines the inside of theeyelid.What Causes Pinkeye?Pinkeye has a number of dif-ferent causes, including:• Viruses• Bacteria (such as gon-orrhea or chlamydia)• Irritants such asshampoos, dirt, smoke, andpool chlorine• Allergies, like dust,pollen, or a special type of al-lergy that affects some con-tact lens wearersPinkeye caused by some bac-teria and viruses can spreadeasily from person to person,but is not a serious health riskif diagnosed promptly. Pink-eye in newborn babies, how-ever, should be reported to adoctor immediately, as it couldbe a vision-threatening infec-tion.

What Are the Symptoms ofPinkeye?The symptoms of pinkeye dif-fer based on the cause of the

inflammation, but may include:• Redness in the whiteof the eye or inner eyelid• Increased amount oftears• Thick yellow dis-charge that crusts over theeyelashes, especially aftersleep• Green or white dis-charge from the eye• Itchy eyes• Burning eyes• Blurred vision• Increased sensitivityto lightSee your eye doctor if youhave any of these symptomsof pinkeye. Your eye doctorwill conduct an exam of youreyes and may use a cottonswab to take a sample of fluidfrom the eyelid to be analyzedin a lab. Bacteria or viruses thatmay have caused conjunctivi-tis, including those that cancause a sexually transmitteddisease or STD, can then beidentified and proper treatmentprescribed.How is conjunctivitis treated?The treatment for conjunctivi-tis depends on the cause:• Bacteria. Conjunctivi-tis caused by bacteria usually

does not need treatment withantibiotics as the infection usu-ally clears up by itself. Whenantibiotics are required they areusually in the form of eyedrops.• Viruses. This type ofconjunctivitis often results fromthe viruses that cause a com-mon cold. Just as a cold mustrun its course, so must this formof conjunctivitis, which usuallyclears within one to two weeks.• Irritants. For conjunc-tivitis caused by an irritatingsubstance use water to washthe substance from the eye forfive minutes. Your eyes shouldbegin to improve within fourhours after washing away thesubstance. If the conjunctivitisis caused by an acid or alkalinematerial such as bleach, seekurgent medical advice.• Allergies. Allergy-as-sociated conjunctivitis shouldimprove once the allergy istreated and the allergen re-moved.

Seek medical advice ifyou have conjunctivitis that islinked to an allergy.Traditionally, home remediesare sufficient for soothing con-junctivitis associated with un-

complicated colds, minor in-fections, or allergies.

Treatment consistsprimarily of cleansing theeyes and preventing the con-dition from spreading.

To relieve the dis-comfort of conjunctivitis, ap-ply a warm compress for five

Port Blair, Nov 02: The Vishwa HinduParishad’s A & N unit today organised ablood donation camp at Junglighat PujaHall.

Nearly 100 people donated bloodin the camp. Similar programme was alsoorganized at Rangat.

Blood Donation Camp by VHP

to 10 minutes, three to fourtimes a day.

Preservative-free ar-tificial tears (lubricant eyedrops) can be applied fre-quently. Never use steroid eyedrops without a doctor’s pre-scription. (Source: http://www.webmd.boots.com/)

(From page 1)Biometric ...absence the attendance isregistered by some magic.Andaman Sheekha had oncehighlighted how a DRM ofKalighat Hospital had madeentries in attendance regis-tered for the entire week inadvance but till now no ac-tion has been taken in this re-

gard.Irony is that many

health department staffs donot even have their biometricthumb marks registered andthey come and go as per theirown timing. Some even runtheir business like ticketingagency etc during duty hours.This can be checked by anyofficer by cross checking Bio-metric Attendance, mobilephone location and ticketingsite log in entry details etc.

Most interestinglythe DHS follows dual atten-dance entry system, whichmeans that every employeewill have to enter attendancein BAM and also in atten-dance register. One wondersif this is the case then what isthe need of having BAMs in-stalled. It seems the DHSneeds to give some strong andbitter medicines to these em-ployees, who are breakingrules, to bring the Healthdepartment’s system back tohealth.

On one hand ourPrime Minister and our Lt.Governor work for 10 to 12hours in a day and on theother hand some staffs do notgive even 5 hours output inHealth Department, thenhow can the system improve.The DHS or anyone can takethe Biometric attendancesunder RTI to know how effec-tively and efficiently theHealth Department functionsin these Islands, especially inremote Islands.

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MP Calls upon the students toplay active role in making people

aware of the PMJDYPort Blair, Nov 02: The Mem-ber of Parliament, Mr. BishnuPada Ray has called upon thestudent community to playactive role in the awarenesscampaign of the Prime Min-ister Jan Dhan Yojna. Ad-dressing the gathering of stu-dents of Model School at theSchool Auditorium today, hesaid that the aim of the ambi-tious programme is to ensurethat each family in the coun-try has bank account. Heurged the students to makepeople aware about theprogramme in their localities,explaining the importance.

Talking about thenew initiative taken to get thestudents better coaching fa-cility, the MP said that it hasalready been approved by theAdministration, on his re-quest, to provide coachingfacilities to the meritoriousstudents of the Islands at KotaRajasthan.

The students wouldhave the opportunity to availthe coaching facilities simul-taneously with their regularstudies of class XI and XIIover there. He hoped that the

students would succeed ingetting admissions in thePrestigious Institutions likeIITs through this coachingfacility. While interacting withstudents, he advised them tostay away from the clutchesof drug addiction and con-centrate on their studies.TheMP felt the need of introduc-ing Smart Classes in theSchool. He said that use ofInformation and Communica-tion technology in the classrooms would make the learn-ing more effective.

Earlier the lead dis-trict manager of State Bankof India, Shri C. Raj while ex-plaining the features ofPMJDY, said that the forms

for opening the accountswould be made available at theschools itself to simplify theprocess. He informed thatnow the visa debit cards arebeing replaced by ‘RuPaycard’.

The Principal of theSchool Dr. Dheeraj Kumar ex-pressed gratitude towards MPfor conducting such usefulcamps and hoped that hispresence would definitely in-spire the students.Around 500students of class XI & XIIattended the awarenessprogramme.Earlier the MPtook part in the similar aware-ness programmes held atBoys, Nirmala, DilanipurSchools and  JNRM  today.

Awareness on tourism regulation created

Farewells accorded to STS employeesDiglipur, Nov. 02: In a simplefunction was held at DiglipurAssistant Commissioner,Diglipur Shri Arava GopiKrishna on Friday bid fare-well to two employees of STSwho retired on 30/10/2014 onSuperannuation. The employ-ees are Mr. B.P.Nair , stationMaster cum Traffic Inspectorand Mr. Mohan Babu,Chowkidar.

Mr. Nair Joined STSas a conductor in 1976 andserved in Southern and North-ern Group of Islands for morethan 38 years. Few of hisachievements were, increasingof the Revenue of STS tothree folds, Indent of STS bus

to private parties introducedand many new profitableroutes are opened in his direc-tion. While speaking on theoccasion, Mr. Shri Arava GopiKrishna , IAS, Asst Commis-sioner, Diglipur lauded the

dedicated services rendered bythem and cheque of all Pen-sionary benefits werehandover on the occasion. AllSTS staff and AE, MechanicalMr. D Sekhar were alsopresent during the occasion.

Port Blair, Nov. 2: As part ofthe observance of Vigilanceawareness week, the Depart-ment of BBA Tourism ofJNRM organised tourismregulation awarenessprogramme in the college Au-ditorium yesterday. Speakingon the occasion, the chiefguest, Shri. MohammedJadwet, MD Jadwet TradingCompany, informed aboutvarious tourism facilit iesavailable in the islands andemphasised that the touristshould leave only foot prints,

to maintain the environmen-tal sustainability of the Islands.

While speaking onthe occasion, Shri. KrishnamAchariya, Centre DirectorTIM, stated that the people ofA & N Islands should be vigi-lant and should not provideshelter to any antisocial ac-tivities.

The Principal JNRM,Dr Iqbal Ahmed described thevast potential of the tourismin the Islands. Shri P AbdulSalam, Assistant Professor,Dept. of BBA Tourism, spoke

on the significance of tourismregulations. On this occasionthe student of JNRM pre-sented a skit and highlightedthe corruption prevailing in thesociety.

The programmestarted with the welcome ad-dress by Shri. SeemantaKumar Deka, the Head of theDepartment BBA Tourism.The programme concludedwith the vote of thank pro-posed by Dr. (Smt.) Laxmi,Assistant Professor, Dept. ofHindi.

Farewell Accorded toHeadmaster of GPS Tugapur-7

Port Blair, Nov 02: A retire-ment farewell was arrangedat the Office of the DeputyEducation Officer,Mayabunder to bid adieu toShri. Sudhangsu Hira, Head-master (Primary), Govt. Pri-mary School, Tugapur-7. Hejoined the department as PSTon 06.09.1975 and retired asHeadmaster after putting aservice of more than 29years.

He was a very sin-cere and dedicated teacher.While sharing his experience,

he urged all teachers to com-mit themselves for the wel-fare of the children. Shri.Mammen Thaomas, DEO,Mayabunder and all Heads ofSchools of this Zone attendedthe function. With all the goodwishes Deputy EducationOfficer handed over theCheque for his retirementbenefit.

The programme con-cluded with vote of thanksproposed by Shri. Johnson P.John, BRP, BRC,Mayabunder.

Orientation Programmefor 12th National Youth Parliament

Competition to the Participants

Port Blair, Nov 02: The De-partment of Home Scienceorganized OrientationProgramme for 12th NationalYouth Parliament Competi-tion in JNRM seminar room.Speaking on the occasion asChief Guest Shri Bishnu PadaRay, Member of Parliamentexplained vividly about theParliamentary Procedures,Question Hour, calling atten-tion motion by throwing suit-able examples based upon theneed of these islands. Theparticipating students havealso raised questions basedupon the video screened ear-lier about mock Youth Parlia-ment.

Dr Iqbal Ahmad,Principal, JNRM while

speaking on the occasionmotivated the students to takepart actively in such compe-tition whereby getting first-hand information about thevalue of Parliament and itsnoble task in nation buildingby various laws andprogrammes / schemes.

Shri K Venkatesan,HOD, Home Science spokeon role of students for mak-ing vibrant democracy by in-volving themselves as partici-pants in the national levelprogrammes. Dr Swapan KrBiswas, Associate Professoralso spoke on the occasion.Smt. Nidhi Shekhwat, Assis-tant Professor, Department ofHome Science proposed voteof thanks.

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EDITORIAL.....

A BJP functionary who visited ET’soffice recently was taken abackwhen a reporter asked him to namethe make of Narendra Modi’ssmartphone. “I don’t know. I amnot sure whether he has one,” wasthe gruff reply.

Irrespective of whether thePM carries an iphone or a GalaxyNote3 or indeed a Xiaomi Mi3 , whatis apparent is that the smartphoneis central to two of his flagshipprojects: Digital India and financialinclusion. It is the device best suitedto digitally connect over a billionIndians, enabling them to ride on thebroadband and access governmentservices. From financial transactionsto health services to digitized docu-ments and records—all will be avail-able at the click of key, anytime,anywhere. That is the grand vision.

Rajiv Gandhi wanted tousher in the computer age in India.Modi’s will be the smartphone era.This will throw up many opportuni-ties for Indian app developers, hand-set makers, and for the entire manu-facturing ecosystem. The milliondollar question is whether they willseize the opportunity or watch it goby.

Will Indian software pro-grammers be able to develop con-tent and apps that the governmentneeds to deliver digital services? WillIndian handset makers cater to thedemand for low cost smartphonesor will they allow Chinese compa-nies like Xiaomi to dominate? WillIndia be able to capture the supplyopportunity and become thesmartphone factory not just for it-self but for the world?

In an interview published inET earlier this week, Telecom min-ister Ravi Shankar Prasad declaredthat the government wants to en-sure a smartphone in the hands ofevery Indian by 2019.

“ We want to ensure thatall the services can be providedthrough a mobile handset, especially,health, education, various govern-ment services and retail,” Prasadsaid. “We want it (handsets) to beused as a tool for empowerment.

To be sure, the ordinaryfeature phone, that still dominatesthe Indian handset market, can beused to perform many tasks and ac-cess some services. Basic mobilebanking services, that will form anintegral part of the financial inclu-sion programme, will be availableon these handsets.But if (and this isa big if) the government either onits own, or in collaboration with pri-vate players can accelerate therollout of broadband in the country,the availability of high speed internetcoupled with the delivery of essen-tial digital services will create a hugedemand for low cost smartphonesacross the country.

Low cost is the operativeterm. Till a few years ago,smartphones were the playthings of

the rich. Today, they are much morecommon, particularly in the biggercities, and now account for over10% of the total handset market. Butas companies like Samsung havefound , the Indian consumer remainsextremely price sensitive. For theconsumption of these devices togrow, prices have to drop.

A beginning has been madein this direction. Earlier this week,Intex Technologies launched a Rs1,999 smartphone on the Firefoxoperating software, and a few daysearlier Spice launched a Rs 2,299handset with the same operatingsystem. Xiaomi has priced its Redmi1S low cost device at Rs 5,999.Micromax smartphones too are avail-able at similar price points.

These inexpensive handsetswill help the smartphone categoryto grow. Whether the market sharegame will be won by an Indian or aforeign player will depend on whooffers a superior value propositionto the consumer. But as things standtoday, none of these devices aremanufactured in India. Intex, Spice,Micromax and others are all import-ing their devices, mostly from China.

Modi has made the revivalof domestic manufacturing anothertop priority of his government.“Come, manufacture in India…Sellin any country of the world butmanufacture here,” said the primeminister on August 15. The DigitalIndia programme has set a target ofnet zero imports in electronics by2020.

These things are easier saidthen done. As China forged aheadto become the factory of the world,successive Indian governmentsspoke a lot about, but did little, tocreate large scale manufacturinghubs. The current administrationhas talked about creating clustersfor electronic manufacturing, but itis yet not clear why they will suc-ceed, when others have failed.

Nevertheless, smartphonescan be a good starting point for thegovernment’s ‘Make in India’programme. If it can incentivize andcreate an enabling ecosystem for theentire smartphone value chain, it canensure cheap availability of devicesand also address the concerns ofthose who are concerned about thesecurity implications of the Indianmarket being flooded by Chinesehandsets. Exports from India toother emerging countries will alsoget a significant boost.

Finally, the success of thegovernment’s plan of deliveringonline services depend on the abilityof software programmers to developrelevant applications and content inmultiple languages. This provides asignificant opportunity for app andcontent developers in India. Theexperience and skills they pick up inexecuting these projects will helpthem in commercial endeavours ev-erywhere.

Narendra Modi and the smartphone era

CITU demands regularizationof about 300 DRMs working in

Transport DepartmentPort Blair, Nov 02: Centre of IndianTrade Unions has demanded im-mediate steps from the part of theAndaman and Nicobar Administra-tion to regularize the services ofabout 300 workers who are workingas Daily rated/ contract basis asConductors, Drivers and WorkshopStaff in the State Transport Servicesunder the A & N Administration forabout long 10 years. In a letterdated 17th October, 2014 sent to ShriAnand Prakash, Chief Secretary, A& N Administration, Shri Tapan Sen,MP and General Secretary of theCITU, New Delhi, said that theseworkers and employees were re-cruited either against advertisementspublished in the local newspapers ortheir names were sponsored by lo-cal Employment Exchange. Apart

from that, these workers and employ-ees had gone through several testslike trade test, interview and physicaltest before their recruitment againstpart of the expansion programme ofState Transport Services throughoutthe islands especially after the Tsu-nami disaster in 2004, Tapan Sen said.He expressed concern that even af-ter working against perennial typesof jobs for long 10 years, their ser-vices have not been regularized andthey are being deprived of all sorts ofbenefits equivalent to regular employ-ees. Shri Tapan Sen, MP told the ChiefSecretary that the demand for regu-larization of services of these work-ers and employees working as DailyRated/On Contract basis are lawfuland legitimate and, therefore, warrantsimmediate steps in that direction.

MV Campbell Bay to sail for ChennaiPort Blair, Nov. 02: MV CampbellBay will sail for Chennai viaNancowry & Campbell Bay at 1000hrs on Nov. 6, 2014 from Haddo

Wharf. Excess baggage will be loaded,medical examination and embarkationof passengers will be done from 0700hrs to 0945 hrs on Nov. 6. MV Nicobar to sail for Kolkata

Port Blair, Nov. 02: MV Nicobar willsail for Kolkata via Mayabunder at0800 hrs on Nov. 4, 2014 from HaddoWharf. Excess baggage will be

loaded, medical examination andembarkation of passengers will bedone from 0500 hrs to 0745 hrs onNov. 4.

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'Unmonitored TB drugscan lead to liver failure'

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS)Shashi Chawla (namechanged) was suspected ofhaving uterine tuberculosis(TB) and was put on anti-TB drugs. After being onmedication for over eightmonths, she went into acoma as the dosage was notmonitored. Experts warnthat laxity in monitoringmedicines can lead to liverfailure.

It was only whenshe was put on ventilatorand shifted to Sir GangaRam Hospital in Delhi for anemergency liver transplantthat her condition improved.

Similar to Chawla'scase, the hospital has re-ceived two other caseswhere the patients went intoa coma.

"When we receivedthese patients, the symp-toms were almost the samein all three cases.

All the patientswere on anti-tuberculartreatment (ATT) drugs.They had developed pro-

gressively worst form ofjaundice, derangement ofblood clotting systems andwere in grade III to gradeIV coma," said AbhideepChaudhary, liver transplantconsultant, Sir Ganga RamHospital.

"They (three pa-tients) were in a criticalstate, unconscious and onventilator. The brain func-tions had deranged and brainswelling had worsened,"Chaudhary said Friday.

According to ex-per ts, three percent ofIndia's total population suf-fers from tuberculosis.Among these, ATT inducedliver toxicity happens in 10to 25 percent of the patients.

Some of the com-mon symptoms include jaun-dice, deranged liver func-tions, increase in enzymes orrise in bilirubin or both, nau-sea, vomiting, abdominalpain, delay in blood clottingand mental condition wors-ening to coma.

"The only option left

Tau, not amyloid-beta, triggers neuronal death process in Alzheimer'sNew research points to tau,not amyloid-beta (Abeta)plaque, as the seminal eventthat spurs neuron death in dis-orders such as Alzheimer'sdisease. The finding, whichdramatically alters the pre-vailing theory of Alzheimer'sdevelopment, also explainswhy some people with plaquebuild-up in their brains don'thave dementia.

The study is pub-lished online today in the jour-nal MolecularNeurodegeneration.Neuronal death happenswhen tau, found inside neu-rons, fails to function. Tau'srole is to provide a struc-ture—like a train track —in-side brain neurons that allowsthe cells to clear accumula-tion of unwanted and toxicproteins.

"When tau is abnor-mal, these proteins, which in-clude Abeta, accumulate in-side the neurons," explains the

study's senior investigator,Charbel E-H Moussa, MB,PhD, assistant professor ofneuroscience at GeorgetownUniversity Medical Center."The cells start to spit the pro-teins out, as best they can, intothe extracellular space so thatthey cannot exert their toxiceffects inside the cell. Be-cause Abeta is 'sticky,' itclumps together into plaque,"Moussa says.

He says his studysuggests the remaining Abetainside the neuron (that isn'tpushed out) destroys the cells,not the plaques that build upoutside. "When tau does notfunction, the cell cannot re-move the garbage, which atthat point includes Abeta aswell as tangles ofnonfunctioning tau, and thecell dies. The Abeta releasedfrom the dead neuron thensticks to the plaque that hadbeen forming."Moussa's experiments in ani-

mal models also show lessplaques accumulate outsidethe cell when tau is function-ing; when tau was reintro-duced into neurons that didnot have it, plaques did notgrow.

Malfunctioning taucan occur due to errant genesor through aging. As individu-als grow older, some tau canmalfunction while enoughnormal tau remains to helpclear the garbage. In thesecases, the neurons don't die,

he says. "That explains theconfusing clinical observa-tions of older people whohave plaque build-up, but nodementia," Moussa says.

Moussa has longsought a way to force neu-rons to clean up their gar-bage. In this study, he showsthat nilotinib, a drug approvedto treat cancer, can aid in thatprocess. Nilotinib helps theneuron clear garbage, but re-quires some functional tau,he says.

"This drug can workif there is a higher percent-age of good to bad tau in thecell," Moussa says.

"There are many dis-eases of dementia that havemalfunctioning tau and noplaque accumulation, such asfrontal temporal dementialinked to Parkinsonism,"Moussa says. "The commonculprit is tau, so a drug thathelps tau do its job may helpprotect against progression ofthese diseases."

to save the patients was toperform an emergency livertransplant within 24 hours.This was not only challeng-ing but also carried its ownrisks. Since the patientswere already in coma, ex-tra care had to be taken dur-ing surgery so that pressurein the brain does not in-crease," said VasudevanK.R., liver transplant con-sultant at the hospital.

"Besides this, wehad to keep the operativetime and blood loss to theminimal level," he said.

Experts said thatwhile the ATT is "life sav-ing" and gold standard forthe treatment of tuberculo-sis, "it needs careful moni-toring so that liver toxicitycan be avoided at an earlystage".

They suggest ad-justment in the dosage incase of deranged liver func-tions.This story has not been ed-ited by Firstpost staff and isgenerated by auto-feed.

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Mars 2 mission set for 2018, ISRO saysMars 2 mission set for 2018,ISRO, India’s main spaceagency says. The announce-ment has come on the heelsof the success of Mars Or-biter Mission.

India is amazing oneand all and itself also in theprocess. The way India hasdeveloped its space programin such a short period of timeseems to be a dream for manyexperts. After being ignoredby other nations with someachievements in space, evento the extent of ridiculed, In-dia has gone ahead unhin-dered, unmindful of what oth-ers did to stop it from devel-oping its space program.

They even imposedban on importing technologytransfers from other nations.United States that is now do-ing everything to impressupon India to do its biddingagainst China had forcedRussia not to sell cryogenicengine to India.

isro female scientistsBut India and ISRO

defied everything and wenton to manufacture its owncryogenic engine. Now theyare catching up very fast andthe Mars Orbiter Mission wasthe biggest moment for Indiain the space. Launched lastyear in November, theMangalyaan entered into theRed Planet’s orbit last month,making history of sorts.

And now before theeuphoria of Mars OrbiterMission has ended, ISRO hassaid that it is going to intro-

duce the next mars missionin the year 2017. This issomething that almost every-one was waiting for. EarlierISRO bosses had said thatthey are going to try and in-crease the life of the MarsOrbiter Mission.

There is no denyingthe fact that the next orbiteris going to be better andequipped with better pay-loads. “We plan to launch asecond mission to Mars in2018, probably with a landerand rover, to conduct moreexperiments for which wehave to develop new tech-nologies,” Indian Space Re-search Organisation (ISRO)satellite centre director S.Shiva Kumar told reportershere. The state-run spaceagency successfully insertedits spacecraft (MOM) Sep 24in the Martian orbit with fivescientific instruments tosearch for life-sustaining el-ements on the planet overnine months after it waslaunched Nov 5, 2013 fromits spaceport at Sriharikota inAndhra Pradesh and about 90km northeast of Chennai.

NASA bosses seemecstatic with their achieve-ment and the plans ahead.“We will be able to take theMars-2 mission after launch-ing the second mission to themoon (Chandrayaan-2) in2016 with our own lander androver, which will help us de-velop a separate lander androver for the red planet”. Asmissions to Mars can be

launched only at an intervalof two years, the spaceagency is looking for a slot in2018 and by which it hopesto have a heavy rocket fullyoperational to carry a landerand rover with scientific ex-periments as additional pay-loads. “We hope to have fullyoperational heavy rocketsover the next two-three yearsfor carrying communicationsatellites weighting two-threetonnes into the geo-stationaryorbits around the earth,”Kumar said.

The development isblazing fast without any iotaof doubt. The space agencyhas developed the geo-syn-chronous satellite launch ve-hicle (GSLV-Mark I-III) withindigenous cryogenic engineto launch heavier satellitesweighing more than twotonnes and three tonnes intothe geo-orbit at 36,000 kmabove Earth. “GSLV-Mark I-III will be used forChandrayaan-2, which willhave heavier payload than itspredecessor (Chandrayaan-1) and later for Mars-2 mis-sion, as both will have a landerand rover in addition to sci-entific experiments,” he said.The space agency launchedJan 5 a GSLV rocket with anindigenous cryogenic enginefrom the spaceport andplaced a communication sat-ellite (Gsat-14) in the geo-sta-tionary orbit. Chandrayaan-1was launched Oct 22, 2008,using a polar satellite launchvehicle (PSLV-C11), a four-

stage rocket. The 475 kgMars Orbiter was alsolaunched onboard a polar

rocket. The GSLV-MarkIII’s maiden launch is likelyto be in December.

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Venue of exam for LGCshifted from GPS Rangat to GPS sabariRangat, Nov. 2: All concerned can-didates allotted with ExaminationCentre bearing no OD-4 PrimarySchool Rangat with Ticket no.7400001 to 7400144 in connectionwith conduct of Recruitment Exami-nation to the post of LGC have beeninformed that due to some adminis-trative reason the venue of Exami-nation in respect of PS Rangat hasbeen shifted to Primary School Sabari(English Medium) Rangat. Accord-

ingly, the Admit Card/Admission Cer-tificate issued indicating the Exami-nation Centre as Primary SchoolRangat are directed to appear in thewritten examination from the venuePrimary School Sabari (English Me-dium) Rangat.

The Examination Centre ear-lier set-up at Primary School Rangathas been withdrawn for all purposes,a communication received here,said.  

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Thousands across Andaman and Nicobar Islands to-day honor their dead during All Saints Day. (Pic: Spe-cial Arrangement)

Total failureand there are about 3500 us-ers consisting college stu-dents/ staff as well as familymembers which includesnearby Rampur andKarmatang locality.

It is reported that theCollege authority was volun-tarily provided the land forestablishment of SignalTower in the college premisesfor cellular service.  The au-

thority informed to our re-porter that the trouble startedfrom amidst of 2012 and ev-ery alternative day either theexchange or the cellular ser-vice was defunct whichcauses a great hardship for thecollege accommodating about600 hostellers both boys andgirls and around 300 staff be-cause of its location in an iso-lated place about 10 kms away

from Mayabunder. Due to lack of com-

munication, sometimes greattragedy such as severe sick-ness, emergency is not at-tended properly.  Besides, oneof the most important causeswhich threaten the credibil-ity of the college is that thecollege is under PondicherryUniversity and PondicherryUniversity has introducedonline admission and exami-nations. 

Due to the failure ofthe services students facegreat difficulty in filling of theforms in time and getting theirresult.   Even college author-ity is under great pressure assome time they are unable tocommunicate with Adminis-tration through fax or mail orphone as mostly all remaindefunct for more than 15 daysin a month. 

The crisis has deep-ened since 02 weeks andsince last 03 days there is nocommunication link to thiscollege.  The matter was alsobrought to the concerned au-thority several occasions butall are in vain. Hope the Ad-ministration will interveneinto this matter and do some-thing for the safety and con-venience of the people livingin Karmatang area.

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Class XII girl... (From page 1)Suparna failed in all the sub-jects in a recent test and insteadof informing this to parents shebrought an unknown person inthe school as her brother to signthe progress card. The girl hasa sister in the same school andwhen her mother reached her

class to sign progress card af-ter signing her sisters’ progresscard, she was informed that theprogress card is already signedby the Suparna’s brother. Themother of the girl was shockedas she has no son.

As it happens nor-mally, the mother heaved outall anger on the girl after reach-ing home, reacting to whichthe girl attempted to commitsuicide inside her room in theevening hours.

However, familymember managed to bring herdown before it is too late andshe was immediately rushedto CHC Diglipur, where hersituation is said to be critical.

DATE -02-11-2014

ANDAMAN SHEEKHA WEATHER

(From page 1)Chatham Bridge with livepower cables. Luckily no onewas injured in this accident.

`The Police and Elec-tricity Department however,removed both the electricpoles and power cables with-out much delay after cuttingthe power. Movement of ve-hicles on Chatham Bridge,was disrupted for a while.

Heavy Rain. . .