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Friday,
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17, 2003,
Chandigarh, India
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Chinese astronaut returns
Musharraf
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Air chief flags off new batch of Sukhois |
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13 get Nazia Hassan Awards London, October 16 NRI writer and filmmaker Sangeeta Datta, well-known TV personality Meera Syal and publicity incharge of “Bombay Dreams Suman Buchar” were among 13 recipients of the Nazia Hassan Awards.
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Chinese astronaut returns Beijing, October 16 The re-entry module of the spacecraft landed safely, after orbiting earth 14 times at 6.28 am (0358 IST) on the grasslands of inner Mangolia in north China, Xinhua news agency said. Soon after touching down, television pictures showed astronaut Yang Liwei moving out of the re-entry capsule and waving to the recovery team. Later, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talked to the astronaut and congratulated him and declared the
complete success of the country’s ambitious space project. “China’s first space flight has been a complete success, which shall be written in the history of China’s space programme development,” Mr Wen was quoted as saying by the news agency. Recovery personnel at the landing site said the health condition of the 38-year-old Yang was good after he spent 21 hours in space covering a distance of 600,000 km. Yang was the 241st human-being to visit outerspace. China yesterday launched its maiden manned space mission from Jiuquan satellite launch centre in north-west Gansu province and become the third country alongside Russia and the USA. Yang, a fighter pilot-turned astronaut, who had at least 1350 hours of flight experience, landed 5 km from the target. Yang later said in his first comment after landing: “The spacecraft operated well. I feel very good and I am proud of my motherland,” the state television reported. Yang’s return to land from outer space signifies completion of the first step taken by China to implement its plans for space exploration. More steps are to follow — attempts for space walk, rendezvous and docking of spaceships and setting up of a space lab. China planned to launch a space laboratory and eventually establish a permanent space station, top officials said today, just hours after the country’s first manned capsule returned from orbit. India today congratulated China on the success of its maiden manned space mission and for becoming the first Asian country to achieve this fete. “I would like to congratulate the Chinese side on the successful launching of the manned space flight,” Union Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley said here. “For an Asian power to have achieved such great height, it is a matter for joy for all of us in India and in Asia. I congratulate them,” he said. Mr Jaitley is visiting Beijing in connection with the largest-ever ‘Made in India’ trade exposition which he inaugurated here. WASHINGTON: The USA has congratulated China on its successful launching of its first astronaut into space and termed it as a “historic achievement.” “This is a historic achievement and we applaud China’s success in becoming only the third country to launch people into space,” State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. |
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Musharraf ready to talk to Vajpayee Putrajaya (Malaysia), October 16 “You can’t clap with one hand. I want to (have talks). You ask this question to your Prime Minister,” General Musharraf said when asked if there would be an opportunity to have bilateral (Indo-Pak) talks during the Saarc Summit. He, however, said “let me add one thing here. They should not think we are dying to meet them. We will like to meet them for mutual benefit”. Asked if he was ready to have Summit-level talks with India, General Musharraf, who is attending the OIC Summit here, said “Yes, of course, anytime. I have been saying so many times. Any time, anywhere”. He made clear that any bilateral talks must include Kashmir. Asked whether he thought there would be problems in the region because of the recent missile tests by the two countries, General Musharraf said “we possessed these all along. “There is nothing new. We know India is nuclear. India knows we are nuclear. We know India has missiles. India knows we have missiles. We both know we are developing these also.” On whether he foresaw a threat in the region, the Pakistan President said “it is as much or as less as it always was. It has not increased neither has it decreased”. He replied in the affirmative when asked if he considered India’s defence strategy as a threat to Pakistan. “All their military is deployed against Pakistan. It is certainly a threat against Pakistan”. He said Pakistan maintained a strategy of deterrence. “We will deter any enemy, including India, from attacking us. Therefore, we maintain a certain force level which imposes a no-win
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Air chief flags off new batch of Sukhois Moscow, October 16 Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswami flagged off two Su-30MKI multi-role jets aboard huge Antonov cargo planes from the airfield of Irkut Aircraft Corporation, which manufactured the fighters. Eight more Sukhoi jets are to be flown to India by the end of this year. Krishnaswamy, on a week-long Russia visit, interacted with the officials of the Irkut Aircraft Corporation before flagging off the new batch of Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters with devastating attack capabilities on land and sea targets. Among the Russian aircraft designers, Krishnaswamy is known as the “godfather” of Su-30MKI, designed and developed for the IAF. —
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13 get Nazia Hassan Awards London, October 16 The other recipient of the awards were Sunny Hundal, (Journalist and creator of website: Asians in Media), Shahid Malik (politics), Salman Asif (director and producer), Ruby McGregor Smith (business), Asad Khan (sport), Amber Sajid (designer), Reena Bhardwaj (singer), Pinache Khan (performing arts), Amina Ansari (artist) and Pramela Synnanyk (social work). —
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