Threats World is passing through a very difficult phase of time. At one hand, powerful countries are fighting war against terrorism without sight of victory and on the other hand economic crisis has pushed billions of people below the poverty line in a very short span of time. Terrorism and economic melt down has emerged as the two major threats for most of the countries of the world. Though India is not untouched by these problems and has suffered huge losses but in recent times divisive politics has emerged as the biggest threat to unity of the nation. Riots First it was Gujarat that shook the nation but the year 2008 has turned out to be the worst as for as the communal harmony is concerned. First it was the state of Jammu and Kashmir where Amarnath land row triggered wide spread protest in both regions of the state and had widened the rift between Hindus and the Muslims. It was followed by anti-Christian riots in the state of Orissa. More than thirty persons have been killed and thousands have been rendered homeless in the state. They are living in the relief camps for weeks and are reluctant to go to there homes because of fear of violence. It had not ended here. More than 50 Bodos were killed in the Assam state and thousands are living in relief camps. It has been followed by MNS’ anti-north actions in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Politics For all these happenings almost all the political parties are responsible. In Kashmir it was PDP that fanned the Amarnath land row and turned it into a fire though It could not take the advantage of the situation. In Orissa if saffron parties are responsible for the killings of Christians Chief Minister Navin Patnaik is also responsible as he did not took adequate steps in the initial stages and let the communal fire engulf the surrounding areas also. For the Assam happenings, all the state political parties as well as the national parties are responsible as they always have supported the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and have neglected the local tribal people. Who Is More Dangerous? All these incidents indicate that for most leaders politics is an occupation. To keep their ‘business’ going they can go to any extent. For them nationalism, communal harmony is just a slogan. They change their characters according to the mood of [...]
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India Wins Mohali Test Against Australia By A Big Margin
October 22nd, 2008 
krishna Emphatic Win India trashed the world champion Australian cricket team with a very big margin of 320 runs in the second test in Mohali on Tuesday, October 21. This victory is being considered as a historic win as Indians have defeated the world champions with the difference of huge runs. Mohali test became a special test for the Indian team as they outplayed their counterparts in every field of the game. ‘Indians played aggressive cricket with cool heads’ while the Australians were at the back foot ever since the starting of the match. If it were Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma who opened the doors of victory by taking first five Australians wickets in the second inning, Zaheer emerged as a ‘warrior’ who broke their ‘backbone’ by taking the three wickets in four balls early in the morning on the final day. Australian Inning Resuming at 141 for five, Australian batsmen Brad Haddin and Michael Clarke could not keep the momentum going. Though they both have given rise to the hopes of survival on fourth day by adding some runs for the sixth wickets. But things could not happen their way on the day fifth as Zaheer Khan struck in the first over by dismissing Brad Haddin (37). With him Australia’s hopes of survival had also dashed as Haddin and Clarke were the last recognized batsmen. But it was just the starting of day and worst was yet to happen. Zaheer in his second over struck twice by dismissing Cameron White and Brett Lee. Johnson along with Clarke showed some resistance as they both added around 50 runs for the ninth wicket but they could not delay the inevitable for a long time. Debutant Amit Mishra put an end to their spirited resistance as he took both the remaining wickets. He, first dismissed Johnson(26) and then Clarke(69). Australian challenge could survive only one and half hour and 18.1 overs on the fifth day. Milestones India played the Mohali test with four specialist bowlers and they all did well. Harbhajan Singh took 5 wickets while pacemen Zaheer and Ishant took four each. Amit Mishra spearheaded the bowling attack and took seven wickets from this match. Dhoni was adjudged Man of the Match for his 92 (out) and 68 (not out) innings. This match also has become memorable as Sachin Tendulkar has become world’s leading run getter in test matches. [...]
India Join ‘Elite Club’-Successfully Launches Unmanned Lunar Mission
October 22nd, 2008 Aman Special Day October 21 will remembered as a special day in the history of India as first, it launched its maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 successfully, second India and Pakistan opened the trade routes across LoC and third India defeated the world champion Australian team in the Mohali test with a huge difference. Launch India’s indigenously made launch vehicle PSLV-C11 placed the spacecraft into the Transfer Orbit around the earth ‘perfectly’. Launch vehicle lifted off at 6.22 am from the Satish Dhawan Centre and placed the spacecraft into the transitory orbit exactly after 18.2 minutes. With the successful launch India has entered the elite club and have become the sixth nation who have sent missions to the moon. Earlier US, Russia, European Space Agency, China and Japan have successfully launched lunar missions. Just a few days ago China had successfully sent a manned mission into the space. After successful injection in the transfer orbit Chandrayaan-1 is ready to start the next 15-day journey to reach the lunar orbit. There it will revolve around the moon for two years before start its journey back to the earth. Record ISRO has successfully sent 14 PSLV flights in the space except one failure since 1993 and have launched 29 satellites. Chandrayaan-1 is carrying 11 payloads, five are indigenously made, three from European Space Agency, two from NASA and one from Bulgaria. With the successful launch India have made a big leap towards launching a manned mission into the space. Successful launch had sent the scientists in a bout of jubilation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President have congratulated the scientists for their achievement. World space agencies also have congratulated ISRO for the successful launch of the maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-1. ESA is actively cooperating with ISRO in its lunar mission. Tasks Chief of the Indian space program Madhavan Nair told reporters that Chandrayaan will take almost 15 days to cover 4 lakh kilometers to reach the lunar orbit. In initial stages it will revolve a thousand kilometers over the moon surface but will be moved closer to 100 kilometers from the moon surface. Then it will begin intensive search of water or ice on the moon. Though there are many challenges that ISRO will have to face during the next two years of the Chandrayaan-1 but the biggest challenge is to gather the faint signals from the satellite that will be almost 4 lakh [...]
