Friday, September 7, 2012

7th Sept.

Completed morning program. Visited SBI. In chamber from 12.30 to 4.30 pm.

News of the day
: "Ahead of India's landmark 100th space mission, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishanan today offered worship at the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near here praying for its successful launch."
"Radhakrishanan is a frequent visitor to the over 2000-year-old shrine before every mission,temple sources said.
The mission, in which a 720-kg SPOT-6 remote sensing satellite from France (built by ASTRIUM SAS) and a 15-kg Japanese spacecraft PROITERES would be placed in orbit by ISRO's PSLV-C21 on Sunday from Sriharikota, will be witnessed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
A replica of PSLV-C21 carried in a bag by the ISRO Chief was placed at the feet of the presiding deity for a while by temple priests, the sources said." IBN Live, dt., 7th Sept. 2012.
Retired to sleep at 11 pm

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