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Published on: Jan 7, 2024, 08:57:58 IST

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The Aditya-L1 spacecraft on Saturday completed a 127-day journey to reach its final parking spot, readying itself for five years of crucial observations about various aspects of the Sun. After the successful insertion of Aditya-L1 into a Halo Orbit around Lagrange Point 1, a region about 1.5 million km from the Earth, Isro chief S Somanath said that the satellite will have a mission life of at least five years and findings collated in this period will be significant not just for Indian scientific community but for the world. Dig deeper

Aditya L1 on Saturday successfully parked at Lagrange Point 1 to study Sun.

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India's first solar observatory Aditya L1 in its final orbit now

The Congress-run Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which got land in various cities at concessional rates to run the National Herald but closed the newspaper in 2008, relaunched its news operations around 2016 “just to show that it is still engaged in publishing of newspapers” after investigation was started into company’s affairs by various agencies, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed. Dig deeper

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India went to South Africa with the dream of winning the first-ever Test series there. In the glorious history of Indian cricket, South Africa is the only place among traditional Test-playing nations where India are yet to win a Test series (Afghanistan don't play at home and India haven't played a Test in Ireland yet). The start was disastrous. India went down to South Africa by an innings and 32 runs almost without a fight in the first Test in Centurion. Where Indian batters struggled to cross 250 in both innings, South Africa nonchalantly posted over 400. It was a poor reflection of India's batters and bowlers. Dig deeper

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Actor Priyanka Chopra shared her first post of 2024 featuring husband-singer Nick Jonas and their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. Taking to Instagram late on Saturday night, Priyanka posted a bunch of pictures giving a glimpse of how the family celebrated the New Year in Mexico. Dig deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our Morning briefing. Catch you in the afternoon

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