GREAT EXPECTATIONS
   Date :08-Sep-2020

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THE overall success of Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon last year, despite the setback during landing, has raised expectations of global space agencies from the Chandrayaan-3 mission that is likely to be launched in early 2021. The new mission won’t have an orbiter but will include a lander and a rover as last year’s mission had accomplished a major part as planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The orbiter, equipped with healthy instruments, has a further life of seven years in the lunar orbit. This gives the Chandrayaan-3 an added advantage of focusing on the critical facts that could not be achieved in the last attempt. The most important aspect of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, to be pondered with a sense of pride, is the speed with which the programme was put in place after the setback. It tells the collective pursuit of the Centre and the scientists at ISRO to take India’s space programme to newer heights. The institution has already carved itself a niche place among other top world agencies. It was evident in the interest the last mission evinced from US and Russian space agencies. This is the true success of ISRO. RAGE
 
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NOVAK Djokovic’s ejection from the ongoing US Open Grand Slam for accidently hitting a line judge with ball is a sad reality of unchecked emotions getting better of a champion player. Djokovic’s unintentional hit had banged into the woman’s throat and as she gasped for breath gravity of the situation was quickly realised by the top seed. The punishment is perfect and in line with the Grand Slam rules. No player is above the game and Djokovic deserved to be disqualified. The larger issue is of the running temper after a dip in performance that blights a player’s career. Tennis world has seen many such acts where a player had exceeded the limits of civility by indulging in absolutely unacceptable tantrums. Of course, Djokovic is no John McEnroe or Illie Nastase whose rage overflowed into a dirty spectacle on courts. Yet, the champion that he is the Serbian is bound by behavioural etiquettes while in a public space. A tennis court is a public space, occupied by umpires, ball boys and line judges. Djokovic’s frustration was not of the other people’s making but of his own doing. It was sheer good fortune that the woman recovered, saving further embarrassment to the player.