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n 19 October ‘EARTH’S FIRST INTERSTELLAR VISITOR “Oumuamua may be a much concerned FOCUS ON PROMOTING NEGLECTED salary of three staff members
2017, Robert fully operational probe sent A in 6,000 Madrasa.
Chaudhary
intentionally to Earth vicin-
Weryk, using
“During 2016-2017, when
Laxmi Narayan
O STARRS tel- MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT’ ity by an alien civilization,” Singh, Cabinet BRAJ, BUNDELKHAND CULTURE SP was in power, 1,47,000
the Pan-
students below class tenth
observed the paper. “Ou-
Minister for
escope at Haleakala Obser- muamua showed unusual Dairy Development and Political apathy has cost the culture and were given aid of Rs 20 crore
vatory, Hawaii discovered a Harvard researchers offer new explanation on features since its discovery. Minority Welfare believed development of Braj and Bundelkhand hard. and 8 lakhs. Wherein, during
1,300-foot-long (400 meters) the strange case of Oumuamua, writes YUNUS DAR These features make ‘Ou- that the culture and devel- BJP rule, 1,68,620 students
object, zipping through muamua weird, belonging opment work of Braj and Cabinet Minister for Dairy Development and were given and aid of Rs.35
space at 196,000 miles per to a class of objects that we Bundelkhand have been Minority Welfare Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan crore and 65 lakh. A total of
hour. The object, named has ever been discovered by ment, “Its origin could had never seen before,” Loeb pushed to neglect and it is Singh tells KULSUM MUSTAFA 4,32,474 students passing
Oumuamua, which means our telescopes and obser- be either natural (in the observed. time that these places are high school were given an
‘scout’ in Hawaiian, didn’t vatories. The extraordinar- interstellar medium or The scientists have, how- taken into account and things in an exclusive conversation aid of 130 crores 45 lakh. All
look like anything from the ily fast speed of the object proto-planetary disks) or ever, rejected the explana- are set right to promote and the distribution work will be
solar system, considering its deprived the scientists of artificial (as a probe sent for tion, pointing that there preserve its history. Singh the fear that if the govern- not are being brought to the completed before January
path and the unusually fast having a closer look at it. a reconnaissance mission was no possibility of it being said that lots of efforts are be- ment does not act now and cultural front and are being 26,” said Singh.
speed, it was thought to be a Considering the pecu- into the inner region of the an artificial probe sent to ing put in by both the culture take steps for the preserva- promoted. He said that ‘Nau-
visitor from the stars. All the liarity of the object, differ- solar system).” The light sail ‘investigate earth.’ Since its and the tourism departments tion of many arts forms UP tanki a popular folk theatre
ground-based near-earth ent theories are doing the objects are pushed forward discovery, Oumuamua has of the state to ensure that will lose them. He cited the performance which was in BUNDELKHAND
observation telescopes were rounds about the origins as they reflect light, and so become a topic of fascina- the art and culture and the example of the now near the pre-Bollywood days one
immediately instructed to of this alien object. The Oumuamua, according to tion around the globe. religious significance of these extinct of algoza –a double of the biggest entertainer in Bundelkahnd region is
set their eyes on the fast Harvard researchers, them was being pushed by Having been the first of its regions are restored to the flute, wind instrument made villages and small towns has situated in the mountain
moving object. Abraham Loeb and Shmuel the radiation from sun. kind object detected near fullest. of bamboo. The instrument almost faded away. range of Central India.
Oumuamua made its Bialy conducted a study, The objects unexplain- the earth, it has spawned a “Lord Krishna and Radha working on the principle of The minister who also The area geographically
closest approach to Earth titled “Could Solar Radiation able speed shifts and sudden gamut of conspiracy theo- have not given their rightful the bagpipe is a difficult in- dons the cap of minority comprises two states –
at 24 million kilometres on Pressure Explain ‘Oumua- accelerations was mysteri- ries and explanations. share in and it is time that strument to play and requires welfare spoke about the work Maadhya Pradesh and
14th October, 2017. By the mua’s Peculiar Accelera- ous and this increased the The interstellar objects, they are promoted as centres a lot of practice. It was once done by the BJP government Uttar Pardesh.
time earth-based telescopes tion?” They suggested that speculation of the stargaz- similar to Oumuamua, pass for cultural and tourism,” he very much in vogue in North for the welfare of the minor- Bundeli - the most com-
catch the sight of it, the the interstellar object could ers of it being an ‘internally through the inner solar sys- said. He emphasised on this India, especially in Mathura ity. Laxmi Narayan accused mon Hindi dialect is
cigar-shaped object had be have been a light sail — a driven’ craft. The absence tem about once per year, but point that without Brajbhasa but has now almost vanished. the previous Samajwadi Par- spoken here. The region
already zoomed past the sun spacecraft that uses radia- of any outgassing ruled out they are faint and hard to no Bollywood film is com- The minister said sustained ty government of Akhilesh is culturally very rich
and was now leaving the tion pressure to propel itself. Oumuamua being from the spot and have been missed plete and yet Braj bhasha is efforts have to be made to Yadav of cheating the masses and is home to many
solar system at an astro- These researchers suggest comet class, or an asteroid, until now, according to the utterly neglected. revive this instrument. in general and the minorities bundela domain.
nomical speed. The object that this interstellar craft for the bizarre shape and astronomers. The survey The minister expressed He even bemoaned the in particular. He said during
soon went out of reach for could have natural origins the tumbling motion it was telescopes, such as Pan- fact that there are very few this government there has
even the most powerful or, alternatively, that it could exhibiting. STARRS1, are now powerful Ala singers now. He said that been a substantial rise in the He said that the govern-
telescopes as it sped away have been sent out from an enough to detect and track BRAJ his government is trying number of Madrasa students ment has come down heavily
from the solar system. extra-terrestrial civilization. • Star shines Oumuamua is out them. And the lack of any to locate them and trying given scholarships. There are on those running Madrasa on
The observation of this Loeb said in his state- on the way to a new star system advanced space transporta- Derived from the San- to promote this art form 4,615 fully funded Madrasa paper and usurping govern-
interstellar object has since tion so far makes the likeli- skrit word Vraja, Braj through various cultural pro- in UP and o9ut of which the ment aid for non-existent
befuddled the scientists, hood of deep observation is the land where lord motional channels. are now government supports the institutions. In the dairy
considering its out-of sync of such speeding objects of Krishna was born development sector he said
behaviour and the peculiar extremely difficult. and spent his youth. It the department has made
features. Oumuamua didn’t For now, Oumuamua is stretches from Mathura, major strides. From 1.75 lakh
look anything like the com- out of sight, and on the way Jlesar, Agra, Hathras to liters production per day
et, which moves far slower to a new star system. And Aligargh, Etah Au- when he took over to nearly
than it was moving and had as we will keep our fingers raiya and Farrukhabad 6 lakh liters per day has been
no discharge of dust and gas crossed until the next inter- districts a big stride. He said women-
from its tail, neither did it stellar guest visits us, and Though not defined run milk dairies are being
behave like an asteroid. All hopefully till then, we will politically it is well promoted by the govern-
the observations confirmed be far advanced in our space demarcated culturally ment. He cited the example
the fact that the interstel- infrastructure capabilities to and has great religious of Shahjahnpur where there
lar vagabond was not from have a good look at that one significance as it is the is a all women dairy which is
anywhere here. And that and observe it more closely. land of Krishna and his doing well.
was truly extraordinary, beloved Radha
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