www.thestatesman.com 07 JANUARY 2024 INDIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER SINCE 1818 Pages 12 |` 5.00|LC Twitter.com/thestatesman Facebook.com/thestatesman KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR WEATHER MAINLY CLEAR SKY. MODERATE FOG IN THE MORNING. THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WOULD BE AROUND 16 AND 08 DEGREES CELSIUS RESPECTIVELY. RAINFALL: Nil RELATIVE HUMIDITY Max.100% Min. 70% TEMPERATURE Max: 15.2°C (-4) SUN RISES 07:15 hrs MOON RISES 04:00 hrs Min: 8.9°C (+2) SUN SETS 17:40 hrs MOON SETS 13:46 hrs THUMBNAILS People visit the exhibition 'Know your Army festival 2024' in Lucknow on Saturday.  ANI DGCA directs inspection of emergency exits on all Boeing 737-8 Max aircraft: The 8 Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed all Indian air operators to carry out an inspection of the emergency exits immediately on all Boeing 737-8 Max aircraft they are currently operating. This was after a Alaska Airline flight experienced a blow-out of the emergency door door on one of its aircraft on Friday. Aditya L1 in place; PM Modi joins nation in celebration The solar observatory was launched by a PSLV-C57.1 rocket from Sriharikota in September STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 6 JANUARY I ndia's first solar observatory, Aditya-L1, has reached its destination orbit successfully. This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. The Prime Minister posted on X: “India creates yet another landmark. India's first solar observatory Aditya-L1 reaches its destination. It is a testament to the relentless dedication of our scientists in realising among the most complex and intricate space missions.” He wrote: “I join the nation in applauding this extraordinary feat. We will continue to pursue new frontiers of science for the benefit of humanity." Aditya-L1 has reached Lagrange Point L1, about 1.5 million km from earth. The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra My Gov India shared this picture as the Indian Space Research Organisation’s maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1 enters the final manoeuvre to reach its destination and ANI injected into its final orbit, on Saturday. Pradesh last September. A Lagrange Point is the point where the gravitational pull of two large bodies ~ Sun and Earth in this case ~ will be equal and hence the spacecraft will not gravitate towards any one of them. The Aditya-L1 spacecraft carries seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere, and the outermost layers of the Sun (the corona) using electromagnetic and particle and magnetic field detectors. “Using the special vantage point L1, four payloads directly view the Sun and the remaining three payloads carry out in-situ studies of particles and fields at the Lagrange point L1, thus providing important scientific studies of the propagatory effect of solar dynamics in the interplanetary medium," ISRO had said. Aditya-L1's seven payloads are expected to provide the crucial information to understand the phenomena of coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, pre-flare and flare activities and their characteristics, dynamics of space weather, propagation of particles and fields and others, the Indian space agency said. ISRO said the major science objectives of the Aditya-L1 mission are: Study of solar upper atmospheric (chromosphere and corona) dynamics, the study of chromospheric and coronal heating, physics of the partially ionised plasma, and initiation of the coronal mass ejections, and flares. It will also observe the in-situ particle and plasma environment providing data for the study of particle dynamics from the Sun. Other objectives are to study the physics of solar corona and its heating mechanism, the diagnostics of the coronal and coronal loops plasma: Temperature, velocity and density, development, dynamics and origin of Coronal Mass Ejections (CME), to identify the sequence of processes that occur at multiple layers (chromosphere, base and extended corona) which eventually leads to solar eruptive events, magnetic field topology and magnetic field measurements in the solar corona, and the drivers for space weather (origin, composition and dynamics of solar wind). Navy trying to track down pirates involved in ship hijack attempt STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 6 JANUARY A day after thwarting an attempted hijacking of Liberian-flagged vessel MV Lila Norfolk and rescuing its crew inthe Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy is trying to track down the pirates involved, officials said. Naval forces are on Saturday investigating suspected vessels in the area to track down the pirates involved in theattempt to hijack the merchant vessel with 21 crew members, including 15 Indians, according to the officials. The crew of the bulk carrier are now engaged in restoring the propulsion system, power supply and steering gear of the vessel, the Navy said. "Thereafter, MV Lila Norfolk will recommence her passage to her destination under escort of the Indian naval warship," it said. The Navy deployed the guided missile destroyer INS Chennai, maritime patrol aircraft P-8I, helicopters and MQ9B Predator drones to assist the vessel Indians, who were a part of the crew on board the hijacked vessel MV Lili Norfolk, chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' after being rescued by the Indian Navy's marine commandos on Friday. ANI after it sent a message on the UK Maritime Trade Operations portal, saying unidentified armed personnel had boarded it on Thursday evening. On Friday, Indian Navy’s elite marine commandos rescued all 21 crew members of the commercial vessel after boarding it. In a video shared by the Navy, the Indian crew thanked the force for saving their lives. In the first visuals of the rescued crew members, they are heard chanting “Bharat Mata ki jai” and thanking the Navy.