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<keyword id="6368888" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="latur">Latur</keyword>, A 14-year-old boy from Latur in <keyword id="13126" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</keyword> has set a <keyword id="62551" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Guinness-World-record">Guinness world record</keyword> for the most <keyword id="10486990" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="alternate-hits">alternate hits</keyword> (9,512) using a table tennis paddle in one hour. P <keyword id="77780" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Harikrishna">Harikrishna</keyword> achieved the record on October 1 this year, beating the previous record by more than a thousand more alternate hits, as per <keyword id="3338855" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="The-Guinness-World-Records">the Guinness World Records</keyword> website. The city-based Raja Narayanlal Lahoti English School, where the boy studies in Class 9, felicitated him on December 20. The boy credited his parents and school for their support and motivation which helped him achieve the feat. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/top-stocks-to-watch-mrs-bectors-ril-bharti-airtel-vodafone-idea-ilfs-interglobe-aviation-future-group-deepak-nitrite-jubilant-foodworks-and-others/articleshow/79933826.cms">Top stocks to watch – Mrs Bectors, RIL, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, IL&amp;FS, InterGlobe Aviation, Future Group, Deepak Nitrite, Jubilant FoodWorks, and others</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/india-will-have-to-pay-cairn-1-2-billion-ending-one-of-the-biggest-tax-disputes-of-the-decade/articleshow/79934284.cms">India will have to pay Cairn $1.2 billion ending one of the biggest tax disputes of the decade</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/mrs-bectors-food-ipo-investors-saw-their-money-double-on-listing-day/articleshow/79934860.cms">Mrs Bector’s Food IPO investors saw their money double on listing day</a>

Maharashtra boy sets Guinness world record for most alternate hits in table tennis

R <keyword id="19987305" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="praggnanandhaa" source="keywords">Praggnanandhaa</keyword> set the tone on the top board as the Indian men's team blanked Morocco 4-0, while the women romped home against Jamaica, conceding just a draw in the process, in the first round of the 45th <keyword id="6362158" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="chess" source="Orion">Chess</keyword> <keyword id="6417781" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="olympiad" source="Orion">Olympiad</keyword> here. With world championship challenger D Gukesh taking a break in the opening round, Praggnanandhaa delivered the goods against <keyword id="23137140" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tissir-mohamed" source="keywords">Tissir Mohamed</keyword> out of a Sicilian defense game while Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi and P Harikrishna also pulled off comfortable wins to start off confidently on Wednesday. In the women's section, <keyword id="2588824" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="R-Vaishali" source="Orion">R Vaishali</keyword> and <keyword id="22399512" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tania-sachdev" source="keywords">Tania Sachdev</keyword> scored fine victories in the first time control itself. However, on the other two boards there was stiff resistance as <keyword id="20380119" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="divya-deshmukh" source="keywords">Divya Deshmukh</keyword> had to sweat hard for a much-needed victory while Vantika Agarwal was forced to concede a draw in the endgame against her rival. It was business as usual for the top guns despite the occasional hiccups. Top seeded United States also won 3.5-0.5 against Panama. Wesley So was the lone American who was unable to force matters and had to be content with a draw. Armenian-American Levon Aronian came out of an early mishap to turn the tables and ensure smooth sailing for the American team into round two. As many as 99 teams in the open section started off with wins giving them all two points each. A total of 182 teams were paired while 15 teams were still grappling to reach Budapest. Praggnanandhaa was up against a Sicilian by top Moroccan Mohamed who had only himself to blame after the opening got over. The Indian teen had a stronghold on the king side that he utilised to the fullest to take the first point home for the team. Not very far behind was Gujrathi who was clearly in his elements. He also got an opening advantage out of a King pawn game against <keyword id="23137139" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jacques-elbilia" source="keywords">Jacques Elbilia</keyword> as he knocked down a pawn and never looked back. Erigaise may have had to work harder but the Indian youngster, who is currently ranked number four in the world, was never far from winning his game. Harikrishna faced some initial resistance from Anas Mosyad in a closed Sicilian but his superior understanding of the structure gave him the vital point. The second round will see the Indian men clash with a spirited Iceland. In the women's competition, <keyword id="20251131" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vaishali" source="keywords">Vaishali</keyword> had no trouble in converting her position with black pieces as D Harika was rested on the top board. Tania Sachdev was in command right through and despite a little mess-up, she did not let the advantage slip through her hands playing on board four. On the second board, there were some serious issues for Divya Deshmukh but the recently-crowned world junior girls' champion proved her mettle out of an equal position. The same, however, was not the case with Vantika as she was forced in a drawn queen and pawns endgame. The women's event features 178 teams as of now with 19 still awaited to join the extravaganza from round two onward. Indian results round 1: R Praggnanandhaa beat Tissir Mohamed; Jacques Elbilia lost to Arjun Erigaisi; Vidit Gujrathi beat Ouakhir Mehdi Pierre; Anas Moayad lost to P Harikrishna Women: R Vaishali beat Adani Clarke; Divya Deshmukh beat Rachel Miller; Raehanna Brown drew with Vantika Agrawal; Tania Sachdev beat Gabriella Watson.

Chess: Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali star in India's strong start at Olympiad

Amaravati, Sons of at least six former Chief Ministers of <keyword id="19896313" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="andhra-pradesh" source="keywords">Andhra Pradesh</keyword> will be in the fray for May 13 simultaneous polls to the Andhra Pradesh <keyword id="19906943" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="assembly" source="keywords">Assembly</keyword> and Lok Sabha while daughters of two former Chief Ministers are also likely to join the race. Leading the list of high-profile candidates is the Chief Minister and <keyword id="20270569" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ysr" source="keywords">YSR</keyword> <keyword id="19895371" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="congress" source="keywords">Congress</keyword> Party (YSRCP) President Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. The son of the former Chief Minister of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy will be seeking re-election from the Pulivendula constituency in YSR family's home district Kadapa. Pulivendula has been considered a pocket borough of the YSR family since 1978. Jagan Mohan Reddy will be seeking re-election from here for a third consecutive term. His sister and state Congress Chief Y. S. Sharmila is likely to enter the fray from the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency to challenge the sitting MP and cousin Y. S. Avinash Reddy. Kadapa has also been the stronghold of the YSR family since 1989. Children of another former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N. T. Rama Rao will also be testing their political fortunes. Interestingly, like YSR, the children of <keyword id="20237138" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ntr" source="keywords">NTR</keyword> will also be contesting on tickets of different parties. NTR's son and popular actor N. Balakrishna will be looking for a hat-trick as MLA from the Hindupur constituency. NTR himself was elected from Hindupur in 1985, 1989 and 1994. His elder son N. Harikrishna was also elected from here in the by-poll held in 1996 following the death of the thespian. NTR's daughter D. <keyword id="21049483" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="purandeswari" source="keywords">Purandeswari</keyword>, who is president of the state BJP, is also likely to contest for Parliament. A former union minister, Purandeswari had quit Congress to join the BJP in 2014 after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. TDP and BJP are contesting the polls in alliance with the Jana Sena Party of popular actor <keyword id="20009920" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="pawan-kalyan" source="keywords">Pawan Kalyan</keyword>. Former Chief Minister and TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu's son <keyword id="19925616" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nara-lokesh" source="keywords">Nara Lokesh</keyword> will again test his political fortunes from the Mangalagiri Assembly seat. He had unsuccessfully contested the same seat in 2019. Another former Chief Minister <keyword id="21049485" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nadendla-bhaskar" source="keywords">Nadendla Bhaskar</keyword> Rao's son <keyword id="21049484" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nadendla-manohar" source="keywords">Nadendla Manohar</keyword> is contesting for Assembly from Tenali on a Jana Sena ticket. Chairman of Jana Sena's Political Affairs Committee, Manohar was elected to the Assembly of the united Andhra Pradesh from Tenail in 2004 and 2009 on the Congress ticket. He had served as the last Speaker of the united Andhra Pradesh Assembly. Earlier, Bhaskar Rao was elected from Tenali on Congress ticket in 1989. Former Chief Minister Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy's son Kotla Jayasurya Prakash Reddy will be contesting for Assembly from Dhone constituency. He will take on Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy of YSRCP. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy was elected from Dhone on Congress ticket in 1994. Jayasurya Prakash Reddy's wife K. Sujatha Reddy was also elected from the constituency on the Congress ticket in 2004. Former Chief Minister N. Janardhan Reddy's son N. Ramkumar Reddy will be testing his political fortunes from Venkatagiri Assembly constituency on YSRCP ticket. He is making his electoral debut. Janardhan Reddy contested on the Congress ticket from Venkatagiri in 1989. His wife N. Rajyalakshmi had also been elected twice from here in 1999 and 2004.

Next-gen enters poll arena: Sons of 6 ex-CMs in fray in Andhra

<ul><li><keyword id="4016708" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="praggnanandhaa" source="Orion">Praggnanandhaa</keyword> drew the first two games against <keyword id="207179" type="General" weightage="70" keywordseo="carlsen" source="Orion">Carlsen</keyword>.</li><li>Carlsen got the upper hand after defeating Praggnanandhaa in the first rapid game.</li><li>The World Cup performance has ensured a Candidates seat for Praggnanandhaa.</li></ul> Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa has lost to former five-time World Chess Champion, Magus Carlsen in the final of the <keyword id="4974866" type="General" weightage="70" keywordseo="fide-chess-world-cup" source="Orion">FIDE Chess World Cup</keyword>. The first two games ended in a draw and therefore the match entered a tie-breaker. Carlsen, who has dominated chess after taking crown from India's Viswanathan Anand in 2013 won the first rapid game in the tiebreaker and managed to force a draw in the second to lift the championship. This was Praggnanandhaa's first World Cup final and he had admitted before the final that he had not expected to be playing in the last round versus one of the sports all time greats. The stunning performance in the FIDE World Cup in Baku has catapulted Praggu, as he is lovingly called, to the prestigious Candidates tournament. The all-important first tie-break Playing with white pieces, Praggnanandhaa had an advantage in the initial stages of the game and later maintained equality for a large part of the 47 move game. However, the Indian player suffered a reversal from the 37th move onwards. At that point of time, the players were left with their two rooks and minor pieces -- two knights for Carlsen and a knight and a light coloured bishop for Praggnanandhaa. The Indian player was also much behind on the clock and resigned on the 47th move. The two will play one more game and Carlsen needing just a draw to clinch the title while Pragggnanandhaa needs a win to stay in the contest. Praggu's journey so far Hailing from Chennai, the hotspot of Indian chess, Praggnanandhaa has been in the spotlight since he made waves at a young age. He won the national under-7 title to lay down the marker and has been on the rise ever since. At 10, he was an International Master and two years later, he became a GM. Late in 2019, he achieved a ELO rating of 2600 at 14 years and three months and looked to be on the overdrive. The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 came as a speed bump. However, Praggnanandhaa shone in online tournaments and kept getting better. In 2021, he impressed in the Meltwater Champions Tour, scoring victories over top names like Sergey Karjakin, Teimour Radjabov and Jan-Krzystof Duda and drawing Carlsen. In 2022, his stock rose further when he stunned Carlsen in the Airthings Masters rapid tournament. He became only the third Indian after Anand and P Harikrishna to win a game against the seemingly unbeatable Carlsen. (With text input from wires)

Praggnanandhaa goes down fighting in the Chess World Cup final to Carlsen

(Eds: Correcting a spelling each in headline and intro) Mumbai/Chennai, Apr 8 () Chess players in the country, including the likes of Grandmaster P Harikrishna, are doing their bit in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by raising more than Rs 3 lakh as their contribution. Some young chess players from across the country hosted an online tournament and raised Rs 1.05 lakh while noted coach R B Ramesh collected funds through his 'Chess Gurukul' with GM P Harikrishna contributing Rs 2 lakh and Karthikeyan Murali donating Rs 25,000. One GM, seven International Masters, many national chess champions and enthusiasts came together and hosted an online tournament under the aegis of "The Chesster group" on Tuesday, a press release said. The tournament, hosted on www.Lichess.org, saw enthusiastic response from chess players from cities like Mumbai, Noida, Nagpur, Hyderabad. Donations also came in from the Immortal Chess Forum, the release said. Over 80 chess players and enthusiasts contributed Rs 1.05 lakh to be donated to the PM Cares Fund. Sixteen-year-old Vedant Panesar, Adarsh Tripathi and Yash Srivastava, who conceived the idea, said through the initiative they wanted "contribute in a small way to the cause." On his part, Ramesh said "Chess Gurukul" was collecting funds from those interested and the chess community at large in order to provide services to people affected by the coronavirus. "Special thanks to GM Harikrishna @HariChess and GM Karthikeyan Murali @KarthikeyanM64 for contributing RS.2,00,000/- and RS.25,000/- respectively to Corona virus relief," Ramesh tweeted. "Chess Gurukul Charitable trust is collecting funds from interested public &amp; Chess community to serve the society in these difficult circumstances. Many have lost their livelihood due to the nation wide lock down. Elderly people are stuck at home without anyone to take care," he said in another tweet. Ramesh said "once we are able to get a good amount, we want charitable organisations with free passes from the government to take this forward and help the needy. I request the chess community to come forward and donate liberally to the cause in your own way." It may be noted that former world champion Viswanathan Anand and five other leading Indian players will take part in a simultaneous online chess exhibition on April 11 to support the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the death of 124 people in the country with more than 4500 being infected by the deadly virus. NRB SS PDS SSC

Chess players raise fund for fight against COVID-19

Mumbai/Chennai, Apr 8 () Chess players in the country, including the likes of Grandmaster P Harikrishna, are doing their bit in the fight against the Covid-19 by raising more than Rs 3 lakh as their contribution. Some young chess players from across the country hosted an online tournament and raised Rs 1.05 lakh while noted coach R B Ramesh collected funds through his 'Chess Gurukul' with GM P Harikrishna contributing Rs 2 lakh and Karthikeyan Murali donating Rs 25,000. One GM, seven International Masters, many national chess champions and enthusiasts came together and hosted an online tournament under the aegis of "The Chesster group" on Tuesday, a press release said. The tournament, hosted on www.Lichess.org, saw enthusiastic response from chess players from cities like Mumbai, Noida, Nagpur, Hyderabad. Donations also came in from the Immortal Chess Forum, the release said. Over 80 chess players and enthusiasts contributed Rs 1.05 lakh to be donated to the PM Cares Fund. Sixteen-year-old Vedant Panesar, Adarsh Tripathi and Yash Srivastava, who conceived the idea, said through the initiative they wanted "contribute in a small way to the cause." On his part, Ramesh said "Chess Gurukul" was collecting funds from those interested and the chess community at large in order to provide services to people affected by the coronavirus. "Special thanks to GM Harikrishna @HariChess and GM Karthikeyan Murali @KarthikeyanM64 for contributing RS.2,00,000/- and RS.25,000/- respectively to Corona virus relief," Ramesh tweeted. "Chess Gurukul Charitable trust is collecting funds from interested public &amp; Chess community to serve the society in these difficult circumstances. Many have lost their livelihood due to the nation wide lock down. Elderly people are stuck at home without anyone to take care," he said in another tweet. Ramesh said "once we are able to get a good amount, we want charitable organisations with free passes from the government to take this forward and help the needy. I request the chess community to come forward and donate liberally to the cause in your own way." It may be noted that former world champion Viswanathan Anand and five other leading Indian players will take part in a simultaneous online chess exhibition on April 11 to support the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the death of 124 people in the country with more than 4500 being infected by the deadly virus. NRB SS PDSPDS

Chess players raise fund for fight against Covid-19

The India-Russia chess duel for the Online Olympiad gold came to a dramatic finish on Sunday with the global chess body announcing them as joint winners. The decision to declare India and Russia as joint winners was taken by <keyword id="9600548" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="FIDE-President-Arkady-Dvorkovich">FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich</keyword> after an appeal made by India saying three of its players were disconnected from the server. "We just told <keyword id="93857" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="FIDE">FIDE</keyword> that three of our players - K. Humpy, Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh were logged out due to server crash during the second match of the final," non-playing Captain <keyword id="4353983" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="srinath-narayanan">Srinath Narayanan</keyword> told IANS. "We had asked for a fair solution - a replay of three games," he added. Announcing his decision Dvorkovich in a statement said: "The Online <keyword id="421028" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="chess-Olympiad">Chess Olympiad</keyword> has been impacted by a global internet outage, that severely affected several countries, including India. "Two of the Indian players have been affected and lost connection, when the outcome of the match was still unclear. "The Appeals Committee has examined all the evidence provided by Chess.com, as well as information gathered from other sources about this internet outage. After being informed of their considerations and in absence of an unanimous decision, and taken into account these unprecedented circumstances, as FIDE President I made the decision to award Gold Medals to both teams," he said. Srinath said the appeal was made stating it was due to a server crash of Cloudflare used by www.chess.com. The FIDE President's decision was welcomed by the Indian chess fraternity. Meanwhile, the finals between India and Russia began in the evening. The first match ended with a score of 3-3 with all the six games ending in a draw. The battle of two world champions in the fast chess format - women's world rapid champion from India K. Humpy and women's world blitz champion Kateryna Lagno was an absorbing game. Humpy, after securing an exchange advantage, sacrificed her queen for two bishops to have rooks against the Russian's queen. However, the clock was ticking against Humpy and on the 41st move, she missed out a winning line. Soon the game ended in a draw with perpetual checks by the Russian. All other games - Vidit Santosh Gujrathi vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, P. Harikrishna vs Vladislav Artemiev, D. Harika vs Alexandra Kosteniuk, R. Praggnannandha vs Alexey Sarana and Divya Deshmukh vs Polina Shuvalova - ended in a draw. In the second match, India brought in V. Anand and Sarin in the place of Harikrishna and Praggnanandha. The Russian team made three changes, bringing in <keyword id="4977457" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="daniil-dubov">Daniil Dubov</keyword>, Andrey Esipenko and Aleksandra Goryachkina and rested Sarana, Artemiev and Lagno. The first result in the second match was a draw between Gujarthi and Dubov. Soon Harika and Anand followed suit, drawing against Nepomniachtchi and Kosteniuk respectively. Then the net connectivity issued cropped up in Sarin vs Esipenko, Deshmukh vs Shuvalova and Humpy vs Goryachkina cropped. As regards Humpy vs Goryachkina, FIDE awarded the point to the Russian. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/top-stocks-to-watch-ril-future-enterprises-hcl-technologies-future-retail-itc-indiabulls-ventures-rbl-bank-inox-wind-and-more/articleshow/77843125.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Top stocks to watch in trade— RIL, Future Enterprises, HCL Technologies, Future Retail, ITC, Indiabulls Ventures, RBL Bank, Inox Wind and more</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/from-bank-of-india-and-axis-bank-to-franklin-and-kotak-mutual-fund-lenders-will-vie-for-their-pound-of-flesh-from-the-ambani-biyani-deal/articleshow/77837207.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">From Bank of India and Axis Bank to Franklin and Kotak Mutual Fund⁠— lenders' will vie for their pound of flesh from the Ambani-Biyani deal</a>

India, Russia declared joint winners in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad

Chennai, May 18 () A total of Rs 1.21 lakh has been raised through a 72-hour-marathon online chess event organised by young Tamil Nadu Grandmaster P Iniyan to raise funds for relief work related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The money would go to the PM CARES Fund and the state chief minister's relief fund. The fundraiser event, because of various time zones across the globe, began at 2.30 pm IST on May 15 (Friday) and concluded on Monday. Players and non-players contributing to the cause through the event added up to Rs 1,21,199, a press release said. Apart from this amount, Iniyan, on his part, is separately contributing Rs 20,000 to the welfare of Erode district, from where he comes. Iniyan played 271 games overall - 250 wins, 12 losses, 9 draws - and was engaged in the event for more than 72 hours. All the games were played in the Blitz time control (3 minutes and 2 seconds increment for each player). The event was hosted by technology partner Internet chess club (www.chessclub.com). Besides India, chess players from various countries including USA, Australia, UAE, Germany, Denmark, Scotland, Kuwait, Singapore and Switzerland participated in the event. Several Indian GMs including P Harikrishna, B Adhiban, Arvind Chithambaram, D Harika and others extended their support to the 17-year old Iniyan's initiative. Earlier, several players including former world champion Viswanathan Anand had taken part in fundraisers. SS AHAH

Chess marathon organised by GM Iniyan raises Rs 1.21 lakh for COVID-19 relief work

<ul><li>Four Indian engineering students have built the world’s lightest <keyword id="6358065" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="satellite">satellite</keyword> that <keyword id="6360409" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nasa">NASA</keyword> is planning to launch this August. </li><li>This might also be the cheapest satellite as the students spent just ₹15,000 to make it. </li><li>If successful, the experiment may help in a better understanding and research about the environment of outer space.</li></ul>Four Indian engineering students have built the <a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/current-affairs/210618/chennai-students-design-worlds-lightest-satellite.html">world’s lightest satellite</a> that NASA is planning to launch this August. The satellite weighs about 33.39 grams which is lighter than a medium-sized egg. It has a 3D printed outer casing made of Polylactic Acid Nylon material. This might also be the cheapest satellite as the students spent just ₹15,000 to make it. The 4 centimetre cube satellite is named Jaihind-1S. The developers of the satellite, KJ Harikrishna, T Giri Prasad, G Sudhi and P Amarnath are in their first year of pursuing Aerospace engineering from the Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, near <keyword id="12864" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chennai">Chennai</keyword>. They were helped by a faculty advisor, Professor G Dinesh Kumar. They built the satellite for a competition that was organised in January by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, NASA and iDoodle, called ‘Cubes in Space’. Along with this satellite, 99 other space experiments, that were submitted for the competition, have been selected by NASA to be launched. The <a href="https://m.economictimes.com/news/science/nasa-launches-worlds-lightest-satellite-designed-by-18-year-old-tamil-nadu-student/smallest-3d-printed-satellite/amp_slideshow/59283141.cms">previous most lightweight satellite </a>that Jaihind-1S beat was also developed by a student from <keyword id="20154" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="tamil-nadu">Tamil Nadu</keyword>, Rifath Sharook, and was launched under the same competition in 2017. It weighed about 64 grams. The four students used locally sourced materials and though the inception of the satellite began one year ago, they took just two weeks to assemble the satellite and feed in the program. The students conducted a lot of ‘local‘ tests on the satellite by putting it in the fridge, lighting it up with fire and using a balloon to raise it to an altitude of 40 kilometres. After the tests, the students were sure that the nylon they used will be able to sustain itself in space. The satellite will be dispatched to NASA next month for the final showdown. NASA will be taking the satellite to a 70-kilometres high altitude using a balloon. The <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-students-design-satellite-that-will-go-to-space/article24260502.ece/amp/">sensor modules</a> in the satellite have the exceptional quality of measuring four parameters per second - temperature, humidity, pressure and UV rays. It will also track the movement and trajectory of the balloon. The data will be stored simultaneously in an SD card attached with the satellite, with the help of a microcontroller. Once the 70 km high journey of about 15- 20 hours is completed, the satellite will disengage and fall. It will then be collected to retrieve data and to assess the nylon’s durability in space. The <a href="https://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/chennai-students-develop-lightest-satellite-to-be-launched-by-nasa/amp_articleshow/64772083.cms">satellite </a>is expected to measure 20 weather parameters, test the nylon material in microgravity and track the trajectory while it is up there. If successful, it may help in better understanding and research about the environment of outer space. Representative image used.

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Maharashtra boy sets Guinness world record for most alternate hits in table tennis

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Chess: Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali star in India's strong start at Olympiad

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Next-gen enters poll arena: Sons of 6 ex-CMs in fray in Andhra

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Praggnanandhaa goes down fighting in the Chess World Cup final to Carlsen

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Chess players raise fund for fight against COVID-19

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Chess players raise fund for fight against Covid-19

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India, Russia declared joint winners in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad

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Chess marathon organised by GM Iniyan raises Rs 1.21 lakh for COVID-19 relief work

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India beats its own record to build the world’s lightest satellite, NASA to launch it soon

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