PM Modi Trichy visit today LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Trichy in Tamil Nadu today, January 2. The PM s visit will see him inaugurate projects worth Rs 19,850 crore in the state including inaugurating the new two-level terminal building at the Trichy airport, built at a cost of Rs 1,100 crore, and a slew of road projects.
ISRO launch LIVE: ISRO on Monday, January 1, successfully launched its maiden X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite that will offer several insights into celestial objects like black holes. ISRO s ever reliable Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in its C58 mission, placed the primary X-Ray Polarimeter satellite XPoSat into a 650 Km Low Earth Orbit as intended after lifting off at the pre-fixed time of 9.10 am from the first launch pad in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) aims to investigate the polarisation of intense X-ray sources in space.
Other headline: Family agrees to cremate Ankita Bhandari after initial demands for post-mortem report, and Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav meet Sonia Gandhi.