The team, named SLV III, got practice image sets taken by Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) located at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, US. Subsequently, they received real-time images of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, in which they had to locate moving objects. “It was rather interesting as we were told to look out for black spots that moved or changed positions. We then had to tag what we felt were asteroids. We had to use letters and numbers to name them. I remember naming one ‘AVP2007’, which is my initials and year of birth,” Pulate said.
Selection trials to begin for Maharashtra & national-level ski and snowboarding championships
Anand Lahoti, president of the Ski and Snowboard Association of Maharashtra, said players from both the junior and senior categories of the state team will be shortlisted for the training camp that will be conducted in Gulmarg. Written by Ruchika Goswamy | Pune | December 19, 2020 10:45:56 pm
The championship is scheduled to be held between January 24 and February 2 next year at Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Ski and Snowboard Association of Maharashtra will conduct selection trials for the upcoming state and national-level Ski and Snowboard Championships, both in junior and senior categories. The championship is scheduled to be held between January 24 and February 2 next year at Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir.
Collaboration, not competition the new mantra for publishers
Dipankar Mukherjee of independent publishing house Readomania said the size of their publishing house was a double-edged sword as on one end they could react faster but cash flow came under pressure sooner than the bigger houses. Written by Ruchika Goswamy | Pune | December 14, 2020 12:13:01 am
Alexandra Pringle of Bloomsbury UK said although the pandemic did not mess with publishing as they expected, many bookshops closed and a lot of publishers pooled their publications.
A leaner retail and distribution system, and distribution shifting online will define publishing post Covid, according to leading publishing houses and independent publishers. They were speaking at a session on the third day of the 8th Pune International Literature Festival themed, ‘Publishing in Post Covid Times’. The panel said that agility, innovativeness and better planning will be required in the post