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NASA has named <keyword id="16018160" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-american-aerospace-industry-expert" source="Orion">Indian-American aerospace industry expert</keyword> A.C. Charania as its new chief technologist to serve as <keyword id="209836" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="principal-advisor" source="Orion">principal advisor</keyword> on technology policy and programs at the agency's headquarters in Washington. In his role, Charania will align NASA's agency wide technology investments with mission needs across six mission directorates and oversee technology collaboration with other federal agencies, the private sector, and external stakeholders. The role is housed within NASA's Office for Technology, Policy, and Strategy. "The rate of advancement we seek in the 21st century is dependent upon selecting and maturing a portfolio of technologies into systems to execute our missions," Charania said in a NASA press statement. "With this in mind, there are incredible opportunities in partnerships within and outside of NASA. I now look forward to the opportunity to work with the entire community to increase the rate of space and aviation progress," he added. Charania will serve as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson. Prior to joining NASA, he served as vice president of product strategy at Reliable Robotics, a firm that works to bring certified autonomous vehicles to commercial aviation. His previous experience also includes working at Blue Origin to mature its lunar permanence strategy, Blue Moon lunar lander program, and multiple technology initiatives with NASA. "A.C. is an experienced leader in managing large, rapidly shifting technology portfolios. I am eager for him to apply his knowledge and enthusiasm at NASA," Bhavya Lal, NASA associate administrator for technology, policy, and strategy, said in a press statement. Lal served as acting chief technologist prior to the appointment of Charania, whose first day working at NASA Headquarters was January 3. Charania has also worked in strategy and business development for the Virgin Galactic (now Virgin Orbit) LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle program. He also served in multiple management and technology roles at SpaceWorks Enterprises, including helping to incubate two startups, Generation Orbit and Terminal Velocity Aerospace. Charania led the formation of the FastForward industry group focused on high-speed point-to-point transportation, was a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts fellow, and served on the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group Commercial Advisory Board, according to the agency release. He received a bachelor's and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's in economics from Emory University. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/heat-waves-floods-and-even-dust-storms-took-2227-lives-in-2022-imd/slidelist/96874034.cms" style="">Heat waves, floods and even dust storms took 2,227 lives in 2022: IMD</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/govt-extends-rbi-deputy-governor-patras-tenure-by-one-year/articleshow/96870234.cms" style="">Govt extends RBI Deputy Governor Patra's tenure by one year</a>

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Elections 2019: Candidate List for Haryana Lok Sabha Elections 2019

Bhartiya Janata Party has won all the 10 seats in Haryana. Congress' star candidates Bhupender Hooda and his son Deepender Hooda have lost the elections to their BJP rivals. In 2014, BJP had won 7 seats in the state while INLD had won 2 seats and Congress had won just 1 seat. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"><colgroup></colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Haryana </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Constituency </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Current MP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">BJP Candidate Names </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">INC Candidate Names </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">JJP+AAP Candidate Names </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">INLD Candidate Names </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Ambala </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Rattan Lal Kataria (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Ratan Lal Kataria (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">kumari Selja </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Prithvi Singh </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Ramkumar singh </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Kurukshetra </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Raj Kumar Saini (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Nayab Singh Saini (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Nirmal Singh </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Jaybhagwan Sharma </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Arjun Chautala </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Sirsa </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Charanjeet Singh Rori (Indian National Lok Dal) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Suneeta Duggal (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Ashok Tanwar </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Nirmal Singh </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Charnjeet Rori </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Hisar </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Dushyant Chautala (Indian National Lok Dal) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Brijendra Singh (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">bhavya Bishnoi </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Dushyant Chautala </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Suresh Kauth </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Karnal </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Ashwini Kumar (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Sanjay Bhatia (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">kuldeep sharma </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">krishan Agarwal </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Dharmiver padha </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Sonipat </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Ramesh Chander Kaushik (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Ramesh Chandra Kaushik (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Bhupender Hooda </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Digvijay Chautala </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Surender Chikara </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Rohtak </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Deepender Singh Hooda (Congress) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Arvind Sharma (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Deepender hooda </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Pradeep Deshwal </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Dharmveer Foji </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Bhiwani Mahendragarh </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Dharambir Singh (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Dharmvir Singh (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Shruti Chaudhary </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Swait Yadav </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Balwan Yadav </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Gurgaon </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Inderjit Singh Rao (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Rao Inderjit Singh (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Ajay Singh Yadav </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Mahmood Khan </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Virender Rana </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Faridabad </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Krishan Pal Gurjar (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">krishan pal gurjar (Winner) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Avtar Singh Bhadana </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Naveen Jaihind </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Mahesh Chahun </td></tr></tbody></table> The state of Haryana has 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in total. All the 10 seats went for polling on 19 th May 2019 and the results will show which party bags the majority number of seats from the state. In 2014 general elections for the Lok Sabha, the BJP captured 7 places for the parliament from Haryana. The Indian National Lok Dal claimed two seats namely Sirsa and Hisar. The Congress party could strive to keep only one seat from the state by winning from Rohtak. From the Rohtak seat, Deependra Singh Hooda, the son of Phupinder Singh Hooda, the then chief minister of the state. Notably, the BJP fought only in 8 seats in the state of Haryana while the election results favored the party by giving it a victory over 7 out of 8 places it contested in 2014. The ally of BJP Haryana Janhit Congress contested from two places and both these seats were lost to the aforementioned candidates. With the mounting anticipation whether the BJP can retain its prospects in the state, the game seems to be a lot tougher for the party this time. The Congress is now seen fielding highly seasoned election campaigners like Kumari Selja and Ashok Tanwar for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Haryana Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Constituency wise winner list

Checkout <keyword id="7662003" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="haryana-lok-sabha-election-result">Haryana Lok Sabha Election result</keyword> 2019 - BJP = 10, INC = 0, INLD = 0, JJP+AAP = 0 <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; box-shadow: none; width: 914px; font-family: Merriweather; padding-bottom: 10px !important; background-image: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-attachment: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important;"><colgroup></colgroup><colgroup></colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><tbody><tr><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Haryana </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; 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border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ratan Lal Kataria (Winner) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">kumari Selja </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Prithvi Singh </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ramkumar singh </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Kurukshetra </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Raj Kumar Saini (BJP) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; 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border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Suneeta Duggal (Winner) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ashok Tanwar </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Nirmal Singh </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Charnjeet Rori </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Hisar </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Dushyant Chautala (Indian National Lok Dal) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Brijendra Singh (Winner) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">bhavya Bishnoi </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Dushyant Chautala </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Suresh Kauth </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Karnal </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Ashwini Kumar (BJP) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ramesh Chandra Kaushik (Winner) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bhupender Hooda </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Digvijay Chautala </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Surender Chikara </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Rohtak </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Deepender Singh Hooda (Congress) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; 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font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Dharmvir Singh (Winner) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Shruti Chaudhary </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Swait Yadav </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Balwan Yadav </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Gurgaon </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Inderjit Singh Rao (BJP) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Rao Inderjit Singh (Winner) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ajay Singh Yadav </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mahmood Khan </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Virender Rana </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Faridabad </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: middle;">Krishan Pal Gurjar (BJP) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">krishan pal gurjar (Winner) </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Avtar Singh Bhadana </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Naveen Jaihind </td><td style="border-width: 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mahesh Chahun </td></tr></tbody></table> Data from Election Commission Haryana is going to be swept away with the ‘Modi wave’ according to the Times Now VMR and Today's Chanakya's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/haryana-exit-poll-2019-of-lok-sabha-elections/articleshow/69399234.cms">exit polls</a>. If Congress does manage to win a few seats, the polls predict that it won’t be more than one or two. Data shared by the Election Commission so far show the BJP sweeping the state and leading in every single constituency. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) who won two seats in the state during the 2014 Lok Sabha Election is lagging behind in Sirsa and Hisar. Congress' Deepender Singh Hooda is also falling behind Arvind Kumar Sharma who is winning by a margin of 7,726 votes. If the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manage to sweep all ten seats, then that means Bhupinder Singh Hooda — the lone incumbent Congress candidate from Sonepat — will be losing out to Digvijay Singh Chautala. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stretched its legs beyond Delhi to try its hand at contesting the elections in neighbouring state, Haryana. But exit polls show that it’s unlikely that they will be bringing any seats home. The state of Haryana has 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in total. All the 10 seats went for polling on 19 th May 2019 and the results will show which party bags the majority number of seats from the state. In 2014 general elections for the Lok Sabha, the BJP captured 7 places for the parliament from Haryana. The Indian National Lok Dal claimed two seats namely Sirsa and Hisar. The Congress party could strive to keep only one seat from the state by winning from Rohtak. From the Rohtak seat, Deependra Singh Hooda, the son of Phupinder Singh Hooda, the then chief minister of the state. Notably, the BJP fought only in 8 seats in the state of Haryana while the election results favored the party by giving it a victory over 7 out of 8 places it contested in 2014. The ally of BJP Haryana Janhit Congress contested from two places and both these seats were lost to the aforementioned candidates. With the mounting anticipation whether the BJP can retain its prospects in the state, the game seems to be a lot tougher for the party this time. The Congress is now seen fielding highly seasoned election campaigners like Kumari Selja and Ashok Tanwar for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>President-elect Joe <keyword id="60973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Biden">Biden</keyword> named the members of his <keyword id="6360409" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Nasa">NASA</keyword> transition team on Tuesday.</li><li>Ellen Stofan, a former NASA chief scientist, will chair the team, which also includes an astrophysicist and a climate researcher.</li><li>Biden will likely push back the timeline of NASA's Artemis moon mission, extend funding for the International <keyword id="41531" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="space">Space</keyword> Station, and direct more resources back to climate <keyword id="41551" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="science">science</keyword>.</li></ul>President-elect Joe Biden <a href="https://buildbackbetter.com/the-transition/agency-review-teams/">named the members of his transition team</a> for NASA on Tuesday, a key step in determining his administration's agenda for space exploration. Ellen Stofan, who currently leads the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, will lead the team. Stofan served as NASA's chief scientist from 2013 to 2016.Other members include <a href="http://jedidahislerphd.com/about/">Jedidah Isler</a>, an astrophysicist at Dartmouth College who studies supermassive black holes; Bhavya Lal, a space-policy strategist who works with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and Waleed Abdalati, another former NASA chief scientist (he served from 2011 to 2012) who's now at the University of Colorado. <div type="image" title="ellen_stofan_cover_photo" height="2176" width="2830" msid="79162527" hostid="261"></div>Aside from naming his team members, Biden hasn't yet released details about his plans for NASA. But based on the transition team's makeup, the Obama administration's priorities, and the 2020 Democratic Party platform, here are four ways Biden might approach space <keyword id="28351" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="policy">policy</keyword>.<h2>NASA will probably re-prioritize climate research</h2>As president, Barack Obama prioritized NASA's <keyword id="6361617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="climate-change">climate change</keyword> research, funding missions to track planetary warming via satellites. Obama requested over $2 billion in funding for NASA's Earth Sciences division <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy_2017_budget_estimates.pdf">for the 2017 fiscal year</a>, though the division ultimately received $1.92 billion. President Donald Trump, by contrast, has <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/05/23/trumps-nasa-budget-request-reduces-earth-science-eliminates-education-office/">consistently requested</a> less funding for the Earth Sciences division than Obama did. The current administration has also <a href="http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/05/23/trump-budget-cut-nasa-funding-cancel-5-earth-science-missions-education-office/">said it wants to cut</a> five Earth Sciences missions that mainly focus on climate change research. Congress has kept existing Earth science programs in place during Trump's presidency but allocated slightly less funding to the division overall. NASA's Earth Science budget for the 2020 fiscal year <a href="https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/nasas-fy-2020-budget">was $1.78 billion</a>, about $140 million less than in 2017.<div type="image" title="Tirari Desert in South Australia" height="600" width="800" msid="79162528" hostid="261"></div>Biden's administration is likely to attempt to reverse the budget cuts and strengthen Earth science research. The move would align with the 2020 platform of the Democratic Party, which promised to support NASA's "Earth observation missions to better understand how climate change is impacting our home planet."Biden's transition-team appointment of Abdalati, whose research focuses on using satellites to understand changes to the Earth's ice cover, is another sign of the president-elect's commitment to this issue. Still, if Republicans maintain control of the Senate, Biden's ability to direct more funding to NASA's Earth Science division could be limited. <h2>Biden may extend funding for the space station</h2><div type="image" title="international space station" height="450" width="600" msid="79162529" hostid="261"></div>Under Trump, the government was set to stop funding the International Space Station by 2025, then hand control of the orbiting laboratory over to private companies after that.Biden will likely reverse this decision, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-space-race/why-nasas-moonshot-boeing-bezos-and-musk-have-a-lot-riding-on-u-s-election-idUSKBN27F1C0">according to Reuters</a>. Instead, the president-elect plans to propose a funding extension for the ISS, though it's not yet known for how long.Continued federal funding of the space station could benefit companies like Boeing, which currently receives $225 million a year from its contract for ISS operations support. Slowing down the timeline could also give companies more time to design and plan for privately run space stations. For instance, Axiom Space, a private aerospace company headquartered in Texas, has a contract with NASA to build its own attachment to the space station. Once the ISS retires, Axiom's module could theoretically detach to become an independent orbital outpost. <h2>NASA will still aim to land people on the moon, but not as soon</h2>In March 2019, Vice President Mike Pence vowed that the administration would land people back on the moon in 2024.But that aim has been hampered by funding shortages, since Congress hasn't provided NASA with the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-details-of-artemis-missions-astronauts-return-to-moon-2020-9">$28 billion it asked for</a> to build hardware and train astronauts.Biden's administration is likely to push the date for a lunar landing back several years – a goal that aligns with the House Science Committee's <a href="https://science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/NASA_AUTH_01_xml.pdf">proposed bill</a> that would aim to land astronauts on the moon by 2028.<div type="image" title="nasa artemis moon astronaut spacesuit jim bridenstine" height="2889" width="4000" msid="79162533" hostid="261"></div>"I don't know anyone who thinks we're going to get there by 2024," Lori Garver, who was a NASA deputy administrator in the Obama administration, <a href="https://spacenews.com/biden-administration-expected-to-emphasize-climate-science-over-lunar-exploration-at-nasa/">told Space News</a>. "No matter who won, this was going to be an impossible goal."Still, the administration appears to have a lunar landing on its list of priorities. Stofan, the chair of Biden's NASA transition team, helped NASA develop plans for the commercialization of spaceflight as well as human missions to Mars and the moon.Biden <a href="https://medium.com/@JoeBiden/my-statement-on-the-passing-of-john-hume-973d45770241">wrote in August</a> that he hopes to lead "a bold space program that will continue to send astronaut heroes to expand our exploration and scientific frontiers." <h2>Continued competition between private spaceflight companies</h2>While Biden and Trump may differ on some priorities for NASA, the president-elect is likely to keep encouraging commercial activity in space – an effort <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-bridenstine-plans-to-resign-not-join-biden-administration-2020-11">the Obama administration also supported</a>. According to Reuters, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-space-race/why-nasas-moonshot-boeing-bezos-and-musk-have-a-lot-riding-on-u-s-election-idUSKBN27F1C0">which spoke with officials close to the Biden campaign</a> in late October, the president-elect plans to continue promoting competition between companies like Boeing and SpaceX. NASA's Commercial Crew Program has been funding Boeing and SpaceX to develop astronaut-ready spacecraft to fly to and from the space station. Those contracted missions are almost certain to go ahead. Still, officials stressed to Reuters that Biden's space agenda was still being formulated and would probably take a backseat to more urgent issues like the coronavirus pandemic and the US economy.

Joe Biden just announced his NASA transition team. Here's what space policy might look like under the new administration.

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5900d7027522ca3a268b65a5-700/800px-usslakeeriecg-70sm-3start-1.jpg" alt="SM-3" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Lake_Erie_(CG-70)_SM-3_start.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>A US Navy ship launches an SM-3 missile, which can take down satellites.In 2007, China fired a missile that flew 537 miles above the earth and smashed one of its weather satellites, <a href="https://www.space.com/3415-china-anti-satellite-test-worrisome-debris-cloud-circles-earth.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">causing thousands of pieces of debris</a> to drift endlessly through Earth's orbit. Just a year later, the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/02/20/satellite.shootdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">US Navy responded</a> by shooting down a satellite in danger of falling out of earth's orbit at 133 miles and traveling at 17,000 mph with an SM-3 missile, which the US military fields hundreds of. Since then, Russia has completed <a href="http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-conducts-fifth-test-new-anti-satellite-missile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">at least five</a> anti-satellite missile tests.Though US astronauts aboard the Apollo 11 left behind a plaque on the moon in 1969 with the inscription "We came in peace for all mankind," in the intervening decades, space has become militarized as major superpowers now rely on satellite communications."Space is not a sanctuary, it is a war fighting domain," US Air Force Brigadier General Mark Baird said at the Defense One Tech Summit last week.The US military relies on space-based operations for everything including communications, coordination, navigation, and surveillance, Peter Singer, a senior fellow at non-partisan think tank New America and the author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Fleet-Novel-Next-World/dp/0544142845">Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War</a>," told Business Insider. Even civilian systems like the stock market are reliant on satellites because GPS systems "time-stamp" stock trades, according to Singer. "If you were an adversary attacking the US, you'd start by attacking satellites," said Singer. "The first shots in a war between the US and China or Russia, no one would likely hear." China and Russia also rely on space systems for numerous functions, but the US is more heavily dependent. Chinese and Russian jets still use analogue systems in their older jets and tanks and boats, and could operate better without satellites.In that way, the US's strength in space assets has become a dragging liability. <h2>New defenses emerging </h2><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58a37fcc549057dc008b465c-1406/nimbus-b1-satellite-nasa.jpg" alt="nimbus b1 satellite nasa" /><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nimbus-nasa-remembers-first-earth-observations">NASA</a>While the concept of a space-based conflict terrifies Baird, he said a range of growing technologies and possibilities also has him excited. In response to the growing space threat, the House of Representatives passed a National Defense Authorization Act with money set aside for a proposed sixth military branch, the Space Corps. While the Space Corps <a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a27317/space-corps-military-branch-approved-by-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">seems unlikely to make it through the Senate</a>, the Senate version of the NDAA does set aside extra money for increased space operations.But even with a dedicated military branch, there is just no protecting satellites, which sit defenseless in geosynchronous or predictable orbits above earth. Instead, companies and the military are leveraging shrinking processors and cameras to develop constellations of small satellites that can be easily launched, thus ending a reliance on large satellites that cost billions. The US would then be able to quickly replace downed satellites with smaller, cheaper ones that would simultaneously create more, lower-value targets for adversaries to find and destroy. For example, the massive <a href="http://www.stratolaunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stratolaunch</a> airplane, founded by billionaire Paul Allen, could one day fly high in the atmosphere and launch three rockets, each carrying multiple small satellites into orbit. Additionally, reusable rockets from companies like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/spacex" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SpaceX</a> could save the US time and money on launches, making it less damaging when a satellite is lost. <img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/593033a679474c87258b59f5-1200/stratonew4.jpg" alt="Stratolaunch" />Stratolaunch Systems Corporation<h2>The space debris problem</h2>While replacing large satellites with smaller ones works as a quick fix, it comes with major environmental concerns. Space debris from destroyed satellites clutters the domain and makes it harder for sensors and trackers to operate. In a worst-case scenario, the debris could potentially get into a very fast orbit around the earth and end up smashing holes into existing space systems. "I worry about anti-satellite business from the orbital debris mitigation point of view," Dr. Bhavya Lal, a research staff member at the <a href="https://www.ida.org/stpi.php">IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute</a>, said at the Defense One Tech Summit. According to Lal, the Chinese anti-satellite test in 2007 added approximately 3,000 pieces of debris to the more than half a million pieces "bigger than a marble" in Earth's orbit. With enough high-velocity debris flying around, the entire upper atmosphere of Earth could become unsuitable for satellites, possibly resetting technology back decades before the proliferation of space systems. <img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/596e3373552be550008b50b1-1200/isantisatelliteweapon.jpg" alt="anti satellite weapon" />Ronald C. Wittmann via Wikimedia Commons1986 DIA illustration of the IS system attacking a target.<h2>Deterrence</h2>Like all conflicts between major powers, space combat doesn't happen because it is deterred.The US's anti-satellite tests have demonstrated that it too can down another nation's satellites, to say nothing of the US's ability to counter any serious attack with its formidable nuclear forces. However, new technologies like Stratolaunch and others show that the US can can survive an initial space attack and get a new cluster of critical satellites up within a matter of hours if needed.For the US, the world's most powerful country, commanding forces is mainly about deterring aggression rather than fighting wars. As Vice Adm. Charles Richard, of the US's Strategic Command <a href="http://spacenews.com/stratcoms-no-2-says-space-norms-could-help-contain-north-korea-says-u-s-stratcoms-no-2-says-clear-space-norms-could-help-with-north-korea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said in March</a>: "While we're not at war in space, I don't think we could say we're exactly at peace either." <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-thaad-missile-defense-system-strike-test-target-north-korea-icbm-irbm-2017-7">Watch the US THAAD missile defense system strike a ballistic missile in a target test</a></h3> Please enable Javascript to watch this video

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