Five things to watch out for today

The Geostationary Communication Satellite built by the ISRO will blast off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota today. Seven of the eight Saarc countries are part of the project as Pakistan decided to opt out stating “it has its own space programme.” The South Asian Communication Satellite will be launched on board the GSLV-F09.

Former Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam is to embark on a State-wide tour to meet supporters from today, with the rival AIADMK faction showing no signs of relenting to his faction’s demands for commencing reunion talks.

The Institute of Taxation & Accounting Professionals in association with Efftronics will organise a two-day symposium on ‘Smart cities: challenges and opportunities’ in Vijayawada from today. The symposium is aimed at creating awareness among government, industry and academia on challenges and opportunities available in the smart cities arena.

BSE will impose trading restrictions on 161 companies from today for their failure to pay the annual listing fee. Of these companies, 140 are already facing trading restrictions for certain other regulatory non-compliance.

President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand today during which he will address a convocation function at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy in Dehradun. The president will address the IGNFA convocation on May 5 and visit the Himalayan shrine a day later on May 6 to pay obeisance.