• Thursday, February 27, 2025

Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan sends image of lander Vikram: ‘Smile please!’

PRAGYAN, the rover of Chandrayaan-3 which successfully landed on the surface of the moon's south pole on August 23 creating history, on Wednesday (30) shared an image of Vikram -- the lander. It is the first image that it has clicked using its navigation camera and since landing on the…

Man arrested in Gujarat for posing as ISRO scientist involved…

A PRIVATE tutor who allegedly posed as a scientist with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which successfully landed a mission on moon rcently, and gave interviews to the media in Surat in the western state of Gujarat claiming he designed the lander module for the Chandrayaan-3 mission, has been…

US ties with India ‘critical’ to deal with strategic adversaries…

THE United States' ties with India are "critical" in dealing with "strategic adversaries" such as China and Russia, Indian American Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna has remarked. Speaking to radio talk show host Huge Hewitt on Tuesday (29) following his return from where he led a bipartisan Congressional delegation, said, "China…

India economy & business news in brief for Aug 29:…

HERE are news in brief related to Indian economy and business for Tuesday, August 29, 2023: On Tuesday, Maruti Suzuki India, the country's top automaker, restated its intention to amplify car production to four million, requiring an investment of Rs 450 billion (£4.3 billion) in the next eight years, Reuters…

Most G20 members view India favourably but Modi has split…

WHILE people in most countries of the G20 grouping view India favourably, the number of residents of various European nations who view the south Asian country positively has come down in the last decade and half, a Pew survey published on Tuesday (29) said. The survey, which included more than…

Bharat Mandapam, venue of G20 summit, designed as window to…

BHARAT Mandapam, the venue of the G20 summit scheduled for September, is designed as a window to India, displaying the country's rich heritage and cultural diversity to the world. Located in the heart of the national capital Delhi, the state-of-the-art international convention-cum-exhibition centre embraces the fluidity of river Yamuna, which…

India foreign minister Jaishankar’s brutal take on Pakistan: ‘No one…

INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday (29) took a dig at neighbouring Pakistan over the Kashmir problem -- saying "no one talks about a losing stock". In an exclusive interview by India's NDTV ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi next month, Jaishankar was told that one…

Comeback India batter KL Rahul out of Pakistan, Nepal clashes…

ACE India wicket-keeper-batter KL Rahul has been ruled out of the first two matches of the upcoming Asia Cup tournament which will begin in Multan on Wednesday (30) with a game between co-hosts Pakistan and debutantes Nepal. India head coach Rahul Dravid said on the same day that the 31-year-old…

Why India’s Chandrayaan-3 success is significant beyond space research

“I SALUTE your patience, I salute your dedication, I salute your never say die spirit…,” prime minister Narendra Modi said on August 26 as his voice shook while addressing the scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) who successfully landed the country’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission on the moon after…

People of Delhi on track to lose nearly 12 years…

IN an alarming finding, a new study has said that the residents of Delhi, the capital city of India, are set to lose nearly 12 years of life if the current levels of pollution persist. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) released by the Energy Policy Institute at the University…