India’s ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is moving closer to the Moon. ISRO has informed that all the lunar bound manoeuvres of the spacecraft have been completed successfully. Today’s successful firing, needed for a short duration, has put Chandrayaan-3 into an orbit of 153 km x 163 km. Now, the separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module is planned for August 17, 2023. If successful with the Chandrayaan-3 mission, India will likely become the first country to reach the less explored south pole of Moon. Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft aims to make a soft landing on Moon’s surface on August 23. The historic lift-off of Chandrayaan-3 was witnessed on July 14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Chandrayaan-3 is ISRO's follow-up attempt after Chandrayaan-2 faced challenges during its soft landing on the lunar surface in 2019.
16 August,2023 12:30 PM IST | Mumbai
According to Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, India is on track to become a $30 trillion economy in the next 30 years by its robust GDP growth. During the Luncheon interaction with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), he said, "India has undergone game-changing economic reforms. There is renewed enthusiasm to expand the frontiers of economic activity. Growth rates in India suggest we are on course to become a $30 trillion economy in 30 years.” The Union Minister is on an official visit to the United States where he will attend the first Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) ministerial meeting.
06 September,2022 03:09 PM IST
Shishir Hattangadi, former Mumbai Ranji captain, reviews Mumbai Indians' fifth consecutive loss. Five-time champions Mumbai Indians continued their losing streak and suffered their fifth loss on the trot after going down to Punjab Kings.
14 April,2022 01:54 PM IST | Mumbai
After 50 hours of effort put in by more than 1,000 workers and senior officials, the 35-km slow and fast Mumbai suburban railway corridors between Kurla and Kalyan station were finally segregated from national rail traffic.
07 February,2022 07:43 PM IST | Mumbai
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, both station flight engineers, made another spacewalk today. They are to replace a power relay unit on the International Space Station. It's the second spacewalk in less than two weeks. On August 20, two Russians worked outside the orbiting lab. Video courtesy: NDTV
30 August,2012 08:06 PM IST
Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister today at Patna's massive public ground, the Gandhi Maidan. The ceremony was administered by Governor Ramnath Kovind.
20 November,2015 03:44 PM IST
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched India's fifth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1E. ISRO's proven workhorse PSLV-C31 is set to put the satellite in the sub-geosynchronous orbit in its 33rd flight from the nation's spaceport at Sriharikota.
20 January,2016 12:58 PM IST
The producer of the legendary British rock band Beatles, Sir George Martin, passed away at the age of 90. George Martin signed the Beatles to Parlophone Records when others had turned them down.
11 March,2016 11:09 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
