Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is at Chittorgarh in Rajasthan to attend a public rally said Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot knows that the countdown for Congress's farewell has begun. While addressing the rally, the PM said "CM Ashok Gehlot is aware that the countdown for Congress' farewell has begun. Gehlot ji himself is confident that he is going and that is why he has already congratulated BJP. He is requesting that after the BJP forms its government in Rajasthan, his schemes should not be discontinued. I want to thank Gehlot ji for publically accepting that BJP will come to power in Rajasthan." #pmmodi #chittorgarh #ashokgehlot #rajasthan #news #india #politics
02 October,2023 10:04 PM IST
Days after the successful soft landing of Chandaryaan 3, Pragyan rover has traversed over 100 meters. Taking to X, ISRO shared the information and said the rover traversed over 100 meters and continuing. Earlier on August 31, rover was seen rotating in search of a safe route on the surface of the moon. ISRO shared the first observation from the ChaSTE payload onboard Vikram Lander. ChaSTE measured the temp profile of lunar topsoil around the pole, to understand the thermal behaviour of moon’s surface. Notably, ISRO also launched its maiden solar mission ‘Aditya-L1’ from Sriharikota on September 02. ‘Aditya-L1’ is India’s first space-based Indian observatory mission to study the Sun. Spacecraft is carrying 7 payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere, and outermost layers of Sun. The total travel time from the launch pad to L1 will take about four months for ‘Aditya-L1’.
02 September,2023 04:43 PM IST | Mumbai
In a major update on the Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO on Aug 28 informed that ‘Pragyan’ rover came across a 4-meter diameter crater on the lunar surface, 3-meters ahead of its location. Taking to X, ISRO informed that rover was commanded to retrace the path and now safely heading on a new path. Earlier today, ISRO also revealed the launch date of the much-anticipated Solar mission ‘Aditya-L1’. The launch of ‘Aditya-L1’ is scheduled for Sept 2, 2023 and is set to travel 1.5 million km from Earth. With never rest attitude, ISRO also measured the temperature profile of the lunar south pole’s topsoil. In the history of space science, this is the first time that temperature profiling is being done around the south pole of the Moon. Chandrayaan-3’s lander ‘Vikram’ completed its circuitous journey on August 23 and scripted a history. With this success, India has become the fourth country- after the US, China and USSR – to have successfully landed on the Moon’s surface.
29 August,2023 01:09 PM IST | Mumbai
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the much-anticipated video of the Pragyan rover ramping down from the Vikram lander and walking on the lunar surface. Former ISRO Chief K Sivan expressed his happiness and told that he waited in the control room till the rover came out, and recalled the emotional moment with PM Modi four years back.
25 August,2023 03:11 PM IST | Mumbai
Tamil Nadu’s Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji was taken into custody by ED in the wee hours of June 14. A high-voltage drama was witnessed as the state minister was seen crying in pain after ED took him into custody. 22 years ago, a similar incident happened in Tamil Nadu when DMK chief M Karunanidhi was arrested. On June 30 2001, DMK founder Karunanidhi was arrested by the Tamil Nadu police. Then also, the high political drama was witnessed when Karunanidhi was also arrested in the wee hours. In a throwback video, Karunanidhi can be seen screaming as the police forcibly took him into custody.
14 June,2023 05:56 PM IST | Mumbai
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday criticized Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for not returning money from the National Pension Scheme to the state governments. CM Gehlot has asked the Centre to return the money so that the Old Pension Scheme could be started in the state.
14 November,2022 03:24 PM IST | Mumbai
The condition of veteran Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal, who is admitted to Medanta hospital in Gurgaon
16 November,2015 05:51 PM IST
The 'Award Wapsi' trend returned with writer Ashok Vajpayee deciding to return his D. Litt honour conferred on him by the Hyderabad University as a mark of protest against the university's attitude towards the Dalit scholar's suicide.
20 January,2016 05:31 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
