A day to go! Chandrayaan-3 gets ready to make history with soft-landing on Moon’s surface

Bengaluru:ISRO’s ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) is all set to land on the lunar surface on Wednesday evening, as India eyes to become the first country to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth’s only natural satellite. The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan), is scheduled to make a…

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Creative people aren’t afraid to tell stories they want to: Karan Johar

Mumbai: There is a “check and balance” happening but creative people aren’t afraid of telling the stories they want to, filmmaker Karan Johar said while commenting on navigating the constraints in place in a “changed country”. Johar on Monday was in conversation with Anant Goenka, executive director, The Indian Express, and Shubhra Gupta, film critic, The…

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Until Pakistan is ‘albatross around our necks’, we’ll not be able to take our due place in world: Mani Shankar Aiyar

New Delhi: Batting for resumption of dialogue with Pakistan, diplomat-turned-politician Mani Shankar Aiyar says India will not be able to take its due place in the world as long as its western neighbour is an “albatross around our necks”. The Congress leader, who served as India’s consul general in Karachi from December 1978-January 1982, has dedicated…

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Rapes and political slugfest

A sudden spurt in rape cases across the country has once again brought the issue to the debating table in the public domain over failing laws as well as the slow judicial process to ensure justice for the victims. The last political storm that rocked the nation was when a Delhi girl, Nirbhaya, was gang…

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BRICS summit to provide useful opportunity to identify future areas of cooperation, review institutional development: PM Modi

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday left for South Africa to attend the 15th BRICS summit, expressing confidence that it will provide a useful opportunity for its members to identify future areas of cooperation and review institutional development. In his departure statement, he said BRICS has been pursuing a strong cooperation agenda across…

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