Dr Amitabha Ghosh, a former member of the NASA Mars Missions told India Today that when it comes to the landing of the Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander on the Moon, "nothing is guaranteed". He highlighted that it is an engineering mission and it is hard to predict the outcome.
The countdown began for the landing of the Vikram lander on the surface of the Moon after it officially established contact with the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.
Isro said that the landing process will begin on August 23 at 6:08 pm IST as the spacecraft commences its descent from an altitude of 25 kilometers above the lunar surface.
India's Praggnanandhaa is shining in the chess world cup. The sensational teenager has defeated Fabiano Caruana to set up a summit clash. Now, with world number one Magnus Kwon, he becomes the youngest to ever reach the finals of this tournament.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remark that China has taken away people's land in Ladakh has sparked a row. His remarks have raised questions of whether issues of national security should be discussed publicly and whether the government is hiding border issues.
Speaking about the arrest of a senior official of the Women and Child Development department for raping a minor girl, India Today Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai highlighted a few allegations made by the saffron party against the Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi women panel.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) released new images of the far side of the Moon captured by Chandrayaan-3 as the countdown begins for the Vikram lander to touch the surface of the Moon.
