PM Modi LIVE Updates: World leaders congratulate PM Modi on Chandrayaan-3’s success

08:19 (IST)

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE Updates

President Murmu lauds ISRO after rollout of Pragyan rover on lunar South Pole

With India's successful moon landing mission on Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu issued a message of congratulations to the ISRO scientists participating in the Chandrayaan-3 project.

While India was just the fourth country after the United States, Russia, and China to successfully complete a lunar landing mission, it was the first to deploy a lander on the moon's unexplored south face.

Following a successful landing on the lunar South Pole, the Pragyan rover escaped the Vikram lander to explore the unexplored lunar surface.

I once again congratulate the ISRO team and all fellow citizens for successful deployment of Pragyan-rover from inside Vikram-lander. Its rolling out a few hours after the landing of Vikram marked the success of yet another stage of Chandrayan 3. I look forward with excitement,…

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 24, 2023

08:15 (IST)

Kerala LIVE Updates

Kerala govt releases additional textbooks to include portions deleted by NCERT 

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday unveiled supplementary SCERT (the State Council for Educational Research and Training) textbooks that included themes previously removed from NCERT textbooks.

According to CM Vijayan, his government believes that NCERT should not have omitted certain chapters in the name of rationalisation.

07:52 (IST)

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE Updates

'Proud, glad to be your partner': America hails India on Chandrayaan-3 moon landing

American lawmakers, journalists, and space research organisations congratulated India on the successful moon landing of Chandrayaan-3 on Wednesday, as the country joined the rare club of three other nations that have a rover on the lunar surface: the United States, Russia, and China.

In the process, India became the first country in the elite club to have a rover on the moon's south pole area, which the Indian Space Research Organisation believes may have water remnants.

07:38 (IST)

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE Updates

Indian diaspora celebrates successful landing of Chandrayaan-3

Members of the Indian diaspora celebrate the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 in New York's Times Square.

#WATCH | US: Members of the Indian diaspora celebrate the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3, at Times Square in New York pic.twitter.com/0kDIGVGD4V

— ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2023

07:35 (IST)

ISRO LIVE Updates

Google CEO Sundar Pichai congratulates ISRO

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, congratulated India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon, calling it an "incredible moment."

What an incredible moment! Congratulations to @isro for the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3 on the moon this morning. Today India became the first country to successfully achieve a soft landing on the southern polar region of the moon. https://t.co/2D6qSmneUp

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) August 23, 2023

07:21 (IST)

PM Modi LIVE Updates

World leaders congratulate PM Modi on Chandrayaan-3’s success

Several international leaders, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the achievement of Chandrayaan-3 at the BRICS Summit banquet meal in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Earlier on Wednesday, PM Modi while referring to the Chandrayaan-3 mission, said the enthusiasm of our diaspora in South Africa for India's achievements in the space sector is truly gladdening.

Several international leaders, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the achievement of Chandrayaan-3 at the BRICS Summit banquet meal in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Earlier on Wednesday, PM Modi while referring to the Chandrayaan-3 mission, said the enthusiasm of our diaspora in South Africa for India’s achievements in the space sector is truly gladdening.

The Prime Minister also tweeted photos of himself addressing members of the Indian diaspora gathering in a Johannesburg hotel on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Chandryaan-3 made a successful soft landing on the moon.

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