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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Chandrayaan-2

Moon landing that had a nation transfixed and traffic penalties that have it stunned

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Hema Malini’s Chandrayaan goof-up, Chidambaram jailed not silenced & ‘how to spot idiots’

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Fake ISRO Twitter handle says Chandrayaan-2 lands on moon, Hema Malini retweets it

The account, which has more than 10,000 followers, is misleading given its name and display picture are similar to the official ISRO Twitter handle.

Vikram lander lies tilted on moon as single piece after hard landing, claims ISRO official

An ISRO official said despite the hard landing, Vikram lander is still very close to the scheduled touchdown site, according to images sent by Chandraayan-2's orbiter.

ISRO has Modi support. If all projects succeed, it only shows bar isn’t high: IIT-D director

Media should divert its attention from ISRO. It will do ISRO and the nation a lot of good.

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has a task cut out as ISRO tries to re-establish contact with Vikram

ISRO is looking to lowering the orbiter to take a closer picture of Vikram lander, which will help speed up investigation into what went wrong during landing.

Time is running out for re-establishing link with Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram: ISRO

Top ISRO official said 'hard-landing' of Vikram has made the task of linking with it difficult.

India wanted Fawad Khan but it got Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan science minister who trolled ISRO

Turncoat, clown, opportunist, rationalist, survivor, troll – Pakistan’s federal minister for science and technology juggles many names.

Indians mansplain ‘planets’ to an engineer who helped land Curiosity rover on Mars

Anita Sengupta, a former NASA scientist, even shared a chart on how men can avoid the temptation to mansplain.

On Camera

Congress attacks on Ambani-Adani won’t fly. Nature of wealth has changed since Indira days

Sam Pitroda can help Congress by pasting some strong, sticky tape all over his mouth and then spending the rest of the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign in silence. He has done enough damage already.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

What is ‘ROCKS’, India’s first air-launched quasi-ballistic missile

A next generation extended stand-off air-to-surface missile test fired by IAF, ROCKS has been designed & manufactured by Israeli defence major Rafael, keeping India’s needs in mind.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.