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Thursday, July 17, 2025
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Topic: Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander located on the Lunar surface: ISRO chief

ISRO chairman K Sivan said constant efforts are being made to establish contact with the lander.

Indian TV media’s Chandrayaan-2 coverage: Modi, Pakistan & Deepak Chaurasia’s tinfoil suit

TV anchors sat on the Moon’s ‘surface’ even before Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander approached it. They credited Modi and discussed buying lunar property.

Chidambaram’s ‘economy class cell’ in Tihar and Modi-Shah’s toast to RBI

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

ISRO chief K. Sivan’s tears reveal passion of a farmer’s son who’s now India’s ‘rocket man’

ISRO chief K. Sivan’s emotions are a reminder of how passion drove a humble Tamil Nadu farmer’s son to lead India’s most ambitious space mission so far, Chandrayaan-2. 

Pakistan science minister, army PRO Asif Ghafoor troll India on Chandrayaan-2 setback

Pakistan's science and technology minister Fawad Hussain said that it was unwise for India to spend Rs 900 crore on Chandrayaan-2 and venture into unknown territory.

Chandrayaan-2 mission is not a ‘failure’, plenty of science expected from orbiter

India is anxiously waiting for official confirmation from ISRO on the fate of the Chandrayaan-2 lander, hours after the space agency lost communication with.

Emotions run high at ISRO, Sivan in tears as Modi says, ‘India with you, best yet to come’

PM Modi addressed ISRO scientists Saturday after the space agency lost contact with Chandrayaan-2 lander minutes before landing time.

Very, very difficult to re-establish contact with Vikram Lander: ISRO Official

The Vikram lander was designed to execute a soft landing on the lunar surface, and to function for one lunar day, equivalent to about 14 earth days.

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter still healthy, intact, functioning normally: ISRO official

The Chandrayaan-2 comprises of an orbiter, a lander 'Vikram' and rover 'Pragyan'.

PM Modi tells ISRO scientists to not get dejected as Chandrayaan-2’s lander loses contact

PM Modi tells the scientists to 'move with courage' and says he has the belief that the country will 'once again start celebrations' due to their efforts.

On Camera

Stop telling South Indians to learn Hindi. In Hyderabad, languages coexist without imposition

I was surprised when Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan advocated for Hindi—at a time when states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are opposing its imposition.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.