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Topic: Chandrayaan-3

A Tamil Nadu village and its precious soil put Chandrayaan-3 on moon. Now, farmers are scared

The mineralogy, chemistry, grain size and geotechnical properties of Sithampoondi’s soil resemble moon soil.

‘Out of habit’ & ‘Let Chandrayaan Rover sleep’

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

BJP’s ‘flustered’ by Oppn’s INDIA alliance — Urdu press weighs in on ‘India vs Bharat’ row

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Chandrayaan-3, human spaceflight, 6G — What Biden & Modi discussed in bilateral on G20 sidelines

PM Modi & US President Biden hold bilateral meeting in New Delhi Friday, take a status check on matters discussed during former’s official state visit to Washington in June. 

Delhi, we have liftoff! MCD’s Chandrayaan-3 murals for G20 show NASA Space Shuttle, not ISRO’s LVM3

Murals near Vinobapuri Metro station & in Nizamuddin closely resemble Space Shuttle. MCD official says 'to err is human', suggests taking it in spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'.

SubscriberWrites: Chandrayaan-3 ignited the idea of a reunited India and Pakistan

Pakistan's creation was intended to provide a homeland for Muslims. However, subsequent years have seen a mix of political instability, military interventions, and governance challenges.

Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander performs a rare ‘hop’ on the moon — why this matters

The lander performs a hop experiment on lunar surface, testing the tech of lifting off & landing on the moon — crucial for future missions to collect & return lunar samples to Earth.

Chandrayaan-3 lander, rover put on sleep mode for lunar night, ISRO hopes they wake up on 22 Sept

It was earlier thought Vikram and Pragyan would not last beyond the first 14 days of sunshine, but ISRO has indicated it would make an effort to help the instruments survive the long night.

Vikram exceeds mission objectives, says ISRO as it prepares to put lander & rover to ‘sleep’

The space agency said the lander had also undergone a hopping experiment which would enthuse ‘future sample returns and human missions’.

BSc generals calling the shots, Pakistan’s space programme is rather earthbound

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.