On Thursday, Vikram had successfully separated from the propulsion module to continue its journey towards the moon for an expected soft-landing on 23 August.
After a series of manouevres, Vikram is expected to touch down on the lunar south pole on 23 August, and release the rover Pragyan for further exploration.
The Russian lunar mission, the first since 1976, is racing against India, which launched its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander last month, and more broadly with the US and China.
In over five moves in the three weeks since the launch on 14 July, ISRO has been lifting the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into orbits farther and farther away from the earth.
Chandrayaan-3 launch vehicle LVM3 is equipped with human-rated engines. Once all its components are human-rated, it will be called 'human-rated LVM3' or HVLM3 — the Gaganyaan launch vehicle.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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