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Saturday, April 11, 2026
TopicLunar Probe

Topic: Lunar Probe

Raja Chari — Indian-origin US Air Force pilot & astronaut now part of NASA’s moon mission 

Chari is part of the 18-member team of the Artemis Lunar Exploration Programme, through which NASA hopes to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024. 

The Moon is rusting, and that shows how much we still don’t know about it

Earlier this month, researchers published evidence of hematite at the Moon’s higher latitudes — an oxide of iron that turns red when it begins to rust and gives Mars its rosy colour.

China’s Chang’e-4 first spacecraft to land on dark side of the moon

The feat caps a series of lunar missions China has launched over the past few years as part of its plan to become one of the world’s top three aerospace powers by 2030.

The biggest political spender on Google ads, and why Nepal is gifting rhinos to China

China launches contest to name its latest lunar probe, and 12-month emergency in Italy region after deadly motorway collapse.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.