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The entire design of the lander Vikram' has been made in a manner that makes sure that it would be able to handle failures, Mr Somanath said during a talk on Chandrayaan-3: Bharat's Pride Space Mission'.             Chandrayaan-3 blasted into Space on July 14 and it entered into lunar orbit on August 5. Bengaluru: Vikram, the lander of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, will be able to make a soft-landing on the Moon’s surface on August 23 even if all the sensors and two of its engines do not work, ISRO chairman S Somanath said on Tuesday. The entire design of the lander ‘Vikram’ has been made in a manner that makes sure that it would be able to handle failures, Mr Somanath said during a talk on ‘Chandrayaan-3: Bharat’s Pride Space Mission’, hosted by the non-profit organisation Disha Bharat. “If everything fails, if all the sensors fail, nothing works, still it (Vikram) will make a landing. That’s how it has been designed — provided that th...

Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister over the ongoing unrest in Manipur which has claimed over a hundred lives.                           "You Killed Bharat Mata In Manipur": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre  New Delhi: The BJP has murdered India in Manipur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in Lok Sabha today during the debate on the no-confidence motion against Narendra Modi government. The remark sparked a huge uproar in the House, with senior ministers demanding Mr Gandhi’s apology for making the remark. Earlier, in a scathing attack on Prime Minister Modi, Mr Gandhi questioned why he had not visited Manipur, where ongoing unrest has claimed over a 100 lives in the past two months. “India is a voice, a voice of the heart. You have killed that voice in Manipur. You have murdered Bharat Mata in Manipur. You are traitors. My mother is sitting here. The other mother, Bharat Mata, you killed ...

No-Trust Debate: The Opposition, which has brought the No-Confidence Motion despite lacking in numbers, admitted that it was a method to compel the Prime Minister to speak on Manipur.     No-Trust Debate in parliament: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the debate on Thursday. New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah are likely to speak in parliament today as the debate on the No-Confidence Motion — moved by the Congress against the BJP-led Central government — entered Day 2. Here are the top 10 updates on this big story The Opposition, which has brought the No-Confidence Motion despite lacking in numbers, admitted that it was a method to compel Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on Manipur, which has dominated the monsoon session of parliament. Rahul Gandhi, who was reinstated in parliament yesterday, is addressing parliament. Earlier, reports had claimed that the senior Congress leader would start the debate on the no-confidence motion backed by the Opposition bl...

During his visit to Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, TN IT Minister Thiaga Rajan expressed keen interest in replicating the Kerala model and sought updates on the progress of the initiative.                  Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with Tamil Nadu IT minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan in                                                                            Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tamil Nadu’s IT Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) held discussions with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan regarding the adoption of the K-FON (Kerala Fibre Optic Network) project’s successful framework. During his visit to Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, Thiaga Rajan expressed keen interest in replicating the Kerala model and sought updates on...

The incident pertains to the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor girl whose body parts were found in a coal furnace in Bhilwara.                       The Congress leader met the victim's relatives spoke to police on the probe Bhilwara (Rajasthan): Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday visited Rajasthan’s Bhilwara and said the cruelty with the minor girl who was raped and killed cannot be accepted in any civilised society. The incident pertains to the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor girl whose body parts were found in a coal furnace in Bhilwara. “The incident that was carried out and the brutality with which a minor girl was raped and murdered, cannot be accepted in any civilised society. The people who carried out this incident have crossed the limits of humanity. Those who had committed this heinous crime have crossed the limits of humanity,” Mr Pilot told reporters. The Congress leader also met the relatives ...

CUSAT has emerged as the only one from south India to secure a spot in the European Rover Challenge.                                 Cusat students with a concept-stage model of the rover KOCHI: In a remarkable achievement, a team from Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has emerged as the only one from south India to secure a spot in the European Rover Challenge, a coveted annual event that gathers the brightest minds in robotics and engineering from across the globe. Among the three contenders from the country, Cusat’s Team Horizon will create and develop a Mars rover, a cutting-edge creation designed by the team’s engineers and researchers. “Each member brings a unique blend of talent and expertise to the table, covering a diverse range of engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, computer science, and more,” explains Team Horizon leader Muhammed Siyad P, who hails from M...

The students, showing the welts on their hands and backs, said that the teacher also abused them using filthy language. A woman shows the swollen arm of her son at the Kharkana-gadda Government High school in Karimnagar district on Tuesday KARIMNAGAR: A biology teacher at the Kharkanagadda Government High School, Tumula Thirupathi, brutally beat about 25 students of class VIII, including girls on Tuesday. One of the students came out, called his parents on the phone and complained about the incident. Soon, more people gathered outside the school. Father of one of the students, Ullam Srinivas, lodged a complaint with the III Town police. His daughter told him that Thirupathi entered the classroom, bolted the door and caned the students indiscriminately. The stick broke into two pieces as the teacher used it on the students, said 13-year-old Pujitha. The students, showing the welts on their hands and backs, said that Thirupathi also abused them using filthy language. Enraged by the inci...

Jayashree Perumal will become the first graduate in her family once she completes the course. (Left) Avalsindu G Jeyalakshmi and Jayashree Perumal CHENNAI: In a first, two government students from Tamil Nadu, one of them is a daughter of daily-wage labourers, have been selected to pursue undergraduate degrees in Taiwan with full scholarship offered by the East Asian country. While Jayashree Perumal of Pannandur village in Krishnagiri will study mechanical engineering, Avalsindu G Jeyalakshmi of Chennai plans to pursue a course in international business. Jayashree Perumal will become the first graduate in her family once she completes the course. Her parents work as casual labourers in Pannandur village and she completed her Class 10 at the local government high school. “After completing Class 10, I moved to a government higher secondary school in Krishnagiri four to five km away. I scored 576 out of 600 in Class 12 in March 2022. Since I wanted to clear Joint Entrance Examination (JEE...

The Lok Sabha House Committee re-allotted the 12, Tughlaq Lane Bungalow to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, a day after he was reinstated as Lok Sabha MP.  Congress MP Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha House Committee re-allotted the 12, Tughlaq Lane Bungalow to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, a day after he was reinstated as Lok Sabha MP. “The whole country is my home,” Gandhi quipped when asked about his reaction to being re-allotted the bungalow, which has been his home for nearly two decades. Gandhi vacated the official residence on April 22 after the LS housing committee, which deals with matters related to the housing of members of the Lower House, served a notice asking him to vacate. Ever since, he has been staying with his mother Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence. “I am ready to pay any price for speaking the truth,” he had said after vacating the house. On Monday, the Lok Sabha secretariat restored Gandhi’s status as an MP, days after the S...

The court said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be formed if the state government fails to complete the probe by the deadline. Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Tamil Nadu time till September 30, 2023, to complete the investigation in the alleged cash-for-jobs scam case filed against minister V Senthil Balaji. The court said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be formed if the state government fails to complete the probe by the deadline. Calling the state’s request for six months time to complete the probe as “unreasonable”, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said it would not entertain any application regarding an extension of time. The case pertains to illegalities in the appointment of employees in state transport corporations during Senthil Balaji’s tenure as transport minister under the AIADMK government between 2011 and 2015. On May 16, the top court, while paving the way for the crime bran...