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Click here! The Chandrayaan-3's lander successfully touched down near the south pole of the Moon on August 23, making it only the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat of reaching lunar surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union. The ISRO chief further said, "Now we are telling you people (to) come and build rockets, satellites and make our nation more powerful in space technology. It is not only ISRO, everybody can do it in space.

Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on Sunday dismissed the claims saying that he will be his party till his 'last breath'. Speaking to ANI, Singh also hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that the ruling party of Madhya Pradesh indulges in 'fake works'. «BJP indulges in fake works. I entered Congress in 1971 and I will be with the party till my last breath,» Singh said. Notably, soon after the Congress Party released its first list of candidates for the MP assembly polls, a social media post went viral purportedly showing Digvijay Singh's resignation letter from the party. The purported letter, addressed to party President Mallikarjun Kharge reads, «In my political journey of five decades, I had many experiences while being in Congress… But for the last few months, I have been hurt to see the disappointment of the top leadership towards the dedicated workers, and indifference in policy and leadership.

Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Sunday expressed the hope that India will get to host the Olympic Games in the near future. Speaking on the sidelines of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 141st Session here, Bindra, the winner of the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold in 10m air rifle, said, «I hope we get to host the Olympic Games in the near future.» Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Saturday asserted, while declaring the IOC Session open, that India will leave «no stone unturned» in its efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that the Biden administration hopes to push a new weapons package for Israel and Ukraine through Congress that will be significantly higher than $2 billion.

Xi Jinping hosted the Palestinian president in Beijing and invited the Israeli prime minister for an official state visit. Benjamin Netanyahu accepted, and China was on track for a bigger role in the region.

Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president G Kishan Reddy, in a scathing attack against Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao (KCR), said that KCR «thinks only of his children» and «loots» money for them. The Union Minister further said that KCR believes in money but not the people of Telangana and added that he only thinks of his children. «Modi works for social justice but KCR works for justice for family. KCR, always in a farmhouse, thinks about how to make KTR the CM or his daughter a Union Minister.

Congress filed a police complaint on Sunday, claiming that a fake letter was made viral on social media to create the impression that its senior leader Digvijaya Singh resigned after the party released the first list of its candidates for the upcoming assembly polls. Earlier, the opposition party in MP released the first list of its 144 candidates, including Singh's son and sitting legislator Jaivardhan Singh, for elections to the 230-member assembly scheduled on November 17. «The BJP is good at speaking lies.

“war crimes" and attempting “genocide". This criticism comes even as world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, among others, have backed Israel's "right to self defence". “As a Jew, I do not accept that what Israel is doing to Gaza fits the category of self-defence.

Vanna White, known for her iconic role as the co-host of "Wheel of Fortune," recently shared insights into her 12-year-long relationship with John Donaldson, shedding light on why the couple hasn't rushed down the aisle.

Madhya Pradesh Polls: Congress spokesperson Charan Singh Sapra on Sunday said his party is contesting the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls with a «clear approach» by reposing faith in the leadership of state unit president Kamal Nath. He also targeted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming it has sidelined its Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and does not want to bet on him. The opposition Congress on Sunday released its first list of its 144 candidates for polls to the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly scheduled on November 17.

Taiwanese company Acer, which sells laptops and other electronic hardware products, has entered India's electric scooter segment and will be marketing vehicles designed and manufactured by urban mobility startup Think Ebikego. The company unveiled its first electric scooter MUVI 125 4G on Sunday priced at Rs 99,999. Under a licencing agreement, Mumbai-based Think Ebikego will produce electric two- and three-wheelers for Acer in the Indian market.

Israel-Hamas conflict, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show solidarity with the Palestinian people saying the Palestine issue is not just of Muslims alone, it is a humanitarian issue and it is a matter of all those who want justice. Addressing a gathering here on Saturday night, the Hyderabad MP citing media reports said the «zaalim» Israeli government has bombarded Gaza with 6,000 bombs in the last six days and due to which over 1,500 Palestinian people including children and women were killed and several thousands are injured. He alleged that whatever is happening in Gaza is «ethnic cleansing» and wanted the Indian government and the country to condemn «the war crimes» Israel is doing.

Gold staged a stunning rally on Friday on escalation of the Mideast conflict. The situation took a grave turn after Israel gave Gaza Palestinians twenty-four hours to evacuate the Gaza Strip as the Israeli army prepared for a massive assault in Gaza.

Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to respond to pleas made by political parties, churches, civil society organisations and student bodies of Mizoram to reshedule the date for counting of votes in the state, a senior official of the election department said on Sunday. Mizoram chief electoral officer (CEO) Madhup Vyas told PTI that his office was yet to receive any response from the central poll panel regarding the request till now. Additional CEO H Lianzela also said the election commission, which is likely to seek a comment from the state election department on the issue of change in counting date, is yet to respond.

Rice exporters have requested the Centre for a flat export duty of USD 80 per tonne for parboiled rice instead of the current 20 per cent duty to smoothen trade, a top official of the rice exporters' umbrella body said on Sunday. The Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF) has also requested the government to reconsider its export ban on white rice which was imposed in July and reduction in the minimum export price for basmati rice to USD 850 per tonne to prevent negative impacts on both export volumes and farmers. On Friday, the government had extended the 20 per cent duty on parboiled rice exports until March 24.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday ordered a probe into a road accident on the Samruddhi Expressway which claimed 12 lives. The kin of each of the deceased will get a compensation of Rs five lakh from the state government, Shinde said. A speeding mini-bus hit a container truck in Vaijapur area on the Samruddhi Expressway in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in the early hours of Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 23 others, as per police.

Also read: Congress releases first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh polls. Details here Besides Ramayan, Mastal featured in the movie Top Gear (2022), the web series Battle of Saragarhi (2017) and Aashram (2020).

Indian Biogas Association (IBA) during the recently held Renewable Energy India Expo 2023. Talking to PTI, IBA Chairman Gaurav Kedia said «Indian Biogas Association (IBA), an industry association comprising operators, manufacturers, and planners of bioenergy plants, has received a commitment of investment worth Rs 2,755 crore during the Renewable Energy India Expo 2023.» The association has signed joint ventures (JVs), MoUs (memorandum of understanding) and received LoIs (letter of intent) commitments during the recently concluded Renewable Energy India (REI) Expo held at Greater Noida from from October 4 to 6.

Telangana PCC president Revanth Reddy, Congress legislative party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, former ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy, T Jeevan Reddy and Duddilla Sridhar Babu are among those included in the first 55 contestants list. Telangana is set to witness a triangular contest between the BJP, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the Congress in the upcoming assembly election.

US President Joe Biden on Sunday said that Hamas is using innocent Palestinian families as human shields in its assault on Israel, The Times of Israel reported. He said that the majority of Palestinians have anything to do with Hamas. Speaking at a gala dinner for the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, Biden said, «The humanitarian crisis in Gaza, innocent Palestinian families, and the vast majority have nothing to do with Hamas.» «They're being used as human shields,» he added. Biden claimed that the terror attack launched by Hamas was the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust and that the Hamas terror organisation had used Palestinian civilians as human shields to avoid Israeli reprisals, according to The Times of Israel. The President said that the day before, he chatted on Zoom for an hour with relatives of Americans who are still missing, and he relates this to his own experiences, including the loss of his first wife and daughter in a vehicle accident in 1972, the report said. «They've endured an agony not knowing what's happening. It's not the same thing, but I can tell you what it's like.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday lodged a strong protest with European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer over the passage of a proposal linked to India's internal matters. Birla further highlighted India's sovereignty and protested against bringing proposals to the European Parliament on its internal issues. Earlier in July, just ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France for the Bastille Day Parade, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on India to act «promptly» to halt the violence in Manipur and protect religious minorities. Om Birla insisted that every nation and parliament is sovereign and that their internal issues should not be discussed by others. Om Birla also held bilateral discussions with the Vice President of the European Parliament Nicola Beer. European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer also informed Om Birla that Europe is going through challenging times and sought India's cooperation, it further stated.