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☆ Great news — social media is falling apart
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

And I'm not alone: People are spending less and less time on social media. But instead of spelling the death of social media, it may be the beginning of a better era. Welcome to the Great Social Media Splintering. One recent study found social media could cause an increase in eating disorders and poor body image in men and women. Studies have found that news overload from social media can cause stress, anxiety, fatigue, and lack of sleep.

Persons: I've, haven't, I'm, it's, Ben Grosser, Harvard University's Berkman Klein, media's, TikTok, Chand Rajendra, Rebecca Rinkevich, Mike McCue, Jack Dorsey, Steve Teixeira, Rajendra, Nicolucci, Shubham Agarwal Organizations: Facebook, Twitter, Great Social Media, Harvard, Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center, Internet & Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Institute, Rebooting Social Media, Mastodon, Mozilla, Wired, Company Locations: Instagram, Google's, India, Brazil, Facebook, Ahmedabad

☆ Welcome to the Great Internet Splintering
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

But instead of spelling the death of social media, it may be the beginning of a better era. Welcome to the Great Social Media Splintering. One recent study found social media could cause an increase in eating disorders and poor body image in men and women. The fatigue I have felt is therefore partly fueled by another, more-pressing concern: Which social network should I bank on? But until it emerges, I expect to continue living a splintered and nomadic online social life.

Persons: I've, haven't, I'm, it's, Ben Grosser, Harvard University's Berkman Klein, media's, TikTok, Chand Rajendra, Rebecca Rinkevich, Mike McCue, Jack Dorsey, Steve Teixeira, Rajendra, Nicolucci, Shubham Agarwal Organizations: Facebook, Twitter, Great Social Media, Harvard, Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center, Internet & Society, University of Michigan, Institute, Rebooting Social Media, Mastodon, Mozilla, Wired, Company Locations: Instagram, Google's, India, Brazil, Facebook, Ahmedabad

☆ India's Adani Group to build 10 GW solar manufacturing capacity by 2027 - ET
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo of the Adani Group is seen on the facade of its Corporate House on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Oct 2 (Reuters) - India's Adani Group plans to build 10 gigawatts (GW) of integrated solar manufacturing by 2027, more than double its current capacity, the Economic Times reported, citing news agency PTI. The conglomerate owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani produces solar photovoltaic cells or solar PVs through Adani Solar, with a manufacturing capacity of 4 GW. Adani Solar has confirmed orders worth over 3,000 megawatts (MW), the report said, citing sources. India's current annual solar panel manufacturing capacity of 32 GW per annum falls short of the required 52 GW.

Persons: Amit Dave, Gautam Adani, Nandan Mandayam, Shailesh Organizations: Adani, REUTERS, Rights, Economic Times, PTI, Barclays, Deutsche Bank AG, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, Bengaluru

☆ Injuries hamper New Zealand challenge at World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Nick Mulvenney | Thomson Reuters | Leads Coverage Of Sport Across The Asia-Pacific. Still Reports On The Full Panoply Of Sport. Many Olympics World Cups World Championships Grand Slams Grands Prix | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

None was closer than the final of the 50-over World Cup against England four years ago, when New Zealand missed out on boundary countback after two Super Overs failed to separate the teams. The Black Caps accepted the Lord's defeat with admirable good grace, as they had far more emphatic losses to Australia in the 2015 title decider and the 2021 Twenty20 World Cup final. The New Zealand captain made a quite remarkable recovery to take his spot in the World Cup squad but only returned to batting in a warm-up victory over Pakistan on Friday. Williamson will not be available for the tournament opener, a rematch of the 2019 final against England in Ahmedabad next Thursday. The Black Caps have proved highly adept at tournament management in recent World Cups and Stead was unconcerned that they headed to India ranked sixth in the world.

Persons: Zealand's Kane Williamson, Andrew Couldridge, Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Williamson, Southee, Boult, Gary Stead, Kane, Stead, Michael Bracewell, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Jimmy Neesham, Nick Mulvenney, Ed Osmond Organizations: New, England, New Zealand, Black Caps, Indian Premier League, World, Pakistan, Twenty20, India, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, India, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad

☆ Onus on Pakistan batters to paper over bowling cracks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pace spearhead Naseem Shah injured his bowling shoulder against India and was ruled him of the World Cup disrupting his potent new-ball partnership with Shaheen Afridi. Although this is not the first time Pakistan would enter a World Cup looking slightly unsettled, they will have their work cut out in India. Thanks to a soured political relationship between the Asian neighbours, bilateral cricket remains suspended between India and Pakistan, who meet only in multi-team events. Pakistan last toured India for the T20 World Cup in 2016 and their players do not feature in the Indian Premier League either. Pakistan begin their campaign against the Netherlands on Oct. 6 and face India in a soldout Oct. 14 game in Ahmedabad.

Persons: Babar Azam, Pace, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Afridi, Shadab Khan, Babar, Amlan Chakraborty, Ed Osmond Organizations: Asia, India, Indian Premier League, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Chennai, Netherlands, Ahmedabad, New Delhi

To get there, the country needs to rope in young scientists, startups, investors, and private industry partners, none of whom respond well to a closed-off approach, senior ISRO scientists said. Publicising ISRO scientists' achievements has given them more confidence and brought space startups to the door, asking for guidance as they plan private launches. A more responsive agency makes such partnerships more attractive, private space insiders say. "Private industry does not need help, they need predictability," said D S Govindrajan, president of Aniara Communications, which provides satellite services for emerging markets. Modi's government, heading for elections next year, is pushing the development of India's space industry.

Persons: Namrata Goswami, Narendra Modi, Sruthi Parupudi, Somanath, Govindrajan, Ashok Sharma, Somak Raychaudhury, Raychaudhury, Nivedita, Gerry Doyle Organizations: ISRO, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research, YouTube, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University, Aniara Communications, NASA, University of New, Australian Defence Force Academy, Indian, NewSpace India, Indian Space Association, Ashoka University, Thomson Locations: India, Indian, Ahmedabad, U.S, China, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Bengaluru

☆ Visas issued for Pakistan team for World Cup in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Visas have been issued for the Pakistan team for their participation in the 50-overs World Cup in India, the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday, following complaints of a delay in the process. "Visas have been issued to the Pakistan team," an ICC spokesperson told Reuters without elaborating further. "There has been an extraordinary delay in getting clearance and securing Indian visas for the Pakistan team for ICC World Cup," Farooq said in the statement. "It's a matter of disappointment that Pakistan team has to go through the uncertainty ahead of the major tournament." Pakistan will play two warm-up matches before beginning their World Cup campaign against the Netherlands on Oct. 6.

Persons: Umar Farooq, Farooq, Amlan Chakraborty, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Pakistan, International Cricket Council, ICC, Pakistan Cricket Board, Reuters, Asia, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, Islamabad, Pakistan, Netherlands, Ahmedabad, Sri Lanka, New Delhi

☆ Apple fans line up for hours to get their hands on the iPhone 15
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple's iPhone 15 went on sale in around 40 countries on Friday. Eager fans around the world have been lining up to get their hands on the latest model. The phone was initially unveiled at Apple's "Wonderlust" event on September 12 and has been available to preorder since September 15. I waited in the queue for 17 hours to get the first iPhone at India's first Apple store. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a Monday note that preorders for the iPhone 15 were up between 10% and 12% year-over-year when compared with initial preorders for the last model, iPhone 14.

Persons: Eager, he'd, Tim Cook, Dan Ives Organizations: Service, Apple Locations: Wall, Silicon, Australia, China, France, Mumbai, Ahmedabad

☆ Condom-shy India arouses interest of global contraceptive makers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Kashish Tandon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Such is the trend that the market is set to more than double to $1.7 billion by 2030, showed data from GrandView Research. By contrast, 19% of U.S. men use condoms every time they have sex, showed data from the National Center for Health Statistics. World Bank data showed that, in 2021, per capita gross domestic product crossed $2,000 - a threshold at which, in China in 2006, consumption jumped. Britain's Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT.L) has launched new products under its Durex brand and expanded its "Birds and the Bees" rural marketing campaign. SOCIAL MEDIAIndia's market leader is domestic manufacturer Mankind Pharma (MNKI.NS) with a 33% share, ahead of Reckitt Benckiser at 14%, TechSci data showed.

Persons: Kazuhiro Kamio, Okamoto, Arvind Singhal, Miah Kiat Goh, Dwight, Mankind, Ashita Aggarwal, Kashish Tandon, Sumit Khanna, Rocky Swift, Dhanya Skariachan, Christopher Cushing Organizations: GrandView Research, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Okamoto Industries, National Center for Health Statistics, Technopak Advisors, Reuters, United Nations, Benckiser, ., Mankind Pharma, Social, Jain Institute of Management & Research, HDFC Securities Institutional, View Research, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, Europe, Japan, China, U.S, S.P, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Rocky, Tokyo

☆ Total’s green bet on Gautam Adani is a win-win
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Pranav Kiran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

On Tuesday, the company said it would invest $300 million to form a joint venture with $19 billion Adani Green Energy (ADNA.NS) to build solar and wind farms in the country. The latest tie-up ought to help Total to hit its target of having 100 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030. Adani Green Energy and Adani Total Gas (ADAG.NS), in which Total owned stakes of about 20% and 37% at the end of June, have lost about 50% and 80% of their market value since January, and are among the worst performing of the group’s nine core listed entities. Total’s green capacity targets may be more pressing than the risk of further Adani problems. Adani Green will contribute assets to the joint venture, it said in a statement, adding that the deal will help it achieve its target of having 45 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

Persons: Gautam Adani, Carmichael, Hindenburg, Patrick Pouyanné, Adani, Una Galani, Katrina Hamlin Organizations: Reuters, Adani Enterprises, Adani, Green Energy, Australia, GQG, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Energy, Thomson Locations: Indian, Ahmedabad, Queensland, BENGALURU, –, India

☆ Indian chemicals maker Epigral expects revenue from newer products to surge this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Savio Shetty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Indian chemicals maker Epigral (EPIG.NS) will keep diversifying its business and expects the share of revenue from new products to expand significantly this year, its chairman and managing director told Reuters on Thursday. At that time, we were catering to seven industries," Maulik Patel told the Reuters Trading India forum. The specialty chemicals market represents 22% of India's overall chemicals and petrochemicals market and is valued at $32 billion, according to KPMG. It exports its products to more than 20 countries including South Africa and the United States. (Join Trading India, a chat room hosted on Refinitiv Messenger: https://bit.ly/3TNDwkC)($1 = 83.0434 Indian rupees)Reporting by Savio Shetty; Editing by Sonia CheemaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Maulik Patel, Patel, Epigral, Savio Shetty, Sonia Cheema Organizations: Reuters, Reuters Trading, KPMG, Thomson Locations: Gujarat, Reuters Trading India, India, Ahmedabad, South Africa, United States

The logo of Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) is pictured along a roadside in Ahmedabad, India, September 6, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin last year removed an Exxon Mobil subsidiary as operator of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia's Far East and transferred it to a new operator. Western governments have slapped sanctions on Russian oil over the war in Ukraine, which Russia calls a special military operation. It is difficult to secure insurance and shipping to transport Russian oil, Gupta said, and such shipments must abide by an international price cap. ONGC accounts for about two-thirds of India's oil production and about 58% of its gas output.

Persons: Amit Dave, ONGC Videsh, Vladimir Putin, Videsh, Rajarshi Gupta, ONGC, Gupta, Japan's, Rod Nickel, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Gas, REUTERS, Rights, Natural Gas Corp, Exxon Mobil, World Petroleum Congress, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, Rights CALGARY , Alberta, Sakhalin, Russia's Far, Calgary, Canada, Ukraine, Russia, Calgary , Alberta

The move in August by Russian companies to instead offer fertilisers at market prices could increase India's import costs and subsidy burden amid a rally in global prices, as a top exporter, China, tries to curtail overseas sales. "Russian companies are offering fertilisers at the market prices," the official said, declining to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. Reuters Graphics"Russian companies were offering DAP at discounts of as high as $80 (per ton). DAP prices were around $440 per ton in July, he added. "The global fertiliser prices are rising just before crucial state elections in India.

Persons: Amit Dave, Rajendra Jadhav, Polina Devitt, Tony Munroe, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, United, Reuters Graphics, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, Rights MUMBAI, LONDON, China, New Delhi, Russia, Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Russian, Mumbai

The logo of the Adani Group is seen on the facade of its Corporate House on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, January 27, 2023. Citing review of files from multiple tax havens and internal Adani Group emails, nonprofit media organization OCCRP said its investigation found at least two cases where the investors bought and sold Adani stock through such offshore structures. Adani Group has called Hindenburg's claims misleading and without evidence and said it always complied with laws. The panel in May said the regulator had so far "drawn a blank" in investigations into suspected violations in overseas investments in the Adani group. In an interview with a reporter from the Guardian, OCCRP said Chang said he knew nothing about any secret purchases of Adani stock.

Persons: Amit Dave, OCCRP, Adani, Hindenburg, HINDENBURG, Gautam, India's, Nasser Ali Shaban Ahli, Chang Chung, Chang, Aditya Kalra, Krishn Kaushik, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Adani, REUTERS, Adani Enterprises, NEW, Hindenburg Research, Reuters, Guardian, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, NEW DELHI, Mauritius, Ahli

The logo of the Adani Group is seen on the facade of its Corporate House on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, January 27, 2023. Citing review of files from multiple tax havens and internal Adani Group emails, nonprofit media organization OCCRP said its investigation found at least two cases where the investors bought and sold Adani stock through such offshore structures. Adani Group has called Hindenburg's claims misleading and without evidence and said it always complied with laws. Adani Group did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the OCCRP report. In an interview with a reporter from the Guardian, OCCRP said Chang said he knew nothing about any secret purchases of Adani stock.

Persons: Amit Dave, OCCRP, Adani, Hindenburg, Gautam, India's, Nasser Ali Shaban Ahli, Chang Chung, Ling, Chang, Aditya Kalra, Krishn Kaushik, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Adani, REUTERS, DELHI, Hindenburg Research, Reuters, HINDENBURG, Securities, Exchange Board of India, Guardian, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, Mauritius, Ahli

☆ Indian regulator's probe faults Adani group on disclosure rules -sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Jayshree P Upadhyay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] The logo of the Adani Group is seen on the facade of its Corporate House on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, January 27, 2023. India's Supreme Court, which is overseeing SEBI's investigation of the Adani group, is set to hear the matter on Tuesday. But SEBI has no plans to make the report public until the regulator has passed its orders on the Adani investigation, one of the sources said. In its January response to Hindenburg's accusations, the Adani group said all related party transactions had been fully identified and disclosed. But it was not immediately clear what penalties the regulator will eventually recommend in the Adani investigation.

Persons: Amit Dave, India's, Gautam, SEBI, Jayshree, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Adani, REUTERS, The Securities, Exchange Board of India, Hindenburg Research, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, Indian

☆ India's Reliance Industries to sell additional stake in retail arm - report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A bird flies past a Reliance Industries logo installed on its mart in Ahmedabad, India January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Aug 25 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) is likely to sell an additional 8%-10% stake in its retail arm Reliance Retail Ventures to fund expansion, retire debt and prepare for a public listing of the conglomerate's retail business, the Economic Times reported on Friday. (This story has been corrected to clarify sourcing in the headline)Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'SouzaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Amit Dave, Navamya Ganesh, Savio D'Souza Organizations: Reliance Industries, REUTERS, Rights, India's Reliance Industries, Reliance Retail Ventures, Economic Times, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, Bengaluru

☆ Explainer: What is India's next space mission after moon landing?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Amit Dave Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Aug 25 (Reuters) - On the heels of the success of the Chandrayaan-3 moon landing, India's space agency has set a date for its next mission - this time to study the sun. It aims to study solar winds, which can cause disturbance on earth and are commonly seen as "auroras". In 2019, the government sanctioned the equivalent of about $46 million for the Aditya-L1 mission. The Indian space agency has earned a reputation for world-beating cost competitiveness in space engineering that executives and planners expect will boost its now-privatised space industry. The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which landed a spacecraft on the lunar south pole, had a budget of about $75 million.

Persons: Amit Dave, Joseph, Louis Lagrange, Nivedita, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research Organisation, European Space Agency, NASA, Orbiter, ISRO, Thomson Locations: Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad, India, Sriharikota, French, Bengaluru

Petroleum consumption increased to 135 million metric tons in the first seven months of 2023 from 128 million metric tons in the same period in 2022. The increase in the first seven months was equivalent to roughly 255,000 barrels per day (bpd), down from growth of 415,000 bpd in 2021/22. Chartbook: India's petroleum consumptionOil consumption growth of roughly 5% to 6% per year is consistent with the same reported growth in manufacturing output. But it compares with growth of more than 1.0 million bpd in U.S. oil production in the first five months of 2023. The relatively sluggish growth in India’s consumption has therefore added to downward pressure on crude petroleum prices so far in 2023.

Persons: Amit Dave, John Kemp, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Natural Gas Corp, REUTERS, Petroleum, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Ahmedabad, India, South, East Asia, North America, Europe, China

☆ Moon rover exits India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft to explore lunar surface
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

People watch a live stream of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's landing on the moon, inside an auditorium of Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad, India, August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Amit Dave Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The moon rover of India's Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft on Thursday morning to begin its exploration of the lunar surface, the country's space agency said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in its message. People across the country tuned in to watch the landing on Wednesday, with nearly 7 million people viewing the YouTube live stream alone. Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a experiments including, a spectrometer analysis of the lunar surface's mineral composition.

Persons: Amit Dave, Russia's Luna, Sakshi Dayal, Tom Hogue, Christopher Cushing, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, DELHI, Twitter, Rover, Indian Space Research Organisation, Thomson Locations: Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad, India, Lander, Chandrayaan

☆ India’s space startups are ready to blast off too
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Amit Dave Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Aug 24 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Nearly seven million people watched India’s space program make history on Wednesday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) became the first to land near the moon’s unexplored south pole. Peak XV Partners, formerly Sequoia India and Southeast Asia, in June led a $10 million investment in Digantara, which maps space debris. At $74 million, the bill for India’s moon mission was less than the cost of producing 2013 Hollywood space thriller "Gravity". New Delhi is finalising new foreign direct investment rules, and that will likely turbocharge India’s space startups.

Persons: Amit Dave, Elon Musk, Singapore’s GIC, Pranav Kiran, Coinbase’s, Una Galani, Streisand Neto Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, SpaceX, XV Partners, Sequoia, Skyroot Aerospace, Hollywood, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad, India, Sequoia India, Southeast Asia, Digantara, New Delhi

☆ Chandrayaan-3 punches home India's lead in budget space flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] People watch a live stream of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's landing on the moon, inside an auditorium of Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad, India, August 23, 2023. Although India's government allocated the equivalent of $1.66 billion for the department of space for the fiscal year ending in March, it spent around 25% less. By contrast, NASA has a $25 billion budget for the current year. Put another way, the annual increase in NASA's budget - $1.3 billion - was more than what ISRO spent in total. It used Indian suppliers for vehicle assembly, transportation and electronics to keep costs low.

Persons: Amit Dave, Chandrayaan's, Russia's Luna, Somak Raychaudhury, Amit Sharma, Somanath, Narendra Modi's, Ankit Patel, Patel, Nivedita, Aditi Shah, Aftab Ahmed, Kevin Krolicki, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Indian Space Research, NASA, ISRO, Somanath, Ashoka University, Tata Consulting Engineers, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad, India, Chandrayaan, Russia, Bengaluru, New

☆ India lands spacecraft on the moon
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[6/9]Arun Haryani, an enthusiast with his body painted in tri-colours, holds up a model of LVM3 M4, which was used in launching the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, in Ahmedabad on the eve of the moon landing, August 22. REUTERS/Amit DaveAHMEDABAD, INDIA

Persons: Arun Haryani, Amit Dave AHMEDABAD Organizations: REUTERS Locations: Ahmedabad

☆ Reactions as India's Chandrayaan-3 makes historic moon landing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Arun Haryani, an enthusiast with his body painted in tri-colours, holds up a model of LVM3 M4, which was used in launching the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, in Ahmedabad on the eve of the moon landing, August 22. Following are some reactions:S. SOMANATH, INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO)CHAIRMAN"India is on the moon." NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER, INDIA"This moment is unforgettable. BILL NELSON, ADMINISTRATOR, NASA"Congratulations ISRO on your successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar South Pole landing! Congratulations to ISRO, Chandrayaan-3, and to all the people of India!!

Persons: Arun Haryani, Amit Dave, NARENDRA MODI, RAHUL GANDHI, SHAH RUKH KHAN, CHANDRACHUD, KHARGE, BILL NELSON, JOSEF ASCHBACHER, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA, PUSHPA KAMAL DAHAL, Narendra Modi, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Andrew Heavens, Toby Chopra Organizations: REUTERS, DELHI, Wednesday, Indian Space Research, SPACE, ISRO, OF, NASA, GENERAL, EUROPEAN SPACE, Chandrayaan, SOUTH, MINISTER, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, EUROPEAN, SOUTH AFRICA, NEPAL

☆ Prayers, parties, student shows planned in India for moon landing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Arun Haryani, an enthusiast with his body painted in tri-colours reacts as he holds up a model of LVM3 M4 which was used in launching of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the eve of its moon landing, in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Excitement rose in India on Tuesday on the eve of a much-anticipated moon landing, with prayers held for its success, schools marshalling students to watch a live telecast of the event and space enthusiasts organising parties to celebrate. India's second attempt to land on the moon after a failure in 2019 is being seen as a display of the tenacity of its scientific institutions. Authorities and educators also hope it will encourage scientific inquiry among millions of students in the world's most populous country. Students have sent scores of messages wishing ISRO luck for a successful landing, the agency said.

Persons: Arun Haryani, Amit Dave, Narendra Modi, Narottam Sahoo, Srikant, Nivedita, Saurabh Sharma, Nag Choudhury, Sumit Khanna, Sunil Kataria, Krishn Kaushik, YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, DELHI, Indian Space Research, ISRO, Reuters, Operations, YP, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, Russian, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Kolkata, Mumbai, Varanasi, Bengaluru, Lucknow, New Delhi

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