Chandrayaan-3 soft-lands on history
Cover Stories
Essay
Poetry has a civilising effect on our public conversations
India joins the exclusive league of space superpowers with the soft-landing of its moon mission Chandrayaan-3 near the south pole of the lunar surface
The moonshot mirrors the country’s global profile
In conversation with Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Science and Technology
India is the fourth country to land on the moon. It is the first to land near the lunar south pole. The failure of Russia’s Luna-25 just a few days earlier also played a part in ensuring India won this leg of the space race
Columns
Naxalism that left behind a trail of blood and devastation
When science encounters faith and philosophy
Feature
Praggnanandhaa can come back with a candidates spot and a truly wonderful result, says Viswanathan Anand
Special
Why modern private armies just won’t be tolerated by governments