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Homi Jehangir Bhabha, often referred to as the Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme, was the founding director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. On the 24th January, 1966, he met a tragic end when Air India Flight 101 crashed near Mont Blanc while he was travelling to Vienna for a conference. Many believe that the crash wasn’t an accident but premeditated assassination carried out by American intelligence agencies to thwart India’s nuclear programme.

It’s been more than 20 years since the Indian Armed Forces won the gritty and decisive war against Pakistan in Kargil. However, the unparalleled courage and sacrifice of the heroes are still etched in the collective memory of the country. Among the many bravehearts was a man who went on to become the face of every young Indian soldier. Captain Vikram Batra, popularly known as the legendary Shershaah of Kargil. In this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer, let’s revisit the story of Param Vir Chakra Vikram Batra, the unbelievably courageous soldier whose actions in the battlefield transcended heroism.

The Lander Vikram was to soft-land on the far side of the moon at on September 7. Minutes before its scheduled soft-landing, the communication with Vikram Lander was lost. It was 2.1 km above the moon's surface when it lost contact with ground stations.

A Chennai techie has helped American space agency NASA locate ISRO's Vikram Lander's debris on the surface of the moon. Shanmuga Subramanian received a mail from NASA thanking him. In Rajya Sabha, the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed. All this and more in today’s (December 3) MyNation in 100 seconds

Shanmuga Subramanian, a mechanical engineer from Chennai was the reason how NASA found the pictures of Vikram Lander on moon. Here is more about Indian hero Subramanian 

NASA has released images of the impact site of the Vikram lander on the moon. NASA posted images clicked by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Camera

Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander landed within 500 mts of the landing site on the moon’s surface, said the government. The indigenously developed Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprising of orbiter, lander and rover was successfully launched on-board the indigenous GSLV MK III-M1 Mission on July 22.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released the book 'Savarkar- Echoes from a Forgotten Past' written by Dr Vikram Sampath.

Keeping the environment in mind, the Indian Railways has taken the decision to implement Kulhad scheme. From the new year, tea will be available in Kulhad instead of plastic at the Bhagalpur station of Bihar. In the first phase, it will be implemented as an experiment in Vikramshila Express and Later on, it will be implemented in other trains as well.

Bhai Dooj or Bhai Phonta is a festival celebrated in India on the second lunar day of Shukla Paksha, according to the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar or during the Shalivahan Shaka calendar month of Kartika. In the southern part of the country, the day is celebrated as Yama Dwitiya.
 

NASA has found no evidence of Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander in its flyby of its Moon orbiter. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had attempted a soft landing on September 7  but lost communication with the lander just minutes before the scheduled landing time. 
 

Watch the exclusive interview with Vikram Sampath, author-historian, who speaks on Veer Savarkar's Hindutva, Amit Shah's statement on re-writing history, Bharat Ratna for the Hindu activist, Congress' travesty and more
 

The Imaging Infrared Spectrometer (IIRS) in Chandrayaan 2 is designed to measure the reflected sunlight and emitted part of Moonlight from the lunar surface in narrow and contiguous spectral channels. ISRO has shared the first illuminated image of the lunar surface on its Twitter handle.