Modi logs in from Johannesburg, greets team ISRO

August 23, 2023 18:35

I heartily congratulate ISRO, its scientists for this unprecedented feat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a virtual address after Chandrayaan-3's landing on Moon.

" I may be in South Africa but my heart has always been with Chandrayaan mission," Modi said, adding, "This is a historic moment and sounds the bugle for a developed India."

We are witness to the new flight of new India; new history has been written, Modi said, even as celebrations broke out at ISRO's Mission Operations Complex in Bengaluru as Chandrayaan-3 lander module makes soft landing.

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