Deepika Padukone English news | Deepika Padukone, Latest News & Live Updates in English | English News (Latest English News) at Lokmattimes.com

New Delhi, Aug 26 Congress on Saturday asserted that first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had stressed on self-reliance in India's space programme and the foundation and vast infrastructure for science and technology created in his era was done in the face of trenchant criticism, yet it is the vision of a self-reliant and a scientifically advanced nation that yielded such rich dividends.Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "There has been much comment in Pakistan's media on ISRO's outstanding achievements while bemoaning the fact that Pakistan's space agency SUPARCOwas set up in late 1961, a few months before India's INCOSPAR in February 1962."What is not recognised is that from day 1 Nehru stressed self-reliance, even as there were some voices in Delhi advocating greater American involvement and some others pleading for closer cooperation with the Soviets," the Congress Rajya Sabha MP said.Recalling the achievements of Nehru and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, he said, "Nehru first and Indira Gandhi later were clear: the space programme had to be designed, controlled and executed by Indian professionals in the civil domain. In this, they were of course guided and influenced by Bhabha, Sarabhai, Dhawan, Haksar and many others.""The foundation and vast infrastructure for science and technology created in the Nehruvian era, was done in the face of trenchant criticism, that being an extremely poor country India could ill-afford such investments. Yet it is the vision of a self-reliant and a scientifically advanced nation that yielded such rich dividends," he added.His remarks came in the wake of the success of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission and Pakistan taking two days to congratulate India and Indian scientists on the achievement.On Saturday, even Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bengaluru to meet and congratulate the scientists of the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.After arriving at the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) airport, Modi while addressing thousands of people gathered to welcome him, said that not only in India, but every individual in the world who believes in science and thefuture is celebrating the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission with the same spirit."It is good to see the environment in Bengaluru at dawn to celebrate the success of the science and achievement of the country. I witnessed similar kinds of pictures in Greece and Johannesburg. Every corner of the world not only Indians, people who believe in science, future of the humanity are celebrating the event with the same spirit," the PrimeMinister added.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Deepika PadukoneFOLLOW

Deepika padukone, Latest News

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 : The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in a report said that Afghanistan currently has ... ...

Bhopal, August 26 Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel on Saturday administered the oath of office to three new ... ...

Chicago, Aug 26 At least two people were injured following a shooting incident in Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field ... ...

Johannesburg [South Africa], August 26 : As he gears up for his international debut, South African cricket sensation Dewald ... ...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 26 : Veteran actor Hema Malini congratulated her daughter and actor Esha Deol on ‘Ek ... ...

New Delhi, Aug 26 X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday finally revealed plans to take on professional networking platform ... ...

New Delhi, Aug 26 Sports minister Anurag Thakur lavished praise on HS Prannoy after the India’s highest ranked ... ...

New Delhi, Aug 26 Congress on Saturday asserted that first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had stressed on ... ...