News18 Afternoon Digest: Chandrayaan-3 Reaches Launch Port, Satellite Centre Chief Says ISRO ‘Upbeat & Apprehensive’ And Other Top Stories

Last Updated: June 02, 2023, 13:24 IST

Chandrayaan-3 will be carried into space by India's most powerful rocket, GSLV-MKIII, or LVM-3. (Representative image/PTI)

Chandrayaan-3 will be carried into space by India’s most powerful rocket, GSLV-MKIII, or LVM-3. (Representative image/PTI)

Top news this afternoon: Chandrayaan-3 Reaches Launch Port, Satellite Centre Chief Says ISRO ‘Upbeat & Apprehensive’; ‘Jinnah’s Muslim League? …Unfortunate’: Now, Rahul Gandhi Upsets Kiren Rijiju; Virat Kohli And Other India Players Train Hard in Energetic Fielding Session Ahead of WTC Final And More Latest News

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“Upbeat” and “apprehensive” is how M Sankaran, Director of UR Rao Satellite Centre, described the mood at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft reached the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota for a proposed launch in July. READ MORE

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WATCH: Virat Kohli And Other India Players Train Hard in Energetic Fielding Session Ahead of WTC Final

Team India was involved in an energetic training session ahead of the World Test Championship final as all the players were involved in several fielding drills to get themselves ready for the mega clash. India fielding coach T Dilip led the charge of the fielding session in London as he first divided the team into two groups for fielding drills for deep square leg and deep mid-wicket and then followed the same process for training at mid-on and mid-off region. READ MORE

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