Jaishankar Shares PM Modi's Photo Checking News On Chandrayaan-3 In S Africa. This Is The Headline
Jaishankar shared the image of PM Modi, who is in Johannesburg, with the caption, 'This morning at the BRICS Summit'.
As accolades poured in for India from world leaders after the Chandrayaan-3 landing module successfully toched down on the lunar surface, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared a photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi reading a prominent South African newspaper. Jaishankar shared the image of PM Modi with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with the caption, "This morning at the BRICS Summit."
The headline of the newspaper read, "India's Modi out of this world."
This morning at the BRICS Summit. pic.twitter.com/14r0ZmiHCx
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) August 24, 2023
Later in the day, while addressing a session during the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, PM Modi spoke on the Chandrayaan-3 mission and thanked the scientists.
"It is a matter of pride for us that this achievement is being accepted as an achievement for all of humanity...On behalf of India, its people and our scientists, I thank the scientists and the world's scientific community for their wishes on this historic moment," ANI quoted PM Modi as saying.
#WATCH PM Modi on the success of #Chandrayaan-3 mission at the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg
— ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2023
"It is a matter of pride for us that this achievement is being accepted as an achievement for all of humanity... ...On behalf of India, its people and our scientists, I thank the… pic.twitter.com/QM6131xsAa
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"Yesterday, Chandrayaan-3 made a soft landing on the southern pole of the Moon. This is not just an achievement for the Indian scientists but it is an achievement for the whole community of scientists worldwide. The area that India targetted for the landing was a place where no other country has attempted to land. Science helped us to reach a very difficult terrain. This in itself is a huge success for science and scientists," PM Modi further said.
After this summit, the Prime Minister will visit Athens in Greece on August 25.
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