February 27, 2026 11:17 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Panic in Kolkata! Powerful earthquake sends people fleeing buildings | Kejriwal and Sisodia acquitted in liquor policy case; AAP chief calls arrest 'Modi-Shah's conspiracy' | Pakistan bombs Kabul after Afghan forces strike border — tensions on the brink of war! | India crush Zimbabwe by 72 runs to stay alive in T20 World Cup semifinal race | 'CBFC didn't apply mind': Kerala High Court stays Kerala Story 2 release | Operation Sindoor 2.0 will be stronger if India forced to launch: Top Army commander warns Pakistan | ‘Heads must roll!’ Supreme Court cracks down on NCERT textbook over judiciary chapter | ‘1.2 crore voters may be dropped’: Mamata Banerjee flags major concern over SIR list | India-US trade deal at risk? Trump imposes massive 126% duty on solar imports | ‘My life reflects this reality’: Shooter Tara Shahdeo recalls forced conversion amid Kerala Story 2 row
Chandrayaan-3
Image Credit : Facebook/Amitabh Bachchan

Chandrayaan-3 success: Amitabh Bachchan says 'today India is first world'

| @indiablooms | Aug 24, 2023, at 05:55 am

Mumbai/IBNS: In sync with the entire country, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is on top of the Moon after India's lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 made a successful soft landing on the South Polar region of Earth's only natural satellite.

In a heartwarming post, big B wrote: "For far too long when India was referred to, it was spoken of as a third world country and I hated it. Today I am proud to say India is first world in more ways than one."

He signed off with "Bharat Mata ki jai" and "Vande Mataram" written in Hindi.

While India may still not be "first world," with this feat, India has joined the elite space club of Russia (then the Soviet Republic), the United States and China to land on the moon.

However, India created history by becoming the first country to land its lander near Moon's South Pole where traces of water were recently detected.

Chandrayaan-3's Lander Vikram touched down on the lunar surface at about 6 pm on Wednesday. The Pragyan Rover will spend the next 14 days relaying data and images from the surface of the moon.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.