American politicians, newspapers and space research institutions hailed India Wednesday on the successful moon landing of Chandrayaan-3 as the country entered the elite club of three other nations -- United States, Russia and China -- that have a rover on the lunar surface.

Buoyed by India's successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said the scientists at space agency have achieved this historic success by getting a salary one-fifth of the scientists in the developed world.

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday congratulated ISRO team and fellow citizens for successful deployment of Pragyan-rover from inside Vikram-lander and said it marks the success of yet another stage of Chandrayaan-3.

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was presumed dead Wednesday after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 people on board.

Health services, including treatment, in all government hospitals in Maharashtra falling under the public health department's jurisdiction have been made available free of cost for patients, the state government has said.

Bengaluru: Hours after India’s Chandrayaan 3 mission successfully landed on the lunar south pole, creating a major milestone the Pragyaan rover was rolled out of the lander Vikram and is slowly stepping into the moon's surface. The videos of the same are surfacing on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

Dubai: The ruler of Dubai, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, conveyed his congratulations to India for the successful accomplishment of Chandrayaan-3, the lunar exploration mission.

Belthangady: In a recent operation, officers from the Uppinangady forest department arrested three individuals who were engaged in the illegal hunting of deer along the banks of the Kapila river at Battadi, situated within the Dadantamale reserve forest of Patrame village.