These ‘ISRO’ accounts on Instagram are faux, warns govt

A day after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scripted historical past by making India solely the fourth nation to attain soft-landing on the Moon, the federal government on Thursday warned that there have been handles on Instagram impersonating the celebrated nationwide house company.

The authorities additionally supplied the profile identify of ISRO’s official Instagram deal with.

“Several #FAKE Instagram accounts are claiming to be the official account of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The official account of @isro is ‘isro.dos.’ For authentic info, visit ISRO’s official website: isro.gov.in,” the PIB’s fact-checking unit famous in a publish on X (previously Twitter).

The PIB (Press Information Bureau) is a nodal company of the Government of India, and comes below the latter’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB). It disseminates data to media (digital, print, net) on the federal government’s insurance policies, programmes, initiatives, and extra.

ISRO, in the meantime, can also be current on Threads, Meta Platforms’ (earlier Facebook, Inc.) recently-launched social community.

Chandrayaan-3

The nation’s third lunar exploration mission was launched on July 14, and touched down on the Moon at 6:04pm on August 23, as scheduled, sparking celebrations throughout the nation. Before this, solely the United States, Russia, and China, had soft-landed on the Earth’s solely pure satellite tv for pc.

Also, Chandrayaan-3’s lander module arrived on the Moon’s South Pole, the mission’s supposed vacation spot. This makes India the one nation to succeed in the Moon’s South Pole.