{"id":163976,"date":"2023-08-25T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=163976"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:31:34","slug":"no-bbc-did-not-criticize-chandrayaan-3-old-clip-viral-false-report-by-times-now-india-tv-zee-news-other-outlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-bbc-did-not-criticize-chandrayaan-3-old-clip-viral-false-report-by-times-now-india-tv-zee-news-other-outlets\/","title":{"rendered":"No, BBC did not criticize Chandrayaan 3. Old clip viral; false report by Times Now, India TV, Zee News & other outlets"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a historic first<\/a>, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft\u2019s Vikram lander touched down near the moon’s little-explored south pole at 6.04 pm on August 23.<\/p>\n

Following the incident, a clip from a BBC World News bulletin went viral on social media where the discussants can be seen talking about the justification behind a third-world country like India spending so much money on scientific explorations like moon missions and not on addressing apparently more pressing needs like eradicating poverty. The presenter can be heard saying: “Something to be thought of, India the country which has extreme poverty more than 700 million Indians don’t have access to a toilet, should I really be spending this amount of money on a space program.” (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Twitter user named Megh Updates (@MeghUpdates)<\/a> shared the clip saying this is what the BBC had to say about Chandrayaan 3. Readers should note that the user Megh Updates frequently shares misinformation<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Listen to what BBC had to say about #Chandrayaan3<\/a><\/p>\n

– Should India which lacks in Infrastructure and has extreme poverty, Should they be spending this much amount of money on a space program pic.twitter.com\/dz28aaaS1T<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Megh Updates \ud83d\udea8\u2122 (@MeghUpdates) August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The tweet has received 40 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 5,000 times.<\/p>\n

Another user, Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization)<\/a>, tweeted the clip and wrote the “low level anchor” was “obviously trying to insult India”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t mind the question when intentions are good & constructive \u2026 but this low level anchor of @BBCWorld<\/a> is obviously trying to insult India!
\nI would have ripped the anchor apart if I was the guest or if he spoke about UAE in this way\u2026 #Chandrayaan3<\/a>
\npic.twitter.com\/W9mr2BtZ1s<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0633\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Industrialist Anand Mahindra (@anandmahindra)<\/a> quote tweeted Megh Update and explained at length how “our poverty was a result of decades of colonial rule which systematically plundered the wealth of an entire subcontinent.” His tweet has been viewed over 30 Lakh times.<\/p>\n

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Really?? The truth is that, in large part, our poverty was a result of decades of colonial rule which systematically plundered the wealth of an entire subcontinent. Yet the most valuable possession we were robbed of was not the Kohinoor Diamond but our pride & belief in our own\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/KQP40cklQZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some media outlets, too, ran stories on the supposed remarks by the BBC on Chandrayaan 3. Times Now said\u00a0<\/a> in their headline: ‘Focus On Poor, Not On Space,’ BBC’s ‘Classist’ Comment on India After Chandrayaan 3 Success.’ Mint ran a story<\/a> focusing on Mahindra’s take on the BBC bulletin. The headline said, ‘Chandrayaan-3: Anand Mahindra slams British anchor for remarks about India’s poverty, toilets, says \u2018it helps restore\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

India TV published a report<\/a>, the subhead of which said, ‘Chandrayaan-3: Anand Mahindra slammed BBC anchor who questioned Chandryaan-3’s spending despite poverty in India.’ Another outlet named India.com<\/a> ran a report where they said referring to the viral video, “The anchor had raised the question of whether India should allocate significant funds to a space program the scale of Chandrayaan-3.”<\/p>\n

Hindi news outlet oneindia<\/a> also published a report. The headline said, “\u091a\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0928-3 \u092a\u0930 BBC \u090f\u0902\u0915\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c\u0940-\u091f\u0949\u092f\u0932\u0947\u091f \u0915\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0930, \u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u092f\u0926\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0927\u094b \u0921\u093e\u0932\u093e” (BBC anchor mentioned India’s poverty and toilets in connection with Chandrayaan 3, Anand Mahindra replied in style).<\/p>\n

Zee News said<\/a> in its report, “\u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u092c\u0940\u0938\u0940 \u090f\u0902\u0915\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0909\u0938 \u0938\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u0935\u093e\u092c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093f \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0928-3 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0930\u092e \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0916\u0930\u094d\u091a \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f.” (Anand Mahindra replied to the question raised by the BBC anchor whether India should spend money on space program,mes like Chandrayaan 3.)<\/p>\n