Bangalore, Nov 15: Chandrayaan-1, India''s first moon mission achieved a significant landmark on Friday when the Moon Impact Programme, (MIP) was ejected by the spacecraft successfully onto the lunar surface with National Tri-Colour.

The MIP detached itself from Chandrayaan-1 about 100 km from the moon''s surface and crash-landed on the south pole of the moon exactly at 8:06 p. m last night It took 25 minutes to reach the Moon at a speed of 1.09 kilometres per second.

Washington, Nov 15 : The emergency financial G-20 summit hosted by US President George W Bush will be convened in Washington today to discuss and find solutions stem to the current global economic crisis

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in Washington last night to attend the event.

Over the weekend, G-20 leaders will try to grapple with the global economic crisis that has plunged most of Europe into its first recession since the Euro currency was formed.

London, November 15: Prince Charles, who joined the senior citizen club on November 14, can now drop his ‘travel worries’ as he has been gifted with a free bus pass for his 60th birthday!

The Prince of Wales, who till date wheels his Aston Martin presented to him by the Queen on his 21st birthday, cut the cake decorated as a concessionary travel voucher.

Washington, Nov 15 : President-elect Barack Obama and First Lady-elect Michelle Obama describe the moment on election night when the reality of his victory hit home.

Washington, Nov 15 : Unhappy people watch significantly more television in their spare time, says a new study, which found that individuals who describe themselves as very happy spend most of their time reading and socializing.

"TV doesn''t really seem to satisfy people over the long haul the way that social involvement or reading a newspaper does," said University of Maryland sociologist John P. Robinson, the study co-author and a pioneer in time-use studies.