Kathua, Aug. 22 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and MoS PMO Jitendra Singh, who also oversees the Space Department said on Friday that India is now standing on equal footing with other top countries of the world in regards to International Space Mission.

"India is standing in the row of the world's top countries. We are an equal partner with other countries on the International Space Mission," the Union Minister said.

The remarks were made by the Union Minister as Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who recently became the first Indian to travel to the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission.

"Shubanshu Shukla has performed very unique experiments out there which are related to...