NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 21 August – 5 Mins read
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- Chandrayaan-3 Mission: 2nd & final deboosting operation successfully reduced LM orbit to 25km x 134 km; Module would undergo internal checks and await the sun-rise at the designated landing site; The powered descent is expected to commence on Aug 23, 2023, around 1745 Hrs. IST
- Supreme Court Directs RTI Bodies To Properly Implement Provisions Of Act 2005 including proactive disclosure of information by public authorities
- A new variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 has put countries on alert as scientists scramble to understand the contagiousness and immunity to defend against it
- A Tapas unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the (DRDO) crashed in agriculture fields near a village in Karnataka’s Chitradurga; crashed while it was on a trial flight
- Luna-25 probe, Russia’s first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres
- Himachal Likely To See “Heavy Rain” From Aug 22; Fewer Yatris, Amarnath Yatra To Be Cut Short by A Week; 21 Himachal Dams To face Legal Action For Breaching Security Norms; Rains wash out Uttarakhand travel demand
- Manipur Govt Likely to Hand Over 1,400 Temporary Homes to the Displaced By Aug-End; BSF men to be deployed in village where 3 were killed
- Telangana Excise Earned ₹ 2,600 Cr Without Selling A Drop Of Alcohol; from 1.32 lakh applications charging ₹ 2 lakh non-refundable application fee each, for the allotment of 2,620 liquor shops
- Corporate NPA addition slows, loan recoveries may have peaked; Sorin Investments’ maiden fund raises over Rs 1000Cr; Equitas Small Finance Bank to venture into credit cards, personal loans
- IOC begins digitalisation drive to optimise operations, management; Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited planning to enter Myanmar once situation improves in the country
- A Chinese battery maker, which is a major supplier to Tesla, has launched World’s 1st “Superfast” Electric Car Battery Offers 400 Km Range From 10 Minutes Of Charge
- Biggest cheaters & Thieves”: Tourists Fume After Being Charged ₹ 64,390 For Shrimp And Drinks At Mykonos Restaurant
- Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi said he had refused to sign into law two bills that would give authorities more power to prosecute people for acts against the state and military
- India vs Ireland 2nd T20I: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rinku Singh Shine In India’s Series-Clinching Win by 33 runs
- A mischievous 1.5year-old Golden Retriever dog named Chickie chewed up its human’s passport days before his wedding in Italy; aten through multiple pages of Donato Frattaroli’s passport
- Ukraine’s Zelensky Hails “Historic” Decision To Supply F-16 Jets as it pursues grinding counteroffensive against Russian forces in the east; Drones Hit Rostov After Putin Visit, Kursk & Moscow Targeted On The Same Night
- Hurricane Hilary Makes Landfall In Mexico, Heads For California; ”Loudest Pop”: Massive Chunk Of Ice Falls From The Sky, Damages House In US; Thousands Forced To Flee Homes As Wildfire Spreads On Spain’s Tenerife Island
- “Can’t Sleep At Night”: China’s Tough Job Market Keeps Youngsters On Edge; At career fairs in Beijing attendees described challenging landscape for inexperienced candidates hoping to land 1st or 2nd jobs
- Japanese PM Kishida Visits Fukushima Nuclear Plant Amid Controversial Ocean Release Plans despite protests
- ‘We Are Afraid’: Voting Begins in Tense Presidential Ecuador Election as once-peaceful nation suffers from violence fueled by the illicit global drug trade
- Niger Coup: Military Leaders Pledge Civilian Rule within Three Years but Don’t Offer Details; Warns ECOWAS, Denies Wagner Role
- Lionel Messi Makes History, Becomes Most Decorated Footballer Of All Time with 44th career title – the most by any football player in their career
- FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Spain Crowned Champions at England’s Expense in Australia
- Today’s Word – Jardinière – Container for displaying flowers
