Chandrayaan-3: All set, for touchdown
India is at the cusp of scripting history, as ISRO’s ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) is all set to touch down on the lunar surface on Wednesday evening, making it only the fourth country to do so, and first to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth’s only natural satellite.
The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan), is scheduled to make a touch down near the south polar region of the Moon at 6:04 pm on Wednesday.
2. President Smt Droupadi Murmu arrived in Goa yesterday on a 3-day visit to the state. The President laid a wreath at Martyr’s Memorial at Azad Maidan in Panaji.
3. PM Modi addresses BRICS Business Forum Leaders’ Dialogue in Johannesburg; He says India will soon be a 5 trillion dollar economy.
4. Election Commission today announced by-poll to one seat of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Notification for the by-poll will be issued on 29th of this month and nominations can be filed till 5th September.
5. India is all set to launch its next ambitious mission, Gaganyaan, with preparations in advanced stages for precursor trials starting in September. There will be two preliminary missions before the actual human mission goes up to space in the second half of 2024.
6. Supreme Court on Tuesday termed as “unacceptable” the submission that Article 370 of the Constitution ceased to operate once the term of the constituent assembly of Jammu and Kashmir ended in 1957 after drafting the state’s constitution.
7. In PUNJAB: MeT department issues yellow alert of heavy rain in some districts till 26th August. The teams of NDRF and SDRF with the help of several NGOs are working round the clock in affected areas.
8. MAHARASHTRA : The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has once again started a strict implementation of a ban on the manufacture, use, sale, transportation, handling, and storage of single-use plastic, to make Mumbai plastic-free.
9. Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls and establish a university in the name of Sant Ravidas, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge.
10. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reached Lamayuru, known for its ancient monastery and incredible landscape, riding a motorcycle from Leh town,
11. TAMIL NADU CM M.K.Stalin has contributed Ten Crore rupees towards the relief work undertaken by the Himachal Government.
12. Cauvery dispute: Supreme Court Bench to hear Tamil Nadu’s plea on August 25. Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Karnataka to forthwith release 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water from its reservoirs at Billigundulu for the remaining period of the month, starting from August 14.
13. In ANDHRA PRADESH , Tirupati: The TTD has introduced the Balaji Baggage Management System (BBMS) as part of the efforts to enhance the pilgrimage experience in Tirumala. This automated system simplifies devotees’ luggage and their mobile phone ‘deposits’ for short durations and their retrieval after the temple visit and prayers.
14. Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy would set the foundations for three renewable energy projects in Nandyal district of Rayalaseema region on Wednesday
15. TELANGANA: BJP Kothagudem chief to join BRS: With less than a week to go for a much-awaited BJP public meeting in Khammam, to be addressed by Union minister Amit Shah on 27 Aug, the party received a jolt on Tuesday, with its Bhadradri-Kothagudem district unit president Koneru Satyanarayana announcing that he is throwing his lot with the ruling BRS.
CRIME REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
#International Court Of Justice Prz. : Joan Donoghue
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1. Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Canada-based NRI Rahul Gangal in an ongoing defence espionage case.
2.. The Jammu & Kashmir court on Tuesday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment in an acid attack case in Srinagar.
3. A court in New Delhi on Tuesday sent to one-day judicial custody suspended government officer Premoday Khakha who allegedly raped a minor several times and impregnated her.
4. Six people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl at her house in Hyderabad. The teenager was allegedly sexually assaulted by three men including a rowdy-sheeter at her house on Monday, Rachakonda Police Commissioner D S Chauhan told.
5. Terming the Kerala High Court’s order suspending conviction and sentence of Lakshadweep Lok Sabha MP Mohammed Faizal in an attempt to murder case as “erroneous”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set it aside and remanded the matter back to the high court for a fresh adjudication in six weeks.
FINANCE
#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
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Population : 141.81 cr (17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
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FINANCE
1. Govt to buy additional 2 lakh ton onion from farmers, and sell at subsidised rate of 25 rupees per kg through NCCF and NAFED in different regions: Consumers Affairs and Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal said..
2. BEML expects defence revenue to reach rs 4,500-5,000 crore in 4-5 years.
3. Nepal exports more than 6 lakh kgs of tomatoes to india within two weeks
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
#Information and Broadcasting Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
#Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC): Prasoon Joshi
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1. BJP Gurdaspur MP and Bollywood actor Sunny Deol has announced that he will not contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
2. Popular Haryanvi singer Raju Punjabi, who had released his last song ‘Aapse Milke Yaara Humko Accha Laga Tha’ on August 12, passed away at a private hospital in Hisar on August 22. According to a few reports, Raju was undergoing treatment for jaundice for the past few days in the same hospital
DEFENCE
#Commander of Armed Forces: The President
#Def Minister: Rajnath Singh
#Union Home : Amit Shah
#National Security Advisor : Ajit Doval
#Chief of Defence Staff:
Gen Anil Chauhan, PVSM UYSM AVSM SM VSM
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1. INDIA-CHINA AGREE NOT TO BUILD NEW POSTS ALONG LAC: Mutually agreeing that no new posts are constructed in close proximity to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and identifying specific limits of patrolling, were some of the issues discussed in the Major General-level talks held between India and China at Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) and Chushul.
2. Indian Coast Guard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippine Coast Guard to enhance maritime cooperation.
3. the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has inducted a ‘Wheeled Armoured Amphibious Platform’ vehicle in Kashmir that can operate in both land and water.
4. Indonesia’s defence ministry and U.S. planemaker Boeing have signed an agreement on the sale of 24 F-15EX fighter jets to help modernise the Southeast Asian country’s ageing fleet.
5. The United States is expeditiously orchestrating its efforts to pave the way for the potential provision of Danish F-16 A fighter jets to the Argentinian Air Force.
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MEGHALAYA
Capital: SHILLONG
Before it was
Part of Assam
Formation
(as a state)
21 January 1972
Districts : 12
Governor : C.
Phagu Chauhan
CM; Conrad Sangma (NPP)
State:
Bird : Hill myna
Flower : Lady’s Slipper Orchid
Mammal: Clouded leopard
Tree : Gamhar
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23 Aug (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha
Drik Ritu : Varsha (Monsoon)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Sravana 07, (Purnimanta & Amanta)
Nakshatra: Swati (up to 8:08 am) Vishaka
Tithi : Saptami/
Ashtami
Rahu : 12:29 PM – 02:04 PM
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