1. ISRO has given a health update on India’s moon mission Chandrayaan -3. As per the update, the Rover has moved about 8 meters, and its payloads LIBS and APXS are switched ON and are performing nominally.
2. The Center has justified in the Supreme Court the premature release of Bilkis Bano case convicts, citing that the prosecuting agency CBI did not oppose the move.
3. On the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to early de-escalation in Ladakh, during what’s described as the “conversation” between the leaders.
4. Giving the “benefit of the doubt,” the Gauhati High Court acquitted five of the six convicts in the 2004 explosion in the Dhemaji district of Assam, which killed 13, including ten school children. The convicts purportedly belong to the ULFA (I) group.
5. Indore has won the best “National Smart City Award” in the India Smart Cities Contest (ISAC) for 2022. Surat and Agra won the second and third spots.
6. Indian Navy to get five fleet support ships (FSS) at an estimated cost of Rs.19,000 crore. The ships will be built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL).
7. The country’s forex reserves slid by $7.28 billion to $594.90 billion, witnessing its biggest weekly fall in six months, per the latest RBI data.
8. As Hero Motors launched the official website of its premium bike Karizma 210, TVS Motor company has confirmed prebookings for its flagship bike TVS Apache RTR 310.
9. A 100 percent Ethanol-powered variant of Toyota Innova will be launched by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on August 29. It will be the world’s first-ever flex-fuel car.
10. The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has added a new elevated walkway for passengers and visitors. The walkway, with travelators, elevators, and escalators, would connect Terminal 1 to P4 parking.