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  1. The whole genome sequencing lab in the Tamil Nadu Public Health Laboratory has identified two novel mutations of Coronavirus XBB Omicron ‘A27S’ and ‘T747I’.
  2. The Center plans to construct a large barrage on the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh to keep it ‘”alive,” as China decides to build a 60,000 MW dam in the Tibet region under its 14th five-year plan.
  3. Addressing a press conference in Rajouri, DGP Dilbag Singh said that the properties of terrorists who fled from J&K and are operating from Pakistan would be seized. He also warned that if they tried to return, they would be killed.
  4. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this August is the hottest ever globally. The data also hints that 2023 could be the hottest year on record, with August 2023 being warmer by 1.5 degrees compared to the preindustrial average.
  5. Police in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu have filed a case against seer Ramchandra Das Paramahans Acharya of Ayodhya for his 10 crore bounty call to behead TN Sports minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remarks on Sanatan Dharma.
  6. NIA has arrested ISIS Thrissur Module chief Siyed Nabeel Ahammed in Chennai. Ahmmed has been on the run and was planning to escape the country through Nepal.
  7. ISRO has shared a selfie taken by its solar mission Aditya-L1, which is en route to Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 (L1).
  8. Ahead of the G20 Summit, the Taj Palace in the national capital was illuminated in tricolor. Earlier this evening, ANI shared an 11-second video showing Hotel Taj Palace in Chanakyapuri lit with the colors of the Indian flag.
  9. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched a flight from Ludhiana to Hindon, marking the resumption of air traffic from Sahnweal Airport after a two-year gap. The flight will also connect Dehradun in the coming days.
  10. After soaring as high as Rss.200 per kg, Tomato prices dropped to RS.4 per kg, prompting farmers in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh to dump them on the road.