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INDIA alliance is all set to expand with more political parties on board. A concrete roadmap for general election 2024 is being prepared for the Mumbai meet to be held on August 31 – September 1, in which it would be formalized. Several other issues are also on the agenda which includes content sharing on their digital platforms to jointly counter the digital propaganda of the RSS-BJP.

ADITYA L1, India’s inaugural solar study mission, is set for launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on September 2, 2023. Previously known as Aditya 1, the mission’s name, ‘Aditya’, has been derived from Sanskrit, meaning the Sun. Its ‘L-1’ designation refers to the Lagrange Point positioned around 1.5 million kilometers from Earth in the Sun-Earth system, where the mission’s halo orbit will be established. The primary scientific goals of the Aditya L-1 mission encompass investigation of the dynamic processes in the solar upper atmosphere, including the chromosphere and corona. The mission is planned for a duration of 5.2 years.

For Bangladesh, its failure to secure a membership within the BRICS grouping constitutes a major setback. While Bangladeshi opposition parties are gleefully targeting the ruling Awami League (AL) about this in the pre-election year, there is no denying that the diplomatic snub would count as a personal failure for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The detractors of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan suffered an embarrassing legal setback when the Muvattupuzha Vigilance Court dismissed the petition seeking a probe into the alleged bribe paid by the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) to Veena Vijayan, daughter of the Chief Minister.

Bhutan, in the Himalayas, is nestled in a strategically sensitive geographical position between two Asian superpowers, India and China. Over the years, Delhi has been offering Thimphu hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic aid, not without its own geopolitical compulsions. Both India and Bhutan are yet to resolve their long-standing land border dispute with China, which has been pressuring Bhutan to reach a border deal over territory in the north and in the west in the Himalayas. A likely settlement will also need the implicit approval of Bhutan’s long-time ally, India.

Friday, August 25th, commemorates the sixth anniversary of the commencement of a massive offensive launched by Myanmar's military against the predominantly Muslim minority residing in Rakhine state.

Saudi Arabia’s stunning sports acquisition blitz, alongside Qatari and Emirati European club purchases, may reshape the beautiful game, just not in ways Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Gulf rulers like Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani envisioned.

SEBI has filed another wishy-washy report on its investigations into alleged stock manipulations by the Adani group in the wake of the sensational Hindenburg report, which accused the group of gross violations and malpractices.

India may be heading towards a much intensified, aggressive, and confrontational workers and farmers movement in the country. On Quit India anniversary on August 9, the country witnessed a massive mobilization of workers and farmers, and only a fortnight later on August 24, their joint convention has called for a determined and decisive protests across the country against the policies of the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The best part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Greece visit, the first by an Indian PM in 40 years, was the Meghalaya Shawl and Chhattisgarh’s Dhokra Art, along with the Telangana Bidri Art vases, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted to the President and Prime Minister of Greece with their spouses equal recipients, an association that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not have to worry about.