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On August 20, a PCR call was received at PS Dwarka South regarding a quarrel at Manglik Apartment, Sec 6, Dwarka. The guard Sadashiv Jha was allegedly beaten by a person Sahil over a parking issue. The guard sustained an injury over his left eyebrow. A case was registered and medical examination of the alleged Sahil was also conducted and he was found to be under the influence of alcohol, said Delhi Police

BJP MP Sudhakar Shrangare in a letter submitted to the district collector said the works worth around Rs 1,500 crore are being carried out in Latur district in the Marathwada region under this scheme. Officials concerning Jal Jeevan Mission in the district and the contractor are prima facie responsible for the inferior quality of works. In some places, works are incomplete but bills have been issued. This is affecting the broader objective of this scheme, said Shrangare

Union Minister and the party's state unit president G Kishan Reddy on August 20, referring to alleged corrupt practices, said the ruling BRS government has become a "30 per cent share regime". "If someone wants to do business in this state, they will have to shell out a share to the BRS party. If anyone wants to construct apartments, they will have to give a flat to BRS leaders. The BRS government has transformed itself as a 30 per cent (share) regime," Reddy alleged.

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said, A total of Rs 2055 crore through various schemes on the birth anniversary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. Farmers have got this money during their harvesting season, he added.

"The crashing of Russia's Luna-25 is an unfortunate event. After about 47 years Russia had taken off Luna-25. This shows that you should never take anything for granted in space exploration...Chandrayaan-3 is just 25 km away from the moon's nearest elliptical orbit." he added

Former deputy mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation Tikendar Panwar on Sunday sat on a 24-hour hunger strike on Ridge Ground here, and urged introspection on Himachal Pradesh, development model in view of the recent rain-related devastation in the state. Panwar demanded an inquiry commission on the matter to be headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court to assess the flood related damages and design a new policy framework to counter it. He said the National Highway Authority of India and companies responsible for the construction of four-lane highways in the state should be prosecuted.

Space strategist P K Ghosh said, deeboosting is important to slow down the spacecraft and implement soft lunar landing. He added that Chandrayaan 3 will make a good landing on August 23. Commenting on Luna-25 crash, he said it is an unfortunate event. After about 47 years Russia had taken off Luna-25. This shows that you should never take anything for granted in space exploration.

Some members left the NCP as the Centre had launched an inquiry against them through the Enforcement Directorate (ED), party chief Sharad Pawar said here on August 20. Pawar said their claim that they wanted to be a part of the government for the cause of development was not true.

Deputy CM Shivakumar said that Congress government in Karnataka will convene all-party meeting on August 23 to discuss Cauvery water issue in view of low inflow into reservoir due to poor rainfall

Annapurni Subramaniam, director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics said, it appears that Roscosmos lost contact with the spacecraft and one of the manoeuvre malfunctioned and it crashed into moon. It is unfortunate to hear the news, it appears the angle and amount of thrusters used to slow down the spacecraft was miscalculated.

PM Modi is set to visit Brazil, Russia, India, and China economic Summit in Johannesberg, South Africa; India’s Sherpa Dhammu talks about the meeting’s agenda

--BRICS expansion

--Use of national currency for trading and economic activity amongst the BRICS countries

--Development dimension crucial for global south