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BRICS Summit: Prime Minister Modi communicates with prominent scientists during his tour to South Africa
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At the 15th BRICS Summit in
South Africa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with different
individuals: Dr Himla Soodyall, an outstanding geneticist, and Siyabulela Xuza,
a rocket scientist. The conference centred on disease screening and the future
of energy. Dr Soodyall delivered her honour at a meeting with the Prime
Minister, displaying their conversation about her research on genetics and its
connections to India. She also discussed their deal on global problems and
regional action, increasing his strong leadership in a culturally active pact
between the two nations. As a young South African inventor, Xuza admired Modi's
genuine concern for shared difficulties, such as economic growth impacting
India and Africa and the changing climates. He appreciated Modi's loyalty to
the continent and his promise to address these critical issues.
Russia’s first Moon mission
ends in a crash in 47 years
Russia’s first moon mission, the
Luna-25 probe, in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident
during the pre-landing manoeuvre, Russian space agency Roscosmos said. Luna was
supposed to land a few days ahead of India’s Chandrayaan 3 Moon mission. It
lost connection with the aircraft as it halted into pre-landing orbit, as
stated by the Space Agency. On 19th August, the contact interruption of Luna25
started losing from 14:57 MST. The precautions were taken on 19th and 20th
August in search of the device, but no results were found. Later, on the 20th,
Luna-25 was found to be crashed. Roscosmos stated that a special commission
would investigate why it failed as a mission. The loss of Luna-25 is a big blow
to Roscosmos.
Trash fire 'emergency' chokes citizens on Indonesia's Java
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The local council announced a
days-long fire at a landfill in Indonesia's most crowded province as an
emergency as thick smoke from the blaze choked nearby residents, officials said
on Friday, 25th August. The fire at the Sarimukti landfill in Indonesia's West
Java Colony - which serves the city of Bandung, where 2.5 million people live-
has been burning since Tuesday. At least 65 people who live near the landfill
have been suffering from mild respiratory infections, and a few were hospitalized
due to the effects of the toxic fire, as per a local health clinic. The head of
an Islamic middle school 6km from the fire said students were advised to stay
home because of the harmful gas in the air.
Spain's Goal-Scorer was
informed about her father's death Just after the women's World Cup Final
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Spain Soccer Skipper Olga Carmona scored the winning goal in the FIFA Women's World Cup Final against England. She was informed about her Father's death news right after the game ended. According to the Media release by the Spanish FA, Carmona's Father was ill for many days and died two days before the Final match. Her family decided not to inform her about the incident before their daughter's World Cup Final game. The Spanish football federation also paid their condolences in a statement announcing the news: "The @RFEF profoundly regrets to report the death of Olga Carmona's Father. The soccer player heard the sad news after the World Cup final.
Denmark plans jail for burning Quran in public
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The Danish government has banned
setting the Quran get-off in public after a series of burnings led to chaos in
Muslim countries.
Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard
stated such burning hurt Denmark and risked the safety of Danes.
The planned law will make wrong
treatment of the Quran or Bible criminal violence punishable by a fine and jail
sentence of two years.
Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen
said Denmark had observed 170 demonstrations in the last few weeks, including
burning the Quran in front of foreign embassies.
Denmark's PET intelligence service
has been aware that the latest incidents have expanded the terrorist threat.
Neighbouring Country Sweden has also
seen a series of Quran burning, and its security service has been made aware of
a hopeless security situation. In July, the protesters appointed the Swedish
embassy in Iraq an alight.
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