Morning brief: India's Chandrayaan-3 prepares for historic moon landing, & more

India is set to make history on Wednesday (August 23) as Chandrayaan-3 attempts to land at the Moon's South Pole. If the mission is successful, India will elevate itself to a select group of nations that have achieved the momentous feat of soft lunar landings.

The Russia-Ukraine war rages on with a series of Ukrainian drone strikes continuing to shake Russia's capital city Moscow with the latest strike early Wednesday when an under-construction building in the central region was hit.

In other news, Thailand’s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was shifted to a hospital overnight on the first night of his jail, a few hours after he returned to the country from years of exile.

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India is all set to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole. It has emerged asa historic moment for the world's most populous nation and its rapidly growing space sector.

A series of Ukrainian drone strikes continue to shake Moscow with the latest one being on early Wednesday (August 23) when an under-construction building in the central Russian capital region was hit, media reports said quotingthecity’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

Thailand’s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was shifted to a hospital overnight from his detention as he faced health issues of heart and high blood pressure on the first night of his jail, a few hours after he returned to the country from years of exile, said police.

In an attempt to keep up with X, formerly known as Twitter, Meta on Tuesday (August 22) announced the launch of its web version of the Threads app. Having launched the app in July, Meta has been hit with a reality check in recent weeks as it attempts torebuild consumer interest.

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