Morning news brief: Pragyan strolls on Moon, chaotic first Republican debate, and more
Morning news brief
Hours after India's Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Moon, the Pragyan rover, nestled inside the Vikram lander, took its first steps on the lunar surface. In other news, ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, the Republican party held its first debate where things got heated amongst the GOP leaders.
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As of August 23, three of four vehicles associated with India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing mission had done their job flawlessly - the LVM3 rocket (life of 16mins), propulsion module(continues to orbit the moon) and 'Vikram' lander module (safely near the Lunar South Pole).
First Republican presidential debate, as it happened | GOP leaders spar over Ukraine
The first Republican presidential primary was a heated affair, despite former president Donald Trump giving it a pass. Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis' engaged in verbal battles as the voters had the first instance of gauging the policies of the GOP leaders.
Russia's Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash, say reports
A private charter plane that was carrying seven people and three crew memberscrashed on Wednesday (Aug 23) when it was on its way toSt. Petersburg from Moscow, triggering reports ofRussian mercenary group Wagner chiefYevgeny Prigozhin's death in the accident, Russian news media reported.
BRICS paves way for expansion, agrees on framework to add new member nations
Leaders of the BRICS bloc, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, have reached an agreement to establish mechanisms for evaluating potential new member nations, revealed South Africa's Foreign Minister, as reported by Reuters.
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