Mumbai: At least 15 people were killed when a section of the Mumbai-Nagpur Super Samriddhi Expressway collapsed in Thane, Maharashtra. The accident happened at dawn in Shapur. Many people were injured in the accident. More people are suspected to be trapped in the debris. The rescue operation is being carried out by the National Disaster Response Force and the Fire Rescue Service.

The incident took place around 11 pm while the girder launching work for the bridge was underway. The under construction bridge is a part of the 701 km long expressway. So far 600 km of expressway between Igatpuri and Nagpur has been opened for public use. The MSRDC authorities had set a deadline of 2023 to complete the construction of the remaining 101 km to Thane, with plans to complete the work before the Lok Sabha elections in the first half of 2024.

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India’s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, has successfully completed orbits around the Earth and August 5, 2023, is the scheduled date for the Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI).

With the aim of exploring the moon’s surface, India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission is making significant strides. The spacecraft was launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on July 14th from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on an LVM3-M4 rocket, successfully completing its fourth orbital ascent maneuver, and currently has a circumference of 71,351 km x 233 km around the Earth.

ISRO thought Twitter announced that, “Chandrayaan-3 completes its orbits around the Earth and heads towards the Moon. A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit.” The big happy news added with the tweet is ‘Next stop: the Moon’.

The scheduled TransLunar injection on August 1st from 12:00pm to 1:00am is the next critical step for Chandrayaan 3. According to an ISRO official, the spacecraft has exited the orbit of its home planet and is now en route to the Moon’s vicinity following today’s trans-lunar injection (TLI).

The Chandrayaan-3 is composed of a Lander module (LM), a Propulsion module (PM), and a Rover.On August 17, the PM and LM would be separated. Before the power descent phase for the soft landing on the moon, a series of deboost maneuvers are also planned. The lander is scheduled to land on the moon’s surface on August 23 around 5.47 p.m.

India’s semi-high-speed train connecting Chennai and Tirunelveli will be flagged off by PM Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off the third Vande Bharat of Tamil Nadu on August 6. The new Vande Bharat is to be operated by connecting Chennai and Tirunelveli in 8 hours.

This new Vande Bharat train covers a distance of 658 km in 8 hours which will save up to 2 hours for the passengers compared to the regular trains. This third Vande Bharat train of Tamil Nadu comprises 8 coaches and stops only at two junctions namely Trichy and Madurai.

The Divisional Manager of Madurai inspected the three railway Stations such as Cheranmahadevi, Kallur and Palayamkottai for Possible locations for the Maintenance facility of the Vande Bharat train. According to officials, the needed commitments for the introduction of the new Vande Bharat train on this trail are proceeding on and soon the trial runs will get underway.

This will be the Third Vande Bharat train in Tamil Nadu where two Vande Bharat train services are currently running including Chennai Central to Mysoor via Bangalore and another one from Chennai to Coimbatore. 

On February 15, 2019, The first Vande Bharat Express was launched by the Prime Minister, running between New Delhi and Varanasi. As of now, 25 Vande Bharat trains are running across the country. 

Vande Bharat train sets are manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Chennai, symbolizing the initiative of ‘Make-In-India’ and showcasing India’s engineering skills resulting in the revolution in India’s rail travel.

Imphal:  Protests continue against the deployment of more police in Manipur’s Moreli. The government decided to deploy more police after the houses of Meiteis in More were set on fire. But more than 400 women stopped the police who reached the spot. The governor urged everyone to come together to restore peace and harmony in the state. Meanwhile, after Manipur, the Mizoram government has started taking steps to register the fingerprints of those who came illegally from Myanmar.

The Supreme Court will hear cases related to the Manipur riots today. Consider the case of women being stripped naked and gang-raped by the Supreme Court. The central government has informed the Supreme Court in an affidavit that the case has been handed over to the CBI. The central government wants the case to be transferred outside Manipur. The decision of the court in this regard may be taken today. Petitions filed by various organizations will also be considered.

Imphal: A 12-year-old girl was injured in a shooting incident in Manipur. Salima, a native of Kwakta, was injured. On the way to school, the child was shot in the back of the body and admitted to the hospital. Salima is a third-class student of Radiant Public School.

At the same time, the Supreme Court will consider the petitions filed today asking for steps to be taken for peace in Manipur. The Supreme Court is also considering a suo moto in the case of two women being stripped naked and brutally tortured in Manipur. A two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is hearing the petitions. The Manipur government will inform the Supreme Court about the steps taken in the case. It has been decided to inform the court that the case has been handed over to the CBI and the recommendation to conduct the trial outside Manipur.