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Morning Digest | India’s first solar observatory mission Aditya-L1 launches today; ED arrests Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in bank fraud case, and more

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Preparations in the final phase for India’s maiden solar mission, Aditya L1 onboard the PSLV-C57, ahead of its launch on Sept. 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s first solar observatory mission Aditya-L1 to be launched at 11.50 a.m. today India’s first solar observatory mission, named Aditya-L1, will be launched onboard the Polar Satellite Launch…

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Russia deploys ICBM that Putin says will make enemies ‘think twice’

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In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in northwestern Russia. File. | Photo Credit: AP The head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said on September 1 that the country has deployed an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that President Vladimir Putin once said will…

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Mohamed Al-Fayed, Billionaire Whose Son Died With Princess Diana, Dead At 94

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Al-Fayed died on Wednesday – a day before his son and Princess Diana’s 26th death anniversary London: Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the British royal family was behind the death of his son and Princess Diana, has died, his family said….

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Poland Denies Military Helicopter Breached Belarus Airspace

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Belarus said the incident took place over the Grodno region on the border. (Representational) Warsaw, Poland: Poland on Friday denied a military helicopter had breached Belarus’s airspace, calling Minsk’s claims “lies and provocations” at a time of escalating tensions between the neighbours. Relations between Minsk and Warsaw, frozen for years, have hit new lows since…

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Nigeria’s Tinubu to attend G20 summit to promote investment

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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu plans to attend the G20 summit in India to try to promote foreign investment in Africa’s largest economy and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure, his spokesman said on Friday. Mr. Tinubu has embarked on the country’s boldest reforms in decades, which…

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Russia Adds Nobel Prize Winning Journalist Dmitry Muratov To List Of ‘Foreign Agents’

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Russia accused Dmitry Muratov of creating, distributing content from other foreign agents. (File) Moscow, Russia: Russia on Friday added respected journalist and Nobel Prize co-recipient Dmitry Muratov to its list of foreign agents, a label authorities commonly use to stifle critics. The move targeting the editor of Russia’s top independent publication Novaya Gazeta is part…

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Ecuador Prisoners Release 57 Guards, Police: Jail Authorities

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Authorities announced the hostage-takings on Thursday. (Representational) Quito, Ecuador: Inmates in six Ecuadoran prisons on Friday released the 50 guards and seven police officers who had been taken hostage in the latest spasm of narcotics-related mayhem, the state prison institute said. The prison guards and police “were freed and are undergoing medical evaluation to verify…

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Russia declares Nobel-winning editor Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russian authorities on September 1 declared newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, to be a foreign agent, continuing the country’s moves to suppress critics and independent reporting. Russian law allows for individuals and organizations receiving funding from abroad…

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Meta, Google May Have To Pay $170 Million To Canada Under Online News Act

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Effectively, the bill only targets Google and Meta. (Representational) Ottawa, Canada: Ottawa on Friday spelled out how a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for news content will work in practice, including how much it could cost Meta and Google. The bill aims to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen…

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Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean gets 18 years in prison, tying for longest sentence in Jan. 6 attack

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Proud Boys members including Zachary Rehl, left, Ethan Nordean, center, and Joseph Biggs, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for his role…

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