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Japan has said the gradual release into the sea of more than 500 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water is safe, a view backed by the UN atomic agency   The decision came same day the Japanese government announced it would start discharging the water Hong Kong:  A government minister announced Tuesday that Hong Kong would exclude "aquatic products" from 10 Japanese prefectures after mayor John Lee criticized Tokyo's plans to dump water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear facility into the ocean. Twelve years after the Fukushima tragedy, Japan has claimed that the gradual discharge of more than 500 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water into the sea is safe. The UN atomic agency supports this claim. The second-largest recipient of food items from Japan after mainland China, Hong Kong, as well as neighboring South Korea and China, have all strongly opposed the move. Tse Chin-wan, Hong Kong's Secretary for Environment and Ecology, stated during a news conference t...

PM Modi said that BRICS has been actively engaged in fostering a robust collaboration agenda across diverse sectors, and serves as a platform to deliberate upon issues of significance for the entire Global South.       PM Modi said he looks forward to holding bilateral meetings with some of the leaders in Johannesburg. New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left on a four-day trip to Greece and South Africa. PM Modi will travel to South Africa to attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg from August 22–24 at Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa's invitation. According to PM Modi, BRICS has been actively promoting a robust agenda of collaboration across all sectors and acts as a forum for discussion of problems important to the whole Global South. PM Modi stated that he is eager to meet with "some of the leaders present in Johannesburg" on a personal level. "BRICS has been pursuing a robust agenda of sector-specific collaboration . We appreciate that the BRICS have evolv...

Moscow claims to have thwarted a string of Ukrainian marine drone attacks on its warships, including last Thursday evening, when it said a drone attacked its Black Sea Fleet.   Russia Moscow:  The second boat that Russia claimed to have attacked in the last few hours was a Ukrainian military boat that was destroyed by its forces on Tuesday in the Black Sea. According to Moscow's defense ministry, a Russian army aircraft shot down a US-built Willard Sea Force speedboat carrying a Ukrainian landing force on August 22 at approximately 11:00 Moscow time (0800 GMT) east of Snake Island. Following the failure of a deal last month to assure safe navigation for grain ships in the Black Sea, both Ukraine and Russia have increased activities in the region. Moscow asserts that it has prevented a number of drone attacks by Ukrainian marines on its warships, including one that it alleges occurred last Thursday night when a drone allegedly targeted its Black Sea Fleet.

"So long as Pakistan is an albatross around our necks, we just will not be able to take our due place in the world. It is ludicrous to suggest that India is the 'vishwaguru' when we don't know what to do with our neighbour," Mr Aiyar claimed.     Mani Shankar Aiyar dedicated a full chapter to his Pakistan stint in his autobiography.  New Delhi:  Mani Shankar Aiyar, a former diplomat who is now a politician, is advocating for the restart of conversation with Pakistan and claims that without it, India won't be able to assume its proper position in the world. He calls Pakistan a "albatross around our necks." The Congress leader has devoted a whole chapter to his time in Pakistan in his autobiography, Memoirs of a Maverick -- The First Fifty Years (1941-1991), which was released on Monday. The Congress leader was India's consul general in Karachi from December 1978 to January 1982. Mr. Aiyar remarked in an interview with Press Trust of India about hi...

On Wednesday evening, the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 will attempt a soft landing on the moon surface with the Pragyaan rover in its belly Yogi Adityanath has announced that 'Chandrayaan-3's landing will be telecastes in all state-run schools Lucknow:  'Chandrayaan-3's' lunar landing would be broadcast live in all State-run schools in Uttar Pradesh, according to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Schools will open up especially for the viewing for an hour in the evening. The Chandrayaan-3 moon landing process will be broadcast live on the ISRO website, YouTube channel, and DD National on August 23 at 5:27 p.m., according to guidelines from the State government's education ministry, according to the Uttar Pradesh government. In such a case, special meetings should be scheduled in educational institutions from 5.15 to 6.15 pm in order to make arrangements for live telecast. The Pragyaan rover will attempt a gentle landing on the surface of the moon on Wednesda...