Morning Digest | ISRO successfully reduces Lander Module orbit bringing it closer to the moon; Centre imposes 40% duty on onion exports, to offload stocks, and more

Chandrayaan-3: ISRO successfully reduces Lander Module orbit bringing it closer to moon The ISRO on August 20 said it successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission's Lander Module, further bringing it nearer to the moon. CSIR’s new lotus variety ‘Namoh 108’ a ‘grand gift’ to PM Modi: Science Minister Science Minister Jitendra Singh unveiled a variety of lotus called ‘Namoh 108’ at a function in the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, and described it as a “grand gift to the relentless zeal and innate beauty of Shri Narendra Modi, coming as it does in the tenth year of his tenure as the Prime Minister.” Criminals hatched conspiracy in jail to murder Bihar journalist Convicts hatched the conspiracy to kill Dainik Jagran journalist Vimal Kumar Yadav, who was shot dead on Friday. G20 countries to continue strengthening global health architecture The G20 Health Ministers’ meeting saw the unanimous adoption of the Indian Health Ministry spear-headed outcome document, agreed upon by all G20 delegations, except for a contentious paragraph on the ongoing war in Ukraine in the 25-point document. Mallikarjun Kharge cites CAG report to slam ‘lies’ about UDAN scheme Citing a Comptroller and Auditor General report that said that the Centre’s flagship UDAN scheme did not work on 93% of the routes, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that the common people only got “lies and jumlas ” from the Narendra Modi government.