National News 

Chandrayaan 3

• India has created a new history with Chandrayaan-3's Vikram Lander stepping on the Moon's South Pole.
• India has become the first country to achieve this feat.

ISRO 

 International news

 BRICS Summit

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg.
• On this occasion, he proposed a collaboration with the BRICS Space Exploration Consortium, which would focus on space research and weather monitoring.

BRICS

India-Russia

• External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed bilateral and international issues.
• This meeting of the two ministers was on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Russia

Defense news

Fighter Jet Tejas

• Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has successfully flight tested the indigenous beyond visual range air-to-air missile Astra.
• Astra is a state-of-the-art supersonic missile. This air-to-air missile is capable of engaging and destroying targets.

Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) 

Person In News  

CR Rao

• CR Rao, the great Indian-American statistician, has passed away at the age of 102.
• Kalyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was awarded the National Medal of Science, the country's highest award, by the then US President George Bush.

Relevant Facts

Sports News 

ISSF World Shooting Championship

• India's Amanpreet Singh has won the gold medal in the 25m standard pistol event at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
• In the women's 25m individual event, Tiana, Yashita Shokeen and Kritika Sharma were out of medal contention.
• With 5 gold and 4 bronze medals, India's tally now stands at 9 medals.

India-Ireland T20 cricket match

• India has won the 3 T20 International cricket series with Ireland by 2-0.
• The decision came after the third and final T20 match in Dublin was called off due to incessant rain.

BCCI