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Today's Headlines - 26 August 2024

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Largest cross-border attacks

GS Paper - II

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah exchanged fire in the early hours of 25 August 2024, in one of the largest cross-border attacks in months.

 

Polaris Dawn

GS Paper - III

Polaris Dawn will be the first non-government mission to perform a spacewalk. But not only that — it’ll do that about 700 kilometers (435 miles) above Earth.

 

Lithium brine extraction

GS Paper - III

According to a new study, Chile’s Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimetres per year due to lithium brine extraction — a process in which salt-rich water is pumped to the surface and into a series of evaporation ponds to eventually obtain lithium.

 

Tanager-1

GS Paper - III

A satellite developed by a coalition of companies and organisations, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

 

Vigyan Dhara and biotech initiatives

GS Paper - II

The Centre approved two key science initiatives to strengthen the research base and accelerate search for science and technology solutions to some of the country’s pressing needs in sectors like clean energy.

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