1. Chandrayaan-3 landing module is expected to reach the moon’s surface today 6.04 p.m. Bengaluru-based ISRO will provide a live stream from the mission control room in Bengaluru. You can watch it on ISRO’s YouTube channel.
2. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will chair an all-party meeting today over the Cauvery water sharing issue. Water sharing with Tamil Nadu is back in the headlines following a rain deficit. Tamil Nadu has approached Supreme Court demanding release of water. The plea is to be heard by a three-judge bench on August 25. Opposition parties have been accusing the ruling Congress of ‘betraying’ State’s interests by releasing water to Tamil Nadu.
3. NIMHANS is organizing the inaugural programme of the platinum jubilee year of the establishment of the All India Institute of Mental Health. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, 27th head and custodian of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore, will be the chief guest. Dr. Sharana Prakash R. Patil, Minister for Medical Education and Skill Development, Dr. G.N. Narayana Reddy, former Professor of Neurosurgery and Director, NIMHANS, will be guests of honour at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, opposite Lakkasandra bus stop at 11 a.m.
