Top news of the day: ISRO to launch Aditya-L1 mission on September 2; U.K. flights getting delayed, cancelled as ‘technical issue’ hits air traffic control, and more

Top news updates from The Hindu on August 28, 2023

Aditya-L1, first space-based Indian observatory to study the sun, to be launched on Sept. 2

Aditya-L1, first space-based Indian observatory to study the sun, will be launched on September 2, ISRO announced on August 28. The spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the sun-earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the earth. It is expected to take more than 120 days for the spacecraft to reach the L1. Meanwhile, ISRO also said that the Pragyan rover on the lunar surface came across a 4-meter diameter crater positioned 3 meters ahead of its location. The rover was then commanded to retrace the path and that it was heading on the new path, ISRO said.

U.K. air traffic control says ‘technical issue’ hitting flights on busy travel day

Britain’s air traffic control system said it is experiencing a “technical issue” that could delay flights on August 28, the end of a holiday weekend and a busy day for air traffic travel. The National Air Traffic Service said it had “applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety. Engineers are working to find and the fix the fault.” Scottish airline Loganair said there has been “a network-wide failure of U.K. air traffic control computer systems.”

Supreme Court says it is a ‘problem’ if J&K academic was suspended for appearing in Article 370 case

The Supreme Court on August 28 asked the Attorney General of India to look into the suspension of a senior Kashmiri lecturer, Zaroor Ahmed Bhat, from his job by the Jammu and Kashmir administration in close succession of his arguing his challenge to the abrogation of Article 370 before the top court. “Mr. Attorney General, please use your good offices to see what happened. Somebody who appears in this court is suspended. Talk to the Lieutenant Governor… If there is some other reason, apart from his appearance in this court, that’s different… But this suspension happens in close succession to his appearance before us… just see what happened,” Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud addressed the country’s top law officer R. Venkataramani.

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