Today’s Top News Headlines and Latest News at 10:30 am on 23 August 2023

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In top national news: A wave of anticipation swept the country as the Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 prepared to make a “safe and soft landing” on the surface of the Moon today evening. If all goes to plan, the Moon landing will make India the first country to land a spacecraft on the lunar south pole, the finest moment to date of its space programme — and end the disappointment over the crash-landing of the Chandrayaan-2 lander four years ago. The ISRO, in a social media post-Tuesday, said the Mission Operations Complex (MOX) has been buzzing with “energy” and “excitement”....