On August 12, the nation remembered and celebrated the 106th birth anniversary of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the legendary physicist, and widely known as Father of India’s Space Programme.

European heads of state and government said in a statement that Ukrainians must have the freedom to decide their future and that a diplomatic solution must protect Ukrainian and European interests.

Vladimir Putin is set to become the first Russian president to visit Alaska, a territory Moscow sold to the US in 1867 for $7.2 million, assuming a summit with US President Donald Trump goes ahead there on Friday as planned.