Morning Digest | India-U.S. proposal lists Rauf Asghar role in JeM attacks; Ukraine ‘preparing for tragedy’ at nuclear plant, and more

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From IC-814 to Pulwama, India-U.S. proposal lists Rauf Asghar role in every JeM terror attack

Rauf Asghar, the brother of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, organised, planned and executed the IC-814 hijacking in December 1999 that finally ended after the Vajpayee government agreed to release his brother Masood Azhar and two other major terrorists, India and the U.S. said in their joint proposal to the UN Security Council, that detailed a number of attacks Asghar masterminded, from the Parliament attack to Pulwama bombing.

Government sources said China’s hold came despite the fact that India and the U.S. had provided “incontrovertible evidence” against Rauf Asghar for the terror listing.

Ukraine ‘preparing for tragedy’ at nuclear plant, U.N. chief calls for demilitarised zone

Ukraine’s interior minister said on Thursday that Ukraine had to be ready for any scenario at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that has been shelled, including evacuating people from the area. Ukraine and Russia-installed local officials blamed each other for a new volley of shelling on Thursday at the nuclear power plant — Europe’s biggest — which lies in southern Ukraine.

An anomaly for two seconds led to SSLV mission’s underperformance: ISRO chief

Following the failure of the ISRO’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) debut mission from Sriharikota on August 7, chairman S. Somnath tells The Hindu that “an anomaly” for two seconds in one of the accelerometers in the launch vehicle led to the mission’s underperformance. He explained at length what went wrong and answered a range of questions.