Topic: Chinese Lunar Exploration Programme
Scientists reveal why North Magnetic Pole has shifted from Canada towards Siberia
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
The moon is becoming a hot destination for carmakers
Car companies in China and Japan are working with aerospace projects to build vehicles that could explore the moon in the next decade.
Apple cuts sales forecast, Tim Cook blames it on China sales, trade tensions
China lands probe on far side of moon and the partial US government shutdown enters 12th day.
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How to start solving America’s gun culture problem
America’s gun scourge is not about mental illness. It is, and always has been, about the 400 million guns that remain largely unregulated on the streets.
Modi govt won’t borrow extra this year to fund tax cuts, inflation target to stay at 4%
The cut in excise duty last week, coupled with an increase in fertiliser and food subsidies, is expected to cost the exchequer around Rs 3 lakh crore in the current financial year.
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What’s Combined Military Forces-Bahrain? US-backed coalition India joined on Quad sidelines
India is 35th member of the maritime counterterrorism partnership that also includes Pakistan, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany and Greece, among others.
Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.