World News transistor • 12mo ago • 100%

Air pollution: Delhi air turns very poor but 'worst is yet to come'

www.bbc.com

Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh burn crop remains to clear their fields for the next sowing cycle. Northwest winds coming from these states will also pick up speed gradually, carrying smoke from stubble burning into Delhi, according to air quality forecast agency SAFAR. India's pollution problem, however, is not just limited to Delhi and Indian cities routinely dominate global pollution rankings. Last week, India's financial capital Mumbai witnessed a drop in air quality, overtaking Delhi several times this month. Officials said that withdrawing rains and constructions work caused the rise in pollution levels in the city.

Technology transistor • 1y ago • 99%

India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first

India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon.

World News transistor • 1y ago • 94%

A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years

www.thehindu.com

“Study of the moon is not the goal,” said Vitaly Egorov, a popular Russian space analyst. “The goal is political competition between two superpowers — China and the USA — and a number of other countries which also want to claim the title of space superpower.”