WTF: With Moon Landing, India Stamps Its Space Ambitions

25-Aug-23 09:30

WTF: With Moon Landing, India Stamps Its Space Ambitions

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The Morning Run crew condenses the top conversations from the week, and keeps you clued in on the stories you might have missed. In this episode, we discuss the enlarged membership of BRICS; the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear plant waste water release; and India's entry into the space race.

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Produced by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Mark Tan, Shazana Mokhtar, Philip See

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Categories: international, politics, government, economy, environment

Tags: india moon launch, chandrayaan-3, fukushima nuclear plant, brics, donald trump,

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