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it was an chennai.a spectator at that match and he said his dream of becoming a world champion started then. >> i really wanted to be the one to bring back the title to india. is dream that i had more than 10 years ago has been the single most important in my life so far. anchor: what will this do for chess not only in india but around the world? >> it will be massive. the first time india had a world champion, it was their first-ever grand master. they did not have another one. w i believe they have 100. and i believe they are completing -- creating a few new ones every month. it is hard to understate how crazy this will get in india. it will be a hero's welcome of epic proportions. everyone will congratulate him. he may have to stay inside for a little while. it could get a little rowdy. i am so happy for him. i hope this spreads around the world. i thought there would be a similar boom in china but it was not quite as strong. anchor: this talk more about the former champion. he decided not to defend

the rocket blasted off from a site north of chennai, carrying two small spacecraft which will test the space docking is crucial for man travel to the moon or supporting a space station. delhi hopes to become only the fourth nation with such technology after pressure, the united states, and china. prime minister narendra modi has announced plans to send a person to the moon by 2040. astronomers are eagerly waiting a celestial event that happens once every 80 years involving a star system. researchers across the globe will be looking to the skies to catch a glimpse of it with the hope that it will allow them to study the star in more detail than ever before. earlier, i spoke to jane clark, vice chair of the cardiff astrological society. >> forecasting these things are like forecasting the weather on steroids. around the world we have all of these wonderful satellites and things with loads of data. this thing is 30,000 light years away. we have no data out there. >> this is a death star basically. so how is it that it can come back to life? >> almost. it is a pair of stars. most stars are

the indian—made rocket blasted off from a site north of chennai, carrying two small spacecraft which, or supporting a space station. delhi hopes to become only the fourth country with such technology, after russia, the united states and china. prime minister narendra modi has previously announced plans to send a person to the moon by twenty—forty. plans to send a person to the moon by 2040. the amount of gravity and a white stove is just beyond belief. it is a million times stronger as our gravity. it is really hard is worse if you are to stand on the service, it is a toss—up whether you get crushed by the remedy of fred ferris. it is a red giant. it is huge, full service of gravity is quite a week so it grabs me to fit which falls in. it gets blonde in a by this ultra—strong gravity it is so crash at the nuclear reaction start and it is like having the size of the earth. it is like having your worst nightmare go on around the surface, the size of the earth and this will burn very brightly for about a week. jane clark there. you stay with us, plenty more coming up right here on bbc n

the indian—made rocket blasted off from a site north of chennai, carrying two small spacecraft whichthe moon, or supporting a space station. delhi hopes to become only the fourth country with such technology, after russia, the united states and china. prime minister narendra modi has previously announced plans to send a person to the moon by 2040. now it's pretty much a once in a lifetime event, as the chance to glimpse the star known as t bor cor with the naked eye happensjust once every 80 years. the boost to its brightness comes from going "nova", releasing a huge burst of energy built up over the previous eight decades. astronomers now believe this rare celestial event may be imminent. earlier i spoke to jane clarke, vice—chair at cardiff astronomical society. the forecast of these things is like forecasting the weather on steroids, because, you know, around the earth, we've got all these wonderful weather satellites and things and loads and loads of data. this thing is 30,000 light—years away. we've got none of out there. 0k, we've got none of out there. ok, now this is a dead s

it has tech hubs in bangalore, chennai, delhi and mumbai.attracts a large amount of venture capital funding. other countries have surprising strengths as well. malaysia has the most graduates in science and engineering as a proportion of people who've gone on to post-secondary education, namibia spends the most on education as a proportion of its gdp in terms of a global outlook, this report contains some notes of caution, science and innovation investments slowed down after the pandemic and with higher interest rates, their future is uncertain. we need faster progress on developing environmentally sound policies and technologies. still, it's impossible to read this report and not feel a certain sense of optimism about the future. the big story is really about the spread of technology and the diffusion of knowledge more broadly, as the innovation report notes, technology is advancing rapidly everywhere. computing power is growing. more people are buying electric vehicles and using robotics. the cost of sequencing a genome has fallen from abo