From specialized motors to the use of machine learning algorithms, Turkey’s billion-dollar hair-transplant industry is the result of a constant process of innovation.

At BIT Mesra in Ranchi, a three-woman team has trained AI to detect and analyse lunar craters. The ISRO-backed work could support crater dating, navigation planning and future Moon landing missions.

Maks Makarenkov couldn't help but smile on car rides through the capital city. He saw homes with blue and yellow flags pinned in their windows or dangling from flagpoles.