Indo Daily
November 20, 2024
SOLAR SCIENCE
Getting Proba-3 ready for launch



Paris, France (SPX) Nov 14, 2024
Proba-3's Coronagraph spacecraft recently underwent a crucial 'fit check' with the launcher payload adapter, preparing it for its scheduled launch aboard an Indian PSLV-XL rocket on 4 December. Arriving at the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre earlier this month, the twin satellites completed functional testing at the SP-1B facility. This phase confirmed the spacecraft remained fully operational after their transit from Europe. Following these tests, the ... read more

MISSILE NEWS
India hails 'historic' hypersonic missile test flight
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 17, 2024
Nuclear-armed India has tested its first hypersonic missile, the defence minister said Sunday, publicising the super-fast high-tech weapon days after rival China showcased its latest military aviation powers. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Illegal farm fires fuel Indian capital's smog misery
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 19, 2024
The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fuelling a toxic smog choking millions including in the capital New Delhi, government monitors said Tuesday. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
India's capital shuts schools as 'death trap' smog chokes city
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 18, 2024
India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
India's capital shuts schools because of smog
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 18, 2024
India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the sprawling megacity's health crisis. ... more
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India's capital shuts schools as smog exceeds 60 times WHO limit
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 18, 2024
India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Smog drops from hazardous to unhealthy in Pakistan's Lahore
Islamabad (AFP) Nov 17, 2024
The air quality in Pakistan's smog-choked city of Lahore on Sunday fell below the threshold considered "hazardous" for humans for the first time in two weeks. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Bangladesh extends armed forces judicial powers
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 17, 2024
Bangladesh's interim government has extended the judicial powers of the armed forces granted after the August revolution that toppled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap polls
Colombo (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections that repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis. ... more

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Pakistan's policies hazy as it fights smog
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
From banning tuk-tuks and barbecues to demolishing old brick kilns, Pakistan's government is pushing a series of measures to fight record-breaking smog. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap polls
Colombo (AFP) Nov 15, 2024
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections that repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
India's capital shuts all primary schools due to smog
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 14, 2024
India's capital New Delhi ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice on Thursday night due to worsening smog in the sprawling megacity. ... more
AEROSPACE
Airlines around Asia ground Bali flights after volcano erupts
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 13, 2024
Airlines in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia and Singapore cancelled flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Wednesday, after a nearby volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Pakistan's record smog triggers anguish and anxiety
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 13, 2024
On the streets of Pakistan's second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Indonesians drill for disaster before tsunami anniversary
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 13, 2024
Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of its 20th anniversary next month. ... more
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ENERGY NEWS
Bangladesh's Yunus seethes over climate cash fight; I.Coast to create $500 mn
Baku (AFP) Nov 13, 2024
In the three months since becoming Bangladesh's interim leader following a student-led revolution, Muhammad Yunus has endured political turmoil, impatient cries for elections, and destructive flooding across the low-lying nation. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Toxic smog smothering India's capital smashes WHO limit
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 13, 2024
Residents of India's capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. ... more
WOOD PILE
Drowning mangroves in Maldives signal global coastal risk
London, UK (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
Mangrove forests in the Maldives are facing a severe threat as they succumb to rising sea levels and climate changes, according to a new study led by Northumbria University researchers and published ... more
WATER WORLD
Drinking water outage hits half of France's Mayotte
Mamoudzou (AFP) Nov 12, 2024
Around half the people in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte were without potable water Tuesday after a "technical incident" at a treatment plant, a local authority said in a statement. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Pakistan's record smog triggers anguish and anxiety
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 11, 2024
On the streets of Pakistan's second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows. ... more
TECTONICS
NISAR satellite to offer precise monitoring of Earth's surface movements
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2024
Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure. Earth's surface is in a state of continuous mot ... more
BIO FUEL
Sacred cow: coal-hungry India eyes bioenergy to cut carbon
Barsana, India (AFP) Nov 8, 2024
Venerated as incarnations of Hindu deities, India's sacred cows are also being touted as agents of energy transition by a government determined to promote biogas production to cut its dependence on coal. ... more
UAV NEWS
Indian capital plans drone flights to combat smog crisis
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 8, 2024
India's capital unveiled plans Friday to fly special drones to clear pollution from its smog-choked skies - a plan derided by experts as another "band-aid" solution to a public health crisis. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
India's Hindus bathe in holy river defiled by pollution
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 7, 2024
Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a grim display of environmental degradation in India's capital. ... more
EPIDEMICS
Spread of dengue fever in Bangladesh worries medics
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 7, 2024
Bangladesh is struggling to tamp down a surge in dengue cases as climate change turns the disease into a year-round crisis, leaving some paediatric wards packed with children squeezed two to a bed. ... more
ICE WORLD
The shifting history of North America's ancient ice sheet
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2024
Imagining a vast ice sheet sprawling over Canada and extending down into what is now the northern United States, reaching as far south as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, helps ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Smog sickness: India's capital struggles as pollution surges
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 5, 2024
The toxic smog season in India's capital has just begun, but those unable to escape cancer-causing poisonous fumes say the hazardous impact on health is already taking its toll. ... more
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ROBO SPACE
Paradigm Shift in Science: From Big Data to Autonomous Robot Scientists
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 04, 2024
In a recent study led by Professor Xin Li and Dr. Yanlong Guo of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers analyze how scientific research is evolving throu ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Europe dispatches Proba-3 satellites to India for December eclipse mission
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 03, 2024
ESA's Proba-3 mission, designed to create a solar eclipse in space, is leaving Europe to head to its Indian launch site. The mission's two spacecraft, designed to align precisely in orbit so one wil ... more
WAR REPORT
Bangladeshi killed in air strike in Lebanon: govt
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 3, 2024
A Bangladeshi worker died in a air strike in Lebanon, Dhaka's foreign ministry said Sunday, as the Israeli bombardment hampered efforts to repatriate citizens. ... more
THE STANS
Three suspected rebels killed in Indian Kashmir clashes
Mumbai (AFP) Nov 2, 2024
Indian security forces killed three suspected militants in two separate firefights in disputed Kashmir, the army and a senior police official said Saturday. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
India's capital chokes in smog after firework ban flouted
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 1, 2024
India's capital New Delhi was wreathed in poisonous smog Friday, with air pollution worsening after a fireworks ban was widely flouted for raucous celebrations for the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali. ... more
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