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February 18, 2025
EARTH OBSERVATION
BlackSky Secures Multi-Year Contracts to Enhance India's Earth Observation Capabilities



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has secured multiple long-term contracts valued in the eight-figure range to support the advancement of India's commercial Earth observation sector. These agreements include exclusive access to subscription-based, low-latency, high-frequency imagery and AI-powered analytics services. Additionally, BlackSky will provide a high-resolution Earth observation satellite along with launch support operations and on-orbit maintenance services. "It is a privilege to con ... read more

CIVIL NUCLEAR
India PM Modi ends foreign tour with nuclear deals in pipeline
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a whistle-stop diplomatic tour Friday having secured significant pledges of support from Washington and Paris to help step up his country's nuclear energy programme. ... more
THE STANS
India, Pakistan exchange fire across Kashmir border: reports
Srinagar, India (AFP) Feb 13, 2025
Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire across the heavily militarised Kashmir frontier that divides the two archrivals, with at least four casualties reported by the Pakistani side Thursday. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
India capital shaken by 4.0-magnitude quake
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 17, 2025
India's capital New Delhi was jolted awake Monday by powerful tremors from a magnitude 4.0 earthquake, with its epicentre on the edge of the sprawling megacity an hour before dawn. ... more
FIRE STORM
Almost half of remote French island hit by wildfire; Argentina's northern prairies consumed by fires
Paris (AFP) Feb 10, 2025
A remote island that is part of France's French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean has seen half of its territory hit by a wildfire that has raged since mid-January, forcing the evacuation of scientists and military based there, authorities said. ... more
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DEMOCRACY
Indian PM's party celebrates landslide New Delhi win
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 8, 2025
India's Hindu-nationalist ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated a landslide victory Saturday in key elections in the capital province Delhi, with the former chief minister suffering a crushing defeat. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Meta plans undersea cable to link five continents
Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2025
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing artificial intelligence. ... more
TRADE WARS
Macron courts Modi in quest for geopolitical 'independence'
Marseille (AFP) Feb 12, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited southern France with a packed schedule on Wednesday, fostering a relationship that Paris sees as an alternative to great power rivalries. ... more
THE STANS
China repressing Tibetans, Uyghurs in Switzerland: Bern
Geneva (AFP) Feb 12, 2025
China could be inciting Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland to spy on their own communities and exert pressure on them, a Swiss government report concluded Wednesday. ... more

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS


EXO WORLDS
Apply for the Davie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence for Astronomy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2025
The SETI Institute has introduced the Davie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence for Astronomy, inviting researchers to enhance machine learning pipelines for exoplanet detection. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
German tourist killed by wild elephant in India
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
A German tourist died in India after he was attacked by a wild elephant in a forest reserve, police said Wednesday. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
India says OpenAI chief willing to collaborate on AI
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
India's technology minister said Wednesday that OpenAI chief Sam Altman was "willing to collaborate" with the world's most populous country in its bid to develop its own cut-price AI systems. ... more
ICE WORLD
Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 31, 2025
An international team of researchers has analyzed the causes and consequences of the catastrophic October 2023 flood along the Teesta River in Sikkim, India. The study, which included experts from n ... more
AEROSPACE
India, China agree to resume flights 5 years after stoppage
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 27, 2025
India and China agreed in principle on Monday to resume direct flights between the two nations, nearly five years after the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent political tensions halted them. ... more
MILPLEX
India boosts domestic arms industry and looks West to pare back Russia reliance
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 27, 2025
India's efforts to pare back a longstanding reliance on Russian military hardware is bearing fruit after the courting of new Western allies and a rapidly growing domestic arms industry, analysts say. ... more
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MILPLEX
India shows military might and diversity at Republic Day parade
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 26, 2025
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto looked on as guest of honour at India's annual military and cultural parade in New Delhi held to mark the country's 76th Republic Day on Sunday. ... more
TECH SPACE
Rubbish roads: Nepal explores paving with plastic
Pokhara, Nepal (AFP) Jan 25, 2025
Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal's Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Rubio, on first day, warns China with Asian partners
Washington (AFP) Jan 22, 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia against coercive actions in Asia, in a veiled but clear warning to China over its actions at sea. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Indian elephants on epic journey to tycoon's giant zoo
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 22, 2025
A jumbo operation is moving 20 elephants across the breadth of India to the mammoth private zoo set up by the son of Asia's richest man, adjoining a sprawling oil refinery. ... more
TRADE WARS
EU must be 'pragmatic' with US, 'engage' with China: von der Leyen
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 21, 2025
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called Tuesday for the bloc to "deepen" ties with China and boost relations with India, while taking a "pragmatic" approach with Donald Trump's combative new US administration. ... more
ABOUT US
China says population fell for third year in a row in 2024
Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2025
China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
India achieves 'historic' space docking mission
Bengaluru, India (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
India docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country's dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
India becomes 4th nation to complete unmanned docking in space
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 16, 2025
The Indian Space Research Organization successfully conducted an unmanned docking in space, making India the fourth country to complete the maneuver. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Nepal's top court bars infrastructure in protected areas
Kathmandu (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
Nepal's Supreme Court has scrapped controversial laws allowing hydropower and hotel projects in protected nature reserves, a lawyer said Thursday, calling it a win for the Himalayan republic's conservationists. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Sri Lanka signs landmark $3.7 bn deal with Chinese state oil giant
Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
Sri Lanka has secured its biggest-ever foreign investment after signing a deal with Chinese state-run oil giant Sinopec, officials said on Thursday. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
India's triple naval launch shows 'self-reliance': Modi
Mumbai (AFP) Jan 15, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday the launch of two Indian-made warships and a submarine was key to its "quest towards self-reliance" as New Delhi bolsters defence against regional rivals. ... more
TRADE WARS
Xi hails 'historical opportunity' for China-Sri Lanka ties in talks; Russia PM meets Vietnam president
Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2025
Chinese leader Xi Jinping said relations between China and Sri Lanka faced a "historical opportunity" to foster ties, in talks with the island nation's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday. ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE
Proba-3 satellites separate for precision space mission
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 15, 2025
A major milestone in the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission occurred last night as the twin spacecraft, launched together in December 2024, successfully separated. This marks the start of their ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Indian PM opens strategic tunnel to China border zones
Srinagar, India (AFP) Jan 13, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a strategic Himalayan road tunnel on Monday, pushing all-weather access northwards towards contested high-altitude border zones with rivals China and Pakistan. ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
Primordial naked singularities may offer insights into quantum gravity
New Delhi (SPX) Jan 13, 2025
Two Indian physicists have introduced a novel theoretical perspective that could reshape our understanding of the universe's composition and offer potential avenues to explore quantum gravity. Profe ... more
TECH SPACE
ReOrbit and Ananth Technologies Collaborate on GEO Satellite Development
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
ReOrbit, a prominent provider of software-driven satellites for secure communications, has formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ananth Technologies, a leading Indian aerospace and def ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
SIIS Signs MOU with Pixxel to Expand Hyperspectral Data Solutions in Korea
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
SIIS Co., Ltd. (CEO Kim Moon-Gyu) has formalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pixxel, a US-India-based space technology enterprise known for its hyperspectral satellite constellation. Th ... more
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