|
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 |
![]() |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
Previous Issues | Nov 18 | Nov 17 | Nov 16 | Nov 15 | Nov 14 |
|
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books |
![]() |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
|
Buy Advertising | About Us | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2024 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |