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December 18, 2024
MICROSAT BLITZ
Skykraft to drive collaborative PNT Project with Indian partners



Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2024
Skykraft has officially signed the Participating Project Partner Agreement for the "Demonstration of Collaborative Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)" project. This effort, backed by an International Space Investment (ISI) India Projects grant from the Australian Government, underscores a major milestone in fostering collaborative space initiatives between Australia and India. Aligned with the India Economic Strategy to 2035, the project supports the India-Australia Comp ... read more

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
How ramshackle housing made Mayotte vulnerable to cyclone assault
Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2024
The dismal quality of housing across Mayotte has compounded the devastating impact of Cyclone Chido on the poverty-stricken French Indian Ocean territory where hundreds, or maybe thousands, are feared dead. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Red Cross fears more than 200 volunteers missing in France's cyclone-hit Mayotte
Geneva (AFP) Dec 17, 2024
The Red Cross said Tuesday it feared that more than 200 of its volunteers were missing on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after Cyclone Chido ripped through the islands. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: what to know 20 years on
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 18, 2024
Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Indian Ocean nations to mark 20 years since devastating tsunami
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 18, 2024
Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ago, when huge waves tore into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean. ... more
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Air pollution in India tied to significant mortality rates
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 16, 2024
A study from Karolinska Institutet reveals that long-term exposure to air pollution is a critical factor behind millions of deaths in India. Published in *The Lancet Planetary Health*, the research ... more
SUPERPOWERS
China says hopes to stabilise India ties 'at an early date'
Beijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2024
China said on Tuesday it was willing to work with India to stabilise bilateral relations "at an early date" ahead of rare high-level talks this week on a decades-long border dispute. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered Mayotte
Saint-Denis De La Reunion (AFP) Dec 16, 2024
France's President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he would soon visit Mayotte in the aftermath of a cyclone that ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory, with hundreds feared dead. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Habitat loss stokes rabid jackal attacks in Bangladesh
Dhaka (AFP) Dec 14, 2024
Few in the Jahan family's remote Bangladeshi village had seen a jackal up close before the morning one stalked Musqan through the paddy fields, pounced on her, and maimed the four-year-old for life. ... more

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SPACE TRAVEL
Indian Navy and ISRO conduct astronaut well deck recovery trials for Gaganyaan Mission
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2024
The Indian Navy and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have advanced preparations for Gaganyaan's recovery operations by conducting "Well Deck" recovery trials on December 6, 2024. The ex ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
ESA to collaborate with ISRO on Gaganyaan missions
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 13, 2024
On December 4, 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formalized an agreement that establishes ESA's support for India's Gaganyaan human spaceflight ... more
OIL AND GAS
NGOs accuse Uganda oil project of 'serious human rights violations'
Nairobi (AFP) Dec 12, 2024
International human rights groups alleged "serious human rights violations" around an oil mega-project being developed in Uganda and Tanzania by the French company TotalEnergies and Chinese firm CNOOC, in a wide-ranging report released Thursday. ... more
SPACEMART
Pixxel secures additional $24M in Series B funding reaching $60M total
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2024
Pixxel, a US-India-based leader in hyperspectral satellite technology, has raised $24 million in additional funding for its Series B round, bringing the total for this round to $60 million and its o ... more
SOLAR DAILY
India mandates local-only solar energy components from 2026
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 10, 2024
Indian clean energy companies will only be able to use solar modules built locally from June 2026, according to a government order apparently aimed at reducing Chinese imports. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Three quarters of Earth's land permanently drier over past 30 years warns UN
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2024
A new report from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) reveals that 77.6% of Earth's land has experienced permanent drying over the last three decades, with drylands expanding by 4.3 ... more
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India, Pakistan share climate challenges but not solutions
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 6, 2024
Choking smog, scorching heat and ravaging floods - arch-rivals India and Pakistan share the same environmental challenges, offering a rare but unrealised opportunity for collaboration, according to experts. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
European mission to imitate solar eclipse launches from India
Paris (AFP) Dec 5, 2024
A European mission launched from India on Thursday, aiming to catch a rare glimpse of the Sun's mysterious atmosphere by imitating a solar eclipse using two satellites flying with millimetre-level precision. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
ESA launches spacecraft that will eventually create artificial solar eclipse
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 5, 2024
The European Space Agency said that two spacecraft were launched from India on Thursday designed to form a single ship that will create an artificial solar eclipse while in orbit. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
India launches European 'artifical eclipse' satellites
Mumbai (AFP) Dec 5, 2024
India on Thursday successfully launched into space a pair of European satellites that will create artificial solar eclipses to help scientists catch a rare glimpse of the Sun's mysterious atmosphere. ... more
TECH SPACE
Space Machines expands global partnerships with UK collaboration to address space debris
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 05, 2024
Space Machines Company, a leading Australian-Indian in-space servicing firm, has announced a strategic collaboration with UK-based ISAM technology developer Lunasa. This partnership aims to tackle t ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Four decades of horror after India's Bhopal gas disaster
Bhopal, India (AFP) Dec 4, 2024
Just after midnight as poisonous plumes of smoke wafted through the Indian city of Bhopal four decades ago, Gas Devi was born, gasping for every breath. ... more
TECTONICS
Moving hotspot formed Earth's longest straight underwater mountain chain
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 03, 2024
New research from Curtin University has revealed that the Ninetyeast Ridge, the planet's longest straight underwater mountain chain, was formed in a manner different from prior scientific assumption ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Relief as Delhi schools reopen but smog crisis persists
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 3, 2024
Teenage student Aniksha is relieved to be back in class in India's capital - even if the choking smog that prompted her school to close last month has yet to dissipate. ... more
TRADE WARS
China's Xi vows to deepen infrastructure cooperation with Nepal
Beijing (AFP) Dec 3, 2024
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday told Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli that China will offer more support to develop the country's infrastructure, Chinese state media reported. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Trafficked endemic lemurs, tortoises returned to Madagascar
Antananarivo (AFP) Dec 1, 2024
Several dozen lemurs and more than 900 tortoises endemic to Madagascar that were trafficked to Thailand will be returned home this week, the Indian Ocean island-nation's environment ministry said on Sunday. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Four decades of horror after India's Bhopal gas disaster
Bhopal, India (AFP) Dec 2, 2024
Just after midnight as poisonous plumes of smoke wafted through the Indian city of Bhopal four decades ago, Gas Devi was born, gasping for every breath. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
India's Gaganyatris complete initial astronaut training for ISRO-NASA mission to ISS
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 02, 2024
ISRO Update: Towards the goal of accomplishing a joint ISRO-NASA mission to the International Space Station, two Gaganyatris (Prime-Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Backup-Group Captain Prasanth ... more
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SINO DAILY
Nepal PM departs for China visit, breaking with India tradition
Kathmandu (AFP) Dec 2, 2024
Nepal's prime minister left Monday for his first bilateral visit to China, a departure from the usual practice by the Himalayan republic's leaders of making India their first official destination. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Cyclone Fengal toll rises to 20 in South Asia
Colombo (AFP) Dec 2, 2024
The death toll from Cyclone Fengal's fierce push through Sri Lanka and southern India reached 20 on Monday as downpours and flooding followed the storm's wake after its winds calmed. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Four children drowned in Sri Lanka as storm heads to India
Colombo (AFP) Nov 28, 2024
Sri Lankan rescue teams said Thursday they had recovered four drowned children killed in a flash flood, with four other people missing, after torrential rains from a powerful but slow-moving storm now heading towards India. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Proba-3 precision laser calibration for artificial solar eclipse mission
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 25, 2024
ESA's Proba-3 mission, a groundbreaking double-spacecraft formation flying project, is set for launch on December 4 from India. The mission aims to achieve artificial solar eclipses on demand, relyi ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Mounting economic costs of India's killer smog
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 24, 2024
Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing the country's economic growth. ... more
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