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  Colombo (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender China for talks in January, he said on Saturday, days after completing a long-delayed foreign debt restructure. China accounted for more than half of Sri Lanka's bilateral debt at the time of the 2022 economic crash, when Colombo ran out of foreign exchange to pay for essential imports such as food, fuel and medicines. Its economy is recovering after receiving an International Monetary Fund rescue ... read more |
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Death toll from Cyclone Chido rises to 76 in MozambiqueMaputo (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 Cyclone Chido, which ravaged the French archipelago of Mayotte, has claimed 76 lives in Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management said Saturday. ... more  
Sri Lanka navy rescues boat of 100 Rohingya refugeesColombo (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Sri Lanka's navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port. ... more  
Massive eruptions did not trigger dinosaur extinctionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Massive volcanic eruptions in India, once theorized as a potential cause of dinosaur extinction, likely played a minimal role in their demise, according to new research by climate scientists at Utre ... more  
Air pollution in India tied to significant mortality ratesBerlin, 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 |
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Loss and redemption: tsunami survivors and the seaPhang Nga, Thailand (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 As an eight-year-old boy Pirun Kla-Talay was orphaned by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. Now he makes his living from the waters that claimed his parents. ... more |
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SK Hynix to get $458 mn funding for US chip facilitiesWashington (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 President Joe Biden's administration has finalized an award of up to $458 million for SK hynix, officials said Thursday, furthering efforts to lock in his legacy in boosting US semiconductor production before Donald Trump takes office. ... more  
U.S., India undertake strengthened space partnershipWashington DC (UPI) Dec 18, 2024 The United States and India will partner on space exploration opportunities and begin joint training to space missions planned in the near future. ... more 
China says wants 'comprehensive solution' to India border disputeBeijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 China held rare high-level talks with India on Wednesday at which it stressed the need to "maintain the peace" and seek a "comprehensive solution" to their border disputes. ... more  
13 dead after Indian navy speedboat rams ferry off MumbaiMumbai (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 An Indian navy speedboat undergoing tests in the busy seas off the financial capital Mumbai lost control and slammed into a ferry, killing 13 people, the navy and government said Wednesday. ... more |
 
Climate change made Cyclone Chido stronger: scientistsParis (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barrelled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: what to know 20 years onBanda 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 
Indian Ocean nations to mark 20 years since devastating tsunamiBanda 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 
How ramshackle housing made Mayotte vulnerable to cyclone assaultParis (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
Red Cross fears more than 200 volunteers missing in France's cyclone-hit MayotteGeneva (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 |
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 
Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered MayotteSaint-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  
Habitat loss stokes rabid jackal attacks in BangladeshDhaka (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  
Skykraft to drive collaborative PNT Project with Indian partnersSydney, 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 ... more |
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Indian Navy and ISRO conduct astronaut well deck recovery trials for Gaganyaan MissionSydney, 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
ESA to collaborate with ISRO on Gaganyaan missionsParis, 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  
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  
Pixxel secures additional $24M in Series B funding reaching $60M totalSydney, 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 |
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India mandates local-only solar energy components from 2026New 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 |
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Three quarters of Earth's land permanently drier over past 30 years warns UNSydney, 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 
India, Pakistan share climate challenges but not solutionsIslamabad (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  
European mission to imitate solar eclipse launches from IndiaParis (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  
ESA launches spacecraft that will eventually create artificial solar eclipseWashington 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 |
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