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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 07, 2025 A Q&A with the lead U.S. scientist of the mission, which will track changes in everything from wetlands to ice sheets to infrastructure damaged by natural disasters. The upcoming U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will observe Earth like no mission before, offering insights about our planet's ever-changing surface. The NISAR mission is a first-of-a-kind dual-band radar satellite that will measure land deformation from earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes, produci ... read more |
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India's space economy to grow nearly 5 times in next decadeNew Delhi (IANS) Jan 06, 2025 The Indian space economy is set to grow nearly 5 times from $8.4 billion to around $44 billion in the next decade, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, has stressed ... more  
India unveils plans for 10 missions in 2025 after successful space-docking launchWashington DC (UPI) Jan 3, 2024 India's space agency says it is planning a record 10 orbital missions, as well as its first commercial effort, during 2025 after successfully launching a space-docking project this week. ... more  
Rescuers search for survivors after quake in China's Tibet kills at least 126Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 Thousands of rescuers were searching for survivors in freezing conditions Wednesday after a devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people. ... more
Rescuers search for survivors after quake in China's Tibet kills at least 126Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 Thousands of rescuers were searching for survivors in freezing conditions Wednesday after a devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people. ... more |
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India's 2024 was hottest year since 1901: meteorological officeNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 1, 2025 India's meteorological department said Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year since 1901, with sizzling temperatures in the world's most populous nation following a global pattern of extreme weather sparked by climate change. ... more |
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Microsoft announces $3 bn AI investment in IndiaMumbai (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said the company plans to invest $3 billion in India on artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure over the next two years. ... more  
Sri Lanka president to visit China ahead of budgetColombo (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 Sri Lanka's president will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender China next week ahead of his first national budget, the information minister said Tuesday. ... more  
India to monitor China's mega Tibet dam planNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 3, 2025 India said Friday it had raised concerns with China about a planned mega hydropower dam construction upstream in Tibet, saying it will "monitor and take necessary measures to protect our interests". ... more  
India rocket launches space docking missionNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 30, 2024 India launched a rocket Monday carrying two small spacecraft to test docking in space, a critical step for the country's dreams of a space station and a manned Moon mission. ... more |
French premier promises concrete aid for cyclone-hit MayotteMamoudzou (AFP) Dec 30, 2024 French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou arrived in Mayotte on Monday, vowing to bring help to the Indian Ocean territory ravaged by Cyclone Chido. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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French premier promises concrete aid for cyclone-hit MayotteMamoudzou (AFP) Dec 30, 2024 French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou promised relief for Mayotte on Monday, saying he aimed to rebuild the Indian Ocean territory ravaged by Cyclone Chido within two years. ... more  
Mayotte faces environment, biodiversity crisis after cycloneDzaoudzi, France (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 Mayotte has changed beyond recognition since a cyclone devastated the Indian Ocean territory, sparking an environment and biodiversity crisis that could last for a decade or more, scientists say. ... more 
Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years onBanda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the world's worst disasters. ... more 
Blogs to Bluesky: social media shifts responses after 2004 tsunamiJakarta (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters - from finding the missing to swift crowdfunding. ... more |
 
Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's familyDhaka (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Bangladesh has launched a probe into the alleged $5 billion embezzlement connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant by ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, the anti-corruption commission said Monday. ... more
Mayotte cyclone likely to have killed 'dozens' not '1000s'; Mozambique death toll rises to 120Paris (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday hit out at "alarmist" claims about a significant death toll from Cyclone Chido, which hit the country's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. ... more 
The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in ThailandAndaman Sea, Thailand (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves - a key link in a warning system intended to ensure no disaster is as deadly again. ... more 
Macron extends visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte after locals vent angerMamoudzou (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron extended his visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte on Friday after angry residents vented exasperation and despair over the scale of the disaster. ... more |
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Sri Lanka president to visit key lender ChinaColombo (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. ... more
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 |
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Cyclone Chido death toll in Mozambique rises to 73Maputo (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 Cyclone Chido has killed at least 73 people in Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management said Thursday, raising the death toll from the figure of 45 it announced the day before. ... more |
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France's Macron in cyclone-hit Mayotte to assess devastation Mamoudzou (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in Mayotte Thursday to assess the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago, as rescuers race to search for survivors and supply desperately needed aid. ... more 
Storm fears overshadow India coast decades after tsunamiAkkaraipettai, India (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 The deadly tsunami that swamped India's southern coast two decades ago was a one-off disaster, but storms that are growing ever more intense spark panic each time howling gales whip up waves. ... more
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  
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 |
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