INDO DAILY - News From The Indian Subcontinent

WOOD PILE More than 60 percent of Myanmar's mangroves has been deforested in the last 20 years

While many countries have established legal protection for mangroves, their value for sustainable ecosystem services face strong competition from converting the land to other more lucrative uses, particularly for agriculture. In the past decade, studies have s... more

ICE WORLD Climate change likely caused deadly 2016 avalanche in Tibet

With a deadly avalanche, it appears climate change may now be affecting a once stable region of the Tibetan Plateau. That's the conclusion of an international team of researchers who have published an analysis of the July 2016 disaster in the Dec. 9 issue of t... more

TECTONICS Nepal landslides in Nepal raise parallels for Pacific Northwest

Research teams have evaluated the major 7.8 magnitude subduction zone earthquake in Gorkha, Nepal, in April 2015, and identified characteristics that may be of special relevance to the future of the Pacific Northwest. Most striking was the enormous number and ... more

FARM NEWS More grasslands in Tibet could bring climate improvements

In the Arctic, warming increases like a spiral. Global warming means that the periods of growth are becoming longer and vegetation growth is increasing. At the same time, heat transfer to the Arctic from lower latitudes is rising, reducing sea ice there, and t... more

MILTECH US Marines fire Excalibur from record range in Afghanistan

The U.S. Marine Corps successfully fired two Raytheon Excalibur 155mm precision-guided artillery projectiles from a range of 36 kilometers (22.3 statute miles) in theater. These shots mark the longest distance the Excalibur round has been fired in combat since... more

ENERGY Wartsila and Summit sign Bangladesh's biggest ever service agreement to maintain Summit's 464 MW power plants

The seven-year agreements represent the biggest ever signed service deals, in terms of MW generation, in the Bangladesh energy sector. The orders were booked by Wartsila in Q2, 2019. The lifecycle solution agreements cover two power plants located in Gazipur, ... more

MOON Chandrayaan-3 Lunar orbit update

The mission's timeline has seen a series of critical maneuvers over the past few days. On August 17, the Lander Module was successfully separated from the Propulsion Module, marking a pivotal step in Chandrayaan-3's trajectory. Following this separation, the f... more

ROCKET SCIENCE GSLV Successfully Launches South Asia Satellite

This is the fourth consecutive success achieved by GSLV carrying indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage. In its oval shaped GTO, the South Asia Satellite is now orbiting the Earth with a perigee (nearest point to Earth) of 169 km and an apogee (farthest ... more