Indo Daily
July 18, 2025
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Quantum Secure Space Tech Partnership Launched by Space TS and Synergy Quantum



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 09, 2025
In a strategic move to reinforce India's space sovereignty in the quantum era, Space TS and Synergy Quantum have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop the nation's first indigenous quantum-secure satellite systems and supporting technologies. This collaboration unites Space TS's expertise in satellite systems engineering with Synergy Quantum's leadership in post-quantum cybersecurity. The alliance aims to create a robust, sovereign infrastructure resistant to threats posed by emerging ... read more

 WAR.WIRE
NUKE.WIRE
SINO.WIRE
Previous Issues Jul 15 Jul 14 Jul 13 Jul 11
ADVERTISEMENT

Commercial UAV Expo | Sept 2-4, 2025 | Las Vegas


ROCKET SCIENCE
Astronauts from US, India, Poland, Hungary on SpaceX capsule return to Earth
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2025
A SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary and the United States splashed down off the California coast Tuesday, completing Axiom Mission 4 and capping 20 days in space. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
China, India should work towards 'win-win' cooperation: Chinese FM
Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that Beijing and New Delhi should work towards mutual trust and "win-win" cooperation, after talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, state news agency Xinhua reported. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
Patna, India (AFP) July 18, 2025
Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Sri Lanka returns orphaned elephants to the jungle
Colombo (AFP) July 17, 2025
Sri Lankan authorities returned six orphaned and injured elephants to the wild on Thursday after nursing them back to health under a long-running conservation project, officials said. ... more
ICE WORLD
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
Kathmandu (AFP) July 9, 2025
Flash floods that killed at least nine people in a mountainous region between China and Nepal and swept away a key bridge linking the two countries, were caused by the release of water from a glacial lake, experts said Wednesday. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Nvidia's Huang says 'doing our best' to serve Chinese market
Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday his firm was "doing our best" to serve China's vast market for semiconductors after it secured permission from the United States to sell chips to the world's second-largest economy. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
One dead, 28 missing in floods on China-Nepal border
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP) July 8, 2025
Floods triggered by torrential rains tore down a Himalayan mountain valley between China and Nepal on Tuesday, with at least one killed and 28 missing, officials and state media said. ... more
SINO DAILY
After the revolution, Bangladesh warms to China as India fumes
Dhaka (AFP) July 8, 2025
Protests in Bangladesh that toppled the government last year triggered a diplomatic pivot, with Dhaka warming towards China after neighbouring India was angered by the ousting of its old ally Sheikh Hasina. ... more

ADVERTISEMENT


TECHNOLOGY NEWS


TRADE WARS
Stock markets struggle as Trump's tariff deadline looms
Hong Kong (AFP) July 7, 2025
Equities struggled Monday as countries fought to hammer out trade deals days before Donald Trump's tariff deadline, with the US president saying he would begin sending letters to some capitals outlining the rates he had decided upon. ... more
TRADE WARS
China says BRICS not seeking 'confrontation' after Trump tariff threat
Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2025
China said on Monday that BRICS, the grouping that also includes Brazil, Russia and India, was not seeking "confrontation" after US President Donald Trump vowed to impose an extra 10 percent tariff on countries aligning with the bloc. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Celebrations for Dalai Lama's 90th reflect challenges ahead
New Delhi (AFP) July 6, 2025
Leaders from India, the United States and Taiwan offered their support to Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday Sunday, a landmark anniversary raising geopolitical questions for the future. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
India monsoon season death toll hits 69 after floods, landslides
Shimla, India (AFP) July 4, 2025
Flash floods and landslides after torrential rain over the last two weeks killed at least 69 people and injured 110 others in India's northern Himalayan regions, officials said Friday. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
China says Dalai Lama successor must be approved by Beijing
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2025
China said on Wednesday that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama "must be approved by the central government", after Tibet's exiled spiritual leader said he would have a successor after his death. ... more
TECH SPACE
US, Japan, India, Australia pledge mineral cooperation on China jitters
Washington (AFP) July 2, 2025
The United States, Japan, India and Australia pledged Tuesday to work together to ensure a stable supply of critical minerals, as worries grow over China's dominance in resources vital to new technologies. ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


Available on Amazon Books

CAR TECH
Indian capital bans fuel for old cars in anti-pollution bid
New Delhi (AFP) July 1, 2025
India's capital banned fuel sales to ageing vehicles on Tuesday as authorities try to tackle the sprawling megacity's hazardous air pollution. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Life lessons of the Dalai Lama
Mcleod Ganj, India (AFP) June 30, 2025
Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, ostracised by Beijing while feted by leaders across the world, has over decades penned a plethora of life lessons. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Dalai Lama suggests institution to continue at 90th birthday launch
Mcleod Ganj, India (AFP) June 30, 2025
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gave on Monday the strongest indication yet that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, at prayer celebrations for his 90th birthday. ... more
FARM NEWS
Sri Lanka court stops state land grab from Tamils
Colombo (AFP) June 27, 2025
Sri Lanka's top court halted Friday a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war. ... more
SINO DAILY
Tibetans face uncertain future as Dalai Lama turns 90; How the Dalai Lama is identified
Dehradun, India (AFP) June 27, 2025
Tibetans in exile celebrate the 90th birthday of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama next week, an occasion overshadowed by uncertainty about the future of the role and what it means for their movement. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
'Simple monk': the Dalai Lama, in his translator's words; How the Dalai Lama is identified
New Delhi (AFP) June 27, 2025
With his flowing red monk's robes, beaming smile and contagious laugh, the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, has been the charismatic global face of his people's cause for decades. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Bangladesh pushes solar to tackle energy woes
Dhaka (AFP) June 27, 2025
Bangladesh's caretaker leader has ordered all government institutions including ministry buildings and schools to install solar panels to ease chronic power problems in a country regularly hit by deadly heatwaves. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Axiom-4 astronauts arrive at the International Space Station
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2025
Axiom-4 astronauts on Thursday morning arrived on the International Space Station, including the first Indian to set foot on the space station. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Spotted: endangered leopard in Bangladesh
Dhaka (AFP) June 26, 2025
Photographs of a leopard snapped by camera traps in forests in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts have raised hopes among conservationists working to save the critically endangered species. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
India, Poland, Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission
Cape Canaveral (AFP) June 25, 2025
A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, marking the first time in decades that these nations have sent crew members to space. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
India, Poland, Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission
Cape Canaveral (AFP) June 25, 2025
A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
New rules may not change dirty and deadly ship recycling business
Chittagong, Bangladesh (AFP) June 25, 2025
Mizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33 feet) from the top of a ship he was cutting up on Chittagong beach in Bangladesh - where the majority of the world's maritime giants meet their end - when the vibrations shook him from the upper deck. ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


Available on Amazon Books

EPIDEMICS
Deadly dengue fever impacts climate-hit Bangladesh coast
Dhaka (AFP) June 24, 2025
Mosquito-borne dengue fever was rarely a major problem in Bangladesh's coastal districts, but some hospitals are so full of those with the potentially deadly virus that patients are treated on the floor. ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Rock on: how crushed stone could help fight climate change
Bangkok (AFP) June 24, 2025
From sugar plantations in Brazil to tea estates in India, crushed rock is being sprinkled across large stretches of farmland globally in a novel bid to combat climate change. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Bangladesh probe into Hasina-era abuses warns 'impunity' remains
Dhaka (AFP) June 23, 2025
A Bangladesh government-appointed commission investigating hundreds of disappearances by the security forces under ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Monday warned that the same "culture of impunity" continues. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Asian countries most vulnerable to Strait of Hormuz blockade
Tokyo (AFP) June 23, 2025
Around 84 percent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the economies of China, India, South Korea and others vulnerable should Iran blockade the crucial trading route over US strikes on its nuclear sites. ... more
WATER WORLD
India will 'never' restore Pakistan water treaty: minister
New Delhi (AFP) June 21, 2025
New Delhi will "never" reinstate a key water treaty it suspended with Pakistan over deadly violence in India-administered Kashmir, the interior minister said in an interview published Saturday. ... more
ADVERTISEMENT




Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2025 - 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