INDO DAILY - News From The Indian Subcontinent

NUKE WARS Three women, four children killed in Pakistan strike on Iran: state media

The ministry stated that these actions were in response to credible intelligence of impending large-scale terrorist activities. The situation escalated after Iran confirmed it had conducted strikes against a terrorist group in Pakistan late Tuesday. Islamabad ... more

FARM NEWS Neglecting role of women in agriculture increases food insecurity

As developing countries battle multiple threats to food security-soaring prices, crop-crushing weather extremes and dramatic population growth-agriculture experts gathering in New Delhi this week warn that efforts to boost food production and reduce malnutriti... more

ROCKET SCIENCE India launches GSLV-3 carrying GSAT-29

GSLV-Mk III which is three-stage vehicle with two solid motor strap-ons, a liquid propellant core stage and a cryogenic stage, is capable of launching 4 ton class of satellite to Geosynchronous Transfer orbit (GTO). GSAT-29 satellite with a lift-off mass of 34... more

MICROSAT BLITZ Pint sized Scottish satellites launched into orbit

The two 'first of a kind' 5kg satellites which were designed and built by Spire Global are unique due to their function, tiny size, low cost and quick build time. This style of satellite could revolutionise work in space, which has traditionally been slow and ... more

EARTH OBSERVATION GRAPES-3 indicates a crack in Earth's magnetic shield

The GRAPES-3 muon telescope located at TIFR's Cosmic Ray Laboratory in Ooty recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays of about 20 GeV, on 22 June 2015 lasting for two hours. The burst occurred when a giant cloud of plasma ejected from the solar corona, and movi... more

SPACE INDUSTRY China launches multi-functional communication satellite for Pakistan

Carrying the Pakistani satellite called PakSat MM1, a Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 8:12 pm at the launch complex and soon placed the satellite into a geosynchronous orbit, the State-owned conglomerate said in a news release. The PakSat MM1, designed and ... more

TECH SPACE GSAT-7 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit

India's advanced multi-band communication satellite GSAT-7, launched from Kourou, French Guiana in the early hours of August 30, 2013, has been successfully placed in the Geosynchronous Orbit with an altitude of about 36,000 km above Earth's surface (September... 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