Indo Daily
March 25, 2015
MISSILE NEWS
India test fires Astra missile
Bengaluru, India (UPI) Mar 20, 2015
India's first locally produced beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile has been successfully launched by the Indian Air Force, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., said. The test was conducted earlier this week using an Astra missile carrying telemetry equipment in place of the warhead. The missile, developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization, was fired from a Sukhoi-30 aircraft against a pilotless target aircraft. "The successful launch is an important milestone in enhancing th ... read more
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Tibetan survivors of self-immolations face brutal fate: rights group
Tibetans who set themselves on fire in protest at Chinese rule face "extreme physical and psychological suffering" if they survive, a rights group said, alleging amputations, repression and forced disappearances. ... more
SOLAR DAILY

Solar plane lands in Myanmar on epic round-the-world journey
Solar Impulse 2 landed in Myanmar's second largest city Mandalay Thursday after completing the fourth leg of its landmark circumnavigation of the globe powered solely by the sun - and was met by an elephant. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA

Queen bee microbiomes are starkly distinct from worker bees
An Indiana University researcher and collaborators have published the first comprehensive analysis of the gut bacteria found in queen bees. Despite the important role of gut microbial communit ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Trina Solar to Supply 48 MW of Solar Modules to ACME India
Trina Solar has announced it has signed an agreement to supply 48MW of solar modules to ACME Cleantech Solutions. This new agreement brings the total sales of solar modules to ACME to 70 MW in 2015 ... more


SUPERPOWERS

Modi in landmark visit to steer Sri Lanka away from China
Narendra Modi began the first official visit by an Indian premier to Sri Lanka in nearly three decades Friday, looking to reassert New Delhi's influence over Colombo after its drift towards China. ... more
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SPACEWAR

US-India Space Security Cooperation: A Partnership for the 21st Century
At the State Department, my colleagues and I are focused on the tools needed to promote global security as well as stable, strategic relationships with friends and partners around the world. A ... more
DEMOCRACY

Maldives defends controversial jailing of ex-leader
The Maldives government Sunday told its critics to respect a controversial decision to jail the honeymoon islands' first-ever democratically-elected president for 13 years amid a growing global backlash over the verdict. ... more
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ABOUT US

Early humans took to the rainforests sooner than previously thought
A new study suggests early humans began populating the rainforest as early as 20,000 years ago on the island of Sri Lanka. Previously, the earliest evidence of consistent rainforest inhabitancy was thought to be around 8,000 years ago. ... more
SINO DAILY

Former Tibetan nun recalls 'jail torture' at Paris march
Gyaltsen Drolkar spent 12 years in a Chinese jail where she says she was relentlessly tortured, escaping after her release in an arduous trek across the Himalayas to Nepal and then onto Belgium where she now lives. ... more
EPIDEMICS

Swine flu outbreak in India raises concern
Since December, an outbreak of swine flu in India has killed more than 1,200 people, and a new MIT study suggests that the strain has acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously c ... more
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GPS NEWS

ISRO plans to launch navigation satellite by March-end
The Indian space agency plans to launch its fourth regional navigation satellite by March-end after replacing a faulty transmitter, a senior official said on Tuesday. "We are planning to launc ... more
TERROR WARS

China convicted more than 700 for terrorism, separatism in 2014: court
China convicted and sentenced 712 people for terrorism, separatism and related crimes last year, the country's top court said on Thursday, saying such offences were its top priority for 2015. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Google launches virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region
Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region on Thursday, allowing armchair tourists a rare glimpse of life in one of the toughest and most inaccessible places on earth. ... more
SINO DAILY

Exiled Tibet leader compares China to N.Korea, apartheid S.Africa
The leader of Tibet's exiled government on Thursday compared China to the regimes of North Korea and apartheid South Africa when it came to Beijing's iron-fisted control over Tibetans. ... more
EPIDEMICS

Experts sound warning over flu dangers in China, India
Scientists sounded warnings Wednesday over H7N9 bird flu in China and the H1N1 strain of swine flu in India that have jointly claimed more than 1,700 lives. ... more
WATER WORLD

India-backed port won't dump dredge in Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Plans to dump dredge waste in Australia's Great Barrier Reef as part of an Indian-backed port expansion have been shelved in favour of land disposal, Queensland state said Wednesday. ... more
SINO DAILY

Protests mark Tibet Uprising Day in India, Nepal
Baton-wielding riot police Tuesday hauled Tibetan protesters into waiting buses after they tried to storm the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on the anniversary of the 1959 uprising against Beijing's rule. ... more

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Bangladesh uses SERVIR for flood warning system
Bangladesh officials have announced plans to expand a satellite-based flood forecasting and warning system developed by SERVIR to aid an area where floodwaters inundate from 1/3 to 2/3 of the countr ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE

Concern over India plan to stop publishing smog data
Environmental activists expressed concern Wednesday after Indian authorities said they would stop releasing raw air pollution figures for New Delhi, the world's most polluted city. ... more
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GPS NEWS

ISRO races to fix glitch in navigational satellite so that it can be launched in time

AEROSPACE

No known link between towelette found in Australia and MH370

SOLAR DAILY

Global PV Balance-of-System Revenues to Exceed $20 Billion in 2019

SUPERPOWERS

Pakistan test-fires nuclear capable ballistic missile

WHALES AHOY

Washington's Makah Indian tribe could soon hunt gray whales

SINO DAILY

Tibetan woman self-immolates in China: reports

FLORA AND FAUNA

The environment may change, but the microbiome of queen bees does not

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Water, electricity cuts shut Comoros main hospital

MILPLEX

Saudi Arabia becomes top arms importer: study

GPS NEWS

India to Launch Fourth Navigation Satellite for Communications Security

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India to Soon Have Better Earth Observation Satellites

Flooding in Madagascar capital kills at least 14: rescuers

Indian company to produce Sagem navigational system

Isolated wetlands have significant impact on water quality

Indian, Israeli companies forming joint venture for high-tech systems

Climate panel's chief in the spotlight again

Indian city bans gatherings over swine flu outbreak

China protests after India PM visits frontier region

UN climate chief to miss key meet after sex harassment case

Modi vows to end India status as top defence importer

India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile

India to build stealth frigates, nuclear subs

India's Kalyani group announces Israel defence venture

IAI, Alpha Design Technologies in UAV deal for India

India's Modi says energy pledge not based on foreign pressure

US Names Russian Nuclear Power Plants for India, Iran Best Projects of 2014

Wind energy: TUV Rheinland supervises Senvion sale

India overtakes China to become top global gold consumer

Novel high-power microwave generator

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