
India's historic peace accord to end oldest insurgency
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday announced a peace accord with a faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), an armed rebel group in northeast India, ending the country's oldest insurgency. ... more
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Hundreds dead, millions displaced as monsoon rains heap misery on Asia
Monsoon rains have claimed hundreds of lives across Asia, authorities reported Monday, as rescuers scrambled to reach remote areas of India, Pakistan and Myanmar after flash floods and landslides. ... more
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Destructive cosmic airbursts likely more common than previously believed
CO2 increase to reshape geomagnetic storm impacts on satellites
Fossil discoveries in southern Africa reveal life before catastrophic Permian extinction
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Sri Lanka ties with Google for Internet beamed from balloons
Sri Lanka teamed up on Tuesday with Google to bring high-speed Internet access to the island using balloons, aiming to become the first country in the region with complete coverage. ... more
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Uber valuation tops $50 bn with latest funding: report
Global ridesharing startup Uber has closed a deal raising nearly $1 billion in fresh capital, pushing its valuation to more than $50 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. ... more
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MH370 clues mount as wreckage identified as Boeing 777
Malaysian authorities confirmed Friday that plane wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island was from a Boeing 777, meaning the part is almost certainly from missing flight MH370. ... more
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ISRO is hoping its 'BIG' offering would gain popularity in the market
Indian space agency officials are hoping their BIG offering would soon benefit the masses and gain popularity in the market. "The BIG we refer to is actually an acronym for Bhuvan, Indian Regional N ... more
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Playing 'tag' with pollution lets scientists see who's 'it'
Using a climate model that can tag sources of soot from different global regions and can track where it lands on the Tibetan Plateau, researchers have determined which areas around the plateau contr ... more
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