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October 12, 2015

India court approves 'pollution toll' to clean choking Delhi
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2015
Diesel-guzzling trucks and commercial vehicles in India will soon have to pay a surcharge for entering New Delhi, after the country's top court Friday approved a trial plan to improve the capital's notoriously filthy air. Successive Delhi governments have been criticised for failing to curb pollution from industry and chronic traffic in the city of 17 million, ranked as having the world's worst air quality by the World Health Organisation. Acting on a petitioner's plea, the Supreme Court approve ... read more

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Tourists replace rebels as Sri Lanka national park blooms Lokaiya Peremadasa shudders as he recalls the havoc Tamil rebels used to wreak on his beloved wildlife park during Sri Lanka's brutal 37-year-long civil war. ... more		Monsoon mission: A better way to predict Indian weather To better understand global weather patterns and increase scientific collaboration between the U.S. and India, researchers supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have completed a month-long ... more		ULA launches USSF-106 for US Space Force aboard Vulcan rocket Rocket Lab completes Geost acquisition adding EOIR payload expertise to national security portfolio Zelensky says Ukraine, allies must resist Russian 'deception'		India vows ambitious green targets but defends coal use India set out a series of ambitious environmental targets Friday including reducing its carbon intensity by 35 percent by 2030, but rejected calls to curb coal use, saying developed countries were mostly to blame for climate change. ... more
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France to hold crunch talks in India on Rafale deal: official French and Indian defence officials are to hold fresh talks Tuesday on the purchase of 36 Rafale jets, with hopes drawn-out negotiations on the multi-billion-dollar deal are close to concluding, an official said. ... more		India backs solar as Paris climate talks loom Under a blistering sun, workers install a sea of solar panels in a north Indian desert as part of the government's clean energy push --- and its trump card at upcoming climate change talks in Paris. ... more		European satellite to step up monitoring of extreme weather France adopts law upholding ban on controversial insecticide Over half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought since April		India launches first space observatory India successfully launched Monday its first high-tech telescopes into space to study the stars, as New Delhi seeks to take another major step in its ambitious and low-cost space programme. ... more
Launch Of Astrosat: First Indian Astronomy Satellite The first Indian astronomy satellite Astrosat (http://astrosat.iucaa.in) was launched on 28 September 2015 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from Sriharikota on a PSLV (Polar Satellit ... more		Babies petition India's top court over pollution Three babies have been named on a petition urging India's top court to ban air-polluting fireworks in New Delhi, saying the city's choking smog poses a "clear and present danger" to their health. ... more		No relief for Nepal quake victims as $4.1bn fund in limbo Hundreds of thousands of quake victims in Nepal are unable to start rebuilding their homes as winter approaches because a $4.1 billion reconstruction fund cannot be spent until lawmakers pass a long-delayed bill - to the frustration of international donors. ... more		exactEarth Launches Advanced Equatorial AIS Satellite exactEarth has announced the successful launch of an advanced AIS satellite, exactView-9 (EV9), expanding its exactView global vessel monitoring constellation to eight in-orbit satellites. The ... more

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