Indo Daily
October 21, 2015
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Fuel crisis halts aid supplies to quake-hit Nepalis
Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 18, 2015
After months in makeshift shelters, earthquake victim Bhim Bahadur Gurung is desperate to start rebuilding his house ahead of Nepal's biting winter, but a fuel blockade has left him unable to obtain vital construction supplies. Nearly six months after a 7.8-magnitude quake killed almost 8,900 people and destroyed about half a million homes, thousands of survivors are still living in tents and other temporary shelters, dependent on aid. But the three-week blockade of a major border checkpoint by ... read more
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SINO DAILY

Exiled Tibetans vote for new political leader
Thousands of exiled Tibetans worldwide voted Sunday in an election for a political leader to sustain their struggle for greater freedom in China and head their exiled government. ... more
THE PITS

Australia approves India-backed Adani mine despite fears for reef
Australia Thursday approved a controversial Indian-backed project to build one of the world's biggest coal mines despite conservationists' fears it threatens the Great Barrier Reef and vulnerable species while worsening global climate change. ... more
TECH SPACE

Mathematicians find 'magic key' to drive Ramanujan's taxi-cab number
Taxi-cab numbers, among the most beloved integers in math, trace their origins to 1918 and what seemed like a casual insight by the Indian genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. Now mathematicians at Emory Uni ... more
24/7 News Coverage


SPACE SCOPES

Astrosat First Light: CZT Imager Looks at Crab Nebula
Astrosat, India's first Multi-wavelength Space Observatory was successfully launched by ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle PSLV into a 650km orbit on September 28, 2015. Then began the process of putti ... more


SUPERPOWERS

Britain's Charles to skip banquet with Chinese president
Britain's Prince Charles is to skip a state banquet during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, the office of the heir to the throne said on Wednesday. ... more
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SINO DAILY

Tibetan writer released by China after 10 years in jail: group
A Tibetan author jailed by China for writing a book about the Himalayan region has been released after a decade in prison, a US-based rights group said. ... more
SPACE SCOPES

India's first space observatory in good shape, performing science ops
India's Astrosat spacecraft, the country's first space observatory that was launched into orbit on Sept. 28, is in good shape and has already started performing science operations, according to a sc ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
ULA Vulcan rocket to launch first national security mission
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
Trump, Putin agree to meet next week in Alaska
AEROSPACE

Indian Air Force to allow women fighter pilots
Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha told reporters women will soon fly fighter jets, as the force marks its 83rd anniversary on Thursday. ... more
GPS NEWS

ISRO looking to extend GPS services to SAARC countries
An ISRO official said on Thursday that they are looking to extend the GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) and Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) applications to Saarc countri ... more
FLOATING STEEL

Indian-Made Nuclear Sub to Fire First Missile in October
India's first domestically-designed nuclear submarine will perform its first missile firing test in October. India's first domestically-designed nuclear submarine that has completed sea trials ... more
Nuclear Operations and Maintenance Efficiency Summit USA 2015
FROTH AND BUBBLE

India court approves 'pollution toll' to clean choking Delhi
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. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT

New tough-talking PM tasked with unifying quake-hit Nepal
Nepal's new prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli, tasked with rebuilding the quake-hit country and ending bitter constitutional protests, spent years in jail for trying to overthrow the king before becoming a tough-talking politician. ... more
24/7 News Coverage
Scrumped fruit shaped ape evolution and human fondness for alcohol
Solomon Islands bars China and Taiwan from top Pacific summit
Zambia rejects US claims of toxins after February mine spill
EARTH OBSERVATION

Indonesia launches indigenous satellite
Indonesia launched its indigenous satellite codenamed Lapan A2 on Monday, using rockets and launching pad in Satish Dhawan Space Center, India, highly expected as a milestone for Indonesia to master ... more
CAR TECH

Could candle soot power electric vehicles
Burning a candle could be all it takes to make an inexpensive but powerful electric car battery, according to new research published in Electrochimica Acta. The research reveals that candle soot cou ... more
SPACEMART

Devas Wins USD 672 Million for Contract Cancellation by ISRO Arm
A international tribunal has awarded $672 million (Rs.4,434 crore) to Devas Multimedia Services Ltd for the cancellation of a satellite contract by the Indian space agency arm Anrix Corporation in 2 ... more
EARLY EARTH

Dinosaur population study reveals how Maiasaura lived and died
Decades of research on Montana's state fossil - the "good mother lizard" Maiasaura peeblesorum - has resulted in the most detailed life history of any dinosaur known and created a model to which all ... more
EARLY EARTH

New finds of a living fossil
The coelacanth fish, found today in the Indian Ocean, is often called a 'living fossil' because its last ancestors existed about 70 million years ago and it has survived into the present - but witho ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Ten years of searching for Pakistan's earthquake missing
The morning the Pakistan earthquake struck ten years ago, Nazish Naz had been reluctant to go to school, telling her elder sister the day felt cursed. Less than an hour after the 16-year-old left home, disaster struck. ... more
DEEP IMPACT

Asteroid impact, volcanism were one-two punch for dinosaurs
Berkeley geologists have uncovered compelling evidence that an asteroid impact on Earth 66 million years ago accelerated the eruptions of volcanoes in India for hundreds of thousands of years, and t ... more
24/7 Energy News Coverage
Spinning up new flexible material for self-powered wearable sensors
Diatoms shown to absorb and store uranium inside cells
Self assembled monolayer boosts performance of lead free tin perovskite solar cells
FROTH AND BUBBLE

India activists back 'pollution tax' to clean Delhi air

FLORA AND FAUNA

Sneezing monkey, 'walking' fish found in Himalayas: WWF

AEROSPACE

Report: Asia a growing market for light military helicopters

SINO DAILY

Dalai Lama brushes off health fears after cancelling US tour

FLOATING STEEL

India commissions guided missile destroyer

WOOD PILE

Tourists replace rebels as Sri Lanka national park blooms

EARTH OBSERVATION

Monsoon mission: A better way to predict Indian weather

ENERGY TECH

India vows ambitious green targets but defends coal use

FLOATING STEEL

U.S. Navy orders nuclear reactor components

LAUNCH PAD

After Astrosat success, India set to launch 23 foreign satellites

France to hold crunch talks in India on Rafale deal: official

India backs solar as Paris climate talks loom

India launches first space observatory

Launch Of Astrosat: First Indian Astronomy Satellite

Babies petition India's top court over pollution

No relief for Nepal quake victims as $4.1bn fund in limbo

exactEarth Launches Advanced Equatorial AIS Satellite

India PM makes rock star appearance at Facebook

Launch of India's first black hole space observation satellite

India seeking technology to build MCMVs

India PM heads to Silicon Valley chasing a digital dream

Indian court issues warrant for British man in chopper scam

India agrees to $2.5 billion deal for Boeing helicopters

SSTL's DMC Constellation demonstrates 1-metre capability

India to 'hike green energy targets' to combat climate change

India's Mars mission to last many years: top space official

New Nepal constitution leaves revolution 'unfinished'

China firm wins bid for New Delhi-Mumbai rail study

Low oil prices help slowing India

India to launch its first space observatory next week

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