Indo Daily
May 03, 2017
EARTH OBSERVATION
India's Space Agency Saves Over US$ 2 Billion per Year for the Country



New Delhi (Sputnik) May 01, 2017
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not just building satellites or driving innovation by sharing its Lithium-ion batteries for powering vehicles, the space agency is helping fishermen locate better catchment areas. By doing this, ISRO is helping India save over $ 2 billion per year. Speaking at the Osmania University, Hyderabad on 'India in Space', ISRO chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar said the space agency is issuing cyclone alerts to fishermen and early warnings in the southern state of K ... read more

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Mechanism of the influence of the Tibetan-Iranian Plateaus on the circulation and climate in summer
Beijing, China (SPX) May 03, 2017
The highest and largest plateau in the Northern Hemisphere, the Tibetan Plateau (TP), is in the subtropical region of Asia. The air quality above the TP is only 60% of the sea level. In addition, be ... more
ABOUT US
Tibetan people have multiple adaptations for life at high altitudes
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2017
The Tibetan people have inherited variants of five different genes that help them live at high altitudes, with one gene originating in the extinct human subspecies, the Denisovans. Hao Hu and Chad H ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Indian Space Agency Comes Up With an App Indicating Solar Power Potential
New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed an Android app that will show the solar potential of a given location in any part of the country. The app was developed to support the cle ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
India seeks status as a major space power with more satellite launches
New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017
Aiming to lower the cost of access to space, the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar has said the space agency is aiming to increase the number of satellite launc ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA
Sri Lanka overturns ban on adopting elephants
Colombo (AFP) April 26, 2017
Sri Lanka said Wednesday it was overturning a ban on adopting baby elephants, drawing sharp criticism from the animal protection lobby. ... more
THE PITS
India's coal plant plans conflict with climate commitments
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2017
India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years if it carries through with plans to build nearly 370 coal-fired power plants, a new study finds. "Ind ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
The Nepal quake survivors who can never go home
Rasuwa, Nepal (AFP) April 25, 2017
Nepal marked the second anniversary of a devastating quake on Tuesday with rebuilding finally under way, but thousands of survivors still living in flimsy shelters have been told they can never return home. ... more
MOON DAILY
India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectors
New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017
ISRO is working on mining lunar dust, which is rich in Helium, and transport back it to India, said Dr Sivathanu Pillai, an ISRO scientist who earlier worked as the chief of the Indo-Russian venture ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Sky and Space Global 3 Diamonds integrated to launch pod in the Netherlands
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 23, 2017
announce the successful integration of its 3 Diamonds nano-satellites into the launch pod of Innovative Space Logistics BV in the Netherlands. The 3 Diamonds will be transported from the premi ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
India to Launch Carrier Rocket With Higher Payload Capacity in May
New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to launch a carrier rocket capable of lifting heavy satellites in May, ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar said on Wednesday. "Next month, we have sch ... more


Nations team up to protect ancient heritage from terrorism

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Indian minister ridiculed as bizarre drought plot backfires
New Delhi (AFP) April 24, 2017
An Indian politician who attempted to cover a dam in sheets of polystyrene has been left red-faced after his bizarre water-saving scheme backfired. ... more
WATER WORLD
Research sheds new light on forces that threaten sensitive coastlines
Bloomington IN (SPX) Apr 24, 2017
Wind-driven expansion of marsh ponds on the Mississippi River Delta is a significant factor in the loss of crucial land in the Delta region, according to research published by scientists at Indiana ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Can we see a singularity, the most extreme object in the universe?
Mumbai, India (SPX) Apr 21, 2017
A team of scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, have found new ways to detect a bare or naked singularity, the most extreme object in the universe. Wh ... more
AEROSPACE
MH370 'mostly likely' lies north of search zone: experts
Sydney (AFP) April 21, 2017
Missing flight MH370 "most likely" lies north of a former search zone in the remote Indian Ocean, Australian authorities said Friday, in a new report that offers hope the plane may one day be found. ... more

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Department of Defense awards contract for 240 F-35 Lightning II planes
Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017
Lockheed Martin has received a $1.377 billion contract for low-rate initial production of 130 Lot 12 F-35 Lightning II fighter planes. The contract includes parts, maintenance, and other services for the program, the Department of Defense announced. In addition the Lot 12 F-35 production for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corp and other non-Department of Defense and foreign customers, the ... more
McLean VA (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
FAA and Aireon announce ADS-B nextgen technology flight test success
Tel Aviv (AFP) May 2, 2017
Israel shows off F-35 stealth fighters for first time
Cleveland OH (SPX) Apr 28, 2017
The QueSST for Quiet
Bike-sharing launched in congested Beirut
Beirut (AFP) April 30, 2017
Lebanon launched a bike-sharing programme in its capital Beirut on Sunday, hoping to cut down on the congested city's notorious traffic and pollution. The scheme aims to eventually allow users to rent and return bicycles at 25 automated stations distributed across the city. For now, a single station is operating in central Beirut, with limited cyclist lanes available to those looking to ... more
Shanghai (AFP) April 28, 2017
China's Didi 'most valuable Asian start-up'; Uber exec demoted
San Francisco (AFP) April 25, 2017
Free rides offered by Alphabet's Waymo autonomous cars
Washington (AFP) April 26, 2017
Rideshare rivals Gett, Juno join forces


U.S. emissions generally lower last year
Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017
The only U.S. sector where emissions of carbon dioxide increased last year was in the transportation sector, an Energy Department division reported. A daily brief from the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported CO2 emissions from the transportation sector increased 1.9 percent from 2015 levels. Emissions directly from motor gasoline increased 1.8 percent and the overall sector ... more
Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017
World Bank urges more investment for developing global electricity
New York (AFP) April 3, 2017
US states begin legal action on Trump energy delay
Paris (AFP) March 28, 2017
Program to be axed saves energy in LA buildings
Bright future for self-charging batteries
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
Who hasn't lived through the frustrating experience of being without a phone after forgetting to recharge it? This could one day be a thing of the past thanks to technology being developed by Hydro-Quebec and McGill University. Lithium-ion batteries have allowed the rapid proliferation of all kinds of mobile devices such as phones, tablets and computers. These tools however require frequen ... more
London, UK (SPX) May 03, 2017
Revolutionary method reveals impact of short circuits on battery safety
Raleigh, NC (SPX) May 03, 2017
Thin layers of water hold promise for the energy storage of the future
New York, NY (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
Freezing lithium batteries may make them safer and bendable
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Ukraine clings to nuclear power despite Chernobyl trauma
Kiev (AFP) April 30, 2017
Ukraine is still suffering from the trauma of the world's worst civil nuclear accident at Chernobyl but has nonetheless turned the hazardous fuel into the backbone of its energy portfolio. The crisis-torn country now uses atomic power for more than half of its electricity needs as it struggles through a coal shortage sparked by a three-year war against Russian-backed insurgents in the separa ... more
Johannesburg (AFP) April 26, 2017
Court deals setback to South Africa's nuclear ambitions
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 21, 2017
Andra continues Areva contract to operate its Aube Surface Disposal Facility
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Apr 19, 2017
The critical importance of Predictive Power when building NPPs
Mapping the edge of reality
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 02, 2017
Australian and German researchers have collaborated to develop a genetic algorithm to confirm the rejection of classical notions of causality. Dr Alberto Peruzzo from RMIT University in Melbourne said: "Bell's theorem excludes classical concepts of causality and is now a cornerstone of modern physics. "But despite the fundamental importance of this theorem, only recently was the firs ... more
Paris (ESA) Apr 27, 2017
Detector delivery marks another Euclid milestone
Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017
Perfect pitch: Scientists explore the mechanics of throwing
Beijing, China (SPX) May 02, 2017
Towards largest-possible separation between quantum and classical query complexities


Tech billionaire buys Sydney mansion for record price
Sydney (AFP) May 1, 2017
Tech billionaire Scott Farquhar has bought a Sydney waterfront mansion for an Australian record Aus$75 million (US$56 million), a report said Monday, after the owners resisted selling the 1863-built home to developers. The co-founder of Australian software giant Atlassian, which floated in the United States in late 2015, snapped up the iconic "Elaine" from John Brehmer Fairfax, whose family ... more
Shanghai (AFP) April 30, 2017
China targets debt risks, but does it mean business?
Washington (AFP) April 27, 2017
Trump targets aluminum in week of trade tensions
Ottawa (AFP) April 25, 2017
Canada's Trudeau says will stand up to Trump on trade
US aims to eliminate IS from Afghanistan this year
Washington (AFP) May 2, 2017
After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US military is looking to destroy the Islamic State group's Afghan branch before battle-hardened reinforcements arrive from Syria and Iraq. While US and Kabul government forces have mainly been combatting Taliban fighters since 2001, IS's local offshoot - also known as Islamic State-Khorasan, or ISIS-K - has a st ... more
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan (AFP) April 29, 2017
US Marines return to Helmand; IS Afghan leader maybe dead
London (AFP) April 28, 2017
British soldier who killed Afghan fighter freed from jail
Jalalabad, Afghanistan (AFP) April 27, 2017
Two US troops killed fighting IS in Afghanistan
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1.4 million children acutely malnourished in Somalia this year: UN
Geneva (AFP) May 2, 2017
Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of the year, up 50 percent from late 2016, the UN said Tuesday. The United Nations children's agency warned that 275,000 of those children were expected to be so severely malnourished that they could easily die. Severe acute malnutrition is the most extreme and visible form ... more
Beijing, China (SPX) May 03, 2017
Mechanism of the influence of the Tibetan-Iranian Plateaus on the circulation and climate in summer
Addis Ababa (AFP) April 28, 2017
Ethiopia drought creates food crisis for 7.7 million
Washington (AFP) April 26, 2017
US may stay in Paris climate accord, with caveats


Lockheed Martin receives Trident missile contract
Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. has been awarded a $64.6 million dollar contract for engineering on the Common Compartment Strategic Weapons System. The contract includes testing of a special test vehicle, maintenance and the integration of the D5 Trident II SLBM to the system. The contract could increase to $94.1 million. Most of the work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif. And Ca ... more
Washington (AFP) May 1, 2017
Trump would be 'honored' to meet N.Korea's Kim, if conditions right
Seoul (AFP) May 3, 2017
Activity resumes at North Korea nuclear test site: monitor
United Nations, United States (AFP) May 2, 2017
US exploring options at UN to pressure N. Korea
Opera troupe tours rural China defending a dying art
Yuxian, China (AFP) May 1, 2017
For the 50-year-old Chinese opera performer, every aspect of the dimly-lit backstage room was a reminder that things had changed. The elaborate costumes carelessly thrown aside, the young troupe members playing with their smartphones, the half-eaten noodles abandoned in the corner - all were tokens of disorder that made Li Zhiguo grimace in his blue and gold cap. "I get angry sometimes ... more
Beijing (AFP) May 3, 2017
12 dead in tunnel blast in southwest China
Hong Kong (AFP) April 29, 2017
World's only Tiananmen museum returns to Hong Kong
Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2017
Chinese court sentences rights lawyer in secret trial
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Congolese plantation sprouts art centre to help the poor
Lusanga, Dr Congo (AFP) April 27, 2017
There is no tap water, electricity or shops in Lusanga, a Congolese town once known as Leverville where the Dutch-British conglomerate Unilever long ran a profitable palm oil plantation. But the 15,000 onetime workers living on the land recently found new hope in a stark contemporary art centre called the "White Cube" which stands somewhat strangely on the African skyline. Funded in part ... more
Djibouti (AFP) April 24, 2017
US Defense Secretary Mattis visits strategic Djibouti
Nairobi (AFP) April 23, 2017
Top conservationist wounded in Kenya gun attack
Rabat (AFP) April 22, 2017
Morocco, US stage joint military exercise
BAE partners with Czech firm on mortar system
Washington (UPI) May 2, 2017
BAE Systems has entered into a partnership with the Czech defense contractor Ray Services to deliver parts for the Swedish armed-forces mortar system Mjölner, the company announced on Tuesday. Sweden placed an order for 40 of the self-propelled, tracked 120 millimeter mortar systems with BAE December 2016. "The agreement with Ray Service demonstrates our commitment to deliver a ... more
Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2017
U.S. Air Force signs Raytheon to upgrade operations center weapons systems
Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017
U.S. Army secures contract for up to 2,500 T700 turboshaft engines
Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017
Australian troops to receive Bertin-made chemical detectors


What China's 1st domestically-built aircraft carrier means
Beijing (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017
China is expected to commission its first domestic-built aircraft carrier on May 23, when Beijing celebrates Naval Forces Day. The vessel known as the 001A will be the second aircraft carrier in service with the naval forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). In recent years, China's navy has transformed from a small fleet into a formidable force aimed at gaining dominance in the Pacific. In ... more
Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2017
China launches first domestically built aircraft carrier
Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2017
Raytheon awarded contract to activate first Zumwalt-class destroyer
Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2017
Saab taps Poland's Nauta Shiprepair for Swedish vessel construction
12 Scientist-Astronaut Candidates Graduate at Embry-Riddle Through Project PoSSUM
Daytona Beach, FL (SPX) May 01, 2017
12 new Scientist-Astronaut Candidates have graduated at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, as part of PoSSUM Class 1701 through Project PoSSUM, a non-profit research program devoted to the study of Earth's upper atmosphere. PoSSUM, an acronym for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere, uses research aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and commercial sub ... more
Vancouver (AFP) April 30, 2017
Elon Musk teases future plans at TED
Phoenix AZ (SPX) May 03, 2017
Honeywell And Paragon To Create Life Support Technology For Future NASA Space Missions
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2017
AGU journal commentaries highlight importance of Earth and space science research


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