Indo Daily
June 05, 2017
SHAKE AND BLOW
Sediment from Himalayas may have made 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake more severe



Corvallis OR (SPX) Jun 05, 2017
Sediment that eroded from the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau over millions of years was transported thousands of kilometers by rivers and in the Indian Ocean - and became sufficiently thick over time to generate temperatures warm enough to strengthen the sediment and increase the severity of the catastrophic 2004 Sumatra earthquake. The magnitude 9.2 earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, generated a massive tsunami that devastated coastal regions of the Indian Ocean. The earthquake and tsunami together kill ... read more

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Sri Lanka targets unauthorised builders after monsoon deaths
Colombo (AFP) June 3, 2017
Sri Lanka announced plans Saturday to prosecute a slew of companies and individuals behind illegal construction projects blamed for landslides and flooding that have killed at least 211 people following heavy monsoon rains last week. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Bangladesh navy rescues cyclone survivors
Dhaka (AFP) June 1, 2017
The Bangladesh navy said Thursday it has rescued 23 fishermen from the Bay of Bengal and is searching for scores more missing since a cyclone hit two days ago. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
India vows to 'go beyond' Paris accord, adding pressure on Trump
Paris (AFP) June 3, 2017
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Saturday to go "above and beyond" the Paris Agreement on climate change, as he met French President Emmanuel Macron following the controversial US decision to quit the deal. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Refugees face 'acute crisis' in cyclone-hit Bangladesh
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) May 31, 2017
Aid workers warned Wednesday of an "acute crisis" in Bangladesh after a cyclone destroyed thousands of homes and devastated camps housing Rohingya refugees, leaving many without food or shelter. ... more


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SUPERPOWERS
Indian PM praises Merkel's 'vision', urges climate action
Berlin (AFP) May 30, 2017
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that failing to act on climate change would be "morally criminal" and voiced strong support for the "vision" of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Sri Lanka appeals for help as floods foul water supply
Colombo (AFP) May 30, 2017
Sri Lanka appealed Tuesday for volunteers to help with a massive clean-up after landslides and floods left at least 193 dead and tens of thousands without safe drinking water. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
GSLV to launch US-India NISAR EO Satellite
New Delhi (Sputnik) May 24, 2017
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) will jointly put a $1.5 billion satellite into orbit in 2021 using GSLV, a rocket for which ... more
TRADE WARS
Layoffs rile India's flagship IT sector
Mumbai (AFP) May 31, 2017
Experienced Indian techie Raghu Narayanaswamy lost his job recently and fears he may not get another, as analysts warn of massive layoffs across the country's multi-billion-dollar information technology sector. ... more
AEROSPACE
BA flights disrupted for third day after IT crash
London (AFP) May 29, 2017
Passengers faced a third day of disruption at Heathrow on Monday as British Airways cancelled short-haul flights after a global computer crash that unions blamed on the outsourcing of IT services to India. ... more
MILPLEX
India approves new defence policy to boost local companies
New Delhi (AFP) May 24, 2017
India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a long-awaited policy to boost local manufacturing of high-tech defence equipment and cut down reliance on expensive imports. ... more


Sri Lanka deploys more troops as flood toll climbs to 180

SHAKE AND BLOW
Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops as flood toll climbs to 169
Kalutara, Sri Lanka (AFP) May 29, 2017
Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the island's worst flooding in well over a decade, which has killed 169 people. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
India opens its longest bridge near China border
Tinsukia, India (AFP) May 27, 2017
India opened its longest bridge close to the border with China in a move seen as bolstering its defences in a sensitive region. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Study explains severity of 9.2 magnitude Sumatra earthquake
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
New research suggests ancient Himalayan sediments account for the severity of the 2004 earthquake in Sumatra. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
'Panic' in Bangladesh factories as workers collapse in heatwave
Dhaka (AFP) May 25, 2017
Panic broke out in more than a dozen factories in Bangladesh's capital as hundreds of garment workers fell ill in a heatwave, forcing the plants to close, police said Thursday. ... more





Orbital ATK to produce components for B-2 stealth bomber
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017
Orbital ATK has received a $90 million contract from Northrop Grumman for composite materials meant for maintenance of the B-2 Spirit heavy stealth bomber. The production will include 17 Hot Trailing Edge, or HTE, parts for the bomber. Production will take place at Orbital ATK's Aerospace Structures Division facility in Dayton, Ohio, starting later this year. "We are honored to p ... more
Washington (UPI) May 31, 2017
HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter passes design review
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017
Britain's Royal Navy delivers Sea King helicopters to Pakistan
Washington (UPI) May 31, 2017
Saab contracted for maintenance of Gripen fighters
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) May 31, 2017
By observing the soot particles formed in a simple flame, researchers at KAUST have developed a computational model capable of simulating soot production inside the latest gasoline automobile engines1. Although today's passenger vehicle engines are cleaner than ever before, their exhaust can still contain significant numbers of nanoscopic soot particles that are small enough to penetrate t ... more
San Francisco (AFP) June 2, 2017
Waymo turning tech talent to self-driving trucks
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) June 1, 2017
Daimler, VW eye China's electric car market
Berlin (AFP) June 1, 2017
Germany finds emission-cheating gear on 24,000 Audis in Europe


India vows to 'go beyond' Paris accord, adding pressure on Trump
Paris (AFP) June 3, 2017
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Saturday to go "above and beyond" the Paris Agreement on climate change, as he met French President Emmanuel Macron following the controversial US decision to quit the deal. Two days after US President Donald Trump sensationally announced plans to withdraw from the pact on curbing carbon emissions Modi said India would "continue working... above and ... more
New York (AFP) June 2, 2017
US states, cities and firms unite behind Paris accord
Paris (AFP) June 1, 2017
US may do less harm outside climate pact than in it: analysts
Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2017
China further opens energy sector to private investment
Printed, flexible and rechargeable battery can power wearable sensors
San Diego CA (SPX) May 30, 2017
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first printed battery that is flexible, stretchable and rechargeable. The zinc batteries could be used to power everything from wearable sensors to solar cells and other kinds of electronics. The work appears in the April 19, 2017 issue of Advanced Energy Materials. The researchers made the printed batteries f ... more
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) May 30, 2017
Nanoalloys 10 times as effective as pure platinum in fuel cells
Amherst MA (SPX) May 30, 2017
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Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2017
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Three Mile Island nuclear plant to close in 2019
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017
The Three Mile Island atomic power plant - site of the worst U.S. commercial nuclear accident in 1979 - will cease operations in 2019, owner Exelon Corp. announced Tuesday. The plant, based in Middletown, Pa., and about 90 miles west of Philadelphia, has lost $300 million over the past five years because of the decline in energy prices, Chicago-based Exelon said in a filing with the S ... more
Homestead, United States (AFP) May 28, 2017
Why nuclear could become the next 'fossil' fuel
Brussels (AFP) May 29, 2017
EU clears EDF takeover of Areva reactor business
Geneva (AFP) May 21, 2017
Swiss vote for gradual nuclear phaseout, energy makeover
UQ physicist builds on Einstein and Galileo's work
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 05, 2017
Sixteenth century scientist Galileo Galilei threw two spheres of different mass from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to establish a scientific principle. Now nearly four centuries later, a team of Italian physicists has applied the same principle to quantum objects using a novel scientific method proposed by UQ physicist Dr Magdalena Zych, reported in Nature Communications. Dr Z ... more
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Austin TX (SPX) May 31, 2017
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Trade row blocks EU-China climate statement: EU source
Brussels (AFP) June 2, 2017
The EU and China failed Friday to formally endorse a joint statement on the Paris climate deal due to a lingering but separate trade row, a European source said. The EU source said leaders from both sides had no problem with on the climate issue as both sides want to boost efforts to implement the 2015 Paris agreement following President Donald Trump's decision to pull Washington out of the ... more
Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2017
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New York (AFP) June 1, 2017
Goldman Sachs CEO defends Paris deal in first-ever tweet
Washington (AFP) June 4, 2017
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Pakistani forces 'kill dozen IS fighters' in raid: officials
Quetta, Pakistan (AFP) June 4, 2017
Pakistani forces on Sunday said they had killed around a dozen Islamic State militants in a three-day raid prompted by intelligence reports that the group were holding two recently kidnapped Chinese nationals. The operation took place in the rugged Mastung district of southwest Balochistan province and targeted the hideout cave of a group of IS commanders, a senior security official told AFP ... more
Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2017
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Quetta, Pakistan (AFP) May 24, 2017
Two Chinese nationals kidnapped in Pakistan
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) May 23, 2017
Taliban attack on Afghan army base kills 10 soldiers
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World leaders vow to defend climate pact after Trump pullout
Paris (AFP) June 2, 2017
World leaders reacted with anger and defiance after President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the United States, the world's second biggest carbon emitter, was quitting the 2015 Paris climate agreement. With France's Emmanuel Macron taking the lead, they lashed Trump's decision as misguided and vowed to defend an accord they portrayed as crucial for the planet's future. In an exceptio ... more
Los Angeles (AFP) June 3, 2017
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Paris (AFP) June 1, 2017
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Washington (AFP) June 3, 2017
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Seoul (AFP) May 31, 2017
North Korea warned Wednesday it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time, as the US successfully tested a system designed to intercept them. The fresh sabre-rattling from Pyongyang appeared to up the stakes as the Pentagon announced Tuesday it had intercepted a mock-up of an ICMB in a first-of-its-kind test. The success of the test is a watershed mom ... more
Vienna (AFP) June 2, 2017
UN confirms Iran compliance to nuke deal
Singapore (AFP) June 3, 2017
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Washington (AFP) June 2, 2017
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US returns criminal suspect to China
Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2017
The US returned a fugitive to China Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security said, in what appears to be the first such instance of cooperation between the two countries since the election of Donald Trump. The suspect, referred to only by the last name Zhu, was repatriated with the assistance of US immigration authorities, the statement said, and is accused of a "violation of personal right ... more
Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2017
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Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2017
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African Union offers full support for UN climate deal
Conakry (AFP) June 3, 2017
The African Union (AU) on Saturday joined the chorus of disapproval at US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the landmark Paris climate deal, expressing its full support for the initiative. The current head of the regional grouping, Guinean President Alpha Conde, called for the matter to be discussed at the G20 summit in Germany next month "to raise US President Donald Trump's ... more
Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2017
China rejects Uganda ivory trafficking claims against diplomats
Banjul, Gambia (AFP) June 3, 2017
One dead after Gambian protesters clash with W. African troops
Baidoa, Somalia (AFP) June 2, 2017
Fleeing hunger, Somali women abused in displacement camps
European country orders Elbit ground intel systems
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017
Elbit Systems Ltd of Israel reports it is to supply an array of ground electronic intelligence systems to an unidentified European country. The systems, which will include command-and-control capabilities, comes through a three-year contract with an estimated value of $390 million. "Our wide and synergetic range of capabilities allows us to provide our customers with a unique and ... more
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017
Boeing awarded $1B contract for Redesigned Kill Vehicle
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
Orbital ATK supplying Army with .50-caliber ammunition
Washington DC (UPI) May 22, 2017
Oshkosh secures Marine Corps P-19R contract


Navy accepts delivery of USS Gerald R. Ford
Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2017
The U.S. Navy received delivery of the future aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford on May 31, the namesake and first vessel of the Gerald R. Ford class. The acquisition follows the completion of acceptance trials by the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey on May 26. "Congratulations to everyone who has helped bring CVN 78 to this historic milestone," Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive ... more
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017
Raytheon receives anti-mine contract
Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017
Saab displays new lightweight torpedo
Washington (UPI) May 31, 2017
Philadelphia Gear receives Arleigh Burke contract
Russia on the Way to Adopt New Program on Development of Space Centers
St. Petersburg (Sputnik) Jun 05, 2017
The federal program for the development of Russian space launch centers for the period of 2017-2025 may be adopted as early as by September, the head of Roscosmos State Space Corporation Igor Komarov said Friday. Komarov said in May that the program had been submitted to the government, and it was expected to keep within the budget not exceeding 340 billion rubles (some $6 billion). ... more
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 2, 2017
Astronauts return after marathon ISS mission
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017
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Cleveland OH (SPX) May 31, 2017
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