Indo Daily
August 18, 2025
SHAKE AND BLOW
Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstream



Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Over 69,000 people died in the disaster, nearly a third are thought to be from geohazards like the more than 60,000 landslides that rushed down the slopes of the Longmen Shan. After more than a decade and a half of work, scientists finally have an account of the fate of th ... read more

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Indian Private Space Consortium to Build First National Earth Observation Satellite Network
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MISSILE NEWS
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WOOD PILE
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FROTH AND BUBBLE
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TRADE WARS
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SHAKE AND BLOW
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TRADE WARS
India faces tough choices under US tariff pressure
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 8, 2025
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TRADE WARS
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Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2025
President Donald Trump's steeper global tariffs came into effect Thursday, leaving dozens of US trade partners scrambling to secure relief from soaring levies that are rewriting global trade practice. ... more
TRADE WARS
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SHAKE AND BLOW
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FLORA AND FAUNA
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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TRADE WARS
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ROCKET SCIENCE
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EARTH OBSERVATION
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FLORA AND FAUNA
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SINO DAILY
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