After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun
Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.
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Russia to block G20 declaration if its views are ignored
Russia will block the final declaration of this month’s G20 summit unless it reflects Moscow’s position on Ukraine and other crises, leaving participants to issue a non-binding or ...
Flights cancelled, businesses shut in Hong Kong, Guangdong as Typhoon Saola nears
The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong and China’s neighbouring populous province of Guangdong cancelled hundreds of flights on Friday as fears of powerful Typhoon Saola forced some mainland ...
China’s Xi likely to skip G20 summit in India -sources
Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China told Reuters, a development ...
Japan at ‘inflection point’ in 25-year battle with deflation, government says
Japan may be at an inflection point in its 25-year battle with deflation as price and wage rises show signs of broadening, the government said on Tuesday, signalling its conviction ...
Lion escapes into heavy traffic in Pakistani city of Karachi
An adult lion escaped from a private vehicle amidst heavy traffic in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, causing panic for two hours before it was recaptured, Pakistani ...
Pakistan ex-PM Khan’s graft conviction suspended, but no quick release
A Pakistani court on Tuesday suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, but it will not lead to his release ...
‘Hundreds of thousands’ trafficked into SE Asia scam centres – UN
Hundreds of thousands of people are being trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and other illegal online operations that have sprung up across Southeast Asia ...
Air pollution now a major risk to life expectancy in South Asia – study
Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world’s most polluted regions, according to a report published ...
Earthquake of magnitude 7.0 strikes Bali Sea, Indonesia
A strong earthquake of 7.0 magnitude struck deep in the sea north of Bali and Lombok islands in Indonesia early on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, sending residents running ...
Dubai’s DP World to invest $510 million in India’s Gujarat state
Dubai-owned ports giant DP World [RIC:RIC:DPWRD.UL] will invest around $510 million to build a new container terminal at the Kandla port in the Indian state of Gujarat, its ...
Nearly 2 million excess deaths followed China’s sudden end of COVID curbs
China’s abrupt move to dismantle its strict COVID-19 regime, which unleashed the virus onto its 1.4 billion residents, could have led to nearly 2 million excess deaths in the following two ...
Japan says no radioactivity found in Fukushima fish -Kyodo
Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium, Kyodo news service ...
BRICS welcomes new members in push to reshuffle world order
The BRICS bloc of developing nations agreed on Thursday to admit Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates in a move aimed at accelerating its push ...
Pandemic, inflation push 68m more in Asia into extreme poverty
The coronavirus pandemic and rise in cost of living have pushed close to 70 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year, the Asian Development Bank ...
Chandrayaan-3 rover rolls onto moon’s surface as ecstatic India celebrates
The moon rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft on Thursday to begin its exploration of the lunar surface and conduct experiments to help future probes, as the media ...
North Korea launches space rocket months after failed satellite attempt
North Korea launched what appeared to be a space launch vehicle on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in what would be the country’s second such attempt this year ...
Chandrayaan-3 lands on moon in historic moment for India
– An Indian spacecraft landed on the rugged, unexplored south pole of the moon on Wednesday in a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and India’s standing as a ...
India counts down to crucial moon landing
India will make its second attempt to land on the moon on Wednesday, a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and the country’s standing as a space power, ...
Day-long Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all passengers rescued
Rescuers in Pakistan pulledall seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday, officials said, ending an ordeal lasting ...
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean from Thursday
Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing into the sea more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, going ...
Major takeaways from US, Japan, South Korea summit
U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made several pledges in an historic Camp David meeting, including an annual meeting, ...
India closes in on moon landing as Russia also races to lunar south pole
India’s space agency on Friday released images of the moon taken from its Chandrayaan-3 space craft as it approaches the lunar south pole, a previously unexplored region thought to ...
North Korea prepares for military actions in protest of US three-nation summit -South Korea
North Korea may launch an intercontinental ballistic missile or take other military action to protest a summit of the United States, South Korea and Japan, a South Korean lawmaker said ...