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India seizes endangered primates found in checked bag by AFP Staff Writers Mumbai, India (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 Indian customs officers have arrested a plane passenger after discovering two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag, the latest animals seized from smugglers at Mumbai’s airport. One of the tiny apes from Indonesia was dead, while

India space agency to launch its heaviest satellite by AFP Staff Writers Bengaluru, India (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 India’s space agency will launch its heaviest ever communication satellite on its largest launch vehicle on Sunday, its latest step in an ambitious space and technology drive. The CMS-03 communication satellite, weighing about 4,410 kilogrammes (9,722 pounds)

Sinking Indian megacities pose ‘alarming’ building damage risks by Kelly Izlar for Virginia Tech News Blacksburg VA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025 Sinking land is quietly destabilizing urban infrastructure in India’s largest cities, putting thousands of buildings and millions of people at risk, according to Virginia Tech scientists. Groundwater overuse is a critical driver of the

Absence of toxic foam in Indian river cheers Hindu devotees By Arunabh Saikia New Delhi (AFP) Oct 27, 2025 Thousands of devotees waded into the foul waters of the Yamuna river in the Indian capital Monday for a Hindu festival, amid political wrangling over the sacred but severely polluted waterway. At dusk, worshippers stood waist-deep

Cyclone Montha slams into India by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi Oct 28, 2025 Heavy rain and gusty winds lashed India’s southern coast as Cyclone Montha started to make landfall on Tuesday, officials said, disrupting flights and triggering waterlogging in low-lying areas. Cyclones, the equivalent of hurricanes in the North Atlantic or typhoons in the

Unlocking the secrets to the building blocks of the universe by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2025 Indiana University researchers, working in concert with global teams, have advanced our understanding of why the universe contains matter. Their collaboration involved a joint analysis between the NOvA experiment in the United States and T2K

‘Smooth and easy’: India and China resume direct flights as ties improve By Peter CATTERALL in Guangzhou, Sailendra SIL in Kolkata Guangzhou/Kolkata (AFP) Oct 27, 2025 Passengers of the first direct flight between India and China in five years touched down on Monday, after Asia’s giants lifted a long-term air travel suspension as they cautiously

Shifting landscapes shaped Madagascar’s unique biodiversity by Robert Schreiber Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 24, 2025 A team of researchers at ETH Zurich has discovered that Madagascar’s dramatic topography and exceptional biodiversity can be traced to a pair of ancient rifting events separated by nearly 80 million years. The first tectonic shift, around 170 million years

India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Oct 24, 2025 India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air. Cloud seeding is the practice of using

Yeast demonstrates survival skills under Mars conditions by Simon Mansfield Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 25, 2025 Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Science and the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad have shown that baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) can endure the extreme conditions found on Mars. Their study exposed yeast cells