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The 550m wide rupture which caused the disaster in Uttrakhand
A recent report by French space agency (CNES) shows a 550m wide rupture which caused the disaster at Chamoli, Uttrakhand. From the report: Article by Levina The French space agency (CNES) activated the International Charter “Space and Major Disasters” to image the area of the disater in Uttarakhand. Pléiades images (resolution: 70 cm in panchromatic, 2.8 m…
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Lessons From History: More Things Change, More They Remain The Same
By Tapan Mishra, an Indian scientist who was the director of Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation. They came as merchants to buy costly clothes, spices, minerals, diamonds from prosperous Indians. Over time, they became masters, we became their colony, Indian economy nosedived. From producers of finest clothes, we became importers of clothes from…
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Chinese Navy Has a Command Conundrum in its Fleet
By Capt Manoj (Veteran) The Chinese Navy or People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has been adding ships to its fleet at an impressive rate and analysts believe it could dominate the Indo-Pacific maritime domain by 2030. The singular focus by PLAN watchers on the number of ships being added in PLAN, however, distracts attention from…