Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace launches its Vikram-1 rocket

India’ Space Industry Enters New Era as Startups Chase Capital, Customers and Global Ambitions

When Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 lifted off on July 18, it marked a defining moment for India’s rapidly expanding commercial space industry, demonstrating that privately built rockets can now play a role in the country’s orbital ambitions. The launch placed India...
INDIA PROTESTS

India police clash with protesters over jobs and exam transparency

Indian students and unemployed youth clashed with police on Tuesday (Aug 25) as they marched towards the residence of the chief minister of the eastern state of Bihar, demanding access to jobs and transparency in recruitment exams. Police in Bihar,...
Kangba TV

Kangba TV Officially Launches on Nepal’s Net TV, Broadening New Channels for Nepal-China Cultural Exchange

Kangba TV is set to officially begin broadcasting on Net TV, a mainstream media platform in Nepal, marking a new and significant broadcast outlet for the channel in the country, following its existing presence on Himalaya TV. As a professional...
Nvidia

Nvidia worker among 9 charged in Taiwan chip smuggling case

Nine people in Taiwan, including an Nvidia worker, were charged on Monday (Aug 24) over the illegal export of artificial intelligence servers to China, Taiwanese prosecutors said. The indictments follow an investigation into the shipment of "high-end" AI servers made...
operation conducted, Cambodia

Filipino Woman Sentenced to 25 Months in Singapore Jail for Role in Cambodia-Based Scam Syndicate

A 35-year-old Filipino woman who travelled to Cambodia believing she had secured an overseas job was sentenced to 25 months in jail in Singapore on Monday after being convicted of participating in an organised scam syndicate targeting victims in the...
burning forests and land in the Petuk Katimpun area, Palangkaraya in Indonesia

Indonesia Arrests 72 Over Forest Fires as Toxic Haze Spreads Across Borneo and Malaysia

Indonesian police have arrested 72 people suspected of deliberately starting forest and peatland fires as massive blazes across the country’s central and western regions generated dense smoke, disrupted visibility and sent hazardous haze across the border into Malaysia. The arrests,...
Panstar Acro

South Korea Tests Arctic Shipping Route as Middle East Conflict Disrupts Global Maritime Trade

South Korea has launched its first trial voyage of a container ship through the Arctic, seeking to determine whether the increasingly ice-free Northern Sea Route can provide a commercially viable alternative to traditional shipping lanes linking Asia and Europe amid...
Mt Fuji

Japan dad ditches 7-year-old for hours to climb Mt Fuji

A man left his seven-year-old son behind for hours on Japan's Mount Fuji while continuing the climb, resulting in a stern warning from authorities, police and local media reported. The boy was found alone on a hiking route on Thursday...
Imran Khan

Imran Khan’s party files contempt petition over jailed leader’s hospital move

The party of Pakistan's jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan filed a contempt petition against the government on Saturday (Aug 22) after authorities took the cricketer-turned-politician to a state-run hospital instead of the private facility ordered by the top court, party...
Yangon, Myanmar

Myanmar military airstrike on monastery kills 14: witnesses

A Myanmar military airstrike on a monastery where civilians were gathered for a meditation retreat marking Buddhist Lent killed 14 people, two rebel fighters who witnessed the aftermath said. The Friday (Aug 21) attack hit a monastery hall around 9am...
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