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A file image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping | Photo Credit Press Information via Reuters Leaders of India and China exchanged congratulatory messages on Tuesday (April 1, 2025), marking the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations amid the efforts to reset the ties after over four years of freeze due … Read more
Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after an earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, including 50 preschoolers, but said the civil war could prevent help reaching those in need. Chinese television reported the death toll reached 2,719 on Tuesday (April 1, … Read more
Basel Adra, from left, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham accept the award for best documentary feature film for “No Other Land” during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. | Photo Credit: AP Oscar-winning filmmakers of No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, and … Read more
The AI for Good lab has done this kind of AI-assisted damage assessment before [File] | Photo Credit: AP Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicentre of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian county’s second-largest city. … Read more
ISRO has released images captured by its earth imaging and mapping satellite, CARTOSAT-3 showcasing the damages caused by the earthquake in Myanmar on March 28. The post-disaster Cartosat-3 imagery was acquired by ISRO on March 29 over the cities of Mandalay and Sagaing in Myanmar, it said. Additionally, the pre-event Cartosat-3 data acquired on March … Read more
Astronauts Sunita Williams, and Barry Wilmore speak during a news conference at the NASA Johnson Space Centre on March 31, 2025 in Houston, Texas. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP India is amazing from space, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams said and voiced optimism that she will visit her “father’s home country” and share experiences … Read more
A colossal fire erupts due to a burst gas pipe in Putra Heights in central Selangor state , Malaysia, on April 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP A colossal fire erupted on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) in a Malaysian suburb outside Kuala Lumpur, prompting evacuations of nearby homes. The towering inferno near a gas station … Read more
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The White House has said India imposes a 100% tariff on American agricultural products and the high levies charged by other countries make it “virtually impossible” for U.S. products to be exported … Read more
File picture of Afghan refugees settle in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in Torkham, Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan plans to expel 3 million Afghans from the country this year, as a deadline for them to voluntarily leave the capital and surrounding areas expired on Monday (March 31, 2025). It’s the latest … Read more
