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China-Africa space cooperation benefits people across continent Dtrends

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China-Africa space cooperation benefits people across continent Dtrends

BEIJING: The Egyptian satellite MISRSAT-2, a high-resolution optical remote-sensing satellite, has been orbiting more than 600 kilometers above the ground, providing the North African country with services such as resource surveys, environmental disaster monitoring and assessment, urban planning, and crop growth evaluation for agriculture and forestry. Launched from China in December 2023, the MISRSAT-2 was assembled and … Read more

Venice Immersive Gives VR and New Media Artists Space to Grow D trends

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Venice Immersive Gives VR and New Media Artists Space to Grow D trends

Now marking its eighth edition, Venice Immersive remains the greater Biennale family’s perpetual enfant terrible. That status has little to do with industry esteem — unfurling on its own dedicated island, the new media spotlight has become a can’t miss rendezvous every bit as prestigious as the parent film festival — and everything to do … Read more

A Satirical Space Odyssey Writ Too Small D trends

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A Satirical Space Odyssey Writ Too Small D trends

Since Jack Finney’s “The Body Snatchers” was first published 70 years ago, screen adaptations — official and unofficial alike — have taken place in small-town USA, Me Decade San Francisco, a military base, high school and so forth. All had a gist in common: humanity being infiltrated and co-opted by a shape-shifting invasive force from … Read more

Nasa delivers food, other supplies to astronauts stranded in space Dtrends

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Nasa delivers food, other supplies to astronauts stranded in space Dtrends

A Roscosmos cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday to deliver food, fuel and other supplies for the crew there, which includes two Nasa astronauts who are stuck on the station due to safety concerns over the Boeing Starliner capsule meant to take them home. The unpiloted Progress 89 spacecraft arrived … Read more

Global satellites, power grids and space stations at risk of blackout, here’s why Dtrends

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Global satellites, power grids and space stations at risk of blackout, here’s why Dtrends

The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) announced on Saturday that the Earth is currently surrounded by a solar storm, raising concerns about the impact on satellites, power grids, and space stations. A private news outlet reported that solar storms occur when the Sun releases massive bursts of energy, including solar flares and … Read more

Financial globalisation and shrinking policy space D_Trends

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Financial globalisation and shrinking policy space D_Trends

LAHORE: The economy has stabilised to some extent with the stabilisation measures initiated in May 2022. The policy rate, which was jacked up to 22%, has come down to 19.5% in a recent monetary policy announcement. Similarly, the fiscal deficit decreased to 6.8% in fiscal year 2023-24 by cutting down development expenditure to 2% of … Read more