TEMPO air pollution space sensor completes development

    Tech Explorist NASA along with Kelly Chance from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge and Ball, has designed an instrument called Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO. TEMPO is a UV-visible spectrometer, sensitive to visible and ultraviolet wavelengths of light. It will make observations from a geostationary vantage point, about 22,000 miles above…

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      Why are the ‘yellow vests’ protesting in France?

      Rokhaya Diallo/Aljazeera The wave of protests sweeping through France is not a rejection of green policies. It’s a revolt against the 1 percent. For the past three weeks, France has been experiencing one of the most significant social mobilisations in its recent history, which laid bare the country’s social ills, anti-elite sentiment, growing inequalities and…

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        SAARC to realize region’s fullest potential: SG

        BSS Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Amjad Hussain B. Sial has said SAARC will surely be able to realize the region’s fullest potential as it is the common identity and inspiration of South Asian nations. “With sustained endeavours, we will surely be able to realize the region’s fullest potential,”…

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          Don’t be swayed by pressure: AL to EC

          Arafat Hasan of DOT The ruling Awami League has ‘warned’ the Election Commission to not give in to any form of pressure. A delegation from the party spoke to the EC yesterday before it was to deliver its decision on whether to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to compete in the polls. The delegation was…

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            Doubling wild tigers

            Alka Bhandari, Post Graduate Scholar at the Department of Zoology, Amrit Science Campus/ My Republica Nepal has made notable progress in saving endangered wild cats from extinction and in nearly doubling their number just in nine years Undeniably the most iconic animal species, Royal Bengal Tiger holds great historical and cultural significance in Nepal and…

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