Venezuela’s ruling party claims election win as opposition boycotts

Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News EPA Nicolás Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores – who likes to be called ‘First Warrior’ rather than ‘First Lady’ – was photographed casting her vote Venezuela’s ruling party is celebrating what it has described as “an overwhelming victory” in regional and parliamentary elections, which were boycotted by the majority of opposition parties….

Union Minister Piyush Goyal meets Paytm founder, discuss making India digital payments powerhouse

In a significant step toward strengthening India’s position in the global digital economy, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal, met with Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma to discuss the future of fintech, digital payments, and inclusive e-commerce in India. During the discussion, Minister Goyal highlighted the government’s vision of making India…

More than 95 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land unusable, UN warns | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli attacks on land, wells and greenhouses are exacerbating the already critical risk of famine in Gaza, the FAO says. Less than five percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland is able to be cultivated, according to a new geospatial assessment from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). The…

India’s Defence authorities to use LEO satellites for communication: ISpA

A satellite model is placed on a picture of Earth in this illustration taken | Photo Credit: Dado Ruvic India’s defence authorities will use Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations for communication and meteorological services in the future, Lt Gen Anil Kumar Bhatt (retd), Director General of the India Space Association, told businessline. “Today, we ues GEO-satellites…

India Launches Bharat Forecast System: India’s leap forward in weather prediction and disaster management

India on Monday launched the indigenously developed high-resolution Bharat Forecast System (BFS) to boost tracking of monsoons and improve disaster management. The Bharat Forecast System was launched by India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). It has the potential to forecast with a 6 km resolution — the highest in the…