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Rajnath Singh Proposes India ASEAN Defence Think Tank Forum

October 31, 2025

 

  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has proposed establishing an India–ASEAN Defence Think Tank Forum to strengthen strategic cooperation and address emerging security challenges in the Indo-Pacific. The proposal was made during the ASEAN–India Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

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China Pauses Rare Earth Export Controls After Trump–Xi Truce

October 31, 2025
 
  • China has agreed to suspend its export restrictions on rare earth elements for one year following a high-level meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan. The move marks a temporary easing of tensions in the ongoing trade conflict between the two powers.

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Brightens Rapidly Near Perihelion

October 31, 2025

 

  • Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has shown a sharp increase in brightness as it passed behind the Sun, reaching perihelion on October 29. Although hidden from Earth-based telescopes during this period, several spacecraft—including NOAA’s GOES-19 (CCOR-1), NASA–ESA’s SOHO (LASCO C3), and NASA’s PUNCH mission—successfully tracked its activity through coronagraph imagery.

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Rare Atlas Moth Spotted in Karnataka Highlights Western Ghats Rich Biodiversity

October 31, 2025

 

  • A rare Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas), one of the world’s largest moth species, has been sighted in the Karwar region of coastal Karnataka, underscoring the rich monsoon biodiversity of the Western Ghats. The species, native to tropical forests across Asia, is known to occur in India, particularly along the humid and evergreen stretches of the Western Ghats.

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IIT Madras Achieves Hybrid-Rocket VTOL Soft-Landing Breakthrough

October 31, 2025

 

  • Researchers at IIT Madras have achieved a major milestone in vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology using hybrid rocket thrusters. By coupling a live hybrid motor with a real-time simulation, the team demonstrated controlled descent and soft-landing conditions — a key requirement for planetary probes, UAVs, and VTOL aircraft.

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