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Geospatial intelligence: India turns to New Space to catch up with China

A scale model of the NISAR satellite, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), is displayed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on 3 February 2023.
A scale model of the NISAR satellite, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), is displayed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on 3 February 2023. © Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

Earth observation programmes developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation are failing to make up for the country's lag in space intelligence. New Delhi is turning to another entity to try to regain the upper hand over Beijing in the segment.

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Algeria, France
From French interior ministry to Air Algérie via the DGSI: the legal woes of an Algerian intelligence informant in France

From the Place Beauvau to the DGSI, via Air Algérie, a look back at an affair that once again sheds light on the tribulations of Algerian intelligence in France.
From the Place Beauvau to the DGSI, via Air Algérie, a look back at an affair that once again sheds light on the tribulations of Algerian intelligence in France. © P. Kovalenkov/Alamy//K. Hackert/Imago/Reuters - Montage Indigo Publications

A court in June finally rejected a request for the reinstatement of French nationality by an Algerian working for Air Algérie, citing a DGSI report on his involvement in his country's secret service operations in France.

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