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ISRO Scientists Meet With Prime Minister New Delhi, India (PTI) May 07, 2008 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday lauded Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists behind the successful launch of polar rocket that put a record ten satellites in orbit. A delegation of top space scientists led by ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair presented to Singh a model of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and satellite pictures of the national capital taken by Cartosat ... read more
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Cartosat 2a Puts The World In High Resolution For Indian Government
Delhi, India (SPX) May 07, 2008High quality imageries acquired from Cartosat-2A and Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) were presented to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Delhi by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO along with a team of senior scientists. It may be recalled that Cartosat-2A and IMS-1 were successfully launched by PSLV-C9 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on April 28, 2008. ... more Homeland Security: The week ahead 
Washington (UPI) May 5, 2008 Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina Tuesday mean that presidential politics is likely to dominate the news agenda this week. But among all the endless talk of demographics, victory margins and delegate counts, here are a few national and homeland security events and stories that might make the inside pages. Armed services subcommittees in the House will begin to mark up ... more Analysis: High noon for Clinton, Obama 
Washington (UPI) May 5, 2008 Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face their high-noon showdown on Tuesday in Indiana and North Carolina: The results of those two primary elections could prove the decisive turning point of the long race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Abraham Lincoln famously said at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War that he wanted God on his side, but he had to have ... more Energtek And Confidence Petroleum Sign Exclusivity Pact To Commercialize ANG Technology 
Valley Stream NY (SPX) May 06, 2008Energtek and Confidence Petroleum India have announced the signing of an exclusivity pact to commercialize Energtek's proprietary ANG technology supply solutions in India and surrounding nations. The agreement will grant the companies' recently formed joint venture exclusive rights to sell Natural Gas through Energtek's proprietary Fast Interchangeable Tanks, and Low-pressure Mobile Pipeline sys ... more Clinton has no regrets about threat to 'obliterate' Iran 
Indianapolis, Indiana (AFP) May 4, 2008Hillary Clinton said Sunday she had no regrets about vowing to obliterate Iran if it used a nuclear bomb on Israel, but Barack Obama accused her of George W. Bush-style "bluster." The Democratic White House rivals locked horns over the Islamic republic on separate television shows, two days before their next nominating showdowns in Indiana and North Carolina. Clinton was asked on ABC New ... more |
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Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Apr 30, 2008COM DEV International has announced that a nanosatellite carrying an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver built by COM DEV has successfully been deployed by the Antrix PSLV-C9 launch conducted from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India on April 28, 2008. This activity is part of COM DEV's technology validation process intended to verify the performance of key elements ... more Kalam Hails ISRO For Satellite Launch 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Apr 30, 2008The launch of 10 satellites at one go by Indian space scientists on Monday got a thumbs-up from former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who dubbed it a triumph of "beautiful and creative minds. This achievement depicts the innovation taking place in the country. India has created history with this launch," Kalam said delivering the 36th Shri Ram Memorial lecture on Innovation in Industry here. ... more Indian rocket puts a record 10 satellites into orbit 
Bangalore, India (AFP) April 28, 2008An Indian rocket launched a record 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission Monday, underlining the nation's emergence as a major competitor in the multi-billion-dollar space market. The PSLV rocket ejected all the satellites within minutes of each other after liftoff at 9:20 a.m. (0350 GMT) in clear weather from the Sriharikota space station in southern India, the Indian Space Research ... more Boeing Delivers Proposal To Equip Indian AF With Super Hornet Fighters 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 30, 2008Boeing has delivered a detailed, 7,000-page proposal offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Indian Air Force as part of India's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition. "Our proposal team worked diligently to fully understand and meet the requirements set out by the Indian Ministry of Defense (MOD). We are offering India the best-value, most advanced and proven ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) April 28, 2008Global aviation giants on Monday submitted bids to sell 126 warplanes to India -- the world's richest fighter aircraft deal worth 12 billion dollars. Six aeronautical companies from Russia, the United States and Europe offered their proposals to the Indian defence ministry well before an official deadline ended, the companies said. US-based Lockheed Martin said its proposals, which run ... more China begins building Tibet-Nepal rail link: official 
Kathmandu (AFP) April 26, 2008China has started to build a rail link between Tibet and Nepal that could drastically reduce Kathmandu's trade reliance on its giant southern neighbour India, officials said Saturday. Beijing is bringing the railway line from Lhasa -- the capital of troubled Chinese-controlled Tibet -- to Khasa, a town along the Nepal-China border, Aditya Baral, the Nepalese premier's foreign affairs adviser ... more Global aviation giants race to meet Indian fighter deadline 
New Delhi (AFP) April 25, 2008Aviation giants are scrambling to meet a deadline to bid for a 12-billion dollar deal to sell 126 fighter planes to India, but tough arms purchase rules are dogging the global contenders. Six aeronautical firms are expected to submit proposals by Monday for the contract, which includes outright purchase of 18 war jets by 2012. India also holds the option of buying another 64 fighters from th ... more Senegal's Wade says India to fully supply rice needs 
Dakar (AFP) April 24, 2008Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Thursday said India would furnish the west African nation, where there have been protests against rising food prices, with its full supply of rice needs for the next six years. Despite India restricting exports to premium long grain basmati rice on April 1, Wade said on national television that he had got New Delhi's assurance of a supply of 600,000 tonnes ... more
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