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Kalam Calls For Development Of Satellite Systems For Entire Humanity Hassan, India (ANI) Jun 11, 2007 
President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday said that the satellite systems should be developed for the advancement of the entire humanity. He said this while dedicating the country's latest communication satellite, INSAT- 4B to the nation at the Indian Space Research Organisation's Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka. The satellite was successfully launched from the spaceport at Kourou ... read more
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Azerbaijani Radar A Looming Presence For Nervous Inhabitants
Gabala, Azerbaijan (AFP) Jun 08, 2007For the people who live in its shadow, the towering Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan is more than just a bargaining chip in US-Russian wrangles over missile defence. A product of the Cold War, the station was originally used to monitor US military activity around the Indian Ocean and continues to be operated by Russia. On Thursday it was thrust into the spotlight when Russian President V ... more India To Get Revamped Aircraft Carrier From Russia 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 11, 2007In early May, an Indian naval delegation headed by Vice Admiral Birinder Singh Randhawa, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition at the Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defense (Navy), visited Severodvinsk, a major submarine construction centre in the Arkhangelsk Region, northern Russia. In spite of cold temperatures, piercing winds and snowfalls, the visit proved very fruitfu ... more Signet Solar Unveils Plans For Thin-Film Solar Module Manufacturing In India 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Signet Solar announced plans to establish significant thin-film solar module manufacturing capabilities in India. Signet Solar's India announcement follows plans unveiled last month for a manufacturing and development plant in Dresden, Germany. Signet Solar is a global company founded to design, develop and manufacture large area, low cost, thin-film silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. ... more Major Developing Nations Lukewarm On G8 Climate Goals 
Berlin (AFP) Jun 07, 2007The leaders of five major developing nations on on Thursday signalled they would not bow to pressure from the Group of Eight to commit to binding targets in the fight against global warming. Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa insisted ahead of talks with G8 leaders on Friday that their "different capacities and interests" must be considered when tackling climate change. ... more Nordic Windpower Launches Lower Cost Wind Turbines For US Markets 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Nordic Windpower has released the Nordic N1000 turbine for North American markets, and available in 2008. The turbine is based on a ten-year record of trouble-free operations in Sweden and is the result of a 30-year, $75 million investment in R and D and value-engineering by the Swedish government and European Union. "Nordic Windpower is excited to launch its global business in North Ameri ... more |
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Paris (ESA) Jun 01, 2007Huge waves that struck Reunion Island and coastlines across Indonesia earlier this month all originated from the same storm that occurred south of Cape Town, South Africa, and were tracked across the entire Indian Ocean for some 10 000 kilometres over a nine-day period by ESA's Envisat satellite. Waves reaching up to 11 metres devastated France's Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean when it ... more Amazon Tribesman Takes Rainforest Message To Japan 
Tokyo (AFP) May 31, 2007An Amazon tribal leader warned Thursday that the world will "destroy itself" unless nations stop clearing rainforests and voiced anger that his message is falling on deaf ears. Taking his campaign to the world's second-largest economy, Raoni Metyktire, a leader of the Kayapo Indians in Brazil, said Amazon nature was falling victim to development, mining and farming. "I have met with presid ... more US Sees Technical Delay In India Nuclear Pact 
Washington (AFP) May 31, 2007The United States on Thursday again blamed "some technical issues" for delays in a nuclear energy deal with India but insisted it was still "committed" to the unprecedented agreement. "I can't give you a sense on the final timing, but, look, the government's clearly committed to it," White House spokesman Tony Snow said as negotiators from both sides held talks in New Delhi. Chief US negot ... more US Positive On Clinching India Nuclear Accord 
New Delhi (AFP) May 30, 2007The United States on Wednesday expressed hope of winding up a thorny civilian nuclear energy deal which will permit India to access long-denied Western nuclear technology. The statement came on the eve of the resumption of talks in New Delhi between a top US negotiator and Indian officials over the pact in which India will separate its nuclear facilities into civilian and military uses in return ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) May 28, 2007India said Monday it would reject proposals to limit greenhouse gas emissions at a summit meeting of the world's leading economies next month because stricter limits would slow its booming economy. "Legally mandated measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are likely to have significant adverse impacts on GDP growth of developing countries, including India," environment ministry secretary ... more Hurricane Risks Higher Than Usual For Most Of US Coasts 
Orlando FL (SPX) May 28, 2007Much of the nation's Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines face substantially higher-than-normal risks for hurricanes in 2007, according to an analysis by a University of Central Florida researcher and his Georgia colleague. Nationally, Carteret County on the North Carolina coastline has the highest probability of hurricane-force winds in 2007 at 22.4 percent, according to the analysis by UCF ... more Indian Businessman Capitalizes On Global Warming Concerns 
Bangalore (AFP) India, May 27, 2007Indian businessman Tulsi Tanti, who has just bought German turbine maker REpower, stumbled into wind energy almost by accident when he was calculating the cost of power for his textile plant. More than a decade on, he believes increasing concern about global warming means the wind energy business will only turn in yet more profits. Tanti, 49, found that he was paying 25 percent of his ... more Burns Postpones India Visit Indefinitely As Nuke Deal Heads South 
New Delhi (ANI) May 23, 2007US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will not be visiting India in 'near future' to help conclude the bilateral 123-Agreement, which would have ratified the 'historical' civil nuclear energy cooperation. Burns, who was expected to reach Delhi this weekend, has 'postponed his visit indefinitely' at the last moment, which has signalled that the bilateral agreement has ... more
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