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Rice Eyes US-India Nuclear Deal This Year Washington (AFP) June 27, 2007 
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that a "historic" nuclear energy pact with India could be clinched this year with enough commitment from both sides. "Had this been easy, it would have been done a long time ago," Rice told the US-India Business Council, while trumpeting the deal's benefits both to fast-growing India's energy needs and to US nuclear companies.
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Floods And Heatwaves Offer Warning Of Impact Of Climate Change
Geneva (AFP) June 27, 2007Recent floods in Asia and Britain, and heatwaves in southern Europe, show the world must be better prepared to cope with the impact of climate change, the United Nation's top disaster prevention official said Wednesday. "Heavy rainfalls in Pakistan, India and northern England and heatwaves in Greece, Italy and Romania are indications of what might happen more frequently and more severely across ... more Pakistan Cyclone Leaves 21 Dead And 250,000 Homeless 
Gwadar, Pakistan (AFP) Jun 27, 2007Pakistani rescuers struggled Wednesday to reach 250,000 people left homeless, and in some cases clinging to rooftops and trees, by a cyclone that lashed the coast and killed 21 people. Cyclone Yemyin roared in from the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, days after thunderstorms left around 230 people dead in Karachi and nearly 150 people were killed by rains in neighbouring India. The UN said the des ... more Russia Ratifies Deals On ITER Research Reactor 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 28, 2007Russia's lower house of parliament ratified Wednesday two agreements regulating the ITER project, an experimental reactor in France being built with Russia's involvement, aimed at eventually generating power by nuclear fusion. Under the document now ratified by the State Duma, which was first signed in Paris on November 21, 2006, Russia, South Korea, China, Japan, India, the European Union and t ... more Kalam Asks BrahMos Developers To Work On Mark-II Version 
New Delhi (ANI) (SPX) Jun 26, 2007President APJ Abdul Kalam has called upon the BrahMos Aerospace team to work on Mark-II version of the missile so that the country remains the market leader in supersonic cruise missiles. Congratulating the Indian Army for acquiring supersonic cruise missile BrahMos at a function marking the commencement of its delivery, Kalam said that in the emerging network centric warfare scenario, the fast ... more US Charitable Giving Sets New Record Topping Katrina Effort 
Washington (AFP) June 25, 2007US charitable giving hit a record 295.02 billion dollars in 2006 as Americans topped the philanthropic effort from major disasters a year earlier, a survey showed Monday. A report by Giving USA Foundation showed a third straight year of charity giving growth fueled in part by mega-gifts from billionaires life Warren Buffett, but also from mainstream Americans, who donated roughly two percent of ... more |
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New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007India's Army put the BrahMos joint Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missile into service Thursday at an official ceremony in the capital. The missile has been developed as a joint venture between India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Russia's Mashinostroyenia research-and-production center. "BrahMos is the best example of Russian-Indian cooperation," said India's ... more India Completes Talks On Huge Warplane Deal 
New Delhi (AFP) June 19, 2007India has completed negotiations over an order for 126 fighter jets that could cost up to nine billion dollars, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Monday. But the minister did not say which of the Russian, US and European rivals were best placed to win what arms industry sources have described as the world's biggest fighter plane contract in 15 years. According to industry sources, the ... more Suni Williams Sets New Record For Women In Space 
Washington (AFP) Jun 16, 2007A US astronaut of Indian heritage made history early Saturday when she set a new record for the longest uninterrupted space flight by a woman. At 1:47 am (0547 GMT), International Space Station (ISS) engineer Suni Williams surpassed the 188-day, 4-hour mark set by her compatriot Shannon Lucid in 1996, according to US space officials. It was not the first record set by Williams ... more World Desertification Day Puts Spotlight On Neglected Crisis 
Paris (AFP) June 15, 2007The United Nations on Sunday sounds a loud alarm about desertification, warning that global warming is helping to drive the onward march of parched land and, in years to come, millions of people could be driven from their homes. Of six billion humans, nearly a fifth are threatened directly or indirectly by desertification, experts warn ahead of the UN's annual World Day to Combat ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) June 11, 2007The average Indian may go through an entire life without contributing a huge amount to the world's production of greenhouse gases, but in death his carbon footprint jumps. Alarmed by the fuel-intensive nature of the funeral rites of Hindus who practice open-air cremation using firewood, an environmental group in New Delhi is promoting a new, more eco-friendly pyre. "Our faith tells us we m ... more Big Blue Goes Big Green In India 
Bangalore (AFP) Jun 08, 2007IBM said Friday it would supply technology to its Indian data-centre clients that will help them reduce energy costs, which make up almost half their total expense. IBM Global Financing, a unit of the technology giant, will provide clients with loans on easy terms so they can fund the hardware, software and services needed to build energy-efficient data centres, the company said in a statement.< ... more Kalam Calls For Development Of Satellite Systems For Entire Humanity 
Hassan, India (ANI) Jun 11, 2007President 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 ... more 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
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