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Iran, Pakistan, India Agree Gas Price For Transnational Pipeline New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Jul 17, 2007 
Iran, Pakistan and India have agreed on a formula for the price of natural gas to be pumped through a pipeline that will link the three countries, India's Asian Age daily said. The deal has removed the main obstacle to the signing of a three-way agreement on building the 2,300 km Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline with an estimated price tag of $7.5 billion. The first deliveries from gas-rich Ir ... read more
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Indian Kashmir Goes Digital To Discourage Shahtoosh Trade
Srinagar, India (AFP) July 14, 2007Authorities in Indian Kashmir are using modern technology to check trade in shahtoosh products made from the fur of an endangered Tibetan antelope, officials said on Saturday. Wildlife officials say they have put microchip tags on nearly 900 shahtoosh products owned by Kashmiris to discourage trading in the fabric known as the "king of wools" for its gossamer lightness. Tags "weighing less ... more Simulated Crop Provides Answer To Irrigation Issues 
Madison WI (SPX) Jul 13, 2007South Asia has witnessed a rapid growth in rice and wheat production that has defined the Green Revolution there. During the past 30 years, the Indian Punjab has transformed its agriculture through new technology that provides for high-producing plants, increased fertilization, and irrigation. Rice and wheat production has more than doubled with an increase in farmed areas, totaling about 6.4 mi ... more Yamuna River Still Stinks Out New Delhi Despite Massive Cleanup 
New Delhi (AFP) July 12, 2007From a boat on the Yamuna River that flows past India's capital, it's easy to spot bubbles of fetid gas sent up to the water's surface by rotting sewage -- and that's after at least 350 million dollars has been spent on cleaning it up. Now, with New Delhi to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and the sports village meant to house the athletes being built on the stinking river's banks, India mus ... more Fragmented Structure Of Seafloor Faults May Dampen Effects Of Earthquakes 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2007Many earthquakes in the deep ocean are much smaller in magnitude than expected. Geophysicists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found new evidence that the fragmented structure of seafloor faults, along with previously unrecognized volcanic activity, may be dampening the effects of these quakes. Examining data from 19 locations in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian o ... more Indian Luxury Hotel Boss Calls For Major City Clean-Up 
New Delhi (AFP) July 11, 2007The head of one of India's top luxury hotel chains called on the country Wednesday to launch a major clean-up of its filthy cities or suffer a drop in tourist arrivals. "We have to clean our cities or risk losing tourists," said P.R.S. Oberoi, the chairman of the EIH Associated Hotels group, which includes the five-star Oberoi chain. "Water is a big problem, power is a big problem, the roa ... more |
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Washington (ANI) Jul 01, 2007US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed confidence of finalisation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear energy cooperation by the end of this year. Speaking at the 32nd anniversary celebrations of the United States India Business Council (USIBC) on Wednesday, Rice said: "But with will and determination and more hard work to do, I am certain that we will reach final agreement and be in a ... more India Monsoons Leave Hundreds Dead And Millions Stranded 
New Delhi (AFP) Jul 04, 2007The death toll from this year's monsoon climbed to 474 on Wednesday as blinding rains lashed eastern India, according to officials and media reports. Two more deaths in the past 24 hours pushed the death toll to 13 in drenched West Bengal, officials said in state capital Kolkata where knee-deep flood waters invaded homes and offices. The city of 16 million people had received 300 millimetres (11 ... more Eyeing The Shanghai Group In 2007 
Sapporo, Japan (UPI) Jul 03, 2007The annual summit of the presidents of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will take place this coming August in Kyrgyzstan. The SCO groups together Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The U.S. government has reacted warily to the SCO for several reasons. First, when Washington asked to send observers to the SCO summit meetings, its request was refused. Late ... more India Ready To Offer 7 Billion Dollar Jet Fighter Contract 
New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007India has completed the preparation for its largest-ever international defense tender to acquire 126 multi-role combat aircraft, estimated at $7 billion, the Defense Ministry said Friday. A meeting of the Defense Acquisition Committee (DAC), headed by Defense Minister A.K Antony, passed Friday the criteria for the selection of the best proposal submitted by foreign bidders. "Considering th ... more |
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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
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