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Outside View: China's energy diplomacy Toronto, Canada (UPI) Mar 04, 2008 
China's building of a port in Pakistan, its extra-polite friendship with the rulers of Myanmar and now its offer to Iran to pick up gas from Pakistan if India shows no interest in doing so is all part of the country's quest for energy to feed its export economy. The West has very cleverly shifted its smokestack manufacturing industry to China. There, a mix of its own but rapidly depleting ... read more
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Outside View: Hornets for India? -- Part 2
Moscow (UPI) Mar 03, 2008The $1.5 billion contract signed by Russia's Sevmash Corp. to refit the aircraft carrier or air capable cruiser Admiral Gorshkov for the Indian navy hugely underestimated the true costs of modernization.The plunge of the dollar and the subsequent surge in prices of equipment and skilled labor, as well as high requirements set by the Indian navy, made the project unrealizable. ... more Kalam Proposes Joint Investment In Space By India And Israel 
Tel Aviv, Israel (PTI) Feb 29, 2008India and Israel should consider jointly investing up to USD one billion in selected areas in space technology based on their mutual core competence, former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam said here on Wednesday. "India and Israel should consider investing in equitable proportion to the tune of $ 1 billion investment for implementing certain selected missions based on the mutual core ... more India shrugs off US nuclear accord warning 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 28, 2008India's foreign secretary on Thursday said he was working to seal a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, but cautioned that he did not see a deadline based on the US political calendar. The remarks came after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday said that "the clock is ticking in terms of how much time is available to get all the different aspects of an agreement implementing ... more Pakistan says Indian missile test to trigger arms race: report 
Karachi (AFP) Feb 27, 2008Pakistan's military chief on Wednesday said that a test by India of a sea-based nuclear-capable missile would start a new arms race between the South Asian arch rivals, state media reported. India conducted its first test of a nuclear-capable missile from an undersea platform on Tuesday, completing its goal of having air, land and sea ballistic systems. "This is going to start a new arms ... more India, Israel to jointly develop anti-aircraft missiles 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 27, 2008India will jointly build a surface-to-air missile with its second biggest weapons supplier Israel and hopes for such collaborations with other countries, the defence minister said Wednesday. "A project has been finalised with (state-run) Israeli Aerospace Industry for the joint development of a futuristic long range surface-to-air missile," Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced in parliament ... more |
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Warsaw (AFP) Feb 25, 2008Polish state-controlled arms company Bumar on Monday announced it was poised to sign a 1.2-billion-dollar (809-million-euro) deal to supply military equipment to India. "We are expecting to sign contracts worth around 1.2 billion dollars," a spokeswoman for Bumar, Kamila Walczak, told AFP. She declined to elaborate. According to the Polish newspaper Dziennik, Bumar has clinched six ... more Calm in Indian Kashmir, but Pakistan still eyed with suspicion 
Srinagar (AFP) Feb 23, 2008There was a time when Indian soldiers guarding the Line of Control that cuts through mountainous Kashmir could barely catch a wink of sleep. At the height of the Muslim insurgency against Indian rule over a part of the picturesque Himalayan region, scores of militants would sneak in from Pakistan, bringing daily gun battles, bombings and suicide strikes. Eighteen years after the revolt b ... more India to host next military exercise with China: report 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 24, 2008India will host the second joint military exercises with China, as the neighbours continue to mend ties after a brief but bitter border war in 1962, a report said Sunday. The first-ever military manoeuvres between the world's most populous nations were held in China in December, when about 200 Indian and Chinese troops jointly "took out" a group of supposed terrorists along their border. ... more Digital Angel Secures Contract With Shipping Corporation Of India 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Feb 22, 2008Digital Angel has announced its Indian distributor, SHM Shipcare of India, has been awarded a contract by the Shipping Corporation of India to supply 200 ships with the Company's McMurdo SMARTFIND emergency position indicating rescue beacons. The contract also includes servicing. McMurdo Sales and Marketing Director Jeremy Harrison commented, "We believe our EPIRBs are a vital ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Feb 21, 2008Green Microfinance and MicroEnergy International of Germany announced the launch of Energizing India at the recent 2008 AAAS Annual Meeting. The microfinance institution, Evangelical Social Action Forum, has contracted with Energizing India in its endeavor to provide micro energy products for its 232,310 clients (micro-businesses and families) in four Provinces in south India. ... more India must pass by July key India-US nuclear deal: US senators 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 20, 2008India must complete by July all steps needed to conclude a nuclear technology deal with Washington to ensure the US Congress approves it before the presidential polls, three US senators said on Wednesday. The India-US civilian nuclear energy deal has been held up due to stiff opposition from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Communist allies who prop up the minority Congress-led government. ... more Analysis: India's Asian Security plan 
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 19, 2007 In a move to check the spread of terrorism in Asia, India has suggested a three-part strategy to tackle the challenge. "What we need is a three-pronged strategy to meet effectively various challenges relating to security confronting the Asian continent," India's Defense Minister A.K. Antony said. India's new strategy for Asian nations spells out three stages. First, to maintain a ... more Arming India In The Early 21st Century Part One 
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 19, 2007 All participants in the DefExpo-2008 arms show, which opened in New Delhi on Feb. 16, are bound to see the beginnings of a revolution in the Indian military-industrial complex. This revolution is certain to acquire global dimensions, because India is in the Top 10 in arms spending -- in the five-year period from 2007 to 2012 the New Delhi government will buy $30 billion worth of weapon ... more
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