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BrahMos-2 Tests Mark Major Progress On Indian Cruise Missile Washington DC (UPI) Mar 06, 2008 
The Indian defense establishment successfully tested a missile of great significance Tuesday. According to an official statement from the Indian Defense Ministry, "A naval version of the BrahMos cruise missile was successfully tested off Andamans coast this morning." "The missile was launched from the decks of INS Rajput at 10:30 a.m. and precisely hit a land target in one of the island ... read more
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US pushes India on nuclear deal
New Delhi (AFP) March 5, 2008The United States Wednesday urged India to quickly complete all steps required to conclude a civilian nuclear technology deal with Washington before the US presidential polls in November. "Time is very tight" to get the deal through the US Congress before the United States goes into election mode, US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Richard Boucher, told reporters in New Delhi. ... more Outside View: China's energy diplomacy 
Toronto, Canada (UPI) Mar 04, 2008China'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 ... more 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 |
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New Delhi (AFP) Feb 26, 2008India 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, the defence ministry said. The launch from a submerged pontoon took place off India's southeast coast near the port city of Visakhapatnam around 1:00 pm (0730 GMT), a defence ministry spokesman said. "The test was successful ... more India's Moon Mission Pushed To July First Week 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 26, 2008India's first planetary mission, Chandrayaan-1, has now been rescheduled to take place in the first week of July as the mission personnel work overtime to sort out payload integration and launch-related issues. "We are targeting the end of June. We will try to make it in the first week of July," a senior scientist associated with the Rs 386 crore moon mission told PTI here on Monday on condition ... more Poland's Bumar says it will sign 1.2-billion-dollar arms deal with India 
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 |
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Sydney (AFP) Feb 21, 2008The economic rise of China and India means climate change is occurring faster than previously thought, making efforts to fix the problem more urgent, an official Australian report found Thursday. The government-commissioned report called for stronger international commitment to addressing climate change, saying current efforts "still fall far short of getting deep cuts in global emissions ... more Arming India In The Early 21st Century Part Two 
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 20, 2007 For the time being, private companies in India are kept at a certain distance -- they have no chance of receiving a defense order if the share of foreign capital exceeds 26 percent. Moreover, unlike state-owned companies, they have to pay 30 percent import duties for foreign spare parts. However, this investment situation may soon change. First, analysts expect an increase in the 26 per ... more Innovative Program Launched In India To Finance Clean Micro Energy Technologies 
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
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