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US firm, CEO admit weapon, nuclear-linked export violations Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008 
A US company and the Indian head of an international firm have admitted to violating laws on export of weapons technology and nuclear power testing equipment to India, the US Justice Department said Thursday. Decade-long US sanctions over illegal Indian nuclear tests prohibit US-based companies from exporting certain goods and services to India. Parthasarathy Sudarshan, the Indian CEO of ... read more
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Russia offers India aviation secrets in fighter contract bid
Moscow (AFP) March 14, 2008Russia is ready to hand India military aircraft engineering secrets in a bid to win a 12-billion dollar (7.65-billion euro) aviation contract tender, Interfax agency reported Friday. "If the Indian government decides to buy the MiG-35 (fighter), we will transfer to India the key technologies used in these aircraft including fifth generation technologies," manufacturers MiG said in a statement ... more World condemns China as Olympic doubts grow 
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2008Taiwan led sweeping condemnation Saturday of China's brutal crackdown on protestors in Tibet and accused Beijing of trying to gloss over its rights record with Olympic sheen. About 30 people have been killed during unrest in Lhasa, according to the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, although China's state-run Xinhua news agency earlier put the figure at 10, citing government officials. ... more Blair urges binding gas cuts by all countries 
Makuhari, Japan (AFP) March 15, 2008Tony Blair on Saturday urged the world's heaviest polluters including the United States, China and India to agree to binding emissions cuts, saying failure to act on global warming would be "unforgivably irresponsible." But disagreements were out in the open as the former British prime minister took on his new role as a mediator trying to help all sides meet a deadline to draft a successor ... more India can lead world in renewable energy: Al Gore 
New Delhi (AFP) March 16, 2008India, as an advanced developing nation, can help lead the world in renewable energy technologies to solve "the climate change crisis," former US vice president and Nobel Peace winner Al Gore said. "India has proven its capability in sectors like information technology and can be a leader in the world in developing new renewable technologies to combat climate change," Gore told reporters her ... more Analysis: India looks to bolster CBI 
New Delhi (UPI) Mar 13, 2008 An Indian parliamentary panel has asked the government to grant statutory powers to the Central Bureau of Investigation to directly look into crimes related to terrorist attacks and human trafficking. The panel, attached to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice under which the CBI, India's top investigating agency, falls, in its report submitted to Parliament ... more |
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Zurich (AFP) March 11, 2008Natural and man-made disasters killed 20,000 people in 2007 and cost the world economy more than 70 billion dollars (45 billion euros), reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday. The world was hit by 142 natural catastrophes and 192 man-made disasters in 2007, the company said in a report, with most deaths in Bangladesh, India, China and Pakistan as a result of heavy flooding and cyclones, the report ... more Daimler unveils plan to sell more buses in China, India and Russia 
Frankfurt (AFP) March 11, 2008German heavy vehicle manufacturer Daimler said Tuesday it planned to expand its bus division in emerging markets such as Russia and India to boost global sales. "Daimler Buses aims in the long term to reinforce its position of number one worldwide by investing in new growth markets like Russia, India and China," a company statement said. In Russia, "we are considering local production ... more Russia Key To BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile Part Three 
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2008The Russians are freely sharing with India the full secrets of one of their proudest, most cherished and crucial military technologies with India -- supersonic cruise missiles that fly at Mach 2.8 -- apparently confident it will not leak to the United States. And they have flatly refused to contemplate any similar co-production of these BrahMos series of cruise missiles with China. ... more India awards Russia billion dollar MiG-29 upgrade 
New Delhi (AFP) March 10, 2008India has awarded Russia a 965-million-dollar contract to upgrade its multi-role MiG-29 warplanes, officials said on Monday. The two post-Cold War allies Saturday signed the deal to extend the life of India's fleet of 70 MiG-29 jets another 15 years from their current 25 years, an air force official said. "The project entails two to three years and only six of them would be re-fitted in ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Mar 06, 2008The 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 ... more India arrests arms dealer accused of corruption: report 
New Delhi (AFP) March 9, 2008An Indian arms broker who has been accused of taking kickbacks to help seal a defence deal with Israel seven years ago was arrested on tax evasion charges at the weekend, a report said Sunday. Suresh Nanda, one of several people accused of corruption in an 11.5 billion-rupee (288-million-dollar) deal clinched with Israel in 2000, was arrested late Saturday, the Press Trust of India reported. ... more Analysis: India eyes fake currency flow 
New Delhi (UPI) Mar 07, 2008Indian intelligence and security agencies have asked the government to formulate a comprehensive strategy and launch a countrywide crackdown against terrorist groups that have been circulating fake currency into the country's banking system. Concern was expressed at a recent high-level meeting of the top intelligence and security officials to discuss the onslaught of fake Indian currenc ... more India's communists warn government against nuclear deal 
New Delhi (AFP) March 7, 2008The communist allies of India's ruling Congress-led coalition are warning they may bring down the government if it goes ahead with a contentious nuclear accord with the United States. The communists issued the threat in the latest issue of party mouthpiece "People's Democracy," ratcheting up pressure on the government not to go ahead with the pact. The threat follows US calls for India ... more
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