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Mission To Space May Not Be A Manned One: ISRO Bangalore, India (PTI) Apr 28, 2008 
India's much awaited mission to space, planned to be launched in 2015, may not be a 'manned' one as ISRO is not sure whether it would be a man or a woman who will have the privilege of being an astronaut for this ambitious programme. Faced with the dilemma, ISRO has now renamed its mega venture, costing around Rs 10,000 crore, as 'Indian human space flight', which ISRO officials hope would satis ... read more
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Global aviation giants race to meet Indian fighter deadline
New Delhi (AFP) April 25, 2008Aviation giants are scrambling to meet a deadline to bid for a 12-billion dollar deal to sell 126 fighter planes to India, but tough arms purchase rules are dogging the global contenders. Six aeronautical firms are expected to submit proposals by Monday for the contract, which includes outright purchase of 18 war jets by 2012. India also holds the option of buying another 64 fighters from th ... more China, India powers to equal US might in 10 years: Canadian survey 
Ottawa (AFP) April 24, 2008A majority of Canadians (67 percent) believe the influence of China and India in the world will rival that of the United States within the next decade, said a survey Thursday. As well, more than 60 percent of Canadians believe the growing importance of China and India as economic powers are more of an opportunity for Canada than a threat, according to the Angus Reid poll. Some 36 percent ... more Senegal's Wade says India to fully supply rice needs 
Dakar (AFP) April 24, 2008Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade Thursday said India would furnish the west African nation, where there have been protests against rising food prices, with its full supply of rice needs for the next six years. Despite India restricting exports to premium long grain basmati rice on April 1, Wade said on national television that he had got New Delhi's assurance of a supply of 600,000 tonnes ... more Asia's rainforests vanishing as timber, food demand surge: experts 
Hanoi (AFP) April 27, 2008Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and record food, energy and commodity prices, forest experts warn. The loss of these biodiversity hot spots, much of it driven by the illegal timber trade and the growth of oil palm, biofuel and rubber plantations, is worsening global warming, species loss and poverty ... more India to blast satellite into space 
Bangalore, India (AFP) April 24, 2008An Indian rocket will next week launch an advanced remote-sensing satellite that will help plan and implement urban and rural development projects, the space agency said Thursday. Cartosat-2A, an all-weather, reconnaissance satellite, will be lifted into space on Monday morning from the Sriharikota space centre in southern India, the Indian Space Research Organisation said. "The launch ... more |
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New Delhi, India (PTI) Apr 18, 2008India is gearing up for the launch of its maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I later this year and government is actively considering sending a man into space, Minister of State in PMO Prithviraj Chavan said on Wednesday. Integration of 11 experiments -- five Indian and six foreign -- is proceeding satisfactorily and scientists are looking forward to a launch in the third quarter, he said replying ... more Analysis: India, China to aid Nigeria oil 
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Apr 21, 2008India and China have decided to help Nigeria build new refineries rather that continue to buy crude oil for export from the petroleum-rich West African nation. According to Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources, three major Chinese petroleum companies agreed this week to build a refinery in the delta, while India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. also announced it will construct a delta ... more Emerging Economies Create More Value Per Unit Of Energy Consumed 
New Delhi, India (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Given the global consensus on climate change, world leadership has looked at growth in India and China with increasing alarm. The prior experience of industrially-developing countries worldwide would suggest that as an economy grows, it consumes more and more energy. Given currently available energy and technology options, this in turn leads to increased carbon emissions into the environment. ... more Spire To Provide Alpex Exports Of India With Turnkey Solar Module Manufacturing Line 
Bedford MA (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Spire has announced that it has received a contract from Alpex Exports Pvt. Ltd. to provide a photovoltaic module assembly line for that company's operations in New Delhi, India. Alpex is an international trading company. This will be the company's first solar energy facility and will support its growth into both the standard module, and Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) markets. ... more |
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India-Bangladesh Border (AFP) April 14, 2008Huge cheering crowds lined railway tracks on the border between India and Bangladesh on Monday as passenger train services resumed between the two countries after a gap of more than 40 years. Trains, named the Maitree (Friendship) Express, travelled in both directions for the first time since the service was suspended after a 1965 war between India and Pakistan, when Bangladesh was part of ... more ISRO's Licensing Role Comes Under US Scrutiny 
New Delhi (PTI) Apr 14, 2008The role of India Space Research Organisation in influencing the licensing policy for hiring foreign satellites by telecom and broadcasting firms, has come the scanner of the US Department of Commerce. An annual review, completed under an American law identifying barriers facing the US telecom and equipment suppliers, has found a conflict of interest between ISRO's "unofficial" role as a regulator ... more Analysis: India eyes Kazakh energy 
India may be a relative latecomer in the rush for Caspian hydrocarbon riches, but its booming economy and stable democratic traditions make it an attractive market for Central Asian energy producers, particularly Kazakhstan. Bishkek it adroitly seeking to diversify is markets, as Russia takes 33 percent of the country's exports. To bolster India's presence in the Caspian and ... more Analysis: SIMI crackdown helps moderators 
New Delhi, April 10, 2008 The recent crackdown by the Indian police and security agencies against top members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India will help Muslim moderates who have been fighting to marginalize extremists in the community, experts say. "The morale of Muslim religious and political leaders, who are considered to be moderates opposes to SIMI, will go up with the recent arrest of the ... more
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