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Walker's World: Building with BRICs Washington (UPI) May 14, 2008 
The concept of the BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- was coined five years ago in a research paper from the Goldman Sachs investment bank. This week, reality takes over from theory as the foreign ministers of the BRIC countries hold their first formal meeting in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. They convene with an agenda that includes the issue of biofuels, food ... read more
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Myanmar Allows Some Experts In As UN Call Emergency Meeting
Washington (AFP) May 14, 2008Myanmar is allowing experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to enter the country to deliver aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis, the US ambassador to ASEAN said Wednesday. "We heard today that the Burmese (Myanmar) authorities had granted permission for foreign experts to come in from neighboring countries, including China, India, Bangladesh and Thailand," Ambassador ... more India tests ballistic missile capable of reaching China 
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) May 7, 2008India successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile Wednesday that can hit targets deep inside China, joining the ranks of nations possessing intermediate-range missile capacity, the defence ministry said. It marked the third test of the Agni-III missile - India's longest-range ballistic missile - and was staged "to establish the repeatability of the missile's performance," defence ministr ... more NASA Nasa Satellite Captures Image Of Cyclone Nargis Flooding In Myanmar 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2008The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Myanmar (Burma). According to reports, Cyclone Nargis made landfall with sustained winds of 130 mph and gusts of 150-160 mph, which is the equivalent of a strong Category 3 or minimal Category 4 hurricane. However news reports now indicate that over 100,000 people may have been killed, with tens of thousands more missing as the full scale of disaster become apparent. ... more Analysis: Cyclone shows nature's power 
Washington (UPI) May 6, 2008 The cyclone tragedy that has devastated the South Asian nation of Myanmar, formerly Burma, has taken at least 22,000 lives -- a figure that looks certain to climb further as relief operations discover more victims. And it once again teaches the sobering lesson that the wrath of Nature can dwarf the worst excesses of Man. The Indian Ocean has been a focus point for nature's wrath in rece ... more Cartosat 2a Puts The World In High Resolution For Indian Government 
Delhi, India (SPX) May 07, 2008High quality imageries acquired from Cartosat-2A and Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) were presented to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Delhi by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO along with a team of senior scientists. It may be recalled that Cartosat-2A and IMS-1 were successfully launched by PSLV-C9 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on April 28, 2008. ... more |
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Washington (UPI) May 5, 2008 Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face their high-noon showdown on Tuesday in Indiana and North Carolina: The results of those two primary elections could prove the decisive turning point of the long race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Abraham Lincoln famously said at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War that he wanted God on his side, but he had to have ... more Energtek And Confidence Petroleum Sign Exclusivity Pact To Commercialize ANG Technology 
Valley Stream NY (SPX) May 06, 2008Energtek and Confidence Petroleum India have announced the signing of an exclusivity pact to commercialize Energtek's proprietary ANG technology supply solutions in India and surrounding nations. The agreement will grant the companies' recently formed joint venture exclusive rights to sell Natural Gas through Energtek's proprietary Fast Interchangeable Tanks, and Low-pressure Mobile Pipeline sys ... more Clinton has no regrets about threat to 'obliterate' Iran 
Indianapolis, Indiana (AFP) May 4, 2008Hillary Clinton said Sunday she had no regrets about vowing to obliterate Iran if it used a nuclear bomb on Israel, but Barack Obama accused her of George W. Bush-style "bluster." The Democratic White House rivals locked horns over the Islamic republic on separate television shows, two days before their next nominating showdowns in Indiana and North Carolina. Clinton was asked on ABC New ... more Asian vultures may face extinction in India, study warns 
New Delhi (AFP) May 4, 2008Asian vultures may face extinction in India unless a farm drug responsible for their large-scale decimation is banned outright, according to a report Sunday citing researchers. The population of the oriental white-backed vulture has declined by 99.9 percent and the numbers of two other highly-endangered species by 97 percent since 1992 in India, a story in the Hindu newspaper said citing a ... more |
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New Delhi, India (PTI) Apr 30, 2008The launch of 10 satellites at one go by Indian space scientists on Monday got a thumbs-up from former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who dubbed it a triumph of "beautiful and creative minds. This achievement depicts the innovation taking place in the country. India has created history with this launch," Kalam said delivering the 36th Shri Ram Memorial lecture on Innovation in Industry here. ... more Indian rocket puts a record 10 satellites into orbit 
Bangalore, India (AFP) April 28, 2008An Indian rocket launched a record 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission Monday, underlining the nation's emergence as a major competitor in the multi-billion-dollar space market. The PSLV rocket ejected all the satellites within minutes of each other after liftoff at 9:20 a.m. (0350 GMT) in clear weather from the Sriharikota space station in southern India, the Indian Space Research ... more Boeing Delivers Proposal To Equip Indian AF With Super Hornet Fighters 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 30, 2008Boeing has delivered a detailed, 7,000-page proposal offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Indian Air Force as part of India's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition. "Our proposal team worked diligently to fully understand and meet the requirements set out by the Indian Ministry of Defense (MOD). We are offering India the best-value, most advanced and proven ... more Tibet govt-in-exile says 203 dead in Tibetan unrest 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) April 29, 2008The number of people killed in a Chinese crackdown on protests and unrest in Tibet has risen by around 50 to 203, the Tibetan government-in-exile said Tuesday. Some 1,000 people had been hurt and 5,715 arrested since the demonstrations began on March 10, according to figures which the government based in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala said had been extensively cross-checked. ... more
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