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70 detained in fresh protests against India fuel hike Srinagar (AFP) June 12, 2008
Police in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir detained 70 people as protests against a rise in fuel prices announced by the national government continued for a fourth day on Thursday. Police used batons and water cannons to repel government employees shouting "roll back fuel prices" as they tried to march on the office of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar. ... read more
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India PM calls for end to opposition to US nuclear pact
New Delhi (AFP) June 11, 2008Indian Premier Manmohan Singh Wednesday made a fresh appeal to his government's left-wing allies and the opposition to drop objections to an endangered nuclear energy pact with Washington. Singh, who has been pushing the deal that would allow India to buy technology and power plants without signing global non-proliferation pacts, said he was hopeful it would be finalised soon, the Press ... more Indonesia launches tsunami alert buoys: US embassy
Jakarta (AFP) June 11, 2008Indonesia launched two tsunami alert buoys with US help Wednesday to boost an early warning system for the country worst hit by the 2004 killer wave, the US embassy said. The devices are part of a 22-buoy system planned for the Indian Ocean, an embassy statement said. "This work is extremely important for ordinary Indonesians who live and work in tsunami-prone areas," US Ambassador ... more Spire Provides Turnkey Solar Module Manufacturing Line To PLG Power In India
Bedford MA (SPX) Jun 10, 2008Spire has announced that it has received a contract from PLG Power Limited (PLG Group) to provide a state-of-the-art, turnkey photovoltaic module assembly line in India. PLG Power Limited is the Energy and Power division of PLG Group, a multifaceted organization involved in manufacturing and agro-based industries located in Mumbai and Kolkata, India. This will be the company's first state ... more CIC Castigates ISRO For Denying Information
New Delhi, India (PTI) Jun 10, 2008The Central Information Commission has castigated the Indian Space Research Organisation for taking a stand that information relating to the Defence Ministry was not a public activity, and asked it to reveal the details to an RTI applicant. "The stand taken in the hearing by respondents ISRO that matters concerning the Ministry of Defence do not concern public activity is absurd. ... more World major economies see new nuclear dawn
Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 9, 2008Top economic powers have declared that the world is entering a new era of nuclear energy amid rising concerns over high oil prices and global warming, but Germany stood firmly as an exception. The Group of Eight industrial nations got together with China, India and South Korea at the weekend in Aomori, a hub of Japan's nuclear energy industry on the northern tip of the country's main island ... more |
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Plainfield IN (SPX) Jun 03, 2008Duke Energy Indiana has proposed a sweeping modernization of its power delivery system including the installation of more than 800,000 new digital "smart meters" -- one for virtually every home and business in each of the 69 counties served by the state's largest utility. The five-year initiative - called "Smart Grid," referring to the power delivery system - would employ extensive digit ... more India To Launch First Lunar By Year End
Kolkata (IANS) May 28, 2008The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch its first unmanned moon mission, Chandrayan-I, between October and December, a top official said yesterday in Kolkata. "We are hopeful of launching the spacecraft in the third quarter of 2008-09. The mission would be targeted to capture images of the lunar surface," ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair said. "The objectives of t ... more ISRO Eyes Commercial Launches To Earn Cash
Kolkata (IANS) May 28, 2008After a string of successes, a confident Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is ready to offer its capacities on a commercial basis and ring in its cash registers, after meeting the domestic requirement that calls for four to five launches a year. "ISRO launch vehicles are efficient, reliable and cost-effective. Our launch vehicles cost nearly 25 percent less than what international ... more Analysis: Indian security agencies faulted
New Delhi (UPI) May 28, 2008 Indian intellectuals meeting in the aftermath of the May 13 bombings in the northern tourist spot of Jaipur have accused the security and investigative agencies of picking up Muslim youths on suspicion and without any tangible evidence of their involvement in terror-related crimes. The conference, titled "Terrorism: A Solidarity Approach" and jointly organized by the People's Movement ... more |
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Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) May 23, 2008India's military on Friday conducted a successful test of a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, defence sources said. The test of the Prithvi (Earth) missile was carried out from India's Integrated Testing Range at Chandipur-on-Sea, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of Orissa's state capital Bhubaneswar. "It was a user trial of the army version of the 150-250 kilometre ... more Rice plugs nuclear power, US oil exploration
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2008The United States needs to explore more for oil at home and tap nuclear power as part of a comprehensive energy policy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview aired Friday. Speaking to CNBC television during a visit to California, Rice also dismissed fears that the US economy was losing its competitive edge to China and India. It's very important that we diversify (ene ... more Analysis: India mulls new probe agency
New Delhi (UPI) May 21, 2008 Worried over its failure to effectively stop the growing incidence of terror attacks, Maoist violence and white-collar crime, India is considering the establishment of a federal agency to investigate crimes having countrywide implications. Successive Indian governments, police, security and intelligence agencies have deliberated establishing a federal investigating agency but have ... more India, Pakistan sign prisoner agreement
Islamabad (AFP) May 21, 2008Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan signed a pact Wednesday to give consular access to each others' prisoners but made no breakthrough in their dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir. Foreign ministers from both sides wrapped up the latest round of the four-year-old negotiations between the feuding neighbours, which resumed this week after a hiatus of several months caused by political ... more
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