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Revising Terran History Takes Time Gainesville, FL (SPX) Jul 09, 2008 
Even in geology, it's not often a date gets revised by 500 million years.But University of Florida geologists say they have found strong evidence that a half-dozen major basins in India were formed a billion or more years ago, making them at least 500 m25-DEC-49illion years older than commonly thought. The findings appear to remove one of the major obstacles to the Snowball Earth theory that a fr ... read more
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Walker's World: Indian nukes and the G8
Paris (UPI) Jul 9, 2008 Forget about that hollow claim from the Group of Eight summit that the main industrialized nations have agreed to halve carbon emissions by 2050. They promised that 16 years ago at the United Nations' 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. The most important event at the G8 meeting in Hokkaido, Japan, was a meeting on the sidelines between U.S. President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmoha ... more Analysis: Asian navies -- Part 1 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 9, 2008 After 10 years of steady effort, both India and China have made significant qualitative changes in their navies, but in terms of submarine capabilities -- the construction of SSNs and SSBNs -- China is now far ahead of India, however. China has built two 094 class SSBNs and two 093 class SSNs, along with JL2 and JL1M submarine-launched ballistic missiles -- SLBMs -- that are ready to ... more China, India rise while US slips in Fortune company rankings 
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2008The number of US firms among the Fortune 500 list of top global companies slipped to the lowest level in over a decade while Chinese, Indian and Mexican firms gained, the magazine reported Wednesday. The business publication said that US-based Wal-Mart Stores remained at the top of the list of the world's biggest companies by revenue at some 378 billion dollars. But the number of US firm ... more GE Energy Supplying 32 Jenbacher Gas Engines To Power Oil Pipeline In India 
Jenbach, Austria (SPX) Jul 10, 2008GE Energy is supplying Cairn India with 32 of its J420 GS Jenbacher gas engines that will generate the electricity for India's first cross country, heated crude oil pipeline, which is currently under construction. The project represents the largest single order of Jenbacher engines in India as the country works to rapidly expand its energy generation and delivery infrastructure to support ... more Analysis: Peru's oil draws Indian interest 
Miami (UPI) Jul 9, 2008 India's Reliance Industries Ltd. -- a leading South Asian energy firm -- has signed a joint agreement with Peru's state oil company to explore for oil and gas in the South American country. The deal, signed earlier this week, sought to formalize a partnership that was months in the making, according to Peruvian energy officials, and adds another developing nation to the roster of ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2008North-east India has always been a hotspot for population geneticists due to its unique, strategic geographic location and the presence of linguistically, culturally and demographically diverse populations practicing varied occupations (from hunter-gathering to settled agriculture). There are an estimated 532 tribal communities who inhabit the different geographical regions, who vary in ... more Analysis: Controlling Tibet -- Part 2 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 Should China-India relations deteriorate to the verge of military confrontation and the riots in Tibet spread extensively, the first combat units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to be called to action would be the No. 52 and No. 53 Mountain Brigades under the Tibet Military Region. The No. 52 Brigade, stationed at Linzhi, is highly mechanized and armed with T-92 wheeled armored ... more Indian PM hopes to rally support for nuclear deal: report 
New Delhi (AFP) June 30, 2008India's prime minister promised Monday to bring a nuclear pact with the US before parliament before going ahead with the deal that is fiercely opposed by his communist allies, a report said. In a conciliatory move, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conceded there were "concerns" about the pact and pledged to bring the final text "to parliament before I proceed to operationalise (the deal)," the ... more India in solar energy push as climate plan launched 
New Delhi (AFP) June 30, 2008India on Monday released a national plan to tackle climate change with a focus on renewable energy, but stuck by its refusal to specify targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the country will gradually move towards renewable sources of energy and focus on solar energy. "We must pioneer a graduated shift from economic activity based on ... more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Jun 25, 2008 Indian security forces said a major revolt that came into the open in United Liberation Front of Assam would help wipe out the banned insurgent group, one of the most dreaded in the militancy-hit Assam state. Two of three armed units of ULFA on Tuesday announced a unilateral cease-fire, marking a major revolt in the group. The two units comprising the dreaded 28th Battalion are the most ... more Lack of rain hits Indian state's power supply 
Thiruvananthapuram, India (AFP) June 26, 2008India's Kerala state has seen vital water stores for power generation dip to their lowest levels in 25 years after much-needed monsoon rains were unexpectedly weak, officials said. The southern state has so far seen almost 40 percent less monsoon rain than last year, the head of the local weather department told AFP, with authorities in Kerala imposing nightly power cuts as a result. ... more Indian coalition still deadlocked over nuclear deal: officials 
New Delhi (AFP) June 25, 2008Crisis talks between India's ruling Congress party and its left-wing allies ended Wednesday without them resolving a dispute over a nuclear energy deal with the United States, officials said. The parties, however, agreed to meet "in due course" for more negotiations over the pact with Washington, a divisive accord that has threatened to bring down the government and send India into early ele ... more Midwest floodwaters could linger for weeks 
Chicago (AFP) June 23, 2008The worst of the flooding that has ravaged the midwestern United States is nearly over, but it will be weeks before the murky water recedes in many areas, the National Weather service warned Monday. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana due to the heavy rains and deadly storms which swept through the region in recent we ... more
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