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Russian Army Officers Visit Mountain Combat Center In India Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 17, 2008 
A delegation of Russian Ground Forces officers will learn about training troops for mountain warfare during a two-week trip to India that started on Monday, a spokesman for the Russian military said. Deputy commander Lt. Gen. Valery Yevnevich, along with officers from Russia's mountain brigades and the Far Eastern Military Command officer training school, will visit a training center in ... read more
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Brazil agribusiness wants looser ties to China, India in WTO talks
Brasilia (AFP) July 16, 2008Brazil's powerful agribusiness sector on Wednesday called for the country to step away from an alliance with China and India in WTO talks next week to concentrate on securing immediate farm trade deals. "The most productive sector in the Brazilian economy must not be held back by the drive to secure a greater trade opening for less competitive sectors," the Permanent Forum for Agricultural ... more The Current Biofuel Market In India 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 17, 2008The 'Indian Biofuel Industry' report analyzes the current biofuel market in India. It focuses on the causes for the growing demand of biofuels, the manufacturing technologies for the production of biofuels and government regulations. This report also enumerates the opportunities and challenges faced by the biofuel industry in India along with the current trends, addressing the client needs ... more Analysis: Nuclear revival without Germany 
Berlin (UPI) Jul 16, 2008 Global warming and rising energy prices have sparked a worldwide renaissance of nuclear energy -- but not in Germany, where the grand coalition government is still bickering over the planned phase-out of nuclear power by 2021. The United States, China, India, Russia, France, Canada, Britain, Finland, Sweden -- the list of countries aiming to build new nuclear power plants or at least ... more Raytheon Team To Bid For Indian Satellite Navigation System 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 16, 2008Raytheon is leading a team to deliver a comprehensive solution for the Indian Space Research Organization and Airports Authority of India global navigation satellite systems. This will complete the final phase of the Global Positioning Satellite-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System, or GAGAN. GAGAN will provide satellite-based navigation for civil aviation across South and East ... more IAEA board to discuss India nuclear safeguards next month 
Vienna (AFP) July 14, 2008The UN atomic watchdog's board of governors will meet on August 1st to discuss a draft safeguards agreement with India, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday. US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled a controversial agreement in 2005 to share civilian nuclear technology, which would see India enter the fold of global nuclear commerce after ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) July 13, 2008India defended Saturday a safeguards agreement with the UN atomic energy agency for a sensitive deal on its nuclear reactors, saying it guaranteed uninterrupted fuel supplies for its plants. Government officials said the safeguards agreement -- submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week -- ensured there would be no abrupt disruption of fuel supplies for its civilian ... more Indian govt seeks allies ahead of confidence vote 
New Delhi (AFP) July 11, 2008India's embattled coalition government was grappling for support Thursday to ensure it can win a confidence vote sparked by a withdrawal of support from left-wing parties, officials said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Congress-led administration lost its majority after a bloc of leftists and communists stopped backing the government because of their staunch opposition to a nuclear deal with ... more The Rise Of The Asian Navies Part Two 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 10, 2008 Russia's Yantar Shipyard currently is building a second batch of three Type 1135.6 FFGs for the Indian navy. The first three vessels of this model were built at the Baltic Sea Shipyard, but the contract for the latest three vessels has been awarded to the Yantar Shipyard, which has no experience building this type of missile frigate. Apparently Russia intends to bail out the ... more Indian state facing famine after rat plague: report 
Manila (AFP) July 10, 2008A million people in northeastern India face famine after rats destroyed most of the rice crop in their state, the International Rice Research Institute has said. The 2007 infestation spread over to the border areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar in early 2008, "increasing fears of widespread food shortages," the Philippines-based institute said. It left the Indian state of Mizoram, home to ... more |
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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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