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Scientists search for alien life forms Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2008 
There has been resurgent interest among U.S. researchers to find alien life forms, scientists say.
The Washington Post reported Sunday that there has been an explosion of interest in astrobiology, the search for extreme forms of life on Earth and for possibly similar life on other planets. Biogeologist Lisa Pratt of Indiana University is among scientists who study so-called ... read more
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India opens key nuclear debate
New Delhi (AFP) July 21, 2008The future of India's coalition government and a controversial nuclear deal with the United States were hanging in the balance Monday as parliament opened debate ahead of a key confidence vote. The Indian government will collapse and early elections will be called if the coalition of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh loses a vote on Tuesday. Experts say the outcome is too close to call. ... more Indian govt makes passionate appeal to save US nuclear deal 
New Delhi (AFP) July 21, 2008India's government, which risks losing power over a nuclear accord with the US, on Monday urged lawmakers to back the pact, saying it is indispensable to the country's energy security. Communist partners of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition withdrew support earlier this month to protest the deal, and forced a special two-day parliamentary session in a bid to vote out the government. ... more Outside View: India's new sub -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 18, 2008 When the Indian government raised the issue of leasing a nuclear submarine from Russia, it focused negotiations on a multirole SSN, Project 971 Shchuka-B, known in the West as Akula, then under construction in the Far Eastern Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Like the previous Indian SSN, it was rechristened Chakra. On June 11, 2008, it started dockside trials. The submarine is ... more Indian govt faces uncertain future as confidence vote looms 
New Delhi (AFP) July 19, 2008The future of India's government and a controversial atomic energy deal with Washington hang in the balance this week with the coalition facing a confidence vote seen as being too close to call. The Indian parliament opens debate on Monday and is expected to decide Tuesday whether the Congress-led government, grappling for support after being ditched by its communist allies, will stay in off ... more Outside View: India's new sub -- Part 1 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 17, 2008 The leasing by India of a Russian Project 971 nuclear submarine built in Komsomolsk-on-Amur is the latest hot news. The agreement, whose significance for Russian-Indian cooperation has yet to be assessed, could have a profound impact on the balance of forces in the region. Russia's role in creating the Indian submarine fleet is hard to overestimate -- Soviet/Russian-built ... more |
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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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