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Indian Army Orders Additional BrahMos Cruise Missiles New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Aug 13, 2008 
The Indian army has ordered an additional batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture, the company's CEO said Tuesday. "The army leadership realizes that weaponry such as the BrahMos missiles will ensure victory to the country which posses it in any conflict," Sivathanu Pillai, who is also the managing director of BrahMos Aerospace ... read more
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PTC's Pro/Engineer Used Indian Irrigation Project
Needham MA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008PTC has announced that Kirloskar Brothers has leveraged Pro/ENGINEER to design a pump engineering solution based on its unique siphon design for the Saurashtra Branch canal, part of the strategic Narmada Dam project in the Western Indian state of Gujurat. State of the art technology coupled with design innovation helped overcome significant terrain, engineering and financial challenges ... more AEP And Duke To Form Joint Venture To Build Transmission 
Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 13, 2008American Electric Power has formed a joint venture company with Duke Energy to build and own new electric transmission assets. Through the 50-50 partnership, AEP and Duke are proposing to build 240 miles of extra-high voltage 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines and related facilities in Indiana. The project would link Greentown Station (near Kokomo, Ind.) with Rockport Station ... more US official urges nuclear suppliers to back US-India pact 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 8, 2008A senior US official on Friday urged nuclear supplier states, including Japan, to support the nuclear deal between India and the United States. The plea came as the Nuclear Suppliers Group of 45 nations that export nuclear fuel and technology consider whether to approve a deal under which the US will provide energy-starved India with civilian nuclear fuel and technology. "We certainly ... more Australia to work with China to revive world trade talks: PM 
Sydney (AFP) Aug 8, 2008The Australian and Chinese trade ministers will work together to attempt to revive the global trade talks which collapsed last month, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday. The latest Doha round of World Trade Organisation negotiations, which saw emerging powers such as India, China and Brazil take centre stage, fell apart in July in a potentially devastating blow to millions of the world's ... more Moon Mission To Give Global Footing To Indian Scientists 
Mumbai, India (PTI) Aug 08, 2008The 'Chandrayaan mission' will give Indian scientists an oppurtunity to become international players in space expedition, giving them an equal footing with their global partners, a top space scientist has said. "We must go to the moon and this is important because it gives an opportunity for Indian scientists to become international players," K Kasturirangan, Rajya sabha memeber and former ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 07, 2008A new study, co-funded by NASA, has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. Computer models and observations show a decline in rainfall, with implications for the region's food security. Rainfall in eastern Africa during the rainy season, which runs from March through May, has declined about 15 percent since the 1980s, according to ... more APSCC Announces Speakers To APSCC 2008 
Seoul, Korea (SPX) Aug 06, 2008The satellite industry in the Asia-Pacific region is "on the move" with the increasing demand for High Definition Television (HDTV) broadcast and turnaround services, the opening of Direct-to-Home (DTH) markets in China and India, and with a number of broadband services via satellite significantly increasing in Asian countries and Australia. Experts from the international satellite ... more ISRO And IIT Kanpur To Develop Micro Satellite 
Kanpur, India (PTI) Aug 05, 2008In an effort to enhance the flow of information pertaining to disaster management, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is all set to develop a micro satellite in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). ISRO has in principle given clearance to the project and IIT scientists will visit ISRO, Bangalore later this month for the final commitment. "We have ... more India To Soon Get Global Navigation System 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 04, 2008India will soon acquire a comprehensive global navigation satellite system to meet the requirements of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Airports Authority of India (AAI). "India has tied up recently with US aerospace major Raytheon Company for the final phase of its ambitious Global Positioning Satellite-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System (GAGAN)," said Andy ... more |
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Colombo (AFP) Aug 3, 2008Tensions between India and Pakistan overshadowed a South Asian summit that ended in Sri Lanka Sunday, but the two nuclear-armed rivals vowed to work together and save a tenuous peace process. In the highest level talks between New Delhi and Islamabad in over a year, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani agreed to look into allegations his spy service was behind last month's suicide bombing of ... more UN atomic agency approves key inspections deal with India 
Vienna (AFP) Aug 1, 2008The UN's atomic watchdog approved an inspections agreement Friday with India that is key to finalising a US-India nuclear cooperation deal that critics say undermines non-proliferation efforts. The so-called safeguards agreement will subject Indian nuclear facilities to IAEA supervision and is a pre-condition to a deal under which the United States will supply New Delhi with civilian nuclear ... more Brazil's president consulting with US, China, India over WTO 
Sao Paulo (AFP) Aug 2, 2008Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Saturday that he has launched consultations with the United States, China and India to salvage world trade talks that recently collapsed. Lula said he had discussed the issue with US President George W. Bush by telephone and would speak next week with Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao during his visit for the Olympic Games and will call ... more India, China: top trade powers, different styles 
Geneva (AFP) July 30, 2008Top negotiators from India and China displayed sharply different operating styles at just-ended WTO trade talks here: Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath happily obliged reporters with corridor comment while Chinese counterpart Chen Deming steered well clear of the limelight. But both were blamed in some circles for Tuesday's breakdown in a nine-day marathon effort to forge a deal to free up ... more
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