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Indian PM Aims For The Stars And The Moon New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 18, 2008 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that India hopes to send a spacecraft to the moon this year and called it 'an important milestone'. that India must reach soon. Speaking from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort in Delhi on Friday as a part of the country's 61st Independence Day celebrations, the Prime Minister said, "This year we hope to send an Indian spacecraft, Chandrayaan, to ... read more
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Japan pressured to oppose US-India nuclear deal
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 15, 2008Anti-nuclear campaigners launched a campaign Friday to press nuclear energy suppliers to stop an accord between India and the United States, saying it would shatter anti-proliferation efforts. A loose coalition including activists and scholars focused efforts on Japan, which has been non-committal on the deal that would give India access to nuclear technology without signing the Non-Proliferation ... more LDK Signs Five-Year Wafer Supply Agreement With XL Telecom And Energy 
Xinyu City, China (SPX) Aug 14, 2008LDK Solar has announced that it has signed a five-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to India-based XL Telecom and Energy Limited. Under the terms of the agreement, LDK Solar will deliver approximately 300 MW of multicrystalline silicon solar wafers to XL Telecom and Energy Limited over a five-year period, commencing in the first quarter of 2009 and extending through 201 ... more Indian Army Orders Additional BrahMos Cruise Missiles 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Aug 13, 2008The 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 ... more 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 |
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New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Aug 08, 2008The launch of India's first unmanned mission to the Moon has been postponed until the middle of October, the head of the Indian space program has said. The launch of the Chandrayaan I lunar orbiter by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was originally planned for September 19 but scientists have yet to conduct the thermo-vacuum testing of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) ... more Key US lawmaker threatens to hold up India nuclear deal 
Washington (AFP) Aug 6, 2008A key US lawmaker threatened Wednesday to hold up a landmark US-India nuclear agreement unless nuclear supplier states adopt a provision terminating the deal if India conducted a nuclear test explosion. Howard Berman, chairman of the House of Representatives foreign affairs committee, said if the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) did not impose such a condition, the deal could not be a ... more Indian Moon Mission Likely In October 
Chennai, India (PTI) Aug 07, 2008India's "ambitious" unmanned lunar mission 'Chandrayan' is likely to soar into the skies in October second week, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair said on Wednesday. "The satellite integration is almost complete. And we would be entering the thermovac in about a week's time. It takes about 45-50 days for the launch after thermovac, after which we would declare the ... more NASA Data Show African Droughts Linked To Warmer Indian Ocean 
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 |
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New Delhi, India (SPX) Aug 05, 2008Boeing has submitted a comprehensive Industrial Participation (IP) proposal to the government of India in support of the company's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) offer to the Indian air force of 126 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. The proposal was submitted in response to the MMRCA Request for Proposals, which asked all competitors to provide an IP plan as part of their offering. ... more Race Is On For Civilian Nuclear Cooperation With India 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 05, 2008The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) has pledged to energize its U.S. Chamber-sponsored Coalition for Partnership with India (StrategicPartnership.org) in response to Indias Parliamentary Vote of Confidence in favor of moving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to reach a safeguards agreement covering Indias atomic power plants - a crucial step towards ending the 35-year technology ... more Japan recognises India's need for nuclear power: official 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 4, 2008Japan recognises India's need for civilian nuclear power, a Japanese government official said here Monday, a day ahead of talks in which an Indo-US atomic energy pact is expected to be a key focus. Japanese foreign minister Masahiko Koumura and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee were due to meet Tuesday in New Delhi to discuss the pact and other regional issues. "We understand ... more India, Pakistan agree to give peace a chance 
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
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