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Raytheon Eyes India's Global Navigation System For ISRO, AAI New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 19, 2008 
A US defence major Raytheon would make a bid for a satellite-based navigation system for the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Raytheon along with its Indian partners would bid for the system wit h its Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System (GAGAN) project, company's vice president for Airspace Management and Homeland Security Andy Zogg ... read more
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Reforming The Indian Military Industrial Complex For The 21st Century
Kolkata, India (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 India's new Defense Procurement Procedure, unveiled early this month, like its predecessor focuses on vitalizing India's indigenous defense capabilities and moving away from the decades-old practice of importing almost all its defense requirements. However, in the attempt to make the country's defense procurement process more transparent in the murky world of arms deals, the ... more 87 dead in north India floods 
Lucknow, India (AFP) Aug 18, 2008At least 87 people have died in northern India following heavy monsoon rains and flooding, officials said Monday. The bulk of the casualties were reported from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, with 73 people killed in the past 48 hours, state revenue secretary Balwainder Kumar told AFP. Most of the deaths happened when houses of the victims collapsed during the downpours, Kumar said. ... more India eyes US, Russian, French firms for nuclear plants: report 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 18, 2008India's atomic energy body has short-listed US, Russian and French firms for nuclear power projects once the country gets the green light to enter global atomic commerce, a report said Monday. The Hindu newspaper said the Nuclear Power Corporation of India has selected US giant Westinghouse Electric, US-Japanese alliance GE-Hitachi, Russia's Rosatom and France's Areva for potential orders as ... more Indian PM Aims For The Stars And The Moon 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 18, 2008Prime 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 ... more 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 |
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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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