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Analysis: India's air buildup -- Part Two Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 
In the strategic direction of Bhutan and central Nepal, the Indian air force has built three major military airports, sufficient to provide deterrence over the central part of Tibet.
These airports include the Bagdogra -- Avantipur -- Air Base, where at least 16 MiG-21FL fighters and An-32 transport aircraft are based. The airport is equipped with mound-structured hangars, each ... read more
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Japan-Australia nuclear group to look at India deal
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 25, 2008Japanese and Australian politicians said Monday that a new nuclear body would meet for the first time in October and discuss a controversial India-US atomic energy pact. Former Japanese and Australian foreign ministers Yoriko Kawaguchi and Gareth Evans are co-chairs of the new body, which Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd proposed earlier this year to bolster anti-nuclear efforts. ... more India will not accept conditions to clinch US nuclear deal: report 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 23, 2008India will not accept any new conditions to win approval from nuclear supplier nations for lifting a decades-old embargo on nuclear trade with New Delhi, a report said Saturday. The statement by Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee came a day after nuclear supplier nations ended a two-day meeting in Vienna without reaching agreement on lifting the 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India ... more India Set To Ramp Up Air Force Part One 
Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 22, 2008 Within the next four months, a first batch of eight Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters will be positioned at India's Tezpur Air Base in the state of Assam, near the border with China, an Indian navy source has revealed. This is almost six months ahead of the timeline reported some time ago in the Indian media. This will be the first time for Su-30MKI fighters to be ... more Two million hit by Indian monsoon, toll reaches 800 
Lucknow, India (AFP) Aug 24, 2008The death toll from monsoon-related accidents reached 800 and two million people have been displaced by flooding following heavy rains across India, officials said on Sunday. At least 26 people died in overnight accidents in northern Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll to 686 in the country's most populous state since the monsoon struck in June, Relief Commissioner G. K. Tandon said. "Several ... more Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought 
Palisades NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2008A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plants, 24 miles north of the city, sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones. ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Aug 21, 2008A controversial US-India nuclear cooperation deal ran into resistance at a key meeting here Thursday with one diplomat saying nuclear-exporting countries were unlikely to approve the deal this week. The Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology worldwide, began a two-day meeting to debate amending its rules and allow India -- which refuses to sign the ... more India nuclear deal could trigger arms race: US lawmakers 
Washington (AFP) Aug 20, 2008A nuclear energy deal between the United States and India could fuel an arms race with Pakistan unless it is amended to ensure New Delhi is banned from producing new weapons-grade material and from conducting nuclear test explosions, two US lawmakers said Wednesday. The two lawmakers called on the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group to insist on amending the agreement when it meets to consider ... more India Eyes New-Generation Russian Tank 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 21, 2008India could consider plans to produce a new-generation tank jointly with Russia, the managing director of the BrahMos Aerospace joint venture said on Tuesday. Sivathanu Pillai said that while the new tank had yet to be developed, it could be built in Russia. He offered no indication of when the project could be launched, however. Russian experts earlier said Russia and India could ... more Raytheon Eyes India's Global Navigation System For ISRO, AAI 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 19, 2008A 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 ... more |
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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
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