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2.5 million trapped after Indian river changes course: govt Madhepura, India (AFP) Aug 27, 2008 
Indian emergency services on Wednesday rushed supplies to 2.5 million people marooned after heavy monsoon rains caused a river to shift its course, a minister said Wednesday. Junior agriculture minister Akhilesh Prasad Singh said one million tonnes of rice and wheat would be doled out after the Kosi river breached its banks and flooded huge swathes of the eastern state of Bihar. ... read more
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Manipal, India (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 Contrary to the expectations of Congress Party boss Sonia Gandhi and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, last week's special meeting in Vienna of the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group ended in deadlock. The meeting had been requested by the United States to approve George W. Bush's quest for a "clean waiver" for the resumption of nuclear trade with India -- commerce that had been ... more Astra Microwave Wins Order From Indian Meteorological Department 
Hyderabad, India (SPX) Aug 27, 2008Astra Microwave Products has announced that it has received an INR 255 million order from the Indian Meteorological Department. The order is for the supply, installation, and commissioning of remote unmanned automatic remote weather stations in 550 locations across India. Scheduled to be installed in 2009, the weather stations will feed live data via satellite to the Met Department's ... more Satyam Launches Mobile Healthcare Program For Rural Indians 
Hyderabad, India (SPX) Aug 27, 2008Satyam Computer Services has announced that it has embarked on a revolutionary program to deliver world-class healthcare to remote villages in India. The public/private partnership between the government of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Satyam provides a fleet of healthcare vans - mobile health units (MHU) - that visit villages on designated days to deliver healthcare services to ... more One million trapped as Indian river shifts course 
Patna, India (AFP) Aug 27, 2008More than one million people have been trapped by floodwaters in eastern India after heavy monsoon showers caused a major river to shift its course, a minister said Tuesday. Massive rains in Bihar state caused the Kosi river to swell, breach its banks and flow through a channel it had previously abandoned. Water levels in the new river, about one mile (1.6 kilometres) across, are not ... more 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 ... more |
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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 Nuke plant increases NYC earthquake risk 
New York (UPI) Aug 23, 2008 Seismologists said nuclear power plants located 24 miles north of New York increase the risk of serious damage from earthquakes. Columbia University researchers said the Indian Point nuclear power plants sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones, making the risk of earthquake substantially greater than formerly believed. The findings, publis ... more Nuclear suppliers fail to reach consensus on US-India deal 
Vienna (AFP) Aug 22, 2008Nuclear supplier nations ended a two-day meeting here Friday without reaching agreement on lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology worldwide, convened for two days "to discuss a US draft proposal on a statement on civil nuclear cooperation with India." Following a full session a ... more |
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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 Analysis: India's defense reform -- Part Two 
Kolkata, India (UPI) Aug 19, 2008 India's new Defense Procurement Procedure, released in August, is intended to make it easier for foreign companies to invest in the country. The DPP contains an important prevision of previous practices to help achieve this, said Dhiraj Mathur, a defense analyst at consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was referring to the removal of mandatory industrial licensing requirement ... more 11 feared missing in Grand Canyon flood are safe: police 
Phoenix, Arizona (AFP) Aug 19, 2008Eleven hikers feared missing after flash flooding that deluged a remote Grand Canyon village on an Indian reservation have been located and are safe, police said Tuesday. A spokesman for Coconino County Sheriff's Department told AFP that the individuals had been found and were accounted for. "It's good news. Yesterday we believed there were 11 people unaccounted for. We are confident ... more
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