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Mass exodus from Indian 'river of sorrow' Madhepura, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 
Distraught and destitute, countless numbers of poor Indian villagers are slowly wading out of their flood-hit region in a desperate search for food and drinking water. Huge swathes of the already impoverished state of Bihar are under water after a major river breached flood defences in neighbouring Nepal, changing course and washing away villages, crops, livestock and people. Survivors a ... read more
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Disease fears for flood-devastated India, Nepal
Saharsa, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Hundreds of thousands of flood victims huddled into makeshift camps in India and Nepal face major disease outbreaks if help fails to reach them quickly, aid workers warned Tuesday. They said several camps in India's northern Bihar state and across the border in Nepal, areas devastated when a monsoon-swollen river burst its banks and changed course, were already reporting cases of diarrhoea a ... more 15 drown as Indian flood relief boats capsize: officials 
Patna, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2008At least 15 people drowned overnight in two separate incidents in India's flood-ravaged northeast, an official said Tuesday. The dead were on two overcrowded rescue boats that capsized while ferrying people to relief camps and included children washed away by strong currents, said Bihar state's disaster management secretary Prataya Amrit. The boats were carrying people away from flooding ... more Analysis: Violence shakes India's north 
Kolkata, India (UPI) Aug 29, 2008 It is a separatist feud from within that India has rarely seen before: Jammu against Kashmir and Kashmir against Jammu, two regions literally at war. But as this northernmost state of India reels under a prolonged bout of communal violence -- after a long hiatus -- leading to renewed terror attacks, Jammu and Kashmir, already known as one of the world's most dangerous spots, may be growing ... more India flood survivors plead for those left behind 
Banmankhi, India (AFP) Aug 31, 2008Survivors of devastating floods in northeast India said Sunday the rescue operation was failing, accusing the government of abandoning those still stranded in remote villages. At a makeshift relief camp in the state of Bihar, flood survivors pleaded with officials to send help to relatives they said were marooned on rooftops or in the few areas still above water. "I left my village 12 ... more US, 19 firms on clean-energy trade mission to China, India 
Washington (AFP) Aug 28, 2008The United States and 19 US companies will travel to China and India next month on a clean energy and environment trade mission, the Commerce Department said Thursday. US Commerce Assistant Secretary David Bohigian will lead the September 1-12 trade mission, the government's third such mission to the fast-growing Asian powerhouses since April 2007. "The 19 companies participating in this ... 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 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 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 |
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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 Chandrayaan-I Set For Launch Later This Year: Kasturirangan 
New Delhi, China (PTI) Aug 21, 2008India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I is set for a late October or an early December launch, noted space scientist and former ISRO chairman Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan said. The spacecraft, which will carry five Indian and six international experiments, has been assembled and undergoing a series of tests, he said. The unmanned mission, which will orbit the moon for two years, is ... more
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