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DLR Mapping Provides Rapid Relief After Flooding In Nepal And North India Bonn, Germany (SPX) Sep 05, 2008 
After an embankment on the Koshi river in eastern Nepal was breached on 18 August 2008, there was extensive flooding. This affected more than three million people, destroying 250 000 homes in 1600 villages. The flooding was particularly severe in the Sunsari district as well as further south in the Supaul district of Bihar which is situated downstream in India. It also inundated the ... read more
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Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2008 The striking success of even relatively small forces of Russian Main Battle Tanks in the five-day conflict with Georgia proves once again how crucial tanks remain to the conduct of modern war. Russia used a concentration of its state-of-the-art T-90 Main Battle Tanks, which also have been sold in large numbers -- 657 in all -- to India, backed up by significant numbers of older ... more US inches towards India nuclear deal: diplomat 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 4, 2008The United States inched towards a deal Thursday in its efforts to persuade nuclear supplier nations to lift a 34-year-old embargo on trade with India, a diplomat at negotiations said. "One of the representatives said that a deal was 'within reach'," the diplomat told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity at the closed-door meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The diplomat ... more Study Seeks Human Fingerprint On Western Australian Climate 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 05, 2008Research into the causes and extent of climate change in WA will be conducted during the third stage of the Indian Ocean Climate Initiative (IOCI) - a partnership of the state government, CSIRO, and the Bureau of Meteorology. A workshop held this week at CSIRO's facilities in Perth marked the beginning of the four-year, $8 million study. Dr Pandora Hope, from the Bureau of Meteorology, say ... more 'Grim' conditions as India flood rescue hits crucial stage 
Chandpur Bhangaha, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Efforts to rescue tens of thousands of villagers cut off by a monsoon-swollen river in northern India were reaching a critical stage Thursday, aid workers and evacuees said. Those who have escaped Bihar state's worst-hit areas say food is running out and people are drinking the muddy flood water, while aid workers speak of "grim" conditions. "We haven't had anything to eat for five days ... more Bangladesh braces for floods as heavy rain forecast 
Dhaka (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Bangladesh is bracing for possible major flooding in the next two days with heavy rain forecast for neighbouring India set to swell its rivers to dangerous levels, an official said Thursday. More than 70,000 people were marooned by flooding five days ago after rivers in northern and central Bangladesh burst their banks. Since then waters have receded and the country has escaped damage ... more |
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Kathmandu (AFP) Sept 4, 2008India and Nepal are trading barbs in an escalating dispute over the failure of flood defences that left hundreds of villages underwater and millions of people destitute. An embankment along the Kosi river in southern Nepal was breached on August 18, allowing the river to pour down a course it had abandoned many years previously. Though the flood defences are 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) ins ... more Rescue enters crucial stage for Indian flood victims 
Chandpur Bhangaha, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Efforts to rescue tens of thousands of villagers in northern India still cut off by a monsoon-swollen river have entered a critical stage, aid workers and evacuees say. Those who have managed to escape the worst-hit areas of India's Bihar state say food is running out and people are having to drink the muddy flood water, while aid workers speak of "grim" conditions. "We haven't had anyth ... more Flood-hit Indian state appeals for more help 
Saharsa, India (AFP) Sept 3, 2008Flood-hit northern India is in dire need of international aid on the scale of that seen after the 2004 Asian tsunami, a state official said Wednesday. A large swathe of the already desperately poor state of Bihar is likely to remain under water for several months, leaving authorities coping with millions of people who have lost everything, officials and aid workers said. "We will ... more New controversy in India over US nuclear deal 
New Delhi, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008India's government was Wednesday hit by a fresh storm over its nuclear energy deal with the United States following reports of new US stipulations. The agreement, which is entering the final stages of approval, offers India access to Western technology and cheap atomic energy on the condition that it allows UN nuclear inspections of some of its nuclear facilities. But Indian media ... more |
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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 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
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