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Nuclear Waiver Will Help India Access Latest Space Tech Chennai, India (PTI) Sep 11, 2008 
Calling the NSG waiver a big achievement for the country, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Sunday said it will help the Indian space department access latest space technologies from developed nations. "It is a major achievement for India. We will have a better opportunity to interact with other developed nations on sharing certain space technologies," Nair told reporters on the sidelines ... read more
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Russia To Deliver Admiral Gorshkov To India After 2011
Gelendzhik, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2008Russia will deliver the modernized Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier to India after 2011, Russia's state-run arms exporter said on Friday. "We are planning to deliver the aircraft carrier to India after 2011, but an addendum to the original contract must be signed," Mikhail Zavaliy, a Rosoboronexport official told reporters at an air show in the Krasnodar Region. The original $750 ... more Possible missile sale to India: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2008The Pentagon said Tuesday it has notified the US Congress of a possible sale to India of two dozen Harpoon air to ground anti-ship missiles. Such a deal would be worth as much as 170 million dollars, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. "India intends to use the Harpoon missiles to modernize its air force anti-surface warfare mission capabilities and improve its naval ... more Rice makes 'full-court press' to win US approval of nuke deal 
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has launched a "full-court press" to win passage in Congress of a landmark US-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal before January, her spokesman said Tuesday. In a flurry of contacts members of the US Congress, Rice is speaking to key lawmakers by telephone and meeting others in person, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. ... more Solution Found For World's Worst Mass Poisoning Case 
Belfast, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2008A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast. Currently over 70 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh, experience involuntary arsenic exposure from consuming water and rice; the main staple food in the region. This includes farmers who have to use ... more End to India nuclear isolation opens huge market 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 9, 2008The end to India's nuclear pariah statuspaves the way for atomicfuel and technology sales worth tens of billions of dollars and companies are racing to exploit the market, officials say. A host of companies -- from Westinghouse Electric Co and General Electric of the United States, France's state-controlled Areva to Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom -- have been jockeying for a slice of ... more |
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Patna, India (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Nearly one million people have been evacuated in India's Bihar state where a rain-swollen river burst its banks three weeks ago and swamped hundreds of villages, an official said Monday. "Some 971,000 people have been evacuated from districts that are flooded," Bihar's disaster management chief Pratayay Amrit said in the state capital Patna. The official said that around 50,000 more were ... more US: Prospects good for India nuclear pact 
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008The White House said Monday it was "hopeful" that the US Congress will pass a landmark US-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal before US President George W. Bush's term ends in January. "We will work with Congress to get this agreement approved. We're hopeful," spokesman Gordon Johndroe said of prospects for the pact, which Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed in July 2005 ... more India to seek nuclear trade after US Congress go-ahead: FM 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 8, 2008India on Monday said it will seek international nuclear commerce but only after a landmark civilian atomic energy deal with Washington is cleared by the US Congress. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's announcement came after nuclear supplier nations on the weekend lifted a decades-old ban on trading with India, saying it would fuel the country's economic growth. "India will actually ... more China welcomes lifting of nuclear trade embargo on India 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 6, 2008China said Monday the lifting of a nuclear trade embargo on India reflected the right of all nations to use atomic energy peacefully, while expressing hope it would help non-proliferation efforts. The Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology, on Saturday lifted the 34-year-old embargo, paving the way for New Delhi to finalise a civilian technology ... more |
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London (AFP) Sept 7, 2008People should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top United Nations expert told a British Sunday newspaper. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told The Observer that people should start by having one meat-free day per week then cut back further. The 68-year-old Indian economist, who is a vegetarian, said diet ... more Nuclear suppliers clear landmark US-India deal 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 6, 2008The United States finally persuaded supplier nations Saturday to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India, following weeks of tough negotiations. The US described the breakthrough on the third consecutive day of talks as an "historic" and "landmark" deal that would boost nuclear non-proliferation, while enabling India to meet its huge needs with low-polluting energy. India ... more India says nuclear deal will ensure economic future
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 7, 2008The Indian government welcomed a decision by nuclear supplier nations to end the decades-old ban on trading with the country, saying it would propel India's future economic growth. The government called the nuclear trade waiver a "momentous" milestone in its quest to achieve energy security and meet the challenge of global warming. The statement came after the United States won approval ... more DLR Mapping Provides Rapid Relief After Flooding In Nepal And North India 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Sep 05, 2008After 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 ... more
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