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China says more talks set with India on border row Beijing (AFP) Sept 16, 2008 
Chinese and Indian officials will meet in Beijing this week for the latest round of talks on their decades-old Himalayan border dispute, an official here said on Tuesday. Chinese diplomat Dai Bingguo will hold talks with Indian national security adviser M.K. Narayanan on Thursday and Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. India says China occupies 38,000 square ... read more
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Spectratime Awarded Contract To Supply Rubidium Space Clocks To IRNSS
Neuchatel, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 16, 2008SpectraTime has announced the award of a contract valued at approximately EUR 4 million to supply Rubidium Space Clocks to the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS). With this new contract, SpectraTime confirms its position as the world-leading supplier of space atomic clocks and is on the way to having the largest number of atomic clocks in space on-board satellites. ... more India now a big world player thanks to nuclear nod: minister 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 15, 2008The decision by nuclear supplier nations to end a decades-old ban on civilian nuclear trade with India has vaulted it into the ranks of the world's major global political powers, a key minister says. Ten days ago, the United States finally won approval in Vienna for the one-off waiver for India to take part in civilian atomic trade, a vital step to final approval by the US Congress of a ... more Walker's World: The BRICs crumble 
Beijing (UPI) Sep 15, 2008 Since the beginning of June, the Russian stock market has plunged by 46 percent, China's Shanghai composite index has slumped by 38 percent, and the Brazilian market is down 34 percent. Worldwide, the global stock markets have lost some $9 trillion in value since the financial crisis began a year ago. Of the fabled BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) that were predicted to ... more College Students Develop Rocket Motors In Tamil Nadu 
Salem, India (PTI) Sep 15, 2008Students of an engineering college here have developed for the first time in the country, two special brushless motors, which will form an important part in the soon to be launched GSLV rocket. These motors were previously being imported by Indian Space Research Organisation. A prototype of this motor was displayed by the students of Sona College of Technology to ISRO scientists at the ... more India wary of being US card in China play: analysts 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 14, 2008The US push to end India's status as a nuclear pariah was partly motivated by a desire to counter China's rise, but New Delhi does not want to get sucked into a US-Sino power play, analysts say. "India does share many US concerns regarding China," said Anupam Srivastava, director at the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia. But New Delhi has conveyed ... more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Sep 12, 2008Confederation of Indian Industry in association with Indian Space Research Organisation and its marketing arm Antrix is organising India's maiden space exposition here from November 29 to December 1. To be held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), the Bengaluru Space Expo (BSX) 2008 will showcase the latest in technology and products from various space agencies ... more Chandrayaan-I Passes Critical Endurance Test 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Sep 12, 2008The lunar craft to be used in India's first unmanned mission to the Moon--Chandrayaan-I-- successfully passed a test for its endurance in harsh space environment crossing a major milestone in preparation for the odyssey expected some time next month. The two-week vacuum test to evaluate the thermal design of the spacecraft and to verify its endurance in the harsh environment of space has ... more Five arrested for alleged 'uranium' smuggling, say police 
Guwahati, India (AFP) Sept 11, 2008Five people were arrested in India's remote northeastern state of Meghalaya for allegedly trying to smuggle uranium, police said Thursday. The arrests came after a man was found with a parcel containing a powdery substance about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from state capital Shillong. "We seized the packet from the village headman and took him into custody. Later we arrested four other ... more White House sends India nuclear deal to Congress 
Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2008The White House said late Wednesday it sent the text of a landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement to Congress for final approval but it remains unclear if lawmakers will give the accord the greenlight. The proposed deal, signed by President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July 2005, offers India access to Western technology and cheap atomic energy as long as ... more |
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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
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