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Western navy close in on Somali pirates Mogadishu (AFP) Sept 29, 2008 
US Navy ships Monday surrounded a ship seized by Somali pirates carrying tanks and other weapons, amid confusion about the cargo's destination and reports the ship's captain had died. US Navy ships kept watch as pirates moored the MV Faina off Somalia's Indian Ocean coast in perhaps their most audacious coup in close to 60 hijackings this year. They have demanded a 20-million-dollar ... read more
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France's Areva eyes deal to supply two reactors to India
Paris (AFP) Sept 29, 2008French energy firm Areva hopes to profit from an expected Franco-Indian nuclear pact by supplying the Asian giant with two of the latest design of reactors, the group said Monday. An Areva spokeswoman said the company planned to ship two third-generation European Pressurised Reactors and a supply of nuclear fuel to India, which could lead to a bigger contract to supply a series of reactors. ... more France and India vow to boost civil nuclear cooperation 
Marseille, France (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Indian and French leaders vowed to boost nuclear energy cooperation Monday at an annual summit on EU-India ties dominated by trade, global warming and the world financial crisis. "France, which has great trust in India and its prime minister, has worked hard so that India can have access to civilian nuclear energy," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country holds the rotating EU ... more X-Ray Specs Ready To Eye The Moon 
Oxon UK (SPX) Sep 29, 2008A sophisticated X-ray camera made by scientists and engineers from the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is set to launch into space on October 22nd aboard the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft - India's first mission to the Moon. This is the first time the UK and India have collaborated in space science and the two countries' space agencies will be attending the 59th ... more Europe All Set For Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-1 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 29, 2008Europe is participating in a big way in the Indian Space Agency's Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon, by contributing three instruments. All these instruments have now been delivered, tested and integrated with the spacecraft. The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is now at the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO's facilities in Bangalore, India. Delivery for each instrument is completed once ... more South Bend Pilot Project Uses Smart Meters To Cut Energy Costs 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 29, 2008GE Energy and American Electric Power's (AEP) Indiana Michigan Power subsidiary today announced the deployment of 10,000 GE Energy smart meters in a pilot project in South Bend, Ind., that will begin January 1, 2009. The pilot program will help consumers track their electricity consumption and empower them to control their energy costs. AEP also will deploy a variety of GE Energy smart grid ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Sept 25, 2008India banned Thursday the import of dairy products from China over concerns they could be contaminated with dangerous chemicals. A government spokesman told AFP the temporary ban was only a preventative measure since India does not import dairy products from China. India joined more than a dozen countries that have ordered bans or taken other steps to curb consumption following a scandal ... more China biggest carbon polluter, world levels at record: scientists 
Paris (AFP) Sept 26, 2008China has leapfrogged the United States as the world's biggest carbon emitter and India is heading for third place, scientists said on Friday in a report that warned global greenhouse-gas levels were scaling record peaks. The report, by a research consortium called the Global Carbon Project (GCP), confirms an estimate that China has become the biggest producer of carbon dioxide (CO2), the pr ... more 46 killed, four million affected in east India floods 
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) Sept 24, 2008Twenty more people were killed, taking to 46 the death toll from floods which have destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said Wednesday. The toll rose by 20 since the weekend as the Indian navy deployed men and boats in Orissa, where more than 3.5 million people have been affected by the flooding and 370,000 have had to be evacuated so far ... more IU Sends Innovative Technology To Antarctica To Speed Polar Research 
Bloomington IN (SPX) Sep 24, 2008Environmental scientists studying the world's shrinking polar ice sheets will soon get a substantial boost in computing power thanks to IU's Polar Grid Project. Funded by a $1.96 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Indiana University and Polar Grid partners Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) and the NSF's Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Sept 19, 2008India and France are close to an signing a nuclear energy pact similar to a deal New Delhi has already struck with Washington, India's top diplomat said Friday. The accord is expected to be signed during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to France on September 30, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said. "We are working on signing the agreement," Menon told reporters. ... more India's Moon Mission May Lift Off October 19 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Sep 19, 2008Weather permitting, India's maiden moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, may lift off Oct 19 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, scientists associated with the odyssey indicated Thursday. 'The tentative date is Oct 19,' they said in Bangalore after completing all the work on the cuboid-shaped 590 kg spacecraft that will carry 11 payloads. Meanwhile, the government Thursday approved a sequel ... more US Congress asked to approve Indian nuclear deal this month 
Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2008The US Congress on Thursday began a series of meetings to consider a landmark civilian nuclear agreement with India, with a call from a senior senator to fast track endorsement of the deal this month. "It would be well advised to approve it this month...rather than waiting till next year," said Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, who chaired a meeting Thursday of the Senate foreign relations ... more Child traffickers arrested in India flood zone: police 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 18, 2008Police in India's flood-hit north said Thursday they had stepped up operations and made several arrests to prevent an increase in child trafficking in the devastated region. The country's worst floods in decades have displaced nearly three million people and triggered mass migration from Bihar, which is among India's poorest states and a source of cheap migrant labour -- including children. ... more
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