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Defense Chief Says Russia Does Not Export Nuclear Submarines New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Oct 01, 2008 
Russia has no plans to export nuclear submarines, the country's defense minister said on Monday during his visit to India. Asked to comment on media reports on alleged plans to export nuclear submarines, in particular to India, Anatoly Serdyukov said: "The press discusses lots of things. We do not export nuclear submarines." The Times of India earlier quoted an anonymous Indian defense ... read more
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India, Russia To Develop Two Versions Of 5th-Generation Fighter
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Oct 01, 2008Russia and India will jointly develop two versions of a new fifth-generation fighter, the head of an Indian defense company said on Monday. A Russian-Indian advanced multirole fighter is being developed by Sukhoi, which is part of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), along with India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), under an intergovernmental agreement signed in October 2007. ... more US navy keeps up blocade of pirate ship 
Mogadishu (AFP) Sept 30, 2008US Navy helicopters on Tuesday buzzed a hijacked Ukrainian freighter carrying battle tanks and arms while talks were held with the pirates, who some reports said had fought among themselves. The pirates have taken the MV Faina to their lair off Somalia's Indian Ocean coast and are demanding a 20-million-dollar (14-million-euro) ransom. Several US Navy ships are now around the boat and a ... more India ends nuclear outcast status with French atomic deal 
Paris (AFP) Sept 30, 2008India, critically short of energy to fuel its booming economy, on Tuesday shed its nuclear outcast status when it signed a landmark atomic energy pact with France. The deal effectively ended a ban on countries selling civilian nuclear technology and equipment to New Delhi, which was imposed in 1974 when India used its civilian programme to produce and successfully test an atomic bomb. In ... more Strong support for India nuclear deal: US 
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2008The US State Department voiced hope Tuesday that a civilian nuclear pact with India will clear the last legislative hurdle here, saying it has "strong bipartisan support." The deal, which would lift a three decade-old ban on civilian nuclear trade with India, could go to a vote in the Senate as early as Wednesday, after it passed the House of Representatives on Saturday. "I certainly ... more Western navy close in on Somali pirates 
Mogadishu (AFP) Sept 29, 2008US 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 ... more |
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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 US House approves historic India nuclear deal 
Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2008The House of Representatives Saturday passed a civilian nuclear pact with India that lifts a three decade-old ban on civilian nuclear trade with India. The agreement, passed by a 298-117 vote, will now head to the Senate for its vote, but it was unclear if it would be passed before Congress adjourns ahead of the November 4 elections. Signed by President George W. Bush and Indian Prime ... more Nuclear deal to bring new status: Indian PM 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 28, 2008India is close to securing a new position in the world nuclear order, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said as the US House of Representatives passed a major atomic energy pact with New Delhi. The House passed the agreement by a 298-117 vote on Saturday, taking the pact a step closer to being sealed. The agreement, signed by Singh and US President George Bush in 2005, offers India access to ... more |
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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 Nuclear deals in sight as Indian PM heads to US, France
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 22, 2008India's prime minister embarked Monday on a 10-day visit to the United States and France which is expected to mark the country's return to global nuclear commerce after 30 years in the cold. Manmohan Singh, who will also attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York and an India-EU gathering in Marseilles, expects to finalise at least one landmark atomic deal before returning on ... more Moon Mission In Dec If ISRO Misses October Date 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Sep 22, 2008India's maiden moon mission could begin its space odyssey in December if it misses its earliest launch window of October 19-26, former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan has said. The cyclone season in the Bay of Bengal extends all through November which rules out the possibility of space launches, he said. Chandrayaan-I, which is being assembled at the ISRO Satellite Centre in ... more
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