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Chandrayaan-I Moved To Sriharikota For Launch Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 03, 2008 
The stage is set for India's first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-I as the spacecraft has completed all environmental tests and shifted to Sriharikota for launch on-board PSLV-C11. The PSLV-C11 was expected to be launched later this month. The environmental tests included vibration and acoustic tests, ISRO officials said. The tests were carried out at the ISRO Satellite Cen ... read more
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US-India nuclear deal a rare Bush foreign policy success: experts
Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2008A landmark US-India nuclear deal endorsed by the US Congress is a rare foreign policy success for US President George W. Bush and sets the stage for improved ties between the world's two largest democracies, experts say. It will help India provide power to its rapidly growing but energy starved economy in return for commitments on global nuclear non-proliferation norms. The deal also ... more Rice to travel to India, Kazakhstan 
Washington (AFP) Oct 2, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to India and Kazakhstan from Friday, including for talks in New Delhi about the landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement passed by Congress, the State Department said Thursday. Rice "will travel to India and Kazakhstan on October 3rd through the 5th," department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. In India, she will meet with ... more Pakistan PM calls for US nuclear deal like India's 
Multan, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 2, 2008Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday demanded a civilian nuclear agreement with the United States after Washington signed a similar deal with arch-rival India. The US Senate late Wednesday endorsed a landmark US-India nuclear pact, removing the final legislative hurdle for resumption of civilian nuclear trade between the two countries after three decades. Pakistan, the ... more US Senate passes Indian nuclear deal 
Washington (AFP) Oct 2, 2008The US Senate has endorsed a landmark US-India nuclear agreement, removing the final legislative hurdle for resumption of civilian nuclear trade between the two countries after three decades. Senators voted 86-13 late Wednesday to give overwhelming approval to the deal lifting a ban on civilian nuclear trade imposed after India first conducted a nuclear test explosion in 1974. ... more Power shortage haunts India as nuclear deal cleared 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 3, 2008Power outages that stretch hours are a regular event in Shaila Kapoor's life in a smart suburb of energy-hungry India's national capital. "It's a nightmare," said Kapoor, a teacher. "We've power back-up (from a battery) but it doesn't last long and then we either literally drip from the heat or drive to a mall." India's massive electricity crunch is a key reason why the government said ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Oct 1, 2008The crown-of-thorns starfish, a notorious threat to coral in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, comprises four species, not one, biologists reported on Tuesday. The spiny predator, known by its Latin name of Acanthaster planci, has been a worsening peril to reefs for at least three decades, latching onto coral polyps and digesting them. A paper published in the British journal Biology Letter ... more Solar powered cars race in South Africa 
Cape Town (AFP) Oct 1, 2008Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said Wednesday. Local teams are competing against racers from India and Japan in the two-week South African Solar Challenge, which aims to encourage students to study engineering, a field in which the country faces huge skills short ... more US-India nuclear pact heads for final hurdle 
Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2008A US-India nuclear pact headed for its final legislative hurdle on Wednesday with last-minute debate focused on concern about New Delhi carrying out another nuclear weapons test. The US Senate is to vote late Wednesday on the deal, which would lift a three-decade ban on civilian nuclear trade with India imposed after the country carried out a nuclear test in 1974 and refused to sign the ... more Defense Chief Says Russia Does Not Export Nuclear Submarines 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Oct 01, 2008Russia 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 ... more |
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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 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
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