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India tilts to the US with nuclear deal New Delhi (AFP) Oct 4, 2008 
India and the United States promised Saturday to sign soon a nuclear cooperation deal which New Delhi said "opened the door for India" to the global nuclear market and tied its future to Washington's. Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee and visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters that last-minute hitches had derailed the scheduled signing of the agreement but both ... read more
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India to seal big-ticket military deals
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 3, 2008India said on Friday it was gearing up to seal military contracts worth billions of dollars including a massive fighter jet deal which has prompted a dogfight among global aeronautical giants. India's move to buy 126 fighter jets worth 12 billion dollars was in its final stages with evaluations of six shortlisted aircraft set to begin next year, Air Chief Marshal Fali Major told a news confe ... more Rice in India, but no signature for nuclear pact 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 4, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks Saturday in India on a visit to showcase a landmark bilateral nuclear deal, but last-minute hitches derailed the scheduled signing of the pact. Rice, who had lobbied Congress to approve the deal despite fears it could undercut global efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons, had hoped to initial the agreement as the highlight of her brie ... more Nuclear deal set to boost US-India ties 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 5, 2008The United States looked Sunday to burgeoning trade, defense and other ties with powerhouse India after New Delhi tipped its hat to Washington for unlocking the door to the global nuclear market. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Indian hosts on Saturday hailed a deepening "strategic partnership," even if last-minute hitches derailed the signing in New Delhi of a landmark civil ... more Chandrayaan-I Moved To Sriharikota For Launch 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 03, 2008The 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 ... more 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 |
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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 India energised by nuclear pacts 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 2, 2008India's atomic energy pact with France represents a major step for the fast developing country, marking the moment it finally rid itself of its status as a nuclear outcast. A separate deal with the United States was passed by the US Senate on Wednesday, cementing India's new position in what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called "the global nuclear order." The accord with France ... more Russia, India To Develop New BrahMos Cruise Missile 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Oct 02, 2008Russia and India will jointly develop a new BrahMos-2 hypersonic cruise missile, the head of the BrahMos company said on Monday. "At a meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on military-technical cooperation, we decided to set up a working group on the development of the BrahMos-2 missile," the company's CEO, Sivathanu Pillai said. "The new hypersonic missile will have ... more US Navy plays waiting game with surrounded Somali pirates 
Mogadishu (AFP) Oct 1, 2008The US Navy on Wednesday kept up the pressure on Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian cargo shipment of tanks and other weapons, as the European Union agreed an anti-piracy operation in the region. Warships from the United States and other navies have blockaded the MV Faina in a port off Somalia's Indian Ocean coast, where the pirates who captured it are demanding a 20-million-dollar payment ... more |
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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 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
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