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Moon Mission Is Not Expensive, Says ISRO Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 10, 2008 
Dismissing suggestions that Chandrayaan-1 was an expensive mission, ISRO has said the moon odyssey will enable India to upgrade technological expertise for exploration of outer space and ultimately help in setting up a base on the earth's natural satellite. "Moon mission cost is less than Rs 400 crore, which is just ten per cent of annual budget of ISRO spread over many years," ISRO ... read more
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Bush signs US-India nuclear law
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008US President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed legislation to enact a landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement, celebrating "the growing ties between the world's two largest democracies." "This agreement sends a signal to the world: Nations that follow the path to democracy and responsible behavior will find a friend in the United States of America," Bush said at a lavish White House ... more Analysis: India favors Russia for arms 
Washington (UPI) Oct 8, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush will leave office in January seeing India's famous special relationship with a global thermonuclear power stronger than ever. The only trouble is, India's ever-closer alliance is not with the United States, but with Russia. This basic fact of global and Asian geopolitical life is widely and openly reported in the Russian and Indian press, yet somehow it ... more Glacial dams helped Tibet keep its cutting edge 
Paris (AFP) Oct 8, 2008Boulders and soil left by retreating glaciers helped preserve the mighty Tibetan plateau from being worn away by river erosion, scientists said in a study released Wedneday. The plateau resulted from the collision of the Indian and Asian continental plates around 50 million years ago, creating some of the world's greatest rivers and gorges and the most glaciated region outside the north and ... more India To Have New Launchpad For Proposed Manned Mission 
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Oct 08, 2008India plans to a have a new launchpad to undertake its proposed human space flight (manned mission) programme, ISRO officials said. A project report on the human space flight is ready and is awaiting final approval from the government, Director Satish Dawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, M P Dathan said. He said the indigenously built geosynchronous launch vehicle will be upgraded to ... more BMD Watch: BrahMos ALCM planned 
Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2008 Flush with success on developing an air-launched supersonic cruise missile -- ALCM -- together, Russia and India have agreed to produce a more ambitious hypersonic one. Sivathanu Pillai, chief executive officer of the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture, announced the project in New Delhi on Sept. 29. "Today, at a meeting of the Russian-Indian ... more |
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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 |
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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 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
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