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India's spacecraft enters lunar orbit: officials Bangalore, India (AFP) Nov 8, 2008 
India's first unmanned spacecraft entered lunar orbit Saturday, 18 days after an Indian-built rocket transported it into outer space, officials here announced. "The motor on board Chandrayaan-1 was fired at 5:15 pm (1145 GMT) for 805 seconds, which successfully put the spacecraft into lunar orbit," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Director S. Satish announced. "This was an ... read more
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Maldives saves for new homeland amid flooding fears: report
London (AFP) Nov 10, 2008The Maldives' newly-elected president said in an interview Monday that his government will begin saving to buy a new homeland in case global warming causes the country to disappear into the sea. Beloved by tourists for their white sandy beaches, palm trees and clear waters, the 1,192 coral islands that make up the Indian Ocean country risk devastation by rising sea levels caused by climate ... more Death By Hyperdisease 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 07, 2008It took less than a decade for native rats to become extinct on the Indian Ocean's previously uninhabited Christmas Island once Eurasian black rats jumped ship onto the island at the turn of the 20th century. But this story is more than the typical tale of direct competition: according to new genetic research published in PLoS One on November 5, black rats carried a pathogen that ... more ISRO's New Satellite Could See Through Even Cloudy Sky 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 07, 2008The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a new satellite that could take images through the clouds, enabling space-based application in such scenarios to manage cyclones, floods and agriculture related activities. India's current earth-observation satellites are working in visible and infrared bands, which means they can take pictures only when its cloud-free. ... more India leads world in snake-bite deaths 
Colombo, Sri Lanka (UPI) Nov 4, 2008 About 20,000 people die of snakebites worldwide each year, more than half of them in India, a study reveals. The study published by the Public Library of Science Medicine, based in the United States, said about 428,000 people are poisoned by bites from venomous snakes every year, the BBC reported Tuesday. Most of the bites and deaths occur in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan ... more Chandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 05, 2008India's first unmanned moon spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1 has entered the lunar transfer trajectory and is heading to an apogee of 3,80,000 KM as ISRO scientists today carried the fifth and final orbit-raising manoeuvre. "Chandrayaan-1 has entered the lunar transfer trajectory and is heading to an apogee of 3,80,000 KM, expected to happen on Saturday evening, the time at which the lunar orbit ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Nov 1, 2008The Russian navy will hold war games in the Indian Ocean in a bid to boost its global presence, a navy spokesman said Saturday, announcing Moscow's latest move to flex its military muscle. "Ships from the Pacific Ocean Fleet and forces from the Northern Fleet will meet and carry out joint military exercises in the Indian Ocean basin," navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said in a statement. ... more UN peacekeepers under siege in DR Congo: Uruguay 
Montevideo (AFP) Oct 31, 2008Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are laying siege to 100 civilians, 150 Indian peacekeepers and half of the Uruguayan peacekeeping force attempting to secure the area, Uruguay Defense Minister Jose Bayardi said Friday. The rebels troops led by ethnic Tutsi warlord Laurent Nkunda "are backed by tanks" and "artillery" from Rwanda, according to Uruguayan ... more Chandrayaan-1 Gets Closer To Moon 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 31, 2008The fourth orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-1 was carried out on Wednesday which took the lunar spacecraft closer to the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation said here. During this operation at 0738 hours, the spacecraft's 440 Newton liquid engine was fired for about three minutes, the Bangalore-headquartered space agency said in a statement. "With this, Chandrayaan-1 ... more Ancient Bone Tool Sheds Light On Prehistoric Midwest 
Indianapolis IN (SPX) Oct 31, 2008A prehistoric bone tool discovered by University of Indianapolis archeologists is the oldest such artifact ever documented in Indiana, the researchers say. Radiocarbon dating shows that the tool - an awl fashioned from the leg bone of a white tail deer, with one end ground to a point - is 10,400 years old. The find supports the growing notion that, in the wake of the most recent Ice Age ... more |
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Vladivostok, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2008The Amur shipyard in Russia's Far East said on Monday it had started sea trials of a newly built nuclear-powered attack submarine, which according to media reports may be leased to India. The construction of the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine started in 1991 but has been suspended for over a decade due to lack of funding. Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest ... more NASA Scientists Want ISRO Jobs 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 27, 2008Several NASA scientists - of Indian origin as well as foreigners - are knocking the door of Indian Space Research Organisation looking for opportunities to work in future 'desi' space missions following the success of Chandrayaan-I launch, a senior ISRO official said on Saturday. Project Director of Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned lunar mission, Mayilsamy Annadurai says he definitely ... more Chandrayaan's Orbit Raised
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 24, 2008A day after its flawless launch, India's Chandrayaan-1 steadily made its journey to the moon after the first orbit-raising manoeuvre of the lunar spacecraft was today successfully performed by scientists. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the satellite's health was normal and it was on the right track. In the first of the five orbit raising manoeuvres, today's operation ... more India probing radioactive lift button exports 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 23, 2008India's atomic safety body said Thursday that radioactive scrap metal which found its way into buttons installed into lifts in France had been traced back to a western Indian foundry. At least four Indian firms were involved in the manufacture of the components, an official said, but it was still unclear where the contaminated scrap originated. "We are tracking back the whole chain," ... more
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