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Chandrayaan-1 Reaches Final Orbital Home Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 13, 2008 
India's maiden unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 on wednesday reached its final orbital home, about 100 kms over the moon surface after ISRO scientists successfully carried out the last critical orbit lowering operation. The satellite will remain in the present operational orbit for about two years carrying a range of experiments. The final 60-second manouvere carried out from ... read more
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India tests sea-based nuclear-capable missile from land
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) Nov 12, 2008India on Wednesday conducted a successful test of a nuclear-capable missile from its eastern coast, defence sources said. The submarine-based ballistic missile, which has a top range of 700 kilometres (438 miles), was launched from a land-based mobile launcher at the Chandipur-on-Sea testing range in eastern Orissa state. "The test went off well," a defence official said. India had ... more China's Enemies Are All Around Part One 
Hong Kong (UPI) Nov 12, 2008 China's military preparedness and strategic deployment of weaponry take into consideration a whole range of potential enemies, an analysis of internal People's Liberation Army documents has revealed. In order of importance -- that is, the likelihood of actual military engagement -- those enemies are Taiwan, the United States and Japan -- as potential defenders of Taiwan, India, Vietnam ... more China hits out at Indian Foreign Minister's border comments 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 11, 2008China objected strongly on Tuesday to comments by India's foreign minister in which he rejected Chinese claims over a border region long disputed by the two giants. "We express deep regret over India's public remarks that ignore historic facts," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said during a regular news briefing. Qin was responding to comments Sunday by Indian External ... more Indian warship fights off pirates in Gulf of Aden 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 11, 2008An Indian warship on Tuesday prevented two merchant vessels from being hijacked by heavily armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden and escorted both ships to safety, the navy said. Pirates on power-boats attacked Saudi Arabia-registered merchant vessel "MV Timaha," and half an hour later a second group tried to board a 38,000-tonne bulk carrier owned by India's Great Eastern Shipping Co, the navy ... more Russian navy base mourns as deadly sub accident probed 
Vladivostok, Russia (AFP) Nov 10, 2008Russian investigators on Monday probed a deadly gas poisoning on a nuclear submarine destined for India, as the first service was held to mourn the 20 people who died in the accident. Navy top brass and government officials gathered in Bolshoi Kamen, a shipyard where the submarine was assembled and sailed from, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Russia's main Pacific naval base of ... more |
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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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