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India, Russia sign nuclear energy, space deals New Delhi (AFP) Dec 5, 2008 
Russia on Friday signed landmark accords with its traditional ally India on issues ranging from nuclear energy to space, as President Dmitry Medvedev met Indian leaders in a bid to bolster ties. The accords covered the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in Kudankulam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, as well as a cooperation accord on manned space flight. Russia becomes the ... read more
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India's Singh hails ally Russia as nuclear, space deals signed
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 5, 2008Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed a landmark nuclear deal signed with Russia on Friday as a "milestone in the history of our cooperation" after meeting here with President Dmitry Medvedev. The allies also finalised an accord that could see New Delhi send a man and eventually its own manned craft into space, with the Indian premier describing ties with Moscow as a "vital anchor of ... more India Needs Major Anti Terrorist Systems Upgrade Say Experts 
Mumbai (AFP) Dec 5, 2008India's security forces are scrambling to upgrade technology and equipment after being outgunned and out-manoeuvred by the Islamist extremists who attacked Mumbai last week. In a sign that high-tech terrorism has left Indian police in a bygone era, the Mumbai militants carried sophisticated equipment including global positioning systems (GPS) and satellite telephones, experts said. ... more India promises to open nuclear sector to private players 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 6, 2008India's government has pledged to open up its nuclear sector to private players -- once it completes bilateral civil nuclear cooperation pacts. The statement late Friday came after Indian Premier Manmohan Singh signed a landmark nuclear deal with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev earlier in the day covering the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in India. "Once negotiations ... more OECD indicators point to strong slowdowns in China, India, Russia 
Paris (AFP) Dec 5, 2008The OECD warned on Friday that emerging market powerhouses China, India and Russia faced a sharp fall in economic momentum in the near term, with prospects also weakening in leading industrialised countries. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said its October composite index of economic indicators points "to a weakening outlook for all major seven economies but compared ... more India Terrorism By The Numbers 
College Park MD (SPX) Dec 05, 2008A long history of terrorism in India precedes the recent coordinated attacks in Mumbai. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD), maintained at the University of Maryland by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) counts more than 4,100 terrorist attacks in India since 1970. Fatalities number in the thousands. This information is freely available online. ... more |
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New Delhi, India, (SPX) Dec 04, 2008In view of the exceptional value it has added towards development of geospatial science, The Institute of Photogrammetry (IPI), University of Hannover will be felicitated by GIS Development with the award for 'Building Geospatial Capacities and Knowledge Network' during the inaugural ceremony of Map World Forum on February 10, 2009 at Hyderabad, India. Prof. Christian Heipke, current Head ... more US moves to contain regional fallout from Mumbai attack 
Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2008Senior US officials are moving swiftly to try to keep the fallout from the Mumbai terror attacks from further unraveling security in an unstable, nuclear armed South Asia, officials and analysts said. US officials have praised India for showing restraint in the face of the attacks, which Indian and US intelligence have linked to a Pakistani-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba. But they ... more Outside View: Pakistan's Mumbai alibi 
Manipal, India (UPI) Dec 1, 2008 Since the terror attacks on Mumbai five days ago, Indian security sources have promoted evidence that the attackers were trained by elements of the Pakistani military. While the field training took place at a camp run by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, fluency in the handling of ordnance was taught at another ISI safe house ... more NATO hopes Pakistan can focus on Afghan border security 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 3, 2008NATO expressed hope Wednesday that Pakistan would keep up the fight against extremists on the Afghan border, amid Indian accusations that Islamabad had a hand in the Mumbai attacks. The military alliance relies on Pakistani security forces to help keep pressure on Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants using its lawless tribal areas as a rear base for attacks in Afghanistan, where NATO troops are at ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2008India and Pakistan have not changed their nuclear posture or made overt military moves since terror attacks in Mumbai despite heightened political tensions, a US military official said Tuesday. "Militarily, the temperature is pretty low right now," said the official, who asked not to be identified. The official said Pakistan moved some aircraft and air defense units to the border after ... more Indian minister says all Mumbai attackers from Pakistan
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 1, 2008All the gunmen who carried out the Mumbai attacks that left 172 people dead were from neighbouring Pakistan, India's deputy home minister told the BBC in an interview on Monday. "The terrorists who have been killed in these encounters in Mumbai in the last few days were of Pakistani origin," Shakeel Ahmad said. It was the most explicit statement yet from an Indian official about the iden ... more Westinghouse To Pursue Nuclear Power Market In India 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008Westinghouse Electric has announced that its expects its participation in a nuclear-focused trade mission to India next week to be the beginning of a long and mutually rewarding relationship with a wide range of Indian power companies, suppliers and academic institutions. The trade mission, sponsored by the U.S.-India Business Council in cooperation with the Nuclear Energy Institute, begin ... more India Can Send Manned Mission To Moon By 2020 
Ahmedabad, India (SPX) Dec 01, 2008India will be able to send a manned mission to moon by the year 2020 if everything goes as planned, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair has said. Nair was here to deliver the 4th lecture on leadership title 'Indian Space Mission-Recent Achievement and Challenges Ahead' at a function organised by the Ahmedabad Management Association. "Space is going to be the ... more
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