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NASA Instrument On Chandrayaan Finds Minerals On Moon Bangalore, India (SPX) Dec 29, 2008 
The moon mineralogy mapper (M3), a scientific instrument of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) onboard India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, found iron-bearing minerals on the lunar surface, the US space agency said Thursday. "The mapper spectrometer has beamed images of the Orientale Basin region of the moon, indicating abundance of iron-bearing minerals such as ... read more
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Pakistan wants talks, India denies military escalation
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 30, 2008Pakistan on Tuesday called for talks with India to defuse tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as New Delhi denied claims it had moved troops into offensive positions on the border. The comments from the foreign ministers of the south Asian rivals were the latest in a series of tit-for-tat responses since the Mumbai attacks that India blamed on Pakistan-based militants, triggering ... more India To Launch Own Online Earth Browser Dubbed Bhuvan 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Dec 30, 2008Bhuvan, India's response to Google Earth, will be launched in March 2009 and will provide high resolution imagery data of the order of five metre which would be of great relevance for real-time exercises, including disaster management and military operations. "The Google Earth is providing high resolution data in the order of less than a metre. But the data is two to three years old. It ca ... more Myanmar signs gas deal with SKorea, India, China: state media 
Yangon (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Military-run Myanmar has signed a deal with South Korean and Indian companies to pipe natural gas from the energy-rich nation's offshore fields to China, state media reported Monday. The Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise inked the deal last Wednesday with South Korean companies Daewoo and Korea Gas Corporation and Indian energy firms ONGC Videsh and GAIL to supply gas to the China National Unite ... more Pakistani Leaders Call For Calm With India
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Pakistan on Monday called for an easing of tensions with India, one month after ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours were sent into a tailspin in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks. President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the country's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Kayani told visiting Chinese vice foreign minister He Yafei that Islamabad wanted calm. ... more ISRO Eyes Lunar Landing In 2012 And Mars Mission In 2013 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 29, 2008Buoyed by the success of Chandrayaan-I, Indian space scientists now plan to conquer new frontiers by sending a robot on moon in 2012 and a spacecraft to Mars the following year which will also see an Indian astronaut in space. Indian Space Research Organisation has lined up a slew of missions which also include landing a spacecraft on an asteroid and sending a probe to fly past a co ... more |
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Islamabad (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Pakistan's powerful army chief called Monday for an easing of tensions with India, the military said, one month after the Mumbai attacks sent ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours into a tailspin. General Ashfaq Kayani made the call during a meeting with visiting Chinese vice foreign minister He Yafei, who was dispatched by Beijing to Islamabad as part of an international effort to resto ... more Kashmir poll turnout a victory for democracy: Indian PM 
Srinagar (AFP) Dec 28, 2008Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the higher than expected turnout in elections in disputed Kashmir a "vote for democracy" Sunday, as results showed no one party dominated the polls. Despite a boycott call by separatists and armed rebels, more than 60 percent of voters participated in the multi-stage elections which came after a period of direct rule from New Delhi. "The large ... more Coral recovering from 2004 tsunami 
Jakarta (UPI) Dec 27, 2008 Scientists say they're gaining insight into climate change from rapidly recovering tsunami-damaged coral reefs in the Indian Ocean. Even some reefs badly damaged four years ago in a massive tsunami are showing a rapid growth of young coral, said the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York. "This is a great story of ecosystem resilience and recovery," said Stuart Campbell, a spo ... more Indonesia marks four years since Indian Ocean tsunami 
Meulaboh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 26, 2008Indonesia marked four years since the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami Friday with prayers and remembrance of one of the world's worst ever natural disasters. Indonesia was the nation hardest hit by the tsunami, with at least 168,000 people killed when walls of water smashed into Nias island and Aceh province, which sits on the northern end of Sumatra. Thousands of Acehnese gathered in the sh ... more |
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Lam Tutui, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 25, 2008When the deadly waters of the Asian tsunami smashed into this fishing village in Indonesia's Aceh province four years ago, not one house was left standing. Now there are too many of them. Recovery has been uneven in the dozen countries hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster, which killed more than 220,000 people. While some communities have rebounded and flourished on a multibillion dollar ou ... more China urges India, Pakistan to improve ties 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 23, 2008China on Tuesday urged India and Pakistan to improve their relations after the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which have raised tensions between the two neighbours. India blames Pakistan-based militants for the deadly November 26-29 siege of parts of Mumbai that killed 163 people and has refused to rule out a military response. "We hope that the two countries can have dialogue and consultatio ... more Raytheon's Chandrayaan-1 Sensor Successfully Activated 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2008Raytheon has received confirmation from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization that a water-detecting sensor system on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar-orbiting spacecraft has been activated and is fully functional. The assurance extends Raytheon's perfect 40-year record of start-up success. Data collected during an initial checkout will be used to calibrate the sensor. ... more Top US military official urges 'productive' India-Pakistan ties 
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 23, 2008The highest-ranking US military officer on Monday encouraged Pakistan to forge "more productive ties" with India as the probe into the Mumbai attacks continues, the US embassy said here. Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was making his second visit this month to Pakistan, one of Washington's key allies in the "war on terror". Islamabad has come under ... more
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