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We Will Have An Indian On The Moon By 2020 Chennai, India (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 
Following the footsteps of former President and scientist A P J Abdul Kalam, Mayilsami Annadurai, director of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Sunday interacted with school students on various aspects of space science, importance of space programmes and ambitions. He addressed the CBSE and State Board students separately at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and Madras Christian Highe ... read more
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India test-fires supersonic cruise missile
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 20, 2009India's military Tuesday tested a surface-to-surface version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which it had developed jointly with Russia, a defence ministry spokesman said. The missile was fired from the Pokhran range in the western desert state of Rajasthan, bordering Pakistan, that was also the site of India's nuclear tests in 1998. The official said the test was "routine," but ... more Chandrayaan Gives First Glimpse Of Darkest Craters On Moon 
New York NY (PTI) Jan 20, 2009India's first unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, is providing scientists with the first look inside the moon's coldest and darkest craters, US space agency NASA has said. The NASA radar on board the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has sent back its first images which "show the floors of permanently-shadowed polar craters on the moon that aren't visible from Earth," NASA said in a press ... more NASA Radar On Indian Lunar Satellite Looks Deep Inside Shadowed Craters 
Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 19, 2009Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters. The Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, has passed its initial in-flight tests and sent back its first data. The images show the floors of permanently-shadowed polar craters on the moon that aren't visible fro ... more ISRO Processes Propellant Booster For Mars Program 
Kochi (PTI) Jan 19, 2009The Indian Space Research Organisation has recently commissioned a world class solid propellant plant at Sriharikota, where the 200 tonne propellant booster meant for the 'Mars programme' was processed, an official of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre said. "Two months back, we commissioned a world class solid propellant plant at Sriharikota, where we are able to process the 200 tonnes propel ... more Analysis: Indian-Kazakh energy ties deepen 
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2009 While the global recession has blindsided the world's oil market, harming the revenue stream of many major producers, Kazakhstan is seeking to overcome the fiscal setback and is looking to the future to diversify its energy exports. A key ingredient in Astana's efforts is its burgeoning uranium production, and it has focused its attention squarely on a rising Asian economic powerhouse - India ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Jan 15, 2009Twenty-two nations met Thursday in Japan to find ways to curb global warming from transport, which causes nearly one-quarter of carbon emissions but has partly evaded strict regulation. Transport ministers from the nations - including key polluters such as the United States, China and India - opened two days of talks in Tokyo as momentum builds to draft a post-Kyoto treaty on climate chang ... more Climate: Germany blasts geo-engineering scheme in Atlantic 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 14, 2009Germany's environment ministry on Wednesday took aim at a controversial experiment to see whether the ocean can be primed to become a sponge for soaking up dangerous greenhouse gases. The geo-engineering scheme - bitterly attacked by environmentalists - is being conducted by a joint German-Indian research team aboard a German vessel, who say they are not breaking any rules or damaging the ... more Chandrayan Provides Pictures Of Lunar Surface 
Raipur, India (PTI) Jan 13, 2009Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday said the success of Chandrayan-1 mission has enabled the scientific community in the country to get complete picture of moon's surface and that too an extent of five metre resolution. "Though several moon missions were there in the past, no mission had provided pictures and data about the entire surface of the moo ... more Myanmar rat infestation causing food crisis: NGO 
Yangon (AFP) Jan 12, 2009Tens of thousands of people in remote northwestern Myanmar faced a food crisis after their farmlands were destroyed by a rat infestation, a non-governmental organisation said Monday. The infestation erupted two years ago in Chin state, which borders Bangladesh and India, and some residents were now receiving rice handouts, said Joseph Win Hlaing Oo, director of the Country Agency for Rural ... more |
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Bangalore (PTI) Jan 08, 2009Indian Space Research Organisation will launch four foreign satellites this year as it seeks to make further inroads into the international satellite-building and launch services market in 2009. Two weeks ago, communication satellite, W2M, built by ISRO on a commercial basis in partnership with EADS-Astrium of Europe, was successfully launched by the European Ariane-5 launch vehicle from ... more Pentagon denies missile defense sales talks with India 
Washington (AFP) Jan 8, 2009The Pentagon has had longstanding contacts with India on missile defense issues but is not in talks to sell it missile defense systems, a defense spokesman said. "The United States and India currently are not discussing the sale of any US missile defense systems to India," said Lieutenant Colonel Stewart Upton. The Financial Times, citing US embassy officials in New Delhi, said the Unite ... more US, Iran have shared interest in Afghanistan: Petraeus 
Washington (AFP) Jan 8, 2009Iran could become involved in a regional strategy to the conflict in Afghanistan, as Tehran shares common interests with the United States there, suggested Thursday General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command. A resolution to the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan requires "a regional approach ... that includes Pakistan, India the Central Asian states and even China and Russia, along wit ... more US 5th fleet announces new international anti-piracy force 
Manama (AFP) Jan 8, 2009The US Fifth Fleet announced Thursday the launch of a new international naval force to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean after a wave of hijackings off the coast of Somalia. "The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) has established Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) specifically for counter-piracy operations," the Bahrain-based fleet said in a statement. US Navy Rear Admiral ... more
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