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Sorghum gene code could lead to drought-tolerant crops: study Paris (AFP) Jan 28, 2009 
An international team of scientists reported on Wednesday it had laid bare the DNA code of sorghum, a hardy tropical cereal whose genes could one day be spliced to produce crops that resist global warming. Sorghum (Latin name Sorghum bicolor) is related to sugar cane and corn and is grown in arid regions of northeast Africa, India and the southern United States for food, fibre, fuel and ... read more
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French ship faces green protest in Britain, after India
Hartlepool, England (AFP) Jan 27, 2009Local green campaigners in Britain are protesting the imminent arrival of an asbestos-tainted French aircraft carrier here, where it is to be dismantled after being rejected by India. But others argue the task of taking apart the Clemenceau will provide much-needed work, at a time when jobs are being cut across the country due to the global slowdown. The ageing carrier, a former ... more Nepal, India put rampaging flood river back on original course 
Kathmandu (AFP) Jan 27, 2009A Himalayan river which broke flood defences last year and displaced millions of people in Nepal and India has been put back on its original course, officials in Nepal said Tuesday. Indian and Nepali technicians plus hundreds of labourers managed to shift the Saptakoshi river late on Monday, said the head of Nepal's Natural Disaster Relief Department, Pratap Kumar Pathak. "We do not know ... more Security high as India celebrates Republic Day 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 26, 2009India celebrated Republic Day on Monday with a grand military parade in New Delhi held under tight security conditions, two months after the terror attacks on Mumbai. Police shot and killed two suspected Pakistani militants near the capital on the eve of the national day celebrations, as 20,000 troops were deployed to prevent extremist strikes. India says Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakista ... more Renewable energy agency set up in Germany 
Bonn, Germany (AFP) Jan 26, 2009Officials from around the world signed a document establishing the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on Monday at a conference in Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. European countries including France, Germany and Spain were among the 75 signatories. Egypt, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Serbia, Syria and Turkey also signed up to the new centre, said to be the first of its kind ... more C1XS Catches First Glimpse Of X-ray From The Moon 
London UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2009The C1XS X-ray camera, jointly developed by the UK's STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has successfully detected its first X-ray signature from the Moon. This is the first step in its mission to reveal the origin and evolution of our Moon by mapping its surface composition. In orbit around the Moon on the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, C1XS ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 23, 2009A few lucky people in the Indian Ocean will be treated to a rare event on Monday when an annular solar eclipse will transform the Sun into a dark disc with a blazing ring-shaped corona around its rim. In solar eclipses, the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow on the terrestrial surface. In an annular eclipse, a tiny shift in distance that results from celestial ... more India's outsourcing sector faces bleak outlook: analysts 
Mumbai (AFP) Jan 25, 2009India's software sector, reeling from a huge accounting fraud in one of its flagship companies, faces further problems as US firms scale back in a troubled global business environment, analysts said. Two of India's top IT companies - Infosys Tech and Wipro - have acknowledged that their revenues are under pressure. Meanwhile, India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy ... more India bans Chinese toy imports 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 23, 2009India banned imports of toys from China Friday in an apparent bid to shield domestic manufacturers from cheap imports. "This restriction will remain in force for a period of six months," said an official from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, which imposed the ban. The government agency did not give a reason for the restriction but the Press Trust of India said the ban was to pro ... more India admits failed cruise missile test 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 21, 2009A supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by Russia and India failed to hit its target in a test previously reported as successful, Indian military scientists said Wednesday. The Defence Research and Development Organisation, which Tuesday claimed the test of the BrahMos missile had been a "total success," said the missile had flown only in the general direction of its target. ... more |
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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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