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ISRO-Built Satellite Fails After Five Weeks Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 02, 2009 
The very first communications satellite sold by the Indian Space Research Organization to the European operator Eutelsat has failed abruptly after five weeks in orbit, in a setback to ISRO which just celebrated the 100th day of its successful moon mission. 'Scientists at ISRO are analyzing the anomaly in the hope of reviving the satellite,' ISRO spokesman S. Satish told IANS. ... read more
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World heads for 'water bankruptcy', says Davos report
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 30, 2009The world is heading toward "water bankruptcy" as demand for the precious commodity outstrips even high population growth, a new report warned Friday. In less than 20 years water scarcity could lose the equivalent of the entire grain crops of India and the United States, said the World Economic Forum report, which added that food demand is expected to sky-rocket in coming decades. ... more India to sign IAEA deal on Monday: diplomats 
Vienna (AFP) Jan 30, 2009India will next week sign an inspections agreement with the UN atomic watchdog as part of a deal lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with New Delhi, diplomatic sources said Friday. "The signing will take place on Monday at 2:30pm (1330 GMT)," said one source close to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The so-called safeguards agreement is a pre-condition for a US-led deal ... more Areva to sign Indian nuclear deal this week: French minister 
Mumbai (AFP) Feb 1, 2009French nuclear power engineering company Areva is to sign a deal this week with a number of Indian energy plants, France's foreign trade minister Anne-Marie Idrac said here Sunday. Idrac said that a memorandum of understanding would be signed in the coming days, as part of French moves to tap into India's expanding civil nuclear sector. The minister declined to say exactly how many plant ... more Sorghum gene code could lead to drought-tolerant crops: study 
Paris (AFP) Jan 28, 2009An 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 ... more 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 |
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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 Mumbai horrors to cast shadow over India's national day party 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2009India readied on the weekend elaborate security measures for national day celebrations to be held Monday in the wake of the deadly Islamist militant attacks in Mumbai. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was slated to be chief guest at the Republic Day military parade in the national capital, with India's President Pratibha Patil due to observe the event. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ... more Indian police kill two 'Pakistan militants' near Delhi 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2009Indian police shot and killed two suspected Pakistani militants near the capital New Delhi Sunday, as thousands of troops were deployed on the eve of a national holiday to prevent extremist attacks. Brij Lal, a senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh state, told reporters an anti-terrorist team chased a car carrying two men towards the capital before intercepting it in the suburb of Noida, 20 ... more India To Set Up Air And Space Law Centre 
Lucknow, India (PTI) Jan 23, 2009The Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University (RMLNLU) would soon start courses on air and space law, which would cater to those aspiring to become legal experts in various airlines and research organisations like Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The university would have a specific centre for the purpose, which, in association with a Canada based university would provide ... more |
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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 India welcomes Canada's involvement in its nuclear expansion: minister 
Ottawa (AFP) Jan 21, 2009India welcomes Canada's "strong involvement" in the expansion of its nuclear power capacity, Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Wednesday. Day, on a four-day visit to the world's most populous democracy, also indicated in a statement that Canada aims to finalize a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement with India "as soon as possible." "I was encouraged by the very positive resp ... more We Will Have An Indian On The Moon By 2020 
Chennai, India (SPX) Jan 21, 2009Following 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 ... more 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
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