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Areva says it will sign Indian nuclear deal Wednesday Paris (AFP) Feb 3, 2009 
French nuclear power giant Areva said it would on Wednesday sign a deal with Nuclear Power Corp of India to build at least two next-generation EPR nuclear reactors.
A memorandum of understanding will be signed by Areva chief executive Anne Lauvergeon in New Delhi, said the spokesman for the state-controlled group, adding it would open the way for negotiations to build "at least two EPRs." ... read more
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India signs nuclear inspections deal
Vienna (AFP) Feb 2, 2009India signed an inspections agreement with the UN atomic watchdog on Monday as part of a deal lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with New Delhi, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. "An agreement between the government of India and the IAEA for the 'Application of Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities' was signed today in Vienna by IAEA Director General Mohamed ... more Eyeing reactor deal, France hails Indian nuclear accord 
Paris (AFP) Feb 2, 2009France, which hopes for deals to export tens of billions of dollars worth of nuclear technology to India, on Monday hailed the Asian giant's inspections agreement with the UN atomic watchdog. India finalised its return from the nuclear cold by signing a safety accord with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), part of moves to put an end to a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with ... more ISRO-Built Satellite Fails After Five Weeks 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 02, 2009The 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. ... more 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 |
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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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