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Young IT Professionals Prefer ISRO Now Coimbatore, India (PTI) Feb 09, 2009 
Many young software engineers are applying for posts in Indian Space Research organization (ISRO) after the success of Chandrayaan-1, a top official in the Department Of Science and Technology (DoST) said Jan 27. Many engineers have said during their interviews that they lacked professional satisfaction in IT companies and jobs and wanted to work in space related programs by which they ... read more
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Indian cyclists fighting for pedal power revolution
Mumbai (AFP) Feb 8, 2009In India, where the car is king, the only cyclists tend to be delivery men, heaving the pedals of ancient, rusting, single-gear machines laden with milk churns or tied-up bales of newspapers. But the country's small, yet vocal, band of cycling enthusiasts is hoping to change all that, by taking to the streets in a regular celebration of pedal power to show that push bikes exist and also have ... more India defends ban on Chinese toys, says 'WTO-compliant' 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 6, 2009India on Friday defended its ban on Chinese toy imports, saying it acted out of safety fears, following a report that Beijing might challenge the move before the World Trade Organisation. India prohibited the import of Chinese toys such as dolls, cars, trains and puzzles on January 23 for six months, triggering trade tensions between the world's two biggest emerging economies. The ban wa ... more Thousands rally for Kashmir in Pakistan 
Islamabad (AFP) Feb 5, 2009Thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets on Thursday to denounce Indian rule in Kashmir, the disputed Muslim-majority Himalayan state divided between the nuclear-armed rivals. A public holiday, Kashmir Solidarity Day supports the region's right to self-determination under UN resolutions that call for a plebiscite in Kashmir on whether it should be ruled by Hindu-majority India or Muslim ... more Brazilian Indians fleeing bulldozers: group 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 5, 2009One of the Amazon forest's last nomad tribes, the Awa, is being threatened by bulldozers encroaching on their protected reserve, the group Survival International said Thursday. The 300 Indians making up the community in Brazil's Maranhao state are "fleeing from bulldozers as their last forest is rapidly destroyed," it said in a statement. The tribe includes 60 members who have never had ... more India Works With University Of Leicester On First National Astronomy Satellite 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Feb 05, 2009India's first national Astronomy satellite - Astrosat - is to have key components assembled by the University of Leicester. A team of engineers from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, has arrived at the University of Leicester's Space Research Centre to progress work on the satellite which is due for launch in 2009. The team, who will be in Leicester until ... more |
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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 |
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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
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