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India's Space Programme Poised For Big Leap Thiruvananthapuram, India (PTI) Feb 12, 2009 
India's space programme is poised for major strides in the coming years with several missions already in the line-up, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said. The ISRO had launched 25 missions and the number would go up to 70 in the next five years, Nair said while speaking at the stone-laying function for the Missile Integration Complex of BrahMos Aerospace Ltd (BATL) here. Development ... read more
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India kicks off South Asia's biggest airshow
Bangalore, India (AFP) Feb 11, 2009South Asia's biggest airshow opened here Wednesday with firms from 25 countries showcasing their latest hardware in a chase for multibillion-dollar contracts with the Indian military. Despite the global economic downturn, nearly 600 armament and aerospace companies -- half of them from overseas -- are taking part in this year's Aero India event in Bangalore. Regional rival Pakistan has ... more India 'open to talks' with China on toy ban 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 10, 2009India said Tuesday it was open to talks with China over New Delhi's decision to ban Chinese toy imports but added Beijing was welcome to challenge the move before the WTO, a report said Tuesday. "We are open to discussing the matter with China," Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said in the Indian capital, according to the United News of India news agency. Nath's comments came a ... more India Ramps Up Manned Spaceflight Talk 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 10, 2009India plans to develop a space vehicle that can carry up to three astronauts in a seven-day manned mission to space, Indian Space Research Organization chairman G. Madhavan Nair said on Monday. "The concept is getting evolved," Nair said while addressing an international seminar. India is looking at developing a spacecraft for launch in 2015 using India's Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle. ... more ISRO Says It Is Not looking At Arianespace As A Competitor 
Bangalore TX (SPX) Feb 10, 2009Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday said that European space consortium Arianespace would market home-grown rocket PSLV in Europe and maintained that ISRO does not see the latter as a long-term competitor. "ISRO does not want to be a competitor of Arianespace. ISRO is looking for cooperation and collaboration with the European space community to evolve ... more India too reliant on military imports: defence minister 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Feb 9, 2009India's defence minister said Monday he felt "guilty" over what he described as the country's unacceptably heavy dependence on foreign military technology. India imports 70 percent of its defence requirements, a figure that leaves it "far, far behind" fulfilling the dream of its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, for self-reliance in the defence sector, A.K. Antony told a seminar on aer ... more |
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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 |
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Paris (AFP) Feb 3, 2009French 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." ... more 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
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