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Iran To Launch First Manned Spaceflight By 2021 Tehran, Iran (RIA) Feb 16, 2009 
Iran will send its first man into space on board its own spacecraft by 2021, the head of Iran's Aerospace Agency announced on Thursday. "Scientific research has already begun in Iran," Reza Tagipur was quoted by Iranian media as saying. "According to our plans, a successful Iranian manned spaceflight will be carried out before 2021. India and China were able to send their astronaut ... read more
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IIT-K Satellite Jugnu In Final Stages
Kanpur, India (PTI) Feb 16, 2009A micro satellite being developed by IIT Kanpur in co-operation with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been christened 'Jugnu'. The satellite, which is near completion, will be handed over to ISRO in November, who after testing will launch it. Work on the satellite, which is aimed at gathering prior information regarding flood, drought and disaster management is in the last ... more India hopes to test ICBM in 2010: official 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Feb 13, 2009India hopes to test-fire a home-built inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) before the end of next year, a senior defence official said Friday. "Efforts are on to test the next longer range Agni-V missile before December 2010," M. Natarajan, the scientific adviser to India's defence minister told reporters on the sidelines of the Aero India international air show here. The Agni-V ... more South Asia's biggest airshow ends in India 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Feb 15, 2009South Asia's biggest airshow ended here Sunday with armament and aviation firms from 25 countries hoping to win multi-billion dollar contracts from India's weapons-hungry military. "Some 200,000 visitors, including 50,000 delegates, attended the five-day event," airshow spokesman Gurpal Singh said as thousands of visitors ignoring security burst into the grounds on Sunday. ... more Pakistan must allay India fears: US intel chief 
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2009Pakistan holds the key to defusing tensions with nuclear rival India by executing a serious clampdown on Islamic militants, US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said Thursday. Without such action from Islamabad, President Barack Obama's new chief of intelligence told Congress, New Delhi could feel compelled to ignite a wider conflict in a region already fraught with security ... more Russian navy captures 10 Somali pirates: spokesman 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2009A Russian nuclear-powered cruiser has captured 10 Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean armed with grenade launchers, automatic rifles and landmines, a navy spokesman said Friday. "The nuclear cruiser Pyotr Veliky has detained three small pirate boats," said Igor Dygalo, adding that 10 armed men of Somali citizenship were seized in the operation Thursday. The pirates had been spotted by the ... more |
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Manama (AFP) Feb 12, 2009The US Navy said it has arrested nine suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, after the Indian-flagged Motor Vessel Premedivya sent a distress call. "The guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) intercepted and apprehended nine suspected pirates today in the Gulf of Aden, after responding to a distress call from a nearby merchant vessel," the US Fifth Fleet said. ... more Carbon emitters hold talks in Tokyo 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 12, 2009The world's major carbon emitters were in "full negotiation mode" Thursday as they met in Tokyo with the clock ticking to draft a new UN treaty on fighting global warming. Representatives from 22 countries, including major CO2 emitters China, India and the United States, as well as the European bloc are taking part in the informal two-day session. It marks one of the first negotiating ... more 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 |
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Bangalore, India (AFP) Feb 9, 2009Swedish aeronautics maker Saab said Monday it had tied up with India's Tata group to develop a new variant of its Gripen fighter jet as it pitches for a 12-billion-dollar deal from New Delhi. Saab executive Kjell Moller said the tie-up with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was not only aimed at jointly developing the Gripen but also at getting a chance at the biggest fighter jet deal in the ... more China expresses 'serious concern' over toy ban, other India moves 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2009China on Monday voiced "serious concern" over India's decision to impose a ban on imports of toys and other measures and said the moves threaten to severely affect bilateral trade relations. "The Chinese government expresses serious concern that the Indian side has imposed... import restrictions in such a short time period," the ministry of commerce said in a statement on its website. ... more Young IT Professionals Prefer ISRO Now 
Coimbatore, India (PTI) Feb 09, 2009Many 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 ... more 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
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