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India lifts Chinese toy ban, demands safety guarantees New Delhi (AFP) March 2, 2009 
India's government lifted a ban Monday on imports of Chinese toys that had stoked trade tensions between the world's two biggest emerging economies. But it imposed strict demands for product safety guarantees. India announced the six-month ban in January, prompting Beijing to warn that "bilateral trade relations could be seriously impacted". The Indian trade ministry, which had made ... read more
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Top Scientist Slams ISRO For Delay In Indo-Israeli Mission
Ramnath Shenoy, India (PTI) Mar 02, 2009A top astrophysicist, spearheading an Indo-Israeli venture to launch a set of three telescopes aboard an indigenous satellite, has accused the Indian Space Research Organisation of delay in undertaking the mission, and expressed fears that relevance of data might be in jeopardy. Tauvex is an Indo-Israeli ultraviolet imaging experiment that will image large parts of the sky in a particular ... more India slams Pakistan "denial" over Mumbai sea link 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 27, 2009India rejected Friday a claim by Pakistan's naval chief that the lone surviving alleged gunmen in the Mumbai attacks did not enter India from Pakistani waters. The naval chief Noman Bashir said that Pakistan had "no evidence whatsoever that (the gunman) Ajmal Kasab had gone to India from Pakistani territorial waters." But Pakistan was engaging in "multiple speak, duplicity and denial" an ... more Global warming could delay, weaken monsoons: study 
Chicago (AFP) March 1, 2009Global warming could delay the start of the summer monsoon by five to 15 days within the next century and significantly reduce rainfall in much of South Asia, a recent study has found. Rising global temperatures will likely lead to an eastward shift in monsoon circulation which could result in more rainfall over the Indian Ocean, Myanmar and Bangladesh but less over Pakistan, India and Nepal ... more Canada orbiter gauges CO2 like failed OCO 
Ottawa (UPI) Feb 27, 2009 A $278 million NASA satellite that crashed into the Antarctic waters in a failed launch was a larger version of a $300,000 Canadian satellite, a scientist says. An 8-pound, milk-carton-size microsatellite called CanX-2, launched by the University of Toronto in India last April, monitors how carbon dioxide enters and exits the Earth's atmosphere, just as NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observator ... more Bangladesh Rifles: border guardians with a grievance 
Dhaka (AFP) Feb 26, 2009The Bangladesh Rifles, whose troops have mutinied in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere, is a well-armed paramilitary unit tagged as the country's first line of defence. With a total force of nearly 70,000 troops, the BDR's primary task is to patrol and secure Bangladesh's 4,000-kilometre (2,500-mile) border with both India and Myanmar. As a border unit, it is highly involved in anti-smuggl ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Feb 21, 2009The Indian Air Force was placed on alert on the southern coast of the country Saturday following a deadly Tamil Tiger air raid on the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a report said. The Press Trust of India news agency quoted air force sources as saying coastal radar and air defence units were keeping a "round-the-clock vigil" for aerial threats, given the area's proximity to Sri Lanka. ... more Indian Air Force To Have Its Own Eye In Space 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 17, 2009With a view to increasing its surveillance capabilities, Indian Air Force is going to have its own satellite in space by the end of 2010. "We will launch our satellite by the end of 2010," IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major said here yesterday. The satellite to be launched by ISRO next year will be a dual-use satellite and will be used for civilian purposes also. It will ... more ISRO To Launch A Breakthrough Satellite 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 18, 2009After its successful unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-I, Indian Space Research Organisation is poised to launch a "breakthrough" remote sensing satellite RISAT that can take pictures of earth during night and even see through clouds and fog. Bangalore-headquartered ISRO is targeting a March last week date for launching the 1,780-kg Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) along with ANUSAT ... more Hu wraps up Africa tour with Mauritius deals 
Port Louis (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday pledged further aid to Africa, despite his country's economic downturn, as he wrapped up a four-nation visit to the continent. In Mauritius, Hu signed deals worth more than 270 million dollars (215 million euros) to fund infrastructure projects on the Indian Ocean island, home to Africa's largest Chinese diaspora. Despite ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Feb 16, 2009India announced Monday a hefty 24 percent hike in its defence budget for the upcoming fiscal year as its military fast-tracks acquisitions following the Mumbai militant attacks. "We are going through tough times. The Mumbai terror attacks have given an entirely new dimension to cross-border terrorism," acting finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said as he presented an interim budget to parliament ... more Farmers May Finally Get Reliable Forecasts 
Sydney NSW (SPX) Feb 17, 2009The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) have applauded the efforts of researchers at the University of NSW who claim to have found correlating links between the Indian Ocean dipole and the weather and rainfall patterns experienced in Australia. "These findings, if verified and supported through scientific review, could be the missing piece in the puzzle for Australia's farmers and their ... more Japan's economy plummets, China sees crisis worsening 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 16, 2009Japan said Monday it was trapped in its worst economic slump since World War II, as once-buoyant China and India issued stark warnings on the outlook and more job cuts were announced in Europe. New data released showed the Japanese economy, the world's second largest, shrank for a third straight quarter in the three months to December. It was the weakest performance since 1974 when the ... more Marriott plans 57 Asian hotels over 4 years 
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 16, 2009Hotel group Marriott International said Monday it was planning to open 57 new hotels in Asia over the next four years, mainly targeting the Chinese and Indian markets. Despite the global economic slowdown, the company said it was planning to open 21 new hotels in China, 24 in India and eight in Thailand. The new hotels would create 15,000 new jobs in eight Asian countries, the company ... more
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