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Tibet exiles struggle to thwart Chinese hackers Dharamshala, India (AFP) March 30, 2009 
Tibet's exiled government said Monday it was trying to boost computer security systems after a report concluded they were being targeted by a China-based espionage network. Canadian researchers found that the network, known as GhostNet, had infiltrated government and private computers around the world, with Tibetan exiles based in the Indian hill town of Dharamshala -- including the Dalai La ... read more
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Commentary: AfPak's wilderness of mirrors
Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2009 The ancient Arab proverb "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" does not apply in Pakistan. Knowledge of Raumschach, or space chess, as played on "Star Trek" is more useful. It's a form of 3-D chess where one can lose on several levels. The geopolitical nexus of Afghanistan-Pakistan-Federally Administered Tribal Areas-India is now seen in the White House as a regional crisis that requires ... more RISAT Is A Home Grown Satellite 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Mar 30, 2009The Indian Space Research Organisation has asserted that the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT), expected to be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota spaceport next month, is not an Israeli one. Denying reports in a section of the press that RISAT is from Israel, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said it is an Indian spacecraft. Asked if RISAT is an Israeli satelli ... more India And France To Launch Weather Satellite Early Next Year 
New Delhi (XNA) Mar 30, 2009India and France will jointly launch early next year a weather satellite to monitor air and water movements over the tropic areas of the world, said local newspaper Mail. The satellite, Megha Tropiques, will gather comprehensive tropical weather data related to the global warming, said the report. "Megha Tropiques will be capable of studying cloud systems, radiation, water vapor and ... more Indian tests cruise missile: official 
New Delhi (AFP) March 29, 2009India's military on Sunday successfully tested a surface-to-surface version of the BrahMos cruise missile which it has developed jointly with Russia, a defence ministry spokesman said. The missile was fired from the Pokhran range in the western desert state of Rajasthan, bordering Pakistan, that was also the site of India's nuclear tests in 1998. The BrahMos has a range of 290 kilometres ... more One small step for naan... 
Mumbai (AFP) March 27, 2009Indian scientists are looking to develop a curry fit for space, as the country plans its first manned mission outside the earth's atmosphere. Two Indian air force personnel are set to be blasted into orbit by the end of the next decade as part of an ambitious 2.5-billion-dollar project that follows the country's successful unmanned lunar probe launch last year. Dr A.S. Bawa, director of ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 25, 2009The US shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday to begin its return to Earth, NASA said. After an eight-day stay, Discovery detached from its bay at the orbiting laboratory on schedule at 1953 GMT, as they passed 217 miles (350 kilometers) above the Indian Ocean. "Houston, we have a physical separation," said a member of the shuttle crew, according ... more India scraps attack helicopter tender: official 
New Delhi (AFP) March 24, 2009India said Tuesday it had scrapped a tender for 22 attack helicopters as three international firms vying for the multi-million-dollar deal had been unable to meet the military's requirements. "The request for the proposal (RFP) was cancelled last week after the three companies could not meet the qualitative requirements," Indian defence ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar told AFP. "A fresh ... more India-US 'move beyond' nuclear row -- for now 
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2009The United States and India have "moved beyond" bitter differences on nuclear weapons, a senior US official said, but more feuds could be on the horizon as President Barack Obama takes a harder anti-nuclear stance. The world's two largest democracies both say they are ready for a deeper alliance, eyeing coordination on top priorities for Obama such as battling climate change and bringing sta ... more Climate scientists admit defeat in ocean experiment 
Berlin (AFP) March 24, 2009Indian and German scientists have said that a controversial experiment has "dampened hopes" that dumping hundreds of tonnes of dissolved iron in the Southern Ocean can lessen global warming. The experiment involved "fertilising" a 300-square-kilometre (115-sqare-mile) area of ocean inside the core of an eddy - an immense rotating column of water - with six tonnes of dissolved iron. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 20, 2009The world economy is likely to shrink in 2009 despite growth in Asian powerhouses China and India, the head of the OECD Angel Gurria said Friday, warning of a first global contraction in 60 years. "Now we are probably seeing a world which will go negative because even the positive growth of India and China is not going to be enough to offset the negative growth in (developed countries)," he ... more India Set To Launch Imaging Satellite With Israeli Support
Bangalore, India (PTI) Mar 23, 2009India is all set to launch a radar imaging satellite (RISAT) built with "substantial inputs" from the Israel aerospace industry from Sriharikota spaceport, an ISRO official said. Israel has supplied Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which is in fact "heart" of the 1780-kg remote sensing satellite, the official told PTI on condition of anonymity. "Israel has supplied substantial systems," the ... more China retains WTO option in trade disputes with India 
New Delhi (AFP) March 19, 2009China warned Thursday it could still drag India to the World Trade Organisation over toy and other trade rows but said it hoped to settle the disagreements bilaterally. "We do not rule out litigation at the WTO," Chinese Vice-Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan said after talks in New Delhi with Commerce Secretary G.K. Pillai, referring to the toy, anti-dumping and other disagreements with India ... more Russian Chinese Asymmetric Anti-aircraft Missile Capabilities: F-22 Vital Part Four 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 The balance in international military power may be shifting again. In the last two years, Russia, India and China have all announced or clarified major defense programs that include everything from the development of advanced fighters to upgrading aircraft carriers. It turns out that adversaries took careful note of the way the United States and its allies used air dominance in all its ... more
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