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India should have nuclear attack submarines: France Mumbai (AFP) April 3, 2009 
France on Friday gave its backing to India developing a nuclear attack submarine fleet, with a senior naval officer saying it was a "legitimate" step as the country emerges as a major global force. The commander of the French Joint Forces in the Indian Ocean, Vice Admiral Gerard Valin, said India's military assets had to develop to reflect its position as a key world player, including in mai ... read more
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Pakistan welcomes Obama call for India dialogue: ministry
Islamabad (AFP) April 3, 2009Pakistan called Friday for a resumption of talks with India, welcoming a call from US President Barack Obama to cool tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours with an "effective dialogue". "We hope that the US and other friends of Pakistan and India will encourage and facilitate this process," foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said in a statement released in response to Obama's comm ... more New math formula might predict tsunamis 
Newcastle, England, April 1, 2009 British mathematicians say they've created a formula that can be used to predict tsunamis and how destructive the tsunamis might become. Scientists at Newcastle University, led by Professor Robin Johnson, studied the 2004 tsunami that devastated coastal communities in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand when an ocean earthquake triggered a long surface wave that resulted in six mas ... more Indiana Firm Lands Wind Farm Contract 
Indianapolis IN (SPX) Apr 03, 2009Horizon Wind Energy has selected Bowen Engineering as the balance of plant contractor for the Meadow Lake wind farm in White County, Indiana. This 200 megawatt facility is the first of several wind farms Horizon is developing in Indiana. "Horizon is a leader in wind energy, and our team is pleased to work with such an outstanding firm," said Bowen Operations Manager Dennis Ward. ... more Senators press US to take fewer foreign IT workers 
Washington (AFP) April 1, 2009The United States began taking visa applications Wednesday for highly skilled foreigners, with lawmakers pressing to close the door to some of the long-coveted workers amid the recession. Companies can seek up to 85,000 so-called H-1B visas for the fiscal year starting in October for IT and other specialized workers. Asians usually get some three-quarters of the visas, with Indians alone tak ... more CORRECTED: Eight killed in eastern Indian tornado: official 
Bhubaneswar (India) (AFP) March 31, 2009Eight people were killed and more than 100 injured Tuesday when a violent tornado ripped through several villages in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said. The twister tore through the coastal district of Kendrapara, 110 kilometres (68 miles) east of the state capital Bhubaneswar, destroying more than 300 homes. "At the moment I can only confirm eight deaths but the toll is ... more |
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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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