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NASA Experiment Stirs Up Hope For Forecasting Deadliest Cyclones Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2009 
NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop. About 15 percent of the world's tropical cyclones occur in the northern Indian Ocean, but because of high population densities along low-lying coastlines, the storms have caused nearly 80 percent of cyclone-related deaths around the world. Incomplete atmospher ... read more
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Bangladesh experts to investigate India dam plan
Dhaka (AFP) April 13, 2009Bangladesh said Monday it would send experts to India to investigate claims a proposed dam in northeastern Assam state would dry up downstream tributaries crucial for farmers. Bangladesh has for five years protested against the dam at Tipaimukh because of fears it would affect the flow of water in the Meghna, its third largest river and one of the main sources of water for the eastern part ... more Cyclone Jade kills nine in Madagascar 
Antananarivo (AFP) April 8, 2009At least nine people have been killed and more than 33,300 rendered homeless by tropical cyclone Jade on the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar, the authorities said Friday. A previous toll had reported eight deaths. The latest victim died in a landslide at Nosy Varika on the east coast, which seriously injured three other people said the National Office for the Management of Risks and ... more Cyclone Jade kills three in Madagascar 
Antananarivo (AFP) April 7, 2009Three people were killed and 800 made homeless by tropical cyclone Jade on the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar, the authorities said Tuesday. "Two children and their mother died when their house collapsed" in a northern neighbourhood of the capital Antananarivo, a statement issued by Madagascar's disaster management authority said. Jane made landfall on Monday in the northeaster ... more Asia forking out on defence despite slowdown: experts 
Singapore (AFP) April 5, 2009Increased military spending by China and India is forcing other Asia-Pacific countries to modernise their armed forces despite the severe impact of the global financial crisis, experts say. Data from defence research firm Jane's Information Group estimates total military spending in the region rising year-on-year - from about 220 billion dollars in 2008 to 239 billion dollars this year and ... more Analysis: Energy Dept. stimulus grants 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 06, 2009Federal officials recently announced a $3.2 billion investment in energy-efficiency projects nationwide aimed at simultaneously boosting and cleaning the economy. Approximately 23,000 U.S. cities, counties, territories and American Indian tribes, plus all 50 states, are eligible for money from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, funded by the economic stimulus bi ... more |
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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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