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ISRO Going Full Blast With Chandrayaan-2 Sriharikota, India (PTI) Apr 21, 2009 
Indian space scientists are going ahead full steam with the planning of next moon odyssey Chandrayaan-2, a mission which will see a soft landing of small rovers on the surface of earth's natural satellite. "We are finalising the instruments to be carried in the rovers. The work is on.... it will be launched by 2011 end or during the beginning of 2012", said director of ISRO Satellite Centr ... read more
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India Launches Spy Satellite
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Apr 21, 2009Giving a big boost to its defence surveillance capabilities, India on Monday successfully launched an all-weather Israeli-built spy satellite that will help security agencies keep a vigil on the country's borders. Indian space agency ISRO's workhorse, PSLV-C12 rocket soared majestically into a clear sky at 6.45 am from the spaecport here and placed its first Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT2 ... more RISAT2 Can See Through Thick Clouds 
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Apr 21, 2009India's newest eye in the sky, Radar Imaging Satellite-II (RISAT2), the first spy satellite launched from the spaceport here on Monday, has the capability to maintain vigil on the country's borders even at night and through clouds. The satellite, built with Israeli cooperation, enhances significantly India's capabilities in earth observation as it can track minute movements on land, source ... more Japan products found on NKorea missile kit vessel: report 
Tokyo (AFP) April 19, 2009Japanese high-tech items were found among missile-manufacturing equipment confiscated on a North Korean freighter a decade ago, a report said late Saturday. The North Korean cargo, detained at an Indian port in June 1999, contained a three-dimensional measuring device, special steel and other Japanese high-tech products, Kyodo News reported citing a former senior Indian official. Tokyo ... more India launches spy satellite
Bangalore (AFP) April 20, 2009India put an Israeli-built spy satellite into orbit Monday, aimed at boosting its defence surveillance capabilities in the aftermath of the Mumbai militant attacks. The satellite, which can see through clouds and carry out day-and-night all-weather imaging, has been a long-standing demand of the Indian military. Its acquisition was fast-tracked after the November 26-29 Mumbai siege in wh ... more 23 feared killed in Indian heat wave 
New Delhi (AFP) April 19, 2009At least 23 people are suspected to have died in a heat wave swirling across eastern India, officials said Sunday. The heat-wave deaths were reported in Orissa state, where the district of Talchar recorded a temperature of 44.3 degrees Celsius (111.7 degrees Fahrenheit) Sunday, the Press Trust of India reported. "The reported deaths occurred this month but we are trying to confirm if the ... more |
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Chennai, India (SPX) Apr 17, 2009India's defence surveillance capabilities will get a quantum boost Monday with the launch of a sophisticated spy satellite that can see through fog and clouds, a facility that has been hitherto unavailable. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) workhorse polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) that will soar aloft from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, 80 km from here, w ... more India Using Using Satellite To Study Rice 
New Delhi (PTI) Apr 17, 2009The Biophysics section of the Department of Physics of the University of Pune (UoP) has tied up with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to send a satellite named Space Recovery Experiment II (SRE-II) into space to study the effects of micro gravity on the production of rice. The experiment is the brainchild of Pandit Vidyasagar, head of the biophysics section, and will be sent ... more India says France's Dassault out of 12-bln dollar fighter deal 
New Delhi (AFP) April 16, 2009India has decided not to buy Rafale fighters from French firm Dassault Aviation as part of a 12 billion dollar upgrade of its air force, an Indian defence ministry official said Thursday. The official said the company, one of six contenders in the race for the mammoth contract, had failed to meet India's technical requirements. "The Rafale is out of the race for the tender process, becau ... more PSLV Launch Plan Hurts Indian Fisherman 
Chennai (PTI) Apr 16, 2009The proposed launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C 12 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Sriharikota space station later this month has evoked a strong protest from local fisherman as the state government banned fishing in about 15 villages for security reasons. The state fisheries department last week distributed pamphlets among the villages at Pazha ... more |
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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
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