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ASTROSAT To Be Launched In Mid-2010 Mumbai, India (PTI) Apr 24, 2009 
India's Astronomy satellite, ASTROSAT, which would facilitates study of a range of astrophysical objects, is likely to be launched in mid-2010, scientists from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) said here. The scientists have completed the developmental phase of complex science payloads and have just begun integrating them before delivery for the 1650 kg satellite. "The bi ... read more
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EF Johnson Technologies Highlights New Products At Fire Services Conference
Irving TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2009EF Johnson Technologies has announced that it will highlight its award-winning ES Series of Project 25 radios and new products including the Lightning Control Head for the 5300 Series Mobile Radio and the Discover GPS Speaker Microphone for the 5100 ES Series Portable Radio at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) April 23 - 25, 2009 at the Indiana Convention Center. "Our award ... more SKorea's Supreme Court orders retrial over oil spill 
Seoul (AFP) April 23, 2009South Korea's Supreme Court Thursday ordered a retrial for the Indian captain and chief officer of a Hong Kong supertanker jailed over the country's worst oil spill. The court also ordered a retrial for Korean seamen handed jail terms over the accident. International shipping groups say the tanker crew were blameless and have mounted a campaign to have their convictions quashed. Indian ... more Russia Defense Watch: Aircraft for India 
Washington, April 22, 2009 Russia has secured its position as the supplier of military aircraft to India for the first quarter of the 21st century, a highly influential Moscow think tank has concluded. India will continue to buy most of its combat aircraft from Russia for at least the next 15 years because of contracts that have already been concluded and the further deals that are almost certain to d ... 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 |
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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 Mangroves Save Lives In Storms 
Durham NC (SPX) Apr 20, 2009A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests experienced significantly fewer deaths than villages that were less protected. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Delhi and Duke University, analyzed deaths in 409 villages in the poor, mostly rural ... more NASA Experiment Stirs Up Hope For Forecasting Deadliest Cyclones 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 20, 2009Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 20, 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 aroun ... more New Discovery Poses Challenge To Galaxy Formation Theories 
Bloomington IN (SPX) Apr 17, 2009A team led by an Indiana University astronomer has found a sample of massive galaxies with properties that suggest they may have formed relatively recently. This would run counter to the widely-held belief that massive, luminous galaxies (like our own Milky Way Galaxy) began their formation and evolution shortly after the Big Bang, some 13 billion years ago. Further research into the ... more |
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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 Indian Lunar Orbiter Sends Back Images To Establish Water Presence On Moon 
New Delhi (XNA) Apr 16, 2009A radar imaging camera on board Indian lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, has sent back some amazing images which will give scientists definite clues about the presence or absence of water on the Moon surface, according to a report by local tabloid Mail Today Friday. The camera, known as Mini- SAR, is one of the key payloads of the mission and has been developed by scientists from the United St ... more India tests nuclear-capable missile: official 
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) April 15, 2009India Wednesday successfully tested a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a facility in eastern Orissa state, defence sources said. The test of an improved version of Prithvi-II (Earth) was carried out from Integrated Testing Range at Chandipur-on-sea, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of state capital Bhubaneswar. "It was a user trial of the army version of the 15 ... more NASA Experiment Stirs Up Hope For Forecasting Deadliest Cyclones 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2009NASA 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 ... more
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