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Lockheed Martin says open to Indian parts in Aegis Singapore (AFP) May 12, 2009 
US defence industry giant Lockheed Martin said it is open to using some Indian components if chosen to supply the country's navy with its Aegis ballistic missile defence system. "Because of the way the Aegis combat system is constructed, there is the ability to put specific indigenous capabilities in portions of it," Ric Rushton, director for sea-based missile defence at the firm, told AFP ... read more
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ISRO To Launch Re-Usable Rockets Within Next 10 To 15 Years
Hyderabad, India (PTI) May 12, 2009Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) is working on a plan to launch re-usable rockets within next 10 to 15 years that will take off from the ground to orbit and return just like any aircraft carrying people and payload, said G Madhvan Nair, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO). "ISRO will launch these re-usable rockets within next 10 to 15 years," Nair told reporters on ... more India to acquire first AWACS next week: officials 
New Delhi (AFP) May 11, 2009India is expected to acquire its first Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) next week, officials said Monday, crowning its drive to achieve air dominance over rival Pakistan. The delivery by Israel of the sophisticated Phalcon early warning radar surveillance system, set for May 20, will also mark another milestone in growing military ties with the Jewish state. The AWACS "will be ... more Spain to hand over Somali pirates to Kenya 
Madrid (AFP) May 11, 2009Fourteen Somali pirates held by the Spanish navy in the Indian Ocean are to be handed over to Kenyan authorities, its foreign minister said Monday, putting an end to a judicial row. Miguel Angel Moratinos said the group were being handed over "immediately to the Kenyan authorities in view of an agreement between Kenya and the European Union" in March to take suspected pirates detained by EU ... more HSBC says profits rise, sees 'robust' growth in China 
London (AFP) May 11, 2009Global banking giant HSBC said on Monday that profits were rising strongly on the basis of first-quarter data and it saw "robust" growth in China and India, while remaining cautious for the year. First-quarter pre-tax profits were "well ahead" of the figure for the same period of last year, the bank said, bouncing back despite the world financial crisis. The group gave a cautious outlook ... more Star Crust 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel 
Bloomington IN (SPX) May 07, 2009Research by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal alloys. Charles Horowitz, a professor in the IU College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics, came to the conclusion after large-scale molecular dynamics computer simulations were conducted at Indiana Un ... more |
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United Nations (AFP) May 5, 2009A top US arms control negotiator at the United Nations on Tuesday urged presumed atomic powers India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. "Universal adherence to the NPT itself, including by India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea ... remains a fundamental objective of the United States," said Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller. ... more India holds wargames near Pakistan border 
New Delhi (AFP) May 5, 2009The Indian military said Tuesday it has held large-scale military exercises involving its main strike corps close to the tense border with nuclear-armed rival Pakistan. The three-day manoeuvres, code-named Hind Shakti ('Indian Power'), were held in the arid plains of northern Punjab state and wrapped up on Tuesday, officials said. "The exercise entailed participation by mechanised and in ... more US anti-outsourcing plans won't hit India: lobby group 
New Delhi (AFP) May 5, 2009A US plan to clamp down on outsourcing could make many American companies uncompetitive but would not affect India's flagship IT services industry, a top Indian business body said Tuesday. US President Barack Obama, decrying "egregious" tax abuses, announced Monday plans to save 210 billion dollars by squeezing US firms' ability to profit from outsourcing jobs and offshore havens. The ne ... more New Evidence That Meteorite Did Not Wipe Out Dinosaurs 
Princeton NJ (SPX) May 05, 2009A Princeton University geoscientist who has stirred controversy with her studies challenging a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs has compiled powerful new evidence asserting her position. Gerta Keller, whose studies of rock formations at many sites in the United States, Mexico and India have led her to conclude that volcanoes, not a vast meteorite, were the more likel ... more |
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Anaheim CA (SPX) May 04, 2009Catalyx has been contracted to be the technology provider and will team with the Ramona Band of the Cahuilla Indian Tribe to develop the Tribe's Eco-Tourism resort near Anza, Calif. The first of its kind, the Ramona Band of Cahuilla Mission Native Americans' resort is designed as a 100% off-grid renewable energy project that will employ multiple alternative energy technologies to meet 100% ... more Defense Focus: Age of wars -- Part 5 
Washington, April 27, 2009 India has poor special forces, but its enormous manpower gives it a powerful advantage in maintaining security and fighting guerrilla conflicts. This model flies in the face of the fashionable and currently widely accepted theories of military force deployment and weapons procurement spearheaded by the United States and followed by almost of all of the major industrialized democracies. ... more Outside View: If Pakistan fails -- Part 2 
Lusaka, Zambia, April 27, 2009 The terror attacks last November in Mumbai, the economic and cultural capital of India, helped focus the international community on the sources of terrorism in South Asia. The Indian government and security services believe the attackers, who came by sea, were trained and equipped in mujahedin camps in northern Pakistan. For those who had ignored the progressive radicalization of Pakist ... more A Bright Future With Solar Lanterns For India's Poor 
Taiwan (SPX) May 01, 2009Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country's future energy security, according to Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University, who is Tata-Sadguru Visiting Chair, and Dr. Minna Hsu from the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Their study, looking at the benefits of solar lanterns ... more
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