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 Srinagar, India (AFP) May 29, 2009 
Providing sleeping facilities might be seen as good management practice at your average, round-the-clock call centre, but in Indian Kashmir it has the advantage of preventing workers getting shot. Opened in 2004, Access Infrastructure was born of a period of relative peace in a region where at least 47,000 people have been killed since an armed insurgency against Indian rule began 20 years ... read more 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) May 29, 2009India has dropped Russia from a $1-bln tender to supply six aerial tankers for the Indian Air Force due to poor after-sales maintenance services, the Hindustan Times cited the air force chief as saying. The Indian Air Force has been operating a fleet of Russian Il-78 aerial tankers for six years and announced a global tender for an additional six aircraft three years ago. The Russian Il-78 ... more
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Dhaka (AFP) May 27, 2009Conservationists in Bangladesh and India on Wednesday launched a search in the world's largest mangrove forest for endangered Bengal tigers following a cyclone that killed at least 180 people. The storm caused havoc in the Sundarbans mangrove forest, and drove a tidal wave of saltwater inland. Abani Bhusan Thakur, chief Bangladesh official for the Sundarbans, told AFP the forest had take ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2009Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030 as energy consumption surges in the developing world, notably in Asian giants China and India, the United States warned on Wednesday. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said global energy demand would leap 44 percent between 2006 and 2030, fueled by a 73-percent rise in demand from non-developed countries. ... more  
Washington DC (UPI) May 26, 2009IPI deals expected in June. In what could be a major breakthrough if it holds, Iran and Pakistan are set to sign formal agreements on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline by June, advisers say. Asim Hussain, the top energy adviser to Islamabad, led the delegation to Tehran in an effort to hammer out gas sale and purchase agreements with Iran during the weekend. Huss ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) May 25, 2009India on Monday took delivery of its first Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) plane, as part of a deal with Israel worth more than one billion dollars, officials said. The delivery is seen as part of India's quest for air dominance over arch rival Pakistan as well as a milestone in growing military ties with Israel. "India is one of the few countries to have inducted the AWACS ... more |
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Kathmandu (AFP) May 22, 2009Retired Gurkha soldiers in Nepal on Friday hailed as "historic" a British government announcement that the veterans can settle there. The British government said on Thursday all of the Nepalese fighters who retired before 1997 and had served at least four years with the British army could now apply for residency. "This is a historic achievement for all Gurkhas," Jit Bahadur Rai, treasure ... more  
Sydney (AFP) May 22, 2009Global resources giant BHP Billiton announced plans Friday to develop a major new uranium mine in Western Australia after the state lifted a ban on production of the nuclear fuel. The company said it planned to begin producing uranium at its Yeelirrie site in 2014, boosting Australian output of the fuel as demand for nuclear energy grows in countries such as China and India. "Current pla ... more  
Bangalore, India (SPX) May 22, 2009The Indian space agency has raised the orbit of its first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 to 200km from the lunar surface for further studies on orbit perturbations and gravitational field variations of the Moon. 'With the successful completion of all the mission objectives from 100 km above the moon since November 2008, we have raised the height of the spacecraft to 200 km Tuesday ... more  
Islamabad (AFP) May 21, 2009Pakistan stopped short Thursday of denying reports it has expanded its nuclear programme, accusing India of disturbing the regional balance and compelling Islamabad to take remedial steps. "Pakistan has always maintained a policy of minimum credible deterrence based on national security imperatives," foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit told reporters at a press briefing, where he was aske ... more |
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Bangladesh's tigers stalk uncertain future in Sundarbans
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