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India and the United States have agreed on partnerships regarding energy efficiency, but India is standing firm on legal limits on greenhouse gases as a result of climate-change talks between the two countries. uring her first official visit to India, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met for closed-door sessions Sunday with India's Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam ... read more 
New Delhi (AFP) July 20, 2009India was set Monday to reveal where US firms will build multi-billion dollar nuclear power plants, during Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first official talks in New Delhi, aides said. The move, once confirmed, will highlight benefits President Barack Obama's administration will derive from a landmark civilian nuclear deal sealed under his predecessor George W. Bush. It will also ... more
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Tehran (UPI) Jul 17, 2009 Submarine warfare seems to be in vogue in the Middle East these days, with Israel leading the way. Iran, Algeria and Egypt are also planning to acquire new submarines that could operate in the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Israel's surprise deployment of one of its German-built Dolphin boats, the 1,500-ton Leviathan, in the Red Sea in late June under ... more  
Islamabad (AFP) July 18, 2009Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday said that dialogue with India was the only way forward for the nuclear-armed rivals if they want to beat the militants. "If we do not go for dialogue that means that we strengthen terrorism," Gilani told a press conference in Islamabad he had called to brief the media about his meeting this week with Indian premier Manmohan Singh. ... more  
Dhaka (AFP) July 19, 2009Bangladesh made an international appeal Sunday for 1.15 billion dollars to help one million families affected by Cyclone Aila that hit the country and part of India in May. Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzak made the appeal at a meeting with envoys of foreign missions in Dhaka and donors such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. "The response was quite ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) July 19, 2009India stood firm Sunday with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over carbon emission cuts, but she insisted their differences could be bridged before a high-stakes climate change summit in December. Meeting Clinton in New Delhi, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh sharply criticised developed countries like the United States for pressuring developing nations to accept binding targets on ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 15, 2009The United States hoped Wednesday that India will soon announce the location of two sites for US firms to build multi-billion dollar nuclear power plants, in line with a landmark deal struck last year. The announcement could be made when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Mumbai and New Delhi from Friday through Monday, according to Robert Blake, her point man for relations with In ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 14, 2009The deadly unrest in China's remote Xinjiang region is strikingly similar to that seen in neighbouring Tibet last year, and so are many of the reasons behind it, experts say. Those at the centre of recent violence in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and the unrest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa 16 months earlier are ethnic minorities -- Muslim Uighurs and Buddhist Tibetans. Both lashed ... more 
New Delhi (UPI) Jul 13, 2009 If all goes as planned, India, according to various reports, will soon join the exclusive club of nations with their own domestically built nuclear-powered submarines, marking a giant leap for its naval defense. More than 20 years in the making and until now known only as the Advanced Technology Vehicle project, the Indian navy's new nuclear-powered submarine named INS Chakra is ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 13, 2009 Israel Aerospace Industries, the flagship of Israel's defense industry, was "discouraged" by the United States from collaborating with Swedish plane maker Saab to develop a variant of the Gripen strike aircraft for the Indian air force, according to Jane's Defense Weekly. The London-based magazine quoted Israeli officials as confirming industry reports that pressure from the Pentagon ... more |
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