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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 2, 2009 
A town in a Tibetan area in northwest China has been sealed off after two of its residents died from pneumonic plague, the local government and state media said Sunday. Ziketan town in Qinghai province was put under collective quarantine Saturday when laboratory tests showed it had been struck by the highly virulent disease, the Qinghai health bureau said in a statement. A 32-year-old he ... read more 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2009The Hinode satellite observing our sun captured images of the moon traversing the face of the sun during a solar eclipse this week. On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, a total eclipse of the Sun was visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow began in India and crossed through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After ... more
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New Delhi (UPI) Jul 30, 2009 India's indigenous submarine program is suffering delays, but the country is on track to lease a controversial Russian nuclear sub by the end of 2009. Technical glitches have put back the $3.9 billion Scorpene-class building program for six vessels, Defense Minister A.K. Antony told the Indian Parliament, local media reported. He said that "teething problems, absorption of ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) July 29, 2009India joined an elite club of six nations last week with the launch of its own nuclear-powered submarine, but experts say it could be years before the prototype is transformed into a strategic asset. INS Arihant (Destroyer of Enemies) begins trials this week with its builders slating 2015 as the date for the commissioning of the 6,000-tonne vessel with a 85-megawatt nuclear reactor. Prim ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) July 30, 2009India's flagship outsourcing sector, accustomed to double-digit expansion, forecast Wednesday that export growth would slide this fiscal year due to the impact of the economic crisis. Revenues from exports of software and back-office outsourcing services rose by 16 percent in the last fiscal year to March to 46.3 billion dollars, the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Na ... more |
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Mogadishu, Somalia (UPI) Jul 27, 2009 As the U.S. Navy warns of an expected surge in pirate attacks off Somalia as the monsoon season comes to an end, the European Union has unveiled plans to extend aerial surveillance by its naval task force 1,000 miles southward into the Indian Ocean. The EU anti-piracy force's commander, Rear Adm. Peter Hudson, said on July 23 that three aircraft currently based at Djibouti, a former ... more  
Srinagar, India (AFP) July 27, 2009Severe windstorms left a young woman dead, injured dozens and damaged around 1,300 houses in the northern parts of revolt-hit Indian-ruled Kashmir, officials said Monday. The windstorms that swept across northern districts of Handwara and Langate late Sunday also left thousands of homes without power, an official statement said. Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday visited the ... more  
Bangalore, India (IANS) Jul 27, 2009India will soon design and develop its heaviest communications satellite GSAT-11 to provide advanced telecom services from 2011-12, a senior official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said here Friday. At 4.5 tonnes, it will weigh more than twice as much as the biggest Indian satellite in orbit now. "Activities to design and develop GSAT-11 will start immediately, as the ... more |
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