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 Mumbai (AFP) Aug 12, 2009 
Indian authorities on Wednesday ordered all schools and colleges in the vast city of Mumbai to shut for a week over fears about the spread of swine flu. The state government of Maharashtra has had the highest incidence of swine flu cases in India, and two women, aged 63 and 53, have died in Mumbai after being confirmed as having the virus. "The government has decided to close down school ... read more 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2009Rocketing domestic use and farm irrigation have seriously damaged India's groundwater supply, and drinking water may become scarce, according to a study released Wednesday. The study of three states in northwest India, including the capital New Delhi, found that water was being extracted at an unsustainable rate as the region undergoes rapid economic development. Water shortages are a gr ... more
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Bedford MA (SPX) Aug 13, 2009Spire has announced the expansion of its international presence by establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary, Spire Solar India, a Delaware limited liability company formed to take advantage of the growing market for the Company and it's distribution of products in India. Spire Solar India will locate its representative office in New Delhi and aid in sales, provide rapid customer communicatio ... more 
Karde, India (SPX) Aug 13, 2009Dow Corning has announced the opening of an anganwadi (daycare center) in the Indian village of Karde that features a 28-panel solar power system. This system generates enough electricity for cooling fans and proper lighting for the anganwadi and an adjacent school that previously had no power. In addition, Dow Corning arranged to have five solar powered street lights installed to make the ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 11, 2009 The prime ministers of India and Pakistan agreed last month in Egypt to resume their stalled peace talks, but there's been little movement in that direction as events relating to Hafiz Mohammad Saeed have taken precedence. To New Delhi, Saeed is the force behind Lashkar-e-Toiba, one of the foundations of the Pakistan-based terror network involved in organizing India-specific attacks. ... more |
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Mumbai (AFP) Aug 10, 2009The number of people to die from swine flu in India rose to six, health officials said Monday, as the government called for calm and people flocked to public hospitals for tests. The latest to die of the (A)H1N1 virus were an ayurvedic or traditional medicine practitioner in Pune, 120 kilometres (75 miles) from India's financial hub Mumbai, and a four-year-old boy in the southern city of Che ... more  
Kabul, Afghanistan (SPX) Aug 11, 2009Scientists are racing to arm Afghanistan against a new invader-a deadly, airborne wheat rust disease that threatens wheat production and food security in this war-torn nation and the region that stretches east across neighboring Pakistan and into India. Known as "Ug99", this deadly new virulent race of wheat stem rust has thus far been found in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan, and has ... more  
New Delhi, India (SPX) Aug 10, 2009The Union Cabinet has approved undertaking design and development of GSAT-10 spacecraft at a cost of Rs.735.00 crores with a Foreign Exchange component of Rs.634.00 crores. GSAT-10 satellite with 12 high power Ku-band transponders, 12 C-band and 12 Extended C band India coverage transponders and a navigation payload, will replace the ageing INSAT-2E and INSAT-3B satellites, create addition ... more |
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