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If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore. More than 30 years of monsoon data from India showed that ground moisture where the storms make landfall is a major indicator of what the storm will do from there. If the ground is wet, the storm is likely to sustain, while dry conditions ... read more 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 1, 2009India has signed a pact with Namibia that could open the way to investment in the African country's uranium and diamond industries, a foreign ministry statement said Tuesday. Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba signed five accords with Indian premier Manmohan Singh after talks here, the statement said. The two sides "noted the many opportunities for investment available in Namibia in ... more
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Panaji, India (PTI) Sep 02, 2009ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair is all set to become the first non-American to head the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). The formal announcement was made by IAA secretary general J M Contant during an international conference on low cost planetary mission here. "Its a great honour. All these years Americans chaired the post, first time a non-American, that too an Indian, is ... more  
New Delhi, India (XNA) Sep 02, 2009Less than a year after its launch, India's first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayan I, knocked off the country's endeavor to assert its power in space, after it lost radio contact with the mission control following a technical glitch believed to have been caused by a burst of sun spot activity. Though the state-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) hailed the moon mission a "great ... more  
Panaji, India (PTI) Sep 01, 2009India's mission to Mars will take place between 2013-2015, Indian Space Research Organisation chief G Madhavan Nair said on Monday. "We have given a call for proposal to different scientific communities. Depending on the type of experiments they propose, we will be able to plan the mission," he said. The mission is at conceptual stage and will be taken up after Chandrayaan-2, Nair said. ... more |
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Panaji, India (AFP) Aug 30, 2009The head of India's state-run space agency on Sunday hailed the country's first moon mission a success, despite losing contact with the spacecraft. "The mission was a great success," G. Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told reporters in the state capital of Goa, Panaji, where a conference on low-budget space missions opens this week. Nair, who sai ... more 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Aug 29, 2009India's first moon mission, launched amid much fanfare last year, came to an abrupt end Saturday after controllers lost contact with the country's lunar craft, the national space agency said. India launched an unmanned satellite and put a probe on the moon's surface late last year in an event that the national space agency hoped would give the country international "brand recognition" in the ... more  
Islamabad (AFP) Aug 30, 2009Pakistan on Sunday rejected US government claims that it illegally modified American-made missiles and said the accusations were part of a campaign to "malign it and its armed forces". Modifications to anti-ship missiles made them capable of hitting land-based targets and thus threatening India, The New York Times said Saturday. Citing unnamed senior administration and congressional ... more |
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