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 Lucknow, India (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 
Drought-hit farmers in northern India are resorting to selling their wives to repay debts to local loan sharks, activists say, as one of the weakest monsoons in years takes its toll. Poverty, poor administration and a lack of education means farmers in the rugged Bundelkhand region are taking extreme steps to pull through a poor rainy season, they say. "This has been happening for quite ... read more 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Sep 09, 2009Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Madhavan Nair has said that heat alone was not the culprit as India's maiden moon mission was called off much before its scheduled lifecycle recently. A combination of factors including radiation, caused calling off of the mission. As experts from across the country and abroad began a review of the mission here on Monday, Nair ... more
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Kolkata (AFP) Sept 8, 2009India continued to question Tuesday the crew of an arms-laden United Arab Emirates air force plane that was being detained in the eastern city of Kolkata on its way to China, officials said. The plane bound for Hanyang, in China's Hubei province, was grounded in Kolkata on Monday after arms and ammunition which had not been declared by the crew were found on board the plane from Abu Dhabi. ... more  
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Sep 08, 2009India's first lunar mission may have failed as a result of overheating, a national daily reported on Monday. Chandrayaan-1 was launched in October 2008 and its main mission was conducting geological mapping of the Moon's surface aimed at producing a complete map of the chemical characteristics and 3-D topography. Chandrayaan means Moon Craft in Sanskrit. According to The Times of ... more 
Kochi, India (PTI) Sep 08, 2009The Indian Space Research Organisation is in the process of designing a satellite for providing connectivity to villages, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said Friday. "We have plans to use multiple spot beams for the satellite, which is expected to be launched in another two and a half years time," Nair told reporters here in southern Indian state of Kerala. There are about 600,000 ... more |
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Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 3, 2009Pakistan said on Thursday it was disturbed by reports that India might be considering additional nuclear tests after doubts were raised about the success of its 1998 tests. Indian nuclear scientist S. Santhanam, who was a director for 1998's test-site preparations, has claimed that the tests were only partially successful and the results were much weaker than claimed at the time. ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 2, 2009India has turned to its vast forest cover to absorb its growing greenhouse gas emissions and stem international pressure to sign on to binding carbon reduction targets. Authorities pinned their hopes earlier this month on the concept of carbon capture in an effort to boost India's environmental credentials ahead of global talks in Copenhagen aimed at reaching a consensus on fighting climate ... more  
Kathmandu, Nepal (UPI) Sep 1, 2009 More is being spent on corporate and financial bailouts around the world than on promoting sustainability and addressing climate change, experts said at the "Kathmandu to Copenhagen" climate change conference. Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, in opening the two-day conference Monday in Kathmandu, noted that "despite the fact that the government is confronted with twin challenges ... more |
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