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 New Delhi (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 
India's water needs are set to double by 2030, which could dry up its river basins, according to new research released Tuesday that paints a grim picture for supplies across the emerging world. Global fresh water demand by 2030 will be 40 percent higher than current supplies and agriculture is predicted to suck up 65 percent of all resources, said the report by the 2030 Water Resources Group ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009US President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought. Obama said the world was "one step closer to a successful outcome in Copenhagen," as he hosted key developing nation India at the White House a week after returning from top global polluter China. ... more
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Bariyapur (AFP) Nov 24, 2009Up to a million Hindu devotees gathered Tuesday in a tiny village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn widespread criticism. Worshippers travelled long distances, many coming from neighbouring India, to attend the Gadhimai festival, which honours the Hindu goddess of power and takes place once every five years in southern ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback. Now Maini, the man behind Reva Electric Car Co., is building in southern India what he says will be the world's biggest factory making battery-powered city commuter cars. "It's the first attempt at ... more  
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday they would finalize a landmark nuclear cooperation agreement that ends New Delhi's pariah status as a nuclear power. "I reaffirmed to the prime minister my administration's commitment to fully implement the US-India civil nuclear agreement which increases American exports and creates jobs in both countries," ... more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Nov 20, 2009 India could sign a multibillion-dollar arms deal with the United States to purchase patriot missiles, a report on Indian television has said. The Indian army has requested a briefing with U.S. officials to discuss the Patriot-3 Anti-Missile System, according to the Times Now television Web site, whose report is unsourced. The system is expected to include missile launchers and ... more  
Srinagar (AFP) Nov 21, 2009The leader of Indian Kashmir's moderate separatists said on Saturday that China has a stake in peace in restive Kashmir as part of the disputed Himalayan region is under Beijing's control. The statement came amid rising Sino-Indian tensions over a Chinese embassy policy of issuing different visas to Indian Kashmir residents and the disputed Indian border state of Arunachal Pradesh. ... more  
Mecca, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Nov 21, 2009Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj, health authorities said on Saturday only a few days before the massive Muslim gathering reaches its peak. An Indian man, a Moroccan woman and a Sudanese man -- all aged 75 -- died from A(H1N1), as had a 17-year-old girl from Nigeria, Saudi health ministry spokesman Khaled al-Marghlani said. "They all had pre-existing ... more |
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