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US 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, hosting India's leader at the White House a week after visiting top global polluter China, said recent progress meant the world was "one step closer to a successful outcome in Copenhagen." ... read more 
Coimbatore, India (PTI) Nov 25, 2009The data gathered by Chandrayaan-I mission provides vast scope for research on the moon, a top ISRO scientist has said. India, through Chandrayaan, was the pioneer in discovering existence of water on moon and similarly there was possibility of existence of minerals, including titanium, on it, Chandrayaan project director Mylswamy Annadurai said here. On Chandrayaan-II, he said the ... more
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New Delhi (AFP) Nov 24, 2009India's first night-time test of a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile failed, a defence ministry source said Tuesday. A variant of the Agni (Fire) missile, with a range of 2,500 kilometres (1,560 miles), was fired Monday after sundown from a mobile launcher at the Wheeler Island test site, off India's east coast. But the trial "has not met with success", the defence ministry ... more  
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009US President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed India as an "indispensable" partner as he pledged to work on a range of once thorny issues with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a high-profile state visit. Obama rolled out the red carpet for Singh for the first full-fledged state visit of his White House, to climax in a swank black-tie dinner set to be one of Washington's most elite social ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 24, 2009India'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 ... more |
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Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) Nov 23, 2009India carried out a night-time test of a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile off its eastern coast on Monday, a defence official said. The surface-to-surface Agni-II, which can deliver a nuclear warhead to targets within a range of 2,500 kilometres (1,560 miles), was fired from a mobile rail launcher on Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa state at 7:50pm (1420 GMT). ... more  
Champaign IL (SPX) Nov 24, 2009A new study provides "incontrovertible evidence" that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the epicenter, researchers report. The volcano ejected an estimated 800 cubic kilometers of ash into the atmosphere, leaving a crater (now the world's largest volcanic lake) that is 100 kilometers ... more  
Washington (AFP) Nov 23, 2009Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that the emerging economy was ready to do more on climate change if developing nations make financial commitments. Singh was speaking on the eve of a summit with US President Barack Obama, whose administration indicated hours earlier it would propose a target for carbon emission cuts ahead of next month's high-stakes Copenhagen summit. ... more |
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