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At least 33 people were killed and dozens more were feared dead after a Bangladeshi ferry crammed with over 1,000 people going home to celebrate a Muslim holiday capsized, an official said Saturday. "We have recovered 33 bodies. We believe dozens more people were trapped in cabins and in the hold under the water. We fear they have died," local police chief Zakir Hossain told AFP in Nazirpur ... read more 
Kathmandu (AFP) Nov 28, 2009Nepal's cabinet will meet in the shadow of Mount Everest next week to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, officials said Saturday. Twenty-six ministers, together with staff, will travel to the town of Gorakshep, high up in the foothills of Everest, for the special climate-themed meeting, said Bishnu Rijal, press advisor to Prime ... more
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New Delhi (AFP) Nov 29, 2009India and the United States are close to signing a nuclear fuel reprocessing agreement, one of the last requirements to finalise last year's landmark civilian nuclear deal, an official said Sunday. Indian National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told reporters "we have arrived at almost the very last stage" of negotiations. Narayanan was speaking on board Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ... more  
Bhopal, India (AFP) Nov 29, 2009Livestock outnumber humans at the Arif Nagar slum, a toxic wasteyard next to the site of the world's worst industrial accident, which occurred 25 years ago this week in the Indian city of Bhopal. While the animals are blissfully unaware of their poisoned surroundings, residents are bitter whenever they glance behind their homes towards the old Union Carbide factory, where a lethal plume of ... more 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Nov 29, 2009Workers at a nuclear power plant in southern India were treated for poisoning after drinking water was deliberately spiked with radiation, senior government officials said Sunday. Routine tests showed 55 employees from the plant in Kaiga in the state of Karnataka had increased levels of the radioactive element tritium, which is used in nuclear reactors. B. Bhattacharjee, a member of the ... more |
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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  
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 |
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