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World Bank pledges to help clean India's holy GangesNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 2, 2009 The World Bank said Wednesday it would give India at least one billion dollars in assistance for cleaning up the heavily polluted Ganges, Hinduism's most sacred river. The clean-up involves building modern sewage treatment, revamping drains and other measures to improve the quality of the river, which has been badly polluted by industrial chemicals, farm pesticides and other sewage. ... read more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Dec 1, 2009Groundwater at the site of the world's worst industrial accident in India's Bhopal city is still toxic and making residents sick 25 years after a gas leak there killed thousands, studies said Tuesday. An analysis conducted by the UK-based Bhopal Medical Appeal (BMA) also cast doubt upon government-sponsored research into the impact of the disaster at the Union Carbide pesticide plant, where ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 1, 2009Indian authorities on Tuesday blocked 25 million Chinese-made mobile phones that lack an identification number allowing calls to be traced, in the latest push to tighten telecom security. Officials at the telecom ministry said they had banned services to low-end Chinese phones without a 15-digit International Mobile Equipment Identification (IMEI) number. The government has also launched ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 01, 2009India's space agency has in its pipeline eight foreign satellites for launch and is scouting to acquire such spacecraft from abroad to expand capacity in the field of communication transponder back home. "Today, we have eight (foreign) satellites to be launched. This will be launched over the next two-three years", Managing Director of Antrix Corporation, marketing arm of Bangalore ... more |
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Bhopal, India (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Jyoti is one of many Indian women whose dreams of a glittering wedding were shattered after the Bhopal gas disaster killed thousands 25 years ago this week and left many more ill from exposure. Having endured the lethal billow of methyl isocyanate gas which seeped from the Union Carbide plant on December 3, 1984, Jyoti and her contemporaries then suffered the stigma of being survivors. ... more  
Norcross GA (SPX) Dec 01, 2009Suniva has announced the completion of its collaborative project with Titan Energy Systems Ltd. to create India's first large-scale project in Jamuria, West Bengal. Suniva's cells power the 1MW solar electric power plant which is expected to expand an additional 250kW early next year. "High-efficiency solar technology presents significant advantages in terms of land use and balance ... more 
Sydney (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Asian powerhouse China is Australia's biggest trading partner, while exports to India have also soared in the past year, official figures released Monday showed. Two-way trade with China jumped to 83 billion dollars (76.1 billion US) in 2008-09 on the back of increased iron ore and coal exports and China's status as the number one source of Australia's imports. Japan was Australia's ... more |
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 ISRO Plans 36 Launches During 11th Plan   TerraSAR-X Image Of The Month: Oil Disaster Off The Australian Coast   Bangladesh ferry toll hits 33, many missing: police |
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