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Bangladesh, Myanmar worst-hit by extreme weather: studyCopenhagen (AFP) Dec 8, 2009 Bangladesh, Myanmar and Honduras were the countries most severely affected by extreme weather events from 1990 to 2008, according to a climate change risk study published on Tuesday. When only 2008 is considered, the top three worst-hit countries were Myanmar, Yemen and Vietnam, said the paper which was published on the sidelines of the ongoing UN talks in the Danish capital. ... read more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009EADS is keen to forge a partnership with ISRO on supersonic and hypersonic aeroplane technologies, a top company official said. "We are looking very much into the future," Chief Technical Officer of EADS, Jean Botti, said here on possible collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organisation and EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) going forward. "ISRO has a lot of ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009India's first science satellite Astrosat is all set to be launched next year, former chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Madhavan Nair said. One more satellite 'Aditya' to study Sun's coronal mass ejection (CME) would be launched in two years while the science mission to planet Mars by 2013, Nair said, addressing a galaxy of scientists from India and abroad and the ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 6, 2009Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew to Russia on Sunday on a visit to strengthen ties between the two long-time allies and finalise a deal to expand cooperation on nuclear energy. Singh's two-day trip, his sixth to Russia as prime minister since 2004, was also designed to firm up defence deals that have been hit by delays in delivery, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency said. ... more |
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Kabul (AFP) Dec 3, 2009A premature exit of US troops could fatally destabilise Afghanistan and nuclear-armed Pakistan, where powerful voices still back the Taliban as a strategic asset against rival India, analysts say. Unveiling his strategy to end the unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered an extra 30,000 troops into battle but earmarked July 2011 as the sta ... more 
Mumbai (AFP) Dec 3, 2009One person died and many were injured in a violent protest Thursday against cuts in water supplies in India's financial capital following the worst monsoon rains since 1972, a report said. A crowd of about 3,000 people demonstrated outside municipal headquarters in Mumbai demanding an easing of the 30-percent cut in supplies for many parts of the city of 18 million people, the Press Trust of ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 3, 2009India pledged on Thursday to cut its carbon footprint in the next decade by reducing the intensity of its emissions, in a long-awaited move ahead of the Copenhagen climate talks. Addressing parliament, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said India needed to show leadership to its people and the world and even invoked the country's environment-minded independence leader Mahatma Gandhi to bols ... more |
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