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Three Chinese arrested over India chimney collapseRaipur, India (AFP) Jan 11, 2010 Indian police on Monday arrested three Chinese employees over the collapse of an industrial chimney that killed 40 workers. The men were employees of China's Shandong Electric Power Construction, which was contracted to build the 178-metre (584-feet) power station chimney in central Chhattisgarh state, police said. The two engineers and a project manager have been charged with culpable h ... read more |
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Thiruvananthapuram, India (PTI) Jan 08, 2010The indigenously built highly sophisticated cryogenic engine is undergoing a final review by ISRO before it is cleared for use in the test launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3 later this year. "We are conducting a final thorough review of the cryogenic engine that will power the GSLV," Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Radhakrishnan told PTI on the sidelines ... more  
London, UK (PTI) Jan 08, 2010Reports indicate that the Indian media has branded its astronauts as "vyomanauts", a word derived from the Sanskrit language. According to a report in New Scientist, the tongue-twisting term comes from the Sanskrit for sky or space - that is - 'vyoma'. The closest Sanskrit word to astronaut would have been vyomagami, for something that passes in the sky. The other word for an ... more  
New Dehli, India (SPX) Jan 08, 2010Scientists should start considering earth, moon and mars as an economic complex for future habitat expansion of human beings, said Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Former President Of India in his public lecture on the topic 'It can be done', at the ongoing 97th Indian Science Congress. He began the lecture with the suggestion that Indian scientists should look forward to celebrating the socio-econo ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2010A Chinese court has handed a six-year prison term to a Tibetan film-maker who made an internationally watched documentary in which ordinary people aired grievances, his family said Wednesday. Dhondup Wangchen, 35, had trekked across the Himalayan territory for five months asking about topics including Chinese rule, the exiled Dalai Lama and the Olympics which Beijing was preparing to hold ... more  
Colombo, Sri Lanka (UPI) Jan 5, 2009 The World Bank and green energy companies have accused oil giant Shell of not honoring warranties on solar power systems sold to the developing world, the Guardian reports. At issue is the "widespread" breakdown of Shell solar equipment in Sri Lanka and other locations. Shell has since turned over the rural electrification business under which the Shell systems were sold, but critics ... more 
Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Jan 06, 2010The test flight of a geo-synchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D3) powered by an Indian cryogenic engine with super-cooled fuel has been put on hold as it is undergoing final evaluation.. "We are undertaking a thorough review of the indigenously built cryogenic engine before finalising the launch date of GSLV-D3," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Radhakrishnan said ... more |
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