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Largest religious festival on Earth under way in IndiaHaridwar, India (AFP) Jan 14, 2010 Close to a million Hindu pilgrims bathed in India's holy river Ganges on Thursday in an immense display of colour and devotion at the start of the world's biggest religious festival. Braving chilly weather, hordes of pilgrims rose before sunrise in and around the northern town of Haridwar and walked in darkness to the banks of the river to immerse themselves in the sacred waters. For the ... read more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Jan 13, 2009 India plans to install 20 million solar lights and 20 million square meters of solar thermal panels to generate 20,000 megawatts by 2022 as part of its National Solar Mission, formally launched Monday. "We propose to provide up to 90 percent support for setting up solar power plants," Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said at the launch. "In many other solar applications, where ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 13, 2010India would launch its first manned space flights by sending two astronauts into orbit in a Russian spaceship in 2013, according to reports. For this, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to finance the acquisition of a Soyuz spaceship and train its astronauts by a Russian commander. The Russian cosmonaut would lead the two-member crew on an independent space flight lasti ... more  
Delhi, India (SPX) Jan 11, 2010January 15th will herald the first annular solar eclipse of the year, also the longest in the millennium. Ajay Talwar of the Amateur Astronomers Association told IANS, "Not only will this eclipse be the first of the year but also the longest of the third millennium, that is between 2001 and 3000. In India it will start at around 11 a.m. and end at around 3 p.m." "The eclipse will first ... more |
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Raipur, India (AFP) Jan 11, 2010Indian 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 ... more  
Thiruvananthapuram, India (SPX) Jan 11, 2010The third launch pad planned at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, is going to be something special. While it will meet the space agency's needs for the 2015 Human Space Flight Mission, the launch pad is also being designed to accommodate the proposed Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), India's dream space shuttle which is on the designing board, ISRO officials said. ... more 
New Dehli, India (SPX) Jan 11, 2010The last 50 years of space have been fantastic while the next 50 years will be spectacular," remarked Prof. U R Rao, former chairman ISRO, delivering his lecture on "Challenges in Space" in the 97th Indian Science Congress. The space age began with the launch of Sputnik-I, 52 years ago from the former Soviet Union. Since then, plenty of satellites have been launched. The Cosmic Backg ... more |
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