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Himalayan Glaciers Will Take Centuries To Melt Not DecadesLondon UK (PTI) Jan 18, 2010 A warning that most of the Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035 owing to climate change is likely to be retracted after the United Nations body that issued it admitted to a series of scientific blunders. Two years ago, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) headed by India's Rajendra Pachauri, issued a benchmark report that claimed to have incorporated the latest and most detailed research into the impact of global warming. A central claim was that world's glaciers were melting so fast that those in the Himalayas could vanish by 2035. ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 17, 2010A huge wave-generating quake capable of killing as many people as in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami could strike off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and the city of Padang is in the firing line, a team of seismologists said on Sunday. The group -- led by a prominent scientist who predicted a 2005 Sumatran quake with uncanny accuracy -- issued the warning in a letter to the journal Nature Ge ... more  
Haridwar, India (AFP) Jan 14, 2010Close 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 ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 14, 2010The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here, an unit of ISRO, has made elaborate arrangements including launch of sounding rockets to gather data for a comprehensive analysis of the annular solar eclipse, which will occur on January 15. The atmospheric-ionospheric parameters to be conducted in India would be one of the most comprehensive scientific campaigns ever attempted during a solar ... more |
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Haridwar, India (AFP) Jan 14, 2010Millions of Hindu pilgrims readied Thursday for a ritual, pre-dawn bath in the waters of the holy Ganges river in northern India as the world's largest religious gathering gets underway. They had come from all over India: In families and couples, wealthy and poor, businessmen and farmhands, and itinerant 'sadhus' or holy men draped in saffron-coloured robes. For Hindu devotees, the three ... more  
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 |
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