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South Korea aims for nuclear power dealsSeoul (UPI) Jan 21, 2009 After closing 2009 with a $20 billion order from the United Arab Emirates to build nuclear power plants, South Korea aims to ink more deals. "We're in serious talks with Turkey, Jordan and Malaysia and we've attracted China and India's interest," Chung Kun Mo, a nuclear adviser to state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp., told Bloomberg Wednesday. "There are many countries k ... read more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 India and Russia are poised to sign a $1.2 billion deal for 29 MiG-29 jet fighters for the Indian navy. The so-called mega deal will reassert Russia's leading status in the Indian defense market, becoming New Delhi's principal arms supplier. A Russian team of military officials is due to arrive in New Delhi this week to fine tune the MiGs contract following approval of the sale ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 20, 2010Defence Secretary Robert Gates promised Indian leaders in New Delhi that Washington will not abandon Afghanistan despite a timeline for the withdrawal of US troops, officials said. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna on Tuesday, Gates discussed "regional security" and offered reassurances over the target date of July 2011 for starting a ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 19, 2010China on Tuesday rejected reports that Indian government computers had been attacked by Chinese hackers as "groundless", one week after US Internet giant Google made a similar accusation. A source in the office of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed an attempted hacking to AFP last Friday, but said nothing had been compromised. The origin of the cyber attack was unknown at thi ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Jan 19, 2010India's environment minister slammed the UN's top climate body in comments published Tuesday, claiming its doomsday warning about Himalayan glaciers was not based on "scientific evidence." The controversy focuses on a reference in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) landmark 2007 report that said the chances of Himalayan glaciers "disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high." "The IPCC claim that glaciers will vanish by 2035 was not based on an iota of scientific evidence," minister Jairam Ramesh told the Hindustan Times. ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 19, 2010India is getting ready to launch Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with indigenously developed cryogenic engine, said Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman. Dr. Radhakrishnan was talking to reporters at Sabarimala Sannidhanam during his 47th pilgrimage to Lord Ayyappa Temple there on Sunday. He said ISRO is planning to test GSLV-D3 carr ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2010The U.S. media suspects China and India of developing anti-satellite weapons. An article to this effect has been published the New Scientist magazine. Until recently, only the Soviet Union, its legal successor Russia and the United States were capable of developing anti-satellite weapons. U.S. analysts now think that China and India are acquiring similar capabilities. To what extent are such fears justified? ... more |
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