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India confirms move to buy C-17 aircraftNew Delhi (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 The Indian air force is to buy an initial 10 Boeing heavy-lift C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to replace Russian IL-76 transporters, the defense minister said. Defense Minister A.K. Antony confirmed to Parliament that a letter of request was issued to Washington for the $2.5 million acquisition. "The proposal to procure C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the U.S. government to meet the strategic airlift requirement of the Indian Air Force was approved by the Defense Acquisition Council on ... read more |
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Nairobi (AFP) March 7, 2010Somali pirates raked in an estimated 60 million dollars in 2009 but the Indian Ocean's ransom hunters have also spurred a much larger industry of ship protection devices. As the 36,000 ships that bottleneck into the Gulf of Aden each year try to dodge marauding pirates and keep a lid on insurance premiums, an astonishing array of inventions has cropped up on the flourishing market. With ... more  
Kanpur, India (AFP) March 5, 2010On the banks of the Ganges in northern India, tanneries that have poured effluent into the holy river for decades are closing. For environmentalists, it's a victory over filthy companies with no regard for nature and a rare example of pollution legislation being enforced. They say the closures point to a willingness to tackle serial polluters even at the expense of jobs. But the most ... more  
Bangalore, India (AFP) March 7, 2010Indian software engineer Prithvi Sen has a spring in his step after getting re-hired by the country's flagship outsourcing industry, which is shaking off the effects of the global recession. "I was unemployed and it was tough, but I've got work again," said the 26-year-old Sen, who landed a job recently with a small outsourcing company in India's high-tech hub of Bangalore. Sen is benefi ... more |
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India Tests New Advanced Sounding RocketNew Delhi, India (PTI) Mar 05, 2010 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the flight testing of its new generation high performance sounding rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) on Wednesday. Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV-D01), weighing 3 tonnes at lift-off, is the heaviest sounding rocket ever developed by the ISRO. It carried a passive scramjet engine combustor module as a test bed for demonstration of Air- Breathing propulsion technology. During the flight, the vehicle succ ... read more |
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