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US child activists launch Bhopal appealNew York (AFP) June 14, 2010 US child activists made an impassioned plea Monday for the 90-year-old former boss of Union Carbide to help victims of the deadliest ever industrial disaster in Bhopal, India. The Indian government said last week the case against the chemical group's former CEO, Warren Anderson, was still open amid outrage over the lenient sentencing of some of the culprits. Dow Chemical purchased Union Carbide in 1999, but says all liabilities related to the accident were cleared in a 470-million-dollar out-of- ... read more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Jun 07, 2010There is lot of potential in the aerospace sector, with the space service market likely to grow to USD 7-9 billion by 2015, a top official of Antrix Corporation has said. However, the domestic market is currently worth USD 2-3 billion, said K R Sridhara Murthy, the Managing Director of Antrix Corporation, which is the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research. "We are looking at in ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 07, 2010The completion of important tests on the Hylas telecommunications satellite has brought it a step closer to launch late this year. Once the final tests are completed, Hylas will be ready to be shipped to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana in August. In mid-May, thermal-vacuum testing was completed in Bangalore, India. The thermal-vacuum test is the most demanding phase of satellite testin ... more  
Madrid (UPI) Jun 4, 2010 Spain announced plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles to target pirates off the coast of Somalia. The plan to use unmanned helicopters is featured in military operations that have so far been using submarine-hunting aircraft, shipboard radar and helicopters to spot pirates acting with impunity in the Indian Ocean. "It's the first time that Spain will use a remote-controlled pa ... more |
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India working on UAV anti-collision systemBangalore, India (UPI) Jun 4, 2010 Indian aerospace scientists have developed an in-flight collision avert system that prevents unmanned aerial vehicles from crashing into enemy aircraft or other objects. The model predictive static programming algorithm protection system, developed at the Indian Institute of Science, uses a series of installed collision guidance algorithms as instructions that allow the UAVs to detect objects, especially if they are flying low. This includes tall buildings, towers and other aircraft, inc ... read more |
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