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India rice exporters expect bumper harvestNew Delhi (AFP) June 26, 2010 Indian rice exporters say the country's rice production could touch nearly 100 million tonnes in the next crop year, helped by plentiful monsoon rains. India is the world's second-biggest producer and consumer of rice after China. "Better rains coupled with government spending on hybrid seeds may help the country produce more than 99 million tonnes of rice" in the next crop year, All-India Rice Exporters' Association President Vijay Setia said. The agriculture ministry forecasts India's rice ... read more |
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Seoul (AFP) June 18, 2010South Korea and India agreed Friday to launch talks on forging a nuclear energy cooperation pact, the foreign ministry said, a deal which would pave the way for Seoul's export of an atomic power plant. The agreement was reached when Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan met his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in Seoul for annual foreign ministers' talks. President Lee Myung-Bak and Indian Prime ... more  
Seoul, South Korea (PTI) Jun 18, 2010South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday agreed to Indian External Affairs minister S.M.Krishna's suggestion to launch ROK satellites on Indian launch vehicles. A statement issued on behalf of both leaders said: "Referring to the MOU of cooperation, signed last January between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Krishna sugg ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Jun 17, 2010 India successfully test-fired an anti-tank Nag guided missile hitting a moving target in 3.2 seconds, the Defense Research and Development Organization said. Last week a similar Nag missile launched from a Namica tracked missile carrier destroyed a stationary object in 3 seconds at the army's firing range at Shamirpet near Hyderabad, the DRDO said. "The army wanted the capabiliti ... more |
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Asian states airlift nationals from KyrgyzstanBeijing (AFP) June 15, 2010 Governments across Asia were evacuating their nationals from Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday after days of deadly ethnic clashes in the central Asian nation. China, India, Pakistan and South Korea all organised flights to rescue citizens living and working in the troubled south of the country after violence that has left 170 people dead. Two charter flights carrying 195 Chinese citizens landed early Tuesday in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region bordering on Kyrgyzstan, the foreign ministry in Beij ... read more |
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