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New Mumbai airport plan pits environment against businessChinchpada, India (AFP) July 11, 2010 Lush green mangrove trees and shrubs stretch into the distance on the muddy outskirts of Navi Mumbai in western India, the low-lying land swollen with heavy monsoon rains Nearby, the people of Chinchpada are starting their day: women wash and dry clothes in the open, children walk barefoot to school along a dirt track and men sip tea at a stall. But the village, nearly a dozen others like it nearby, and 160 hectares (395 acres) of the steaming mangroves are under threat. A blue sign on the r ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2010A Singapore-flagged cargo ship with 19 Chinese crew aboard was hijacked Monday by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, maritime authorities said. The MV Golden Blessing, a petroleum and chemical tanker, was travelling to India from Saudi Arabia when it was hijacked. The shipowner said the crew was reported to be safe. The European Union's anti-piracy taskforce said a Ger ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) June 28, 2010Japan began the first round of talks with India in Tokyo Monday on exporting nuclear power generation technology made by technology giants such as Toshiba and Hitachi, the foreign ministry said. The first round of two-day talks are aimed at devising a treaty to allow cooperation between both sides on peaceful use of nuclear power, but no deadline to reach an agreement has been set. Fore ... more 
Toronto (UPI) Jun 28, 2010 India and Canada have signed an agreement for nuclear energy cooperation, the prime ministers of both countries announced. The agreement comes 36 years after Canada placed sanctions on India after it exploded an atomic device using materials from a Canadian-made nuclear reactor. India maintained that nuclear material or equipment supplied to the country wouldn't be used for "any ... more |
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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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