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Bangladesh zoo mourns 100-year-old elephantDhaka (AFP) July 24, 2010 Bangladesh's biggest zoo has declared three days of mourning following the death of a 100-year-old elephant which was its top attraction and "loyal servant," an official said Saturday. Pabantara collapsed Thursday after a heart attack and died hours later, plunging her fans into grief, A.H.M Shahidullah, head of the state-owned Dhaka Zoo, told AFP. The female Asian elephant had lived at the zoo since it was founded in 1957 and had carried hundreds of thousands of children and adults on fun rides ... read more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 India has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed Astra air-to-air missile under poor weather conditions during the day and night. It was the first night test firing and also the first inclement weather launch, for an Astra, the missile's main development agency Defense Research and Development Organization said. The test from a launcher was conducted at the Integrated ... more  
Islamabad (AFP) July 15, 2010Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan agreed Thursday to further a tentative rapprochement process and to bring to justice the perpetrators of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks. India's foreign minister and Pakistani leaders spent the day locked in the third high-level talks in a six-month thaw since New Delhi broke off peace talks after Islamist gunmen killed 166 people in Mumbai in 2008. ... more  
Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly, posing a threat to residents in some densely populated coastal areas and islands, a new study says. The study, led by researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, attributes the sea-level rise in part to climate change. Along the coasts of the northern Indian Ocean, seas have ri ... more |
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Eyes In The Sky Give India Edge In SpaceChennai, India (PTI) Jul 14, 2010 With the successful launch of Cartosat-2B on Monday, India has reached a `critical constellation' of 10 active remote sensing satellites in space, which gives it a clear edge in the region for monitoring borders and movements across them. While mapping and infrastructure development are seen as primary applications of a remote sensing satellite, its use in spying is often underplayed. A combination of four Cartosats (1,2,2A and 2B) hovering 630 km above earth allows India to keep areas under close ... read more |
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