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Bangladesh top court bans 'toxic' shipsDhaka (AFP) Aug 23, 2010 Bangladesh's Supreme Court has reimposed strict environmental controls on the country's ship-breaking yards, a lawyer said Monday, in a verdict likely to trigger protests from the sector. Companies warned that the decision could be disastrous for the country's ship-breaking industry, the world's largest. All ships scrapped must now be certified toxic-free by the selling nation's environmental authorities, the court said, reinstating a January law the government was forced to abandon in April aft ... read more |
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New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 16, 2010Wonders never cease to exist. Two Delhi students have discovered a new asteroid as part of a unique astronomy project connected to the US space agency NASA. Amanjot Singh and Sahil Wadhwa, both Class 12 students of Ryan International School, discovered a main belt asteroid (2010 PO24) on Aug 6 as part of the All India Asteroid Search Campaign (AIASC). Asteroids are very small planet- ... more  
Chandigarh, India (PTI) Aug 16, 2010The Indian Space Research Organization is planning to send astronauts to space before the year 2015-16, deputy project director of ISRO's Chandrayaan MissionJaswinder Singh Khoral said. Khoral was addressing the students at the Haryana Space Science Congress Programme at Faridabad which was organized by Space Applications Centre, Hisar on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Dr Vikaram ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 13, 2010 The Pakistani army has moved closer to buying Predator XP drones from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., after the company said it has received export approval. But U.S. Undersecretary for Defense Michele Flournoy said on a trip to India this week that only unarmed drones will be sold to Pakistan. The missile-armed Predator can loiter over a target for long periods and a ... more |
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India Launches Satellite-Based Navigation SystemNew Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 13, 2010 India Tuesday launched a satellite-based navigation system to aid air traffic in the region and joined a select club of nations which have similar capabilities. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel launched the Global Position System Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (gagan) based on a constellation of 24 satellites positioned in six earth-centred orbital planes. gagan will provide seamless coverage of air traffic from south Asia to Africa and connect to the systems of Europe and Japan. It is a ... read more |
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