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Lockheed backs Indian entrepreneursNew Delhi (UPI) Sep 9, 2010 Lockheed Martin said it will continue to support for at least another 2 years the Indian government's Innovation Growth Program that helps advance technological breakthroughs to market. The aerospace manufacturer has worked with the Indian government's Ministry of Science and Technology since IGP was launched in 2007. The program boosts the marketing abilities of entrepreneurs. Many have good, proven ideas and products but possess little experience and financial backing to move their inv ... read more |
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Bangladesh dams to reclaim 600 square kms of land
Dhaka (AFP) Sept 5, 2010Bangladesh plans to build a series of dams to reclaim 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) of land from the sea over the next five years, officials said Sunday. The government has approved the ambitious project under which dams would be built in the Meghna estuary to connect islands and help deposit hundreds of millions of tonnes of sediment, project chief Hafizur Rahman said. "The p ... more Low-tech, low-cost solutions connecting India's farmers
Naitale, India (AFP) Sept 3, 2010Sanjay Sathe stood by his vines in a sweeping agricultural belt outside the city of Nashik in western India and punched a number into his mobile phone. "Hello, it's Sanjay Sathe," the 36-year-old grape and tomato farmer announced in the local language, Marathi, as if talking to a friend. "Is it going to rain tomorrow?" The voice at the other end of the line told him there would be 25 mi ... more Impact Hypothesis Loses Its Sparkle
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 03, 2010About 12,900 years ago, a sudden cold snap interrupted the gradual warming that had followed the last Ice Age. The cold lasted for the 1,300-year interval known as the Younger Dryas (YD) before the climate began to warm again. In North America, large animals known as megafauna, such as mammoths, mastodons, saber-tooth tigers and giant short-faced bears, became extinct. The Paleo-Indian cul ... more |
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India backs embattled IPCC chief PachauriNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 1, 2010 India's government said it remained fully supportive of IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri after a damning UN-ordered review called for changes to the Nobel Prize-winning climate change body's leadership. "Pachauri has the full support of the government," Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said late Tuesday after a report on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called for major reforms in its functioning. The UN-ordered probe said a major overhaul was required of the IPCC, which was ... read more |
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