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Elephant smuggling gang busted in IndiaGuwahati, India (AFP) Nov 3, 2010 Police in northeast India said Wednesday they had busted an elephant smuggling racket which is suspected of selling nearly 100 animals across the country and to Nepal. Two elephants, a mother and a calf, were seized when a police team swooped on a truck travelling across the state border from Assam to West Bengal at the weekend. "The ringleader of the gang was arrested in Guwahati (Assam's main city) and later four other men were also apprehended," P.K. Dutta, police chief of the Assam district ... read more |
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  India makes first expedition to South Pole India will kick off its first scientific expedition to the South Pole on Monday to analyse environmental changes in the frozen continent over the past 1,000 years, the mission leader said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  India suggests 'energy revolution' Indian President Pratibha Patil called for an "energy revolution" to help the country achieve energy security and fuel its economic growth. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Managing decline Is the world balance of power shifting away from the West and moving to India and China? That's what a number of geopolitical sages are discussing in think tanks from Moscow to Beijing to London to Washington. ... more | .. |
  French carrier returns to sea after repairs France's only aircraft carrier returned to sea Saturday after repairs that forced it to return to port only a day after it set off to fight piracy in the Indian Ocean and support NATO's Afghan mission, the navy said Saturday. ... more |
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  German aviation agent expelled from India An agent working for Eurojet in India has been expelled for alleged fraudulent activities involving company's bid for a major $822 million jet engine deal. ... more | .. |
  Wikimedia sees boost for languages online with India office The creation of Wikimedia's first overseas office outside the United States could lead to the increased use of Indian languages online, the company's co-founder said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  India Getting Ready For Planetary Mission Program India's space programme is inching closer to the realisation of its plans for inter-planetary missions, a senior official said Monday. 'A mission to Mars, for several reasons, has become a pri ... more | .. |
  RISAT-1 Launch In 2011 Will Boost Weather Surveillance India's earth observation capabilities are set to get a boost with the launch of indigenously-developed RISAT-1 early next year. The satellite will be launched in the first half of the next ye ... more |
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 US vows to get China ties right The United States vowed Thursday to get its rocky relations with China "right" despite flaring rows, and announced that President Barack Obama would meet President Hu Jintao next month in Seoul. ... more | .. |
China PM to visit India, says big powers can grow together Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday he would visit India later this year, stressing there was "enough space in the world" for both the giant nations to prosper despite a backdrop of frosty ties. ... more | .. |
 World Bank calls for ecosystems to be valued The World Bank on Thursday called for a radical shift in countries' economic models to include the values of forests, mangroves, coral reefs and other ecosystems. ... more | .. |
  Hanging On For Dear Life Countless people clung to life in the branches of trees hemming the shorelines during the deadly 2004 tsunami that killed more than 230,000 coastal residents in Indonesia, India, Thailand and Sri La ... more |
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  South Africa woos investors for world's biggest solar plant South Africa wooed investors Thursday for what could become the world's largest solar project, built on the edge of the Kalahari Desert to provide an eighth of the country's electricity. ... more | .. |
Indian PM backs 'practical' solution to China border rows India and China would look for "practical, pragmatic" measures to end border disputes which took the two countries to war in 1962, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. ... more | .. |
 Teen Sailor Meets NASA Team That Helped Saved Her Life It has been almost six months since 16-year-old Abby Sunderland's 40-foot vessel, Wild Eyes, was damaged in a storm, leaving her stranded in the middle of the Indian Ocean. But now, she finally got ... more | .. |
  Converting Acid Rain Chemicals Into Useful Products Power plants that burn fossil fuels remain the main source of electricity generation across the globe. Modern power plants have scrubbers to remove sulfur compounds from their flue gases, which has ... more |
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  US welcomes India's signing of nuclear convention The United States welcomed as a "positive" step Wednesday India's signing of an international convention governing liability in case of nuclear accidents. ... more | .. |
 Indian arms race offers prizes for presidential visits Arms-hungry India is expected to hand out a raft of military deals worth billions of dollars during an upcoming rush of presidential visits from the United States, France and Russia. ... more | .. |
 Huge storm grounds Chicago flights, interrupts shipping Dangerous winds grounded hundreds of flights at Chicago's O'Hare airport and interrupting shipping traffic on the Great Lakes Tuesday as a massive storm system whipped the central United States. ... more | .. |
  New Discoveries Concerning Pre-Columbian Settlements In The Amazon The pre-Columbian Indian societies that once lived in the Amazon rainforests may have been much larger and more advanced than researchers previously realized. Together with Brazilian colleagues, arc ... more |
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  Malaria deaths in India 'underestimated' Deaths from malaria in India may be as much as 10 times higher than official World Health Organization estimates, researchers say. ... more | .. |
Indian PM in Japan for nuclear, trade talks Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Japan Sunday for a visit aimed at progressing towards a civilian nuclear deal and boosting trade ties between the two nations. ... more | .. |
  India, Japan PMs to confirm trade pact, discuss nuclear deal India's prime minister kicked off talks Monday in Japan where the population giant and the high-tech nation planned to confirm a trade pact and push efforts for civilian nuclear cooperation. ... more | .. |
  India blocks massive expansion of Vedanta refinery India on Thursday denied Vedanta Resources permission for a six-fold expansion of its aluminium refinery in Orissa state over environmental concerns, dealing a fresh blow to the British company. ... more |
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