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January 12, 2011
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Delhi shivers on coldest day in 40 years
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 10, 2011
New Delhi endured its coldest day in 40 years on Sunday as temperatures fell to three degrees Celsius (37.4 degrees Fahrenheit) during a cold snap across northern India. As thousands of homeless people sought places in temporary shelters, more than 80 people were reported to have died due to the cold weather in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. "We have reports that 17 people have died in the last 24 hours," K.K Sinha, a disaster management official in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pra ... read more

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CIVIL NUCLEAR

School boycott over Indian nuclear station: report
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SUPERPOWERS

Chinese troops 'threaten' Indians in disputed area
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TECH SPACE

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Filtering Kitchen Wastewater For Plants
Water is a precious commodity, so finding ways to re-use waste water, especially in arid regions is essential to sustainability. Researchers in India have now carried out a study of various waste wa ... more
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FARM NEWS

Crop failure impels Indian farmer suicides
As more crops fail in India, the rate of suicides among farmers is climbing. ... more
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TECH SPACE

ISRO Official Says Swarms Of Satellites Possible
Swarms of satellites in the sky and even an individual owning one is possible today - thanks to the emergence of small satellites targeted at performing specific activities, a top official of the In ... more
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GPS NEWS

ISRO To Implement Regional Navigation Satellite System
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to implement the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) to provide India and neighbouring countries with the Position Navigation and ... more
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MILPLEX

India requests possible Apache sale
India paved the way to buying 22 Boeing Apache helicopters plus logistics support by requesting the purchase to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency. ... more
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TRADE WARS

Cheap Chinese copies shrink India's silk sari industry
For centuries, the stunning silk saris woven by hand in the holy city of Varanasi have been prized by Indian women, but an influx of cheap Chinese-made copies is destroying the local industry. ... more
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DEMOCRACY

800 soldiers in dock at Bangladesh mutiny hearing
Some 800 shackled Bangladeshi soldiers crammed into a specially-built Dhaka court on Wednesday, accused of murder and other serious offences during a mutiny in which scores of officers were massacred. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

GSLV Broke Up When Connectors Snapped
India's heavy rocket broke up midair on Christmas day when onboard connectors that transmit signals snapped inadvertently, the space agency said Friday. "The inadvertent snapping of 10 connect ... more
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FLOATING STEEL

Delhi seeks Indian Ocean supremacy with warship research
India launched a new naval research centre for warships on Tuesday, part of efforts by the South Asian giant to build its sea defences and counter the perceived threat of China in the Indian Ocean. ... more
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THE STANS

Rebel Indian leader hints at peace talks
The Indian government and rebels in the northeastern state of Assam are aiming for peace talks after a court released a jailed insurgent leader. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Climate change a threat to Assam tea
India's popular Assam tea may be threatened by global warming, experts say. ... more
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SPACEMART

Mixed Bag For Indian Space Agency In 2010
It was a year of mixed fortunes for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2010 with the positive developments overshadowing two failed rocket missions. On the positive side the spac ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Six Years After The Tsunami Disaster
Six years after the tsunami disaster of 26/12/2004, the set-up of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) has been completed. The project ends on 31 March 20 ... more
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AEROSPACE

India's first C-130 heads for base in 2011
India's first two Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft will be flown from the United States to their home base at Hindon early next year. ... more
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SPACEMART

India Plans To Launch 30 Satellites In Next Decade
India is mulling to launch at least 30 earth observation satellites in the next one decade, a senior official at the Department of Space (DoS) said. "We expect not less than 30 satellites," Di ... more
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OPINION SPACE

ISRO Cannot Afford Failures
The Indian space research organization (ISRO) was not destined to end the year on a cheerful note. On Christmas eve its GSAT-5P satellite launch mission failed in the "first stage" of the launch pro ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Suspected Debris Of Exploded Rocket Washes Ashore
An oval metal object, suspected to be debris of the rocket that was blown up mid-air by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists Saturday following a failed launch, washed ashore near Pa ... more
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SUPERPOWERS

Indians to outnumber Chinese in 2025: US
India is on course to top China as the world's most populous country in 2025, the US Census Bureau forecast, potentially changing the dynamics between the Asian giants. ... more
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PILLAGING PIRATES

Pirates: Ship released, another taken
As Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean released a German tanker with 19 Indians aboard, other pirates captured another ship with a crew that included seven Filipinos. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

ISRO Scanning Data For GSLV Flop
Scientists and technical experts led by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, Dr K Radhakrishnan on Sunday continued to analyse the prodigious data following Saturday's failure of ... more
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TERROR WARS

Life sentence for Indian doctor condemned
Activists slammed a life sentence handed down by an Indian court to an internationally acclaimed doctor who was found guilty of supporting Maoist rebels. ... more
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SPACEMART

GSLV Failures Fuel Disappointment And Anxiety
While disappointment haunts the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) about the two successive failures of the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) missions, there is fear whether the ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Extra Weight May Have Caused GSLV Problems
Instability introduced by excessive payload weight was most likely responsible for the failure of an Indian rocket's launch on Christmas day, an expert in the field and former scientist of the India ... more
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WATER WORLD

Sand from Bangladesh may boost Maldives
Sand from Bangladesh may help to keep the Maldives above water under a proposed agreement between the two countries, an official said. ... more
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