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Timber smuggling rife in KashmirSrinagar, India (UPI) Jan 26, 2011 Smugglers are using political unrest in the Kashmir region of India to conceal their increasing operations in the black-market timber trade, officials said. The chaos resulting from a faceoff between pro-freedom Kashmiri youth and law enforcement agencies has led to a rise in the illegal smuggling of timber, Inter Press Service reported Wednesday. "We are helpless, we lack both infrastructure and manpower," Manzoor Ahmad, Kashmir's chief conservator of forests, says. "Each forest guard h ... read more |
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  S.Korea navy kills Somali pirates, saves crew: military South Korean navy commandos Friday stormed a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing all the 21 crew and killing eight pirates, military officials said. ... more | .. |
  India plans tidal power station The Indian state of Gujarat is planning to host Asia's first commercial-scale tidal power station. ... more | .. |
  India sets deadline for jet contract India's defense minister has suggested that New Delhi may award a $10 billion contract for medium multi-role combat aircraft by the end of the year. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka denies killing Indian fisherman Sri Lanka denied allegations that its navy killed an Indian fisherman during a confrontation between a Sri Lankan patrol vessel and a local fishing boat. ... more |
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  India environment minister rejects 'Dr No' tag India's environment minister sought Monday to reassure corporate leaders that he was pro-industry, saying he did not want to be known as the "Dr No" for blocking economic development. ... more | .. |
  Nepal uses satellites to track rare tiger An injured wild tiger that strayed into a tourist resort in Nepal has been moved to a new home in the jungle and fitted with a satellite collar so its progress can be tracked, the government said. ... more | .. |
  Indian state halts output at 23 iron ore mines India's biggest iron ore-producing state said Saturday it had withheld permission from 23 mines to operate because they had not supplied proof of environmental and other clearances. ... more | .. |
  ISRO Allocates Resources For Research On Manned Mission The Indian Space Research Organisation has allocated Rs. 9.8 crore to Institute of Aerospace Medicine for upgrading its laboratories to conduct research for its manned mission into space. "The ... more |
  
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  Unbowed China leader warns US Chinese President Hu Jintao, unbowed by pressure on a state visit, warned the United States on Thursday not to press on Taiwan and Tibet as he insisted that the rising Asian power sought cooperation. ... more | .. |
  Indian navy marines ready for Tavor rifles India's navy marine commandos start using Israeli-made TAR-21 assault rifles and Galil sniper rifles this month after receiving the $4 million consignment in December. ... more | .. |
 Turbulence ahead for Indian fighter jet: analysts India's homegrown fighter jet, the Tejas, has finally been cleared for operations but analysts say any celebration of India's entry into an elite club of military hardware producers is premature. ... more | .. |
  Panic as major quake hits Pakistan A powerful earthquake rocked southwest Pakistan early Wednesday, sending panicked people rushing from their homes as the ground shook as far away as India and the Gulf. ... more |
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  ISRO Ready To Provide Satellite Images Of Sabarimala India's premier space agency ISRO has offered to provide to the Kerala government satellite pictures of Sabarimala area for taking measures to prevent disasters like the stampede that claimed 102 li ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka could face more extreme weather Extreme weather changes could follow the floods in Sri Lanka, an expert warned. ... more | .. |
 US Likely To Lift Ban On ISRO And DRDO Soon The U.S., which imposed curbs on trade with defence entities like ISRO and DRDO following India's nuclear tests in 1998, has set in motion regulatory changes to lift the ban soon, thus fulfilling a ... more | .. |
  No reduction of army troops in Kashmir India will maintain troop levels in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir, although paramilitary forces may be reduced, the head of the army said. ... more |
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S. Korea warship pursues hijacked vessel South Korea has ordered a warship to chase a cargo ship hijacked by suspected Somali pirates, a Seoul official said Sunday, as President Lee Myung-Bak urged "all possible measures" to rescue the 21 crew. ... more | .. |
  Indian sailors jailed in Somalia over illegal charcoal A Mogadishu court jailed 14 Indian sailors for a year for illegally exporting charcoal, court sources said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka mine fears as floods recede Unexploded mines planted during Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist war may have shifted during recent floods, officials said Sunday, as residents started to return to their badly-damaged homes and farms. ... more | .. |
  First lightweight jet cleared in India India has joined the select club of countries making a fighter jet from scratch, receiving operational clearance for its first lightweight indigenous multi-role Light Combat Aircraft. ... more |
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Sri Lanka struggles with flood havoc The Sri Lankan military and aid agencies struggled Thursday to bring relief to a million people displaced by floods that have claimed nearly 30 lives and devastated the island's rice bowl. ... more | .. |
  India to try growing salt-tolerant crops India says it will initiate a pilot project to see if salt-tolerant cash crops can be grown in the country's salty coastal areas. ... more | .. |
 Floods force a million Sri Lankans from homes Flooding in Sri Lanka has forced more than one million people out of their homes, the government said Thursday as it began distributing emergency food, clothing and bedding. ... more | .. |
 China disappointing, India 'mixed' on WTO Doha talks: US China has been disappointing and India has been taking "one step forward, one step back" in Doha negotiations for a global free trade pact, the US envoy to the World Trade Organisation said Thursday. ... more |
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Indian vessel seized by Somali pirates: Indian Navy Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian vessel carrying 14 fishermen off the coast of Oman, and Indian Navy official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Indiana utility settles pollution suit The U.S. Justice Department says an Indiana power company has agreed to a $600 million settlement for violations of the Clean Air Act. ... more | .. |
Disease threat for Sri Lanka flood victims The threat of disease loomed Saturday over the million-plus victims of floods in Sri Lanka that have left nearly 40 people dead and devastated farmland in the island's rice bowl. ... more | .. |
Smarter Somali pirates thwarting navies, NATO admits Somali pirates' use of "mother ships" to attack their prey is complicating foreign navies' efforts to improve safety in the Indian Ocean, a senior anti-piracy commander said Friday. ... more |
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Disease threat for Sri Lanka flood victims The threat of disease loomed Saturday over the million-plus victims of floods in Sri Lanka that have left more than 30 people dead and devastated farmland in the island's rice bowl. ... more | .. |
Floods hit harvest festival in S. Lanka former war zone Sri Lanka's minority Tamils would normally celebrate their annual harvest festival Saturday, but instead they are struggling to survive the worst flooding in living memory. ... more | .. |
  BlackBerry announces answer to India security fear The Canadian maker of BlackBerry said Thursday it had found a way out of an ongoing standoff in India over allowing security agencies access to the smartphone's encrypted messaging service. ... more | .. |
  Indonauts Must Wait For A Better Rocket The 2010 Christmas Day failure of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle was a sad blow to India's space program. ISRO, India's space agency, lost a rocket and a major satellite. There's an ... more |
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