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India's crops affected by erratic climateNew Delhi (UPI) Feb 1, 2011 A number of India's key crops are experiencing the effects of climate change, experts say. H Pathak, an investigator with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute's Climate Change Challenge Program, said global warming isn't limited to a rise in average temperatures. "It's a little more complicated than that. There is for example also a rise in carbon dioxide and a change in rainfall patterns, which could affect India very severely because much of our agriculture is still rain-fed," Pa ... read more |
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  India gives approval to S. Korean POSCO plant India's environment ministry on Monday gave conditional approval to South Korean company POSCO to build a $12-billion steel plant in a move that could boost the climate for foreign investment. ... more | .. |
 Solar LED Lights Illuminate Three Miles Of Lummi Nation Pathway Carmanah Technologies is providing 70 EverGEN 1710 solar LED lighting systems to illuminate Haxton Way Trail for the Lummi Nation Indian Reservation, Lummi Nation, Washington. The EverGEN solar ligh ... more | .. |
  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 |
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  Rogue Storm System Caused Pakistan Floods That Left Millions Homeless Last summer's disastrous Pakistan floods that killed more than 2,000 people and left more than 20 million injured or homeless were caused by a rogue weather system that wandered hundreds of miles fa ... more | .. |
  GM sees car sales growth slowing in China and India General Motors on Thursday forecast a sharp slowdown in car sales growth this year in China and India, the world's two fastest-growing major markets. ... more | .. |
  India's Suzlon wins $1.28 bn wind power deal Suzlon Energy, the world's third-biggest wind turbine maker, said on Friday it received a $1.28 billion order from Caparo Energy to develop 1,000 megawatts of wind power projects in India. ... more | .. |
  Top Tibetan monk raided by Indian police Indian police said Friday they had raided the monastery of a top Buddhist monk seen as the possible next spiritual leader for Tibet and seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. ... more |
  
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  Russian Space Programs Underfunded Russia is not in a position to carry out global space programs single-handedly and should team up with India and Kazakhstan, veteran rocket scientist Boris Chertok said on Tuesday. He said Rus ... more | .. |
  Human Ability To Throw Long Distances Aided By An Illusion Can't help molding some snow into a ball and hurling it or tossing a stone as far into a lake as you can? New research from Indiana University and the University of Wyoming shows how humans, unlike ... more | .. |
  Timber smuggling rife in Kashmir Smugglers are using political unrest in the Kashmir region of India to conceal their increasing operations in the black-market timber trade, officials said. ... more |
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  India Republic Day clouded by tensions in Kashmir India celebrated its Republic Day Wednesday under heavy security, with tensions running high in Kashmir over efforts by Hindu nationalists to hold a rally in the troubled region's state capital. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka military to share war tips at forum Sri Lanka's army Wednesday announced plans to share with other countries its success in crushing ethnic Tamil Tiger rebels and ending the island's 37-year-old separatist war. ... more | .. |
 Antrix To Boost Market Share In Remote Sensing Data Products Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), plans to increase its remote sensing data products market share with the launch of Resource-sat-2, a remote s ... more | .. |
  Pakistan warns against India nuclear support Pakistan warned on Tuesday that growing international support for rival India's nuclear programme would force Islamabad to bolster its deterrence and destabilise the region. ... more |
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  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 | .. |
US ends India tech restrictions The United States said it was ending export restrictions for India's defense and space industries, eyeing trade with a nation shunned for more than a decade over its nuclear weapons program. ... more | .. |
  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 |
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  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 | .. |
  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 |
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  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 | .. |
  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 |
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  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 | .. |
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 |
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