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Asian feet made for more than just walkingHong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2011 Most people put one in front of the other as a most basic way to get around, though they often come in handy to kick a ball, ride a bicycle or dance a jig - maybe even walk a tightrope. But in Asia, feet are far more than just the two pins that keep us upright and get us from A to B - they can lead people into a cultural minefield. In India, touching another person's feet is perceived as a sign of respect for their knowledge and experience, usually reserved for family elders and teachers and p ... read more |
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  Extinction Predictor Will Help Protect Coral Reefs A new predictive method developed by an international team of marine scientists has found that a third of reef fishes studied across the Indian Ocean are potentially vulnerable to increasing stresse ... more | .. |
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  Orbital Awarded Contract For SES-8 Communications Satellite By SES World Skies Orbital Sciences has reported that one of its major customers, SES of Luxembourg, has placed a firm order for its sixth STARTM communications satellite for its worldwide network. The new satellite, ... more | .. |
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  Workers pay high price at Bangladesh export tanneries Standing barefoot in toxic chromium effluent at a tannery in Dhaka's Hazaribag district, 23-year-old leather worker Sumon fears his job is sending him to an early grave. ... more | .. |
 Japan touts pedal-powered water purifier A Japanese company is gearing up for large-scale production in Bangladesh of a bicycle that can also be used to purify water at disaster zones or remote villages. ... more | .. |
 12 Transponder Ku-Band Beam For India Contracted On SES-7 SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. has announced that it had entered into a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement that covers all 12 Ku-band transponders on the India beam of the SES-7 satell ... more | .. |
  India could boost rural electricity: study India could increase electricity supply in rural areas by decentralizing electricity production and distribution, a new World Bank report says. ... more |
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  Frog re-emerges in India after century Researchers have rediscovered frog species including one last seen in India more than a century ago, potentially offering clues on why they have survived a global crisis killing amphibians. ... more | .. |
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  Raytheon offers 'pain gun' to troubled India US defence group Raytheon says it wants to sell India a controversial "pain gun" it claims would be safer than rubber bullets in quelling unrest in the insurgency-racked country. ... more |
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Sentinel 1 maps reveal flexible crust beneath Tibetan Plateau
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  Satellites Locate Seized Italian Oil Tanker The Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, operated by the Italian space agency, have acquired the first images of the Italian oil tanker Savina Caylyn since it was hijacked earlier this week by Somali pirates in ... more | .. |
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 PM Forms Commission To Probe ISRO Agreement Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has formed a high-level commission to look into allegations of revenue losses in the allocation of space spectrum using S-band - high value and scarce radio waves - bet ... more | .. |
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  India to start talks on $12 billion fighter jet order India said Thursday it would begin crucial contract negotiations in the next fortnight for an estimated $12 billion order for 126 fighter jets. ... more | .. |
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  Indian army gets its first Nishant UAVs The Indian army took delivery of the first indigenously designed and developed Nishant unmanned aerial vehicles after the last test flights in Rajasthan state. ... more | .. |
Community volunteers take on Nepal's rhino poachers Warden Narendra Man Pradhan has an entire battalion of soldiers helping him combat rhino poaching in Nepal's biggest national park. ... more |
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Trinidad to tax Carnival costumes from China, India Trinidad officials unveiled plans Thursday for a 200 percent tax on Carnival costumes imported from China and India, saying the flood of imports is hurting the culture of the Caribbean nation. ... more | .. |
UN's Sri Lanka flood appeal falling short International aid for 1.2 million Sri Lankans affected by monsoon flooding has fallen far short of the immediate humanitarian needs, United Nations figures showed Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Sri Lankan floods pile on misery: UN The United Nations said Tuesday that recent monsoon flooding in Sri Lanka had hit hundreds of thousands of victims who were forced from their homes just weeks ago. ... more | .. |
 Indian Air Force Celebrates Induction Of First C-130J Super Hercules The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated the induction to service of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules at Hindon Air Force Station, India, on Feb. 5. The aircraft is the first of si ... more |
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