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Watchdogs urge completion of post-Fukushima checksParis (AFP) June 8, 2011 Nuclear regulatory agencies called on Wednesday for national watchdogs to complete post-Fukushima checks but stressed plant operators should not escape their "prime responsibility" for reactor safety. In a statement issued after talks in Paris, regulatory authorities from the OECD club and Brazil, India, Romania, South Africa and Ukraine vowed to take the lessons of the March 11 accident to heart. "There have been excellent discussions today on what we are learning' and what actions we are takin ... read more |
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  Bangladesh teenagers drive outsourcing growth Like many teenagers, Abdullah Al Zahid spends most of his time holed up in his bedroom in his family's modest Dhaka apartment glued to his computer. ... more | .. |
  US says India Boeing deal will support 23,000 jobs The United States on Monday hailed India's decision to buy military transport planes worth more than $4 billion from US-based aviation giant Boeing, saying it would sustain 23,000 American jobs. ... more | .. |
  Bangladesh creates anti-poaching police force Bangladesh is set to launch a new police force to protect wildlife in response to a sharp rise in poaching and exotic animal smuggling, the government's chief conservationist said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
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  China is next stop on Lagarde's IMF tour French finance minister Christine Lagarde was to meet senior Chinese officials on Wednesday in Beijing, the latest stop on her global tour to convince emerging countries to back her bid to lead the IMF. ... more | .. |
  Mystery shrouds 'death' of al-Qaida head The reported death of Mohammed Ilyas Kashmiri, considered one of the most dangerous of al-Qaida's commanders and strategists, in a missile attack in Pakistan remains shrouded in mystery. ... more | .. |
  Israel signs high-tech deal with India Israel's High-Tech Industry Association has signed a memorandum of understanding with its Indian counterpart to boost cooperation in advanced technology, a move that will undoubtedly increase the Jewish state's burgeoning defense sales to India. ... more | .. |
 US drone strikes kill 18 in Pakistan US missiles killed 18 militants in Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan on Monday, destroying compounds and a vehicle in the deadliest drone strikes for months, officials said. ... more |
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 US missile likely kills top Pakistani Al-Qaeda cadre A US drone strike likely killed Pakistan's Al-Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri, in what would deal a major blow to the terror network a month after Osama bin Laden's death, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  India plans to make GPS more accurate with GAGAN The GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation or GPS and Geo Augmented Navigation system (GAGAN) is a planned implementation of a regional Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) by the Indian governmen ... more | .. |
  GSAT-12 to be launched in July second week On the heels of the successful launch of its communication satellite GSAT-8, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the next communication satellite GSAT-12 in the sec ... more | .. |
  Russia delivers another batch of naval fighters to India Russia's MiG aircraft maker delivered a new batch of five MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian navy in May, the company said. "A flight training simulator and other technical equip ... more |
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 Rare tiger killed in Nepal A rare wild tiger, nursed back to health by Nepalese vets after being injured, has been killed by poachers, a wildlife official said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Row over British city exporting jobs to India Council chiefs in Britain's second city met with trade unions Friday after plans to outsource computer jobs to India sparked an angry response. ... more | .. |
  India stands firm on nuclear power Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underlined the country's commitment to nuclear power in tandem with renewable energy sources. ... more | .. |
 Policing stops cheaters from dominating groups of cooperative bacteria For cooperation to persist in the often violently competitive realm of bacteria, cheaters must be kept in line. Two Indiana University Bloomington biologists have learned that in one bacterium, at l ... more |
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Juvenile sauropods fed a hungry Late Jurassic predator guild
NISAR radar view maps surface changes in Mississippi Delta
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  Cities affect storms, but downwind areas can get the worst of it Urban areas modify thunderstorms that can eventually get stronger and more violent as they leave the cities and move to downwind areas, according to a Purdue University study. Using 10 years of data ... more | .. |
  Scientist instils new hope of detecting gravitational waves Direct evidence of the existence of gravitational waves is something that has long eluded researchers, however new research has suggested that adding just one of the proposed detectors in Japan, Aus ... more | .. |
  Should India Go Suborbital What is happening with India's human spaceflight program? It's hard to be sure. India's space program has experienced mixed results in the past two years, with the success of some missions being ove ... more | .. |
  Dalai Lama formally cedes political role The Dalai Lama has formally relinquished his political powers "in a historic move" but will remain the symbol of Tibetan unity, a spokesman for the spiritual leader said on Monday. ... more |
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 Lagarde to seek support for IMF bid in China, India, Brazil French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Sunday she plans to visit India and China and some African countries as well as Brazil to drum up support for her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund. ... more | .. |
 GSAT 8 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit India's advanced communication satellite, GSAT-8, launched on May 21, 2011 has reached Geosynchronous orbit with an orbital period of 23 hours 45 minutes. The satellite's orbit has a perigee of 35,5 ... more | .. |
Success of GSAT-8 and Future of India's Space Programme India's advanced communication geostationary satellite, GSAT-8, was successfully launched on May 21, 2011. The satellite was put in orbit from French Guiana by the Ariane-V launch vehicle. Indian Sp ... more | .. |
IMF succession: China urges 'democratic' process China said Thursday the new International Monetary Fund chief should be chosen through "democratic consultation", as the developing world stepped up its campaign to end Europe's hold on the job. ... more |
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Desert sand mix points to new path for greener concrete
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 Innate Immune System Proteins Attack Bacteria by Triggering Bacterial Suicide Mechanisms A group of proteins that act as the body's built-in line of defense against invading bacteria use a molecular trick to induce bacteria to destroy themselves, researchers at the Indiana University Sc ... more | .. |
  Core of the Earth melts and freezes The inner core of the Earth is simultaneously melting and freezing due to circulation of heat in the overlying rocky mantle, according to new research from the University of Leeds, UC San Diego and ... more | .. |
 India says Sino-Pakistan ties a 'serious concern' India views with "serious concern" growing defence ties between China and Pakistan and says it will have to bolster its own military capabilities to meet the challenge. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan leader warns India of China 'encirclement' The newly-elected head of Tibet's government-in-exile has warned India that it is being encircled by "Chinese interests" as Beijing strengthens its South Asian presence. ... more |
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 Bungled most-wanted list embarrasses India The Indian government shrugged off the embarrassment of compiling a list of 50 of the country's most wanted criminals believed to be hiding in Pakistan, only to find several easily contactable in India. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka anti-terror seminar faces boycott call A leading human rights group urged governments on Tuesday to boycott a conference on fighting insurgents organised by Sri Lanka, which wants to share its experience of defeating separatist militants. ... more | .. |
  Ariane 5 is in the launch zone for dual-payload mission launch The 58th Ariane 5 to be launched from the Spaceport has rolled out for Arianespace's dual-payload flight tomorrow from French Guiana, carrying satellites for Asia and India. For this third Ari ... more | .. |
 Storms kill 42 in northern Indian state At least 42 people have been killed by lightning and fierce storms in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, an official said Sunday. ... more |
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