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Risat-1 catapults India into a select group of nationsSiharikota, India(IANS) Apr 27, 2012 On an early on Thursday morning, an Indian rocket successfully launched into orbit a microwave Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) from the spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh, some 80 km from Chennai. With the launch of Risat-1, India has now joined a select group of nations having such a technology. The indigenously built Risat-1, with a life span of five years, will be used for disaster prediction and agriculture forestry. The high resolution pictures and microwave imaging from Risat-1 could also be ... read more |
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  Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile on Wednesday, the military said, less than a week after India tried out a long-range missile. ... more | .. |
  Indian rocket being fuelled for Risat-1 launch With 5.47 am Thursday set for the blast-off of the Indian rocket carrying a remote sensing/earth observation satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - into space, the Indian space agency is fu ... more | .. |
  'Deep Throat' in Indian arms scandal breaks cover The whistleblower in one of India's biggest corruption scandals in the 1980s which tarnished then-prime minister Rajiv Gandhi broke cover Wednesday to explain why he leaked crucial documents to the media. ... more | .. |
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  Eurocopter training facility gets bookings Eurocopter's new training center in Singapore only officially opened this month but bookings for pilot instruction have been rolling in. ... more | .. |
  Possible thaw in Siachen dispute Pakistani army Gen. Ashfaq Kayani's comments on the Siachen dispute indicate possible progress regarding the glacial area high in the Himalayas. ... more | .. |
  India monsoon seen normal in boost to farmers India's monsoon rains, crucial to the country's farmers and growth in Asia's third-largest economy, will be normal for a third straight year, the weather office has forecast. ... more | .. |
  Ambitious Solar Program in India Drives Prices to Impressive Lows India's ambitious national solar program has catalyzed rapid growth in the solar market, driving prices for solar energy to impressive lows and demonstrating how government policy can stimulate clea ... more |
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  The 'Missile Woman' behind Indian test launch Hailed as a trail blazer in male-dominated India, Tessy Thomas juggles domestic duties with her day job - as the country's top ballistic missile expert. ... more | .. |
 Finmeccanica boss under investigation for bribery: reports The head of Italian aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica is under investigation after a former executive said the company paid bribes for a helicopter sale to India, media reports said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 India to regulate foreign defense JVs India, which is expected to increase the amount it spends on defense each year, will introduce new regulations on military joint ventures. ... more | .. |
 Global famine if India, Pakistan unleash nukes: study More than a billion people around the world would face starvation if India and Pakistan unleash nuclear weapons - even if that war is regionally limited, a study released Tuesday warned. ... more |
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  Bangladesh faces water problems Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, faces severe water shortages, particularly during the annual March to May dry season. ... more | .. |
  India developing anti-satellite weapons India intends to develop anti-satellite weapons following its successful Agni-V ICBM test. ... more | .. |
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 With eye on China, India tests new long-range missile India on Thursday successfully test fired a new missile capable of delivering a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in rival China, marking a major advance in its military capabilities. ... more |
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NASA advances space based tracking of marine debris
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 Indian missile pride hides strategic flaws: analysts India's pride at the successful test of a long-range, nuclear-capable missile hides weaknesses in strategic military planning that undermine its global power aspirations, analysts say. ... more | .. |
With eye on China, India tests new long-range missile India on Thursday successfully test fired a new missile capable of delivering a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in rival China, marking a major advance in its defence capabilities. ... more | .. |
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 India investigates chopper trials process India is investigating the flight trials evaluation process of the two contenders - Kamov and Eurocopter - to supply nearly 200 light helicopters under a $1 billion contract. ... more |
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  Desolation of Pakistan avalanche site Half a dozen tattered yellow flags poke from a huge boulder-strewn expanse of gravel and ice. They mark where the buildings of Pakistan's Gayari army base once stood. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan's army chief urges less spending on defence Pakistan's powerful army chief Wednesday said he would like to see the country spend less on defence, arguing that national security depended on development as much as on protecting borders. ... more | .. |
India postpones long-range missile test Bad weather forced India to postpone Wednesday the first trial of a new long-range nuclear-capable missile that could strike anywhere in China, officials said. ... more | .. |
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 Ex-Im Bank Approves Export Financing for Solar Project in India Supporting U.S. jobs at companies in eight states, the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved an $80.32 million direct loan for the purchase of conce ... more | .. |
 India penalises Israeli defence firm for contract breach For the first time in its history, India has imposed a penalty on a foreign defence vendor for breach of contract in the establishment of a plant for manufacturing bi-modular charges for the Indian ... more | .. |
 Toxic gases hamper search at Pakistan avalanche site Toxic gases Tuesday hampered the search for 138 people buried by an avalanche at a high-altitude Pakistan army camp, as teams from the United States and Norway arrived at the site to help operations. ... more | .. |
 No-till farming revolution grows in Indiana Indiana farmer Mike Starkey does not plow his fields and uses fertilizer only sparingly, but he is on the cutting edge of a growing trend in American agriculture. ... more |
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  S.Lanka fishermen accused of damaging tsunami buoy Five Sri Lankan fishermen have been charged with vandalising a tsunami warning buoy just weeks before an earthquake triggered a major alert across the Indian Ocean, police said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 India won't be able to store another bumper crop The problem of plenty is once again troubling the Indian government as it does not know where to store the bumper grains to be harvested for the third year in a row. Fears are rising that the grains ... more | .. |
  India proposes norms for Indian Ocean anti-piracy patrols With the Indian Ocean region infested by Somali pirates, India is spearheading an effort to create a naval standard operating procedure (SOP) for the 32 littoral nations of the region to jointly fig ... more | .. |
 AREVA Awarded Contract by Reliance to Build Asia's Largest Concentrated Solar Power Installation AREVA Solar has been awarded a contract by the Indian group Reliance Power Limited to build a 250 megawatt (MW) concentrated solar power (CSP) installation in India, which will become the largest in ... more |
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