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India's economic growth seen lower as rains play truantNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 4, 2012 India's economic growth could slip to near six percent this year with the country facing the spectre of its third drought in a decade, a top government policymaker says. In the last few months, the outlook for once-booming India has worsened with high inflation, steep interest rates, a ballooning deficit, nosediving business confidence, a falling currency and now growing worry of drought. "If we factor in that agriculture which will not be strong ... (growth) will be closer to six percent" for ... read more |
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  One dead, 26 missing after north India floods Flash floods triggered by heavy rains in two mountainous north Indian states have killed one person and left 26 others, mostly power plant workers, missing, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  India's puny monsoon sparks fears of drought India's monsoon rains that lash the country each summer arrived late and have been feeble this year, leading to hardship for hundreds of millions of farmers like 61-year-old Rameshwar Dayal. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan dies after setting himself alight: rights group A young Tibetan man who set himself alight in June as part of a wave of self-immolations in protest at Chinese rule in Tibet has died from his injuries, an India-based rights group said Thursday. ... more | .. |
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 India floods kill 34, hundreds of pilgrims stranded Flash floods in mountainous northern Indian have killed at least 34 people and left hundreds of Hindu pilgrims stranded, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Tecta Solar Completes Solar Photovoltaic Installation at Augustine Casino Tecta Solar, a division of Tecta America Corp., recently completed the installation of a 2,248 kWp solar photovoltaic system in Coachella, California. The ground-mounted project, located on the Augu ... more | .. |
  Somali war linked to brewing oil dispute The military offensive by Kenyan and Ethiopian forces against Islamic al-Shabaab fighters is gearing up for an assault on the Indian Ocean port of Kismayo that's increasingly seen as a key element i ... more | .. |
 Cuts in super greenhouse gas stalled by China, India, and Brazil "China, India, and Brazil have again stalled formal negotiations to cut production of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, a fast-action strategy that would provide the biggest, fastest, and cheapest c ... more |
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Balerion backs Northwood to tackle ground bottlenecks in expanding space economy
China prepares offshore test base for reusable liquid rocket launches
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  China can learn from India's blackouts? India's massive blackout this week can offer lessons for China, says a Chinese state-run paper. ... more | .. |
 China accuses US of prejudice on religious issues Beijing refuted Thursday accusations from the United States that it was curbing religious freedoms in its Tibetan regions and urged Washington to cast off its "prejudiced" views of China. ... more | .. |
  India allows investments from Pakistan India on Wednesday overturned its ban on foreign investment from Pakistan in a move designed to build goodwill amid a renewed push for a peace settlement between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more | .. |
 Exxon Valdez to be dismantled in India The giant tanker Exxon Valdez, involved in one of the world's worst oil spills, can be dismantled at a ship-breaking yard in Gujarat, an Indian court has ruled. ... more |
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  Astrium's SPOT 6 ready for launch campaign SPOT 6, the brand new Earth observation satellite built by Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, is now ready for launch. It will be transferred in the coming days from the Astrium Sat ... more | .. |
  Germans ease arms sale curbs, eye Mideast German defense contractors are eyeing big arms deals in the Middle East, Africa and India as Berlin moves toward relaxing its long-tight restrictions on arms exports. ... more | .. |
  US hits out at Asian nations over religious freedoms The United States warned the world was sliding backwards on religious freedoms Monday, slamming China for cracking down on Tibetan Buddhists and hitting out at Pakistan and Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka navy urges Australia to deport boatpeople Sri Lankan navy officials have urged Australia to deport the growing number of boatpeople arriving from their country, saying it was the "best way" to deter people smugglers, a report said Saturday. ... more |
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NASA advances space based tracking of marine debris
Inside King Charles's passion project, focus of Amazon film
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  Interpol wildlife operation results mark Global Tiger Day Interpol marked Global Tiger Day Sunday by announcing the results of an operation to help save the endangered species that saw 40 arrests and the seizure of big cat skins and other body parts. ... more | .. |
 India set to replace Avro transporters India has approved a $2.4 billion proposal to buy 56 transport aircraft to replace its fleet of aging Indian-made Hawker Siddeley 748M Avro aircraft. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka sets roadmap to probe alleged war crimes Sri Lanka Thursday published a roadmap for investigating allegations that elements of the military were responsible for civilian deaths during its final battle with Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009. ... more | .. |
 India's top court clamps down on tiger tourism India's top court has suspended tourism in core areas of tiger reserves as the country struggles to stem the dwindling numbers of the endangered wild cats, a lawyer said. ... more |
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  EU should scrap airline emissions tax: IATA The European Union should scrap a controversial carbon tax on air travel and seek a global solution to the emissions problem, the global aviation industry's chief said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Indian outsourcer HCL reports 67% jump in quarterly profit India's fourth-biggest outsourcing company, HCL Technologies, reported on Wednesday a 67 percent jump in quarterly net profit from a year earlier as client orders surged. ... more | .. |
  Olympics: Bhopal victims organise protest Games Disabled children suffering the effects of the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India are to take part in a "Special Olympics" on Thursday to protest against London 2012 sponsor Dow Chemical. ... more | .. |
  40 India nuclear plant workers contaminated: firm More than 40 workers at a nuclear power station in northern India have been exposed to tritium radiation in two separate leaks in the past five weeks, company managers said on Tuesday. ... more |
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Laser method proposed to extend muon lifetime for science applications
Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracy
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  US, China hold two days of human rights talks The United States and China opened two days of talks on human rights here Monday, with Washington set to raise numerous issues including Tibet and the case of dissident Chen Guangcheng. ... more | .. |
  Indian astronomy satellite to study universe at multi-wavelengths Astrosat, the $50 million astronomy satellite India will put in polar circular orbit in 2013, will study the universe at multi-wavelengths for the first time, a senior space agency official said. "T ... more | .. |
  Buddha tree alive and healthy at age 2,500 The 2,500-year-old tree under which Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment is alive and healthy, Indian scientists said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Ambitious ISRO enhancing India's space capabilities India is boot-strapping its space-based assets to meet the growing demand for enhanced services in communications, broadcasting remote-sensing and navigation, a top space agency official said Monday ... more |
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  Endangered languages get a Google protection plan Google on Tuesday unveiled an online information exchange platform to try to give some extra lasting power to more than 3,000 endangered languages. ... more | .. |
 India seeks answers over fisherman's death India said it is working with authorities in Dubai and the United States over the death of an Indian fisherman around 10 miles off the United Arab Emirates coast. ... more | .. |
  India likely to approve Mars mission India's government is expected to give its approval for the country to embark on an unmanned mission to Mars, the Indian Space Research Organization said. ... more | .. |
 More smart Indians opting to be space scientists More and more smart graduates and research scholars across India are opting for an exciting career in space science, as evident from thousands of applications the space agency gets every year, of la ... more |
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