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Million displaced by floods in India: officialsGuwahati, India (AFP) Sept 24, 2012 Devastating floods have forced more than one million people to flee their homes in northeastern India where authorities have called a health alert, officials said on Monday. "So far 18 of 27 districts of Assam have been hit by floods with more than one million displaced and 11 people drowned in separate incidents in the past week," the Disaster Management agency said in a statement. Rescue officials said around 2,000 villages have been hit by overflowing waters from the rain-swollen Brahmaputra ... read more |
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  'We heard screams... then it hit': Nepal avalanche survivors Huddled in their sleeping bags, the climbers first heard the avalanche roar towards them and then the sound of screaming before being swept hundreds of metres down the slopes of "Killer Mountain". ... more | .. |
 Hopes fade for missing climbers after Nepal avalanche Rescuers scaled down a search Monday for two French climbers and a Canadian missing in a Nepal avalanche which killed at least nine people attempting to scale one of the world's highest peaks. ... more | .. |
  Emerging powers press rich nations on emissions cuts Brazil, China, India and South Africa urged industrialized nations to commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at a United Nations meeting later this year. ... more | .. |
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  Fishermen protest against Indian nuclear plant Indian fishermen and anti-nuclear activists on Saturday mounted a sea protest against an atomic power plant following violent demonstrations earlier this month, police said. ... more | .. |
  India follows Pakistan with missile test India test-fired its second-longest-range missile on Wednesday, a defence official said, two days after Pakistan announced its own missile test. ... more | .. |
  Food industry's high-quality co-streams used effectively as raw material for new products European, Canadian, African and Indian researchers are developing together new ways of using the substantial co-streams from fish and oil plant processing. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland c ... more | .. |
  Philippines predicts $15 bln from call centres by 2016 The Philippines expects to boost its revenues from call centres to nearly $15 billion by 2016, sustaining its three-year lead over rival India, industry leaders said Tuesday. ... more |
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Balerion backs Northwood to tackle ground bottlenecks in expanding space economy
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  India to launch Mars mission in 2013: official India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars in November 2013, a senior official from the country's space research establishment said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 India landslide death toll jumps to 45: minister The death toll from a series of landslides and floods reached 45 in northern India on Saturday as rescuers pulled 17 more bodies from the debris, a state government minister told AFP. ... more | .. |
  ISRO's 100th space mission blasts off, PM witnesses historic event An Indian rocket carrying two satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh Sunday, with the launch being witnessed by Prime Minister Manm ... more | .. |
 Canada wants Indian nuclear reactor sales Canada is seeking to enter India's lucrative nuclear energy market. ... more |
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 People smugglers get rich, Canberra reacts The kingpins of Asia's people smuggling racket have made millions of dollars smuggling everyone from farmers to terrorists, a report by the New Straits Times said. ... more | .. |
  India completes ton of space missions The Indian space odyssey crossed a milestone on Sunday, as the fully-indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) here, 100 km north of ... more | .. |
India court rejects plea to block nuclear plant India's Supreme Court denied a request on Thursday to suspend the loading of uranium fuel rods at a contested nuclear plant in southern India, as local residents again gathered to protest. ... more | .. |
  Chandrayaan II may be delayed, says ISRO Chief India's quest for the moon, by the name of "Chandrayaan II," planned for 2013-14, may be delayed. Indicating this at a news conference organised after the successful launch of "PSLV-C21", the 100th ... 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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  ORNL's newly licensed neutron detector will advance human disease research A neutron detector developed for studies focused on life science, drug discovery and materials technology has been licensed by PartTec Ltd. The Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection tech ... more | .. |
Indian nuclear power protest turns deadly An Indian government official blamed foreign organizations, whom he said are seeking to hamper India's nuclear ambitions, for the anti-nuclear power protests in southern India that resulted in the death of one person. ... more | .. |
 India: From Ferrying Rockets on Cycles to Eyeing Mars From the days of having a church as control room, the bishop's house as office, a bicycle as ferry, naked eyes to track the smoke plume at Thumba in Kerala, converting a toilet into a satellite data ... more | .. |
  In new move, Saudis deport Indian suspect Saudi Arabia has extradited an Indian terror fugitive, who allegedly carried out bombings linked to Pakistan's intelligence services, in what could mark a significant shift in Riyadh's counter-terrorism strategy. ... more |
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  Egypt subs deal boosts German arms sales Germany's reported plan to sell Egypt two advanced submarines, apparently to the dismay of Israel, underlines Berlin's controversial drive to ease tight restrictions on arms exports and boost military sales in the Middle East, Africa and India. ... more | .. |
Indian PM defends spending on space exploration Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday defended spending millions of dollars on space exploration despite many people in the country living in grinding poverty. ... more | .. |
  Tigers take the night shift to coexist with people Tigers don't have a reputation for being accommodating, but a new study indicates that the feared and revered carnivores in and around a world-renowned park in Nepal are taking the night shift to be ... more | .. |
  Nigeria navy retakes control of hijacked oil tanker Nigeria's navy on Wednesday retook control of a Singapore-owned tanker carrying a fuel cargo that had been hijacked near Lagos, and its crew of 23 Indian nationals was unharmed, the company said. ... more |
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Laser method proposed to extend muon lifetime for science applications
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 China says S. Asia ties 'no threat to third party' Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie says Beijing's increasingly close ties with South Asia are aimed at ensuring regional "security and stability" and are not intended to harm any "third party". ... more | .. |
 India, China to resume joint military exercises India and China announced Tuesday they would resume joint military exercises after a four-year gap, a move designed to build trust in the often prickly relationship between the world's two most populous nations. ... more | .. |
India, China defence ministers to meet Tuesday Defence ministers of India and China were set to meet for talks on Tuesday with concerns over competing influence across South Asia likely to be high on the agenda, according to officials. ... more | .. |
  Indian court orders ex-minister to prison An Indian court has sentenced a former state minister to 28 years in prison for her involvement in the deaths of 95 people during religious riots in Gujarat state a decade ago. ... more |
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 Bangladesh suspends officials over tiger smuggling Bangladesh said on Monday that nine forest officials had been suspended for "gross negligence" after three Bengal tiger cubs were found in a house in Dhaka where they were being kept by smugglers. ... more | .. |
  Thales in Australian, Indian ventures French defense industry giant Thales announced the official launch of its munitions business in Australia and a joint venture in India for radar systems. ... more | .. |
  Exiled Tibetans urge world leaders to end 'crisis' Tibet's exiled government on Thursday said it was seriously concerned by continued self-immolations in protest against Chinese rule of the Tibetan plateau and urged world leaders to "end the crisis". ... more | .. |
  Top businessman says impossible to sell 'India story' One of India's top businessmen has slammed the government over its economic policies, saying it is no longer possible to sell the "India story". ... more |
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