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March 19, 2013

Google Maps adds view from Mt. Everest
San Francisco (AFP) March 18, 2013
Google on Monday added views from some of the world's tallest mountains to scenes woven into its popular online map service. Arm chair explorers were invited to take virtual adventures with members of Google's Street View team to Aconcagua in South America; Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe, and Mt. Everest base camp in Nepal. "Whether you're scoping out the mountain for your next big adventure or exploring it from the comfort and warmth of your home, we hope you enjoy these views fr ... read more

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India's solar mission drives manufacturing India's solar market is expected to reach $2.05 billion in 2015, nearly double the $1.05 billion market of 2012, market research firm Frost and Sullivan says. ... more		Report: India's coal power a killer Emissions from coal-fired power plants caused up to 100,000 early deaths in India last year, a new report from Greenpeace said. ... more		Government Mulling Club Of Nations To Promote Exchange Of Solar Technology India is looking forward to establishing a club of nations blessed with sufficient sunlight and harness energy to promote solar power as a substitute to the conventional form of energy, Union minist ... more
				Bangladesh still aiming for sub purchases Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country is on target to purchase two submarines but didn't say where the vessels would come from. ... more		EU says trade barriers in US, China, elsewhere hinder growth The EU warned Thursday that restrictions to trade with key markets in the United States, Japan, China, India, Russia and Brazil are hindering the economic growth that Brussels reckons can only come from the rest of the world. ... more

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India aborts testing of new cruise missile: defence body The maiden flight of India's first domestically developed long-range cruise missile was aborted midway on Tuesday after it veered off course, defence scientists said. ... more		India PM warns of 'consequences' over Italian marines India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Italy on Wednesday that there would be "consequences" unless it returned two of its marines who skipped bail while on trial in New Delhi for murder. ... more		Aalyria spacetime platform tapped for AFRL space data network trials Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission China starts large scale production of T1000 carbon fiber		India offers $532 million to states hit by drought, floods India's government on Wednesday offered millions of dollars to states hit by drought or floods, marking half the funds for a western zone were millions face their worst water shortage since 1972. ... more
				It's only natural: Lawrence Livermore helps find link to arsenic-contaminated groundwater Human activities are not the primary cause of arsenic found in groundwater in Bangladesh. Instead, a team of researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Barnard College, Columbia Univer ... more		Smartphone satellite "STRaND-1" operational in orbit STRaND-1, the nanosatellite carrying a smartphone, has been declared operational in orbit by the mission team from the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technolog ... more

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Award-winning Tibetan writer denied China passport A Tibetan poet and activist will not be able to receive a US government courage award in person after China denied her a passport for "national security" reasons, she said on Friday. ... more		China eyes India trade by boosting spending in Nepal China's ambassador to Kathmandu was recently pictured in a traditional Nepali cap and silk scarf, digging with a spade to symbolise the laying of the foundations of a new dry port near the Tibet border. ... more		Ancient nitrogen enzyme study illuminates early Earth conditions and life detection Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research finds Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land		Report raises concern over Europe's land-use footprint Imports to meet Europe's ever-growing food demand require it using land beyond its borders roughly the size of Scandinavia, according to a new study that urges belt-tightening. ... more
				Millions for a mastiff at China Tibetan dog expo Drooping eyes barely visible behind a mountain of glossy black fur, an enormous dog snoozes on stage in an industrial Chinese city. Its asking price: close to a million US dollars. ... more		Volcanic aerosols, not pollutants, tamped down recent Earth warming A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder looking for clues about why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010 now thinks the culprits are hiding in plain sight ... more

Air Force overrides Beechcraft LAS protest

Listening for the Boom and Rattle of Supersonic Flight

Boeing Says Strong Demand Pushing Commercial Production Rates Higher

Man creates car that runs on liquid air

Greener cars could slash US pollution by 2050: study

Volkswagen eyes Chinese growth after record profits

The household carbon emission per capita in Northwestern China is only 2.05 tons CO2 per year

Court battle looms over Chile power plant

California Ranked First in the US for Green Jobs Last Year

Biobatteries catch breath

Saving 70 Percent or More of Energy Use in Your Home

Oil Explorers Beware: Hackers Are Eyeing What You Know

	Ancient micro-continent under the Indian Ocean identified Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found evidence of an ancient micro-continent buried beneath the Indian Ocean. The ancient continent extends more than 1500 km in length from the ... more		Film on Nepal army torture blocked: director The makers of a film depicting torture by Nepal's army accused the government of censorship on Friday after they had to cancel the movie's release because of delays in getting approvals. ... more		China's Xi to visit S.Africa this month China's incoming president Xi Jinping will visit regional economic powerhouse South Africa this month, the foreign ministry said Thursday, a highly symbolic trip that will come soon after he takes up the post. ... more		Herbal defluoridation of drinking water Researchers in India have developed a filter system based on a medicinal herb, which they say can quickly and easily remove "fluoride" from drinking water. The technology described in the March issu ... more

Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter

Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components

Low frequency lasers modeled to greatly boost nuclear fusion rates

Tibetan self-immolators inspire Chinese painter		80% of Indian sewage flows untreated into rivers: study		Millions of Indians facing worst drought in decades		Two rhino poachers gunned down in India		Starving goats to hit Indian pashmina production
Atlantic warming points to malaria risk... in India		Bangladesh deploys troops as protest toll hits 76		Asian manufacturing growth mostly weak in February		Sri Lanka leader denies army killed militant's child		Indian women use smartphones to 'pin the creeps'

Pakistan army probes Kashmir 'torture' death

India hikes defence spending by 21%

Indian PLA insurgents kill soldier

India rejects Finmeccanica denial over chopper bribes

China overtakes Japan on IT spending: German trade body

World's smallest space telescope launched

India rocket launches asteroid-spotting satellite

India's 102nd space mission lifts off successfully

SSTL's 40th satellite platform launch: Sapphire reaches orbit

Fragments of continents hidden under lava in the Indian Ocean

India ex-air force chief faces Italian chopper probe

Trust our nuclear technology: French president to India

Outside View: Template for telecom reform

Countdown begins for Indo-French satellite launch

Two GNLA militants killed in Assam

India seeks more local arms production

10 dead as Cyclone Haruna lashes Madagascar

PV Demand In The Asia Pacific Region To Reach 13.5 GW In 2013

India plans mission to Mars in 2013

France seeks Indian defense contracts

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