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December 04, 2014
CLIMATE SCIENCE
India says will not be bulldozed at climate talks
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 04, 2014
India, the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, said Thursday it is committed to tackling global warming but vowed to protect its interests at the latest round of UN climate talks in Lima. "We will walk with confidence with our own aggressive actions on climate change," India's environment minister Prakash Javadekar told Indian television network NDTV on the eve of his departure for the Peruvian capital. United States and China, the world's top two emitters of carbon dioxide, signed a l ... read more
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FROTH AND BUBBLE

Bhopal film 'tells truth' of disaster on 30th anniversary: director
A new film depicting the toxic gas leak that killed thousands in India's Bhopal city puts the blame squarely on Union Carbide for the disaster, the director said. ... more
WATER WORLD

Arabian Sea humpback whales isolated for 70,000 years
Scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), the Environment Society of Oman, and other organizations have made a fascinating discovery in the ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE

Protests as Bhopal marks 30th anniversary of disaster
Protesters in the Indian city of Bhopal burned effigies representing Dow Chemicals and displayed placards demanding justice as they marked the 30th anniversary Tuesday of the world's deadliest industrial disaster. ... more
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OIL AND GAS

Kazakhstan keen on TAPI gas pipeline
Kazakhstan is interested in taking part in the multilateral natural gas pipeline project extending east from Turkmenistan, its government said. ... more


SPACEMART

SAARC leaders call for deeper cooperation in space technology
Regional collaboration in space technology must be enhanced to achieve sustainable development in South Asia, according to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) leaders. ... more
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TERROR WARS

Indian IS recruit goes home after having to clean toilets: reports
An Indian student who travelled to Iraq to join the Islamic State group has returned home disillusioned after jihadists made him clean toilets and do other menial jobs, according to media reports. ... more
SINO DAILY

China jails Tibetan singer for political lyrics: reports
China has sentenced a popular Tibetan singer to four years in prison for calling on Tibetans to unify and speak their language, reports said, highlighting tight cultural controls in the region. ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
AST SpaceMobile secures role on MDA SHIELD defense architecture
Slingshot to embed AI agent in US Space Force space warfare training
Energy learning algorithm boosts complex UAV swarm tasking
FROTH AND BUBBLE

Bhopal kids paying price 30 years after India disaster
When Champa Devi Shukla's granddaughter was born with a raft of facial deformities in the Indian city of Bhopal, she was not left short of advice. ... more
IRAQ WARS

India still searching for 39 workers abducted in Iraq: minister
India said Friday it was still searching for 39 construction workers abducted in Iraq in June, denying a report claiming they had been executed by the Islamic State group. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE

India court slams Delhi's worsening air pollution
India's environment court has slammed the government over the capital's horrendous air pollution, which it said was "getting worse" every day, and ordered a string of measures to bring it down. ... more
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Tibetan tapestry fetches record $45 million in Hong Kong
An ancient Tibetan silk tapestry has set a world record for Chinese art after it was sold to a Shanghai tycoon for $45 million (HK$348 million) at auction in Hong Kong, according to Christie's. ... more
TRADE WARS

India woos neighbours as rifts open door to China
India pledged a slew of regional investments at a South Asian summit this week, seeking to counter China's growing economic inroads into its backyard as it remains embroiled in bitter rivalry with Pakistan. ... more
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China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty
China's birth rate falls to lowest on record: official data
South Africa flood toll rises, large parts of Mozambique submerged
SOLAR DAILY

Solar industry pins great hopes on Indian solar market
The sixth Intersolar India, India's largest exhibition and conference for the solar industry, drew to a close on November 20. Here, 160 international exhibitors from the fields of photovoltaics (PV) ... more
TIME AND SPACE

ASU joins pathbreaking radio telescope project to study early universe
Arizona State University has joined with 14 other institutions in Australia, India, New Zealand and the United States in a radio telescope project that focuses on the early universe and the birth an ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA

First GPS-collar study reveals how leopards live with people
In the first-ever GPS-based study of leopards in India, led by WCS and partners has delved into the secret lives of these big cats, and recorded their strategies to thrive in human-dominated areas. ... more
ABOUT US

Dizzying heights: Prehistoric farming on the 'roof of the world'
Animal teeth, bones and plant remains have helped researchers from Cambridge, China and America to pinpoint a date for what could be the earliest sustained human habitation at high altitude. A ... more
TRADE WARS

China's Alibaba plans to invest more in India
E-commerce giant Alibaba's founder Jack Ma promised Wednesday to invest more in India where online sales are soaring, predicting that the Internet will transform the country's future. ... more

CLIMATE SCIENCE

Wave of child deaths in Pakistan desert
Nearly 300 children have died this year in desert communities in southern Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, as poor monsoon rains and livestock diseases have combined to worsen malnutrition. ... more
OIL AND GAS

TAPI to get project developer by early 2015
Project leaders in New Delhi confirmed Friday parties to a multilateral gas pipeline from Turkmenistan will work to find a project operator by February. ... more
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Self-healing composite can make airplane, automobile and spacecraft components last for centuries
Battle over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia rages in Dutch court
Radioactive zinc shipment in Philippines onshore in 'safe' location
FARM NEWS

Seychelles poachers go nutty for erotic shaped seed

WATER WORLD

Tibetan mega-dam begins operation: China media

FLOATING STEEL

Airbus building periscope maintenance plant in India

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

SMS alerts cut deaths from elephants in rural India

FLORA AND FAUNA

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TECTONICS

Caltech geologists discover ancient buried canyon in South Tibet

WATER WORLD

China, India to court Pacific nations in Fiji

WATER WORLD

NASA sees the Southern Indian Ocean cyclone season awaken

OIL AND GAS

Kabul, Islamabad pursue gas pipeline connections

TRADE WARS

China calls for swift movement on BRICS development bank

After Mars, India space chief aims for the moon

Experimental flight of GSLV Mark 3 in December

IU biologists collaborate to refine climate change modeling tools

Sickness stalks India village with toxic water

India sending 'chilling message' on environment: Greenpeace

Indian army admits 'mistake' in killing two teenagers

India's Modi names yoga minister in major reshuffle

India to test fly bigger space vehicle next month

India to launch unmanned crew module in December

India votes against U.N. draft resolution on nuke pact

Indian navy worker killed in ship accident: reports

Brazil Indians in race to save ancestral lands

China to punish Tibet officials who support Dalai Lama

PROINSO kick starts ZeverSolar with 50kWp installation in Mumbai

India pulls warships from Kolkata as city on 'terror' alert

Indians angry Anderson never tried over Bhopal disaster

India's fading Chinese community faces painful war past

Fears S.Africa fish farm would make triathletes shark bait

Kenyan troops kill six after 'machete attack' on barracks

There were warning signs ahead of Sri Lanka mudslide: survivors

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