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ISRO to Launch GSLV Mark III, Its Heaviest Rocket Soon![]() ![]() New Delhi (Sputnik) May 17, 2017 Following the successful launch of the South Asia Satellite, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now focused on the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III), the heaviest rocket ISRO has ever launched at 640 tons. Already being described as a game changer and a great leap forward for the Indian space agency's ability to launch rockets with heavier payloads, the rocket will be powered by the cryogenic engine developed indigenously by ISRO scientists, ... read more |
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![]() Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017 More than $40 million in bonds are available to help India, one of the world's leading economies, address challenges from climate change, a bank said. ... more ![]() ![]() Mumbai (AFP) May 18, 2017 Indian software trade body Nasscom on Thursday dismissed widespread media reports of mass layoffs in the country's hugely important information technology industry but warned that the sector must reinvent itself. ... more ![]() ![]() New Delhi (Sputnik) May 18, 2017 Rifath Shaarook, an 18-year-old student from the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has built a satellite which weighs only 64 grams and will be launched by NASA next month. Shaarook won the co ... more ![]() ![]() New Delhi (AFP) May 17, 2017 India on Wednesday said it will develop 10 domestically-built heavy water reactors to increase its nuclear power capacity, as it looks to ramp up clean energy generation. ... more |
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![]() Hong Kong (AFP) May 15, 2017 A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city's authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer said Monday. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2017 More than a decade ago, researchers discovered that when they added boron to the carbon structure of diamond, the combination was superconductive. Since then, growing interest has been generated in ... more ![]() ![]() Atlanta GA (SPX) May 15, 2017 A warming climate could affect the stability of alpine grasslands in Asia's Tibetan Plateau, threatening the ability of farmers and herders to maintain the animals that are key to their existence, a ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) May 15, 2017 "Excess" diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study Monday that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that carmakers sought to hide. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) May 12, 2017 The sale of CBRN equipment to India under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program has been approved by the State Department. ... more ![]() ![]() Colombo (AFP) May 12, 2017 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared Friday his desire for a "quantum jump" in relations with Sri Lanka, as New Delhi jostles with regional rival Beijing for influence in the island nation. ... more |
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![]() ![]() Sri Lanka refuse Chinese submarine docking: official ![]() ![]() Kathmandu (AFP) May 12, 2017 Nepal on Friday signed up to China's new Silk Road drive, a massive infrastructure project spanning some 65 countries at the centre of the Asian giant's push to expand its global influence. ... more ![]() ![]() Muzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP) May 11, 2017 Two people were killed in cross-border firing in Kashmir Thursday, one on each side of the disputed region's de facto border, officials in India and Pakistan said in the latest skirmishes between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more ![]() ![]() Colombo (AFP) May 11, 2017 India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Sri Lanka on Thursday on a charm offensive as New Delhi seeks to reassert its influence on the island amid signs of a Chinese comeback. ... more ![]() ![]() (UPI) May 10, 2017 Rolls-Royce has received a $78.7 million contract to provide logistical and engineering support for originally manufactured engines on the KC-130J tanker aircraft. The services will apply to the U.S. Marine Corps and aircraft in use by Kuwait under the Foreign Military Sales program. ... more |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) May 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China, Russia launch long-haul challenge to Boeing, Airbus ![]() ![]() Boeing considering further Super Hornet upgrades ![]() ![]() Cathay Pacific sacks 600 staff in major shakeup |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers in sting ![]() ![]() China's JAC says electric car tie-up with VW approved ![]() ![]() Singapore car 'vending machine' dispenses with tradition |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Australia power grid leased to local-foreign consortium ![]() ![]() Poland central to EU energy diversification strategy ![]() ![]() Myanmar recovery linked to development of electrical grid |
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![]() Beijing, China (SPX) May 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient ![]() ![]() New approach to revolutionize the production of molecular hydrogen ![]() ![]() Stretching the limits of elastic conductors |
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![]() Geneva (AFP) May 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Hungary: AREVA NP awarded contract for safety IC modernization at Paks Nuclear Power Plant ![]() ![]() India to build 10 domestic nuclear power reactors ![]() ![]() Japan restarts another reactor |
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![]() Charlottesville VA (SPX) May 24, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Model predicts presence of naked singularity in 4D space ![]() ![]() Astronomers make the largest map of the Universe yet ![]() ![]() Mapping supermassive black holes in the distant Universe |
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![]() Hanoi (AFP) May 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China investigates senior banking regulator ![]() ![]() India's IT industry body slams mass layoff reports ![]() ![]() Hong Kong firm pays $3bn in record land sale |
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![]() Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) May 23, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mattis seeks allied input ahead of Afghanistan proposal ![]() ![]() Trump weighs further US troops for Afghanistan ![]() ![]() Security in Afghanistan likely to 'deteriorate': US intelligence |
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![]() Berlin (AFP) May 23, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cape Town region declares drought disaster ![]() ![]() Trump can't stop progress on climate, says Al Gore ![]() ![]() Hopes for climate pact shift to diplomatic sphere |
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![]() Tehran (AFP) May 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Trump calls N. Korea's Kim Jong-Un 'madman with nuclear weapons' ![]() ![]() China's trade with N.Korea falls as pressure mounts ![]() ![]() China sees 'no reason' not to talk with N. Korea |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Branstad, friend of Beijing, confirmed as US envoy to China ![]() ![]() Stories of Hong Kong: Hopes and fears on landmark anniversary ![]() ![]() China frees human rights lawyer on bail: Amnesty |
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![]() Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Congo breaks ground on $58 million China-funded parliament building ![]() ![]() Four killed in I.Coast clashes between ex-rebels and police ![]() ![]() Angolan apartheid troops battle to survive in S.Africa |
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![]() Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Oshkosh secures Marine Corps P-19R contract ![]() ![]() First Piranhas delivered to Danish military ![]() ![]() Australia receives new military trucks |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) May 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() General Atomics receives Ford-class carrier contract ![]() ![]() Lockheed Martin lays keel for USS St. Louis ![]() ![]() Rolls-Royce engines for Korean frigates |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) May 24, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() SDL-Supported SmallSat Launched from International Space Station ![]() ![]() 'Victory' for US astronauts on critical spacewalk to replace power box ![]() ![]() NASA Acting Administrator Statement on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal |
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