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Rivers do not have same rights as humans: India's top court![]() ![]() New Delhi (AFP) July 7, 2017 India's sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be considered "living entities", the country's top court ruled Friday, suspending an earlier order that granted them the same legal rights as humans. The Supreme Court stayed a March order by a lower body that recognised the Ganges and its tributary the Yamuna as "legal persons" in an attempt to protect the highly polluted rivers from further degradation. The landmark ruling made polluting or damaging the rivers legally comparable to hurting a perso ... read more |
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![]() Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017 The hills around revered Tibetan Buddhist academy Larung Gar were once a seamless carpet of vibrant red, dominated by the homes of thousands of monks, nuns and devotees who crowded the remote valley in southwest China to explore their faith. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2017 China warned Wednesday that the withdrawal of Indian troops from disputed territory was a precondition for peace as tensions rise in a border row between the two Asian powers that has drawn in tiny Bhutan. ... more ![]() ![]() Jerusalem (AFP) July 5, 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday on the first ever visit by an Indian premier to Israel as they sought to deepen ties beyond high-priced defence deals. ... more ![]() ![]() Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 D-Sat, the first nanosatellite with the ability to remove itself from orbit in a direct and controlled way through a dedicated device at the end of its mission, was successfully launched on Friday J ... more |
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![]() New Delhi (AFP) July 4, 2017 An Indian helicopter with three people on board has gone missing near the country's border with China after taking off on a flood rescue mission, an official said Tuesday. ... more ![]() ![]() Jerusalem (AFP) July 4, 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel Tuesday for what he called a "groundbreaking" first ever visit by an Indian premier, with growing ties between the two countries including billion of dollars in defence deals. ... more ![]() ![]() Mumbai, India (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Turbulent magnetic field dynamics that explain astrophysical phenomena like the evolution of stars could thus far be obtained only through observations via telescopes and satellites. Now a tea ... more ![]() ![]() Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Arianespace has successfully launched the Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN "condosat" - composed of two payloads for operators Hellas Sat and Inmarsat; as well as the GSAT-17 satellite for India's space ... more ![]() ![]() Colombo (AFP) July 2, 2017 Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of soldiers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds as the country battles the spread of deadly dengue fever that has killed a record 215 people this year, officials said Sunday. ... more ![]() ![]() Durham NC (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust. According to a new study, airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are cutting energy output ... more |
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![]() ![]() India, Portugal Shake Hands on Space Cooperation ![]() ![]() New Delhi (AFP) June 30, 2017 India condemned a new road that China is building on the rivals' Himalayan border on Friday, saying it raises "serious security" concerns. ... more ![]() ![]() New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017 India's native navigation system has developed serious problems with four atomic clocks on the six satellites facing unexplained errors. With these, a total seven out of 21 clocks onboard have shown ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017 The U.S. State Department has approved the possible purchase of a C-17 transport aircraft by India under the U.S Foreign Military Sales program. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Jun 26, 2017 Satellites are helping to predict favourable conditions for desert locusts to swarm, which poses a threat to agricultural production and, subsequently, livelihoods and food security. Desert lo ... more |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Boeing announces Rolls-Royce engine contract ![]() ![]() Boeing receives contract for Dutch, Turkish CH-47 Chinook parts ![]() ![]() Boeing receives contract for engineering, support of E-3 Sentry |
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![]() Paris (AFP) July 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Volvo to phase out petrol-only cars from 2019 ![]() ![]() Self-driving cars may soon be able to make moral and ethical decisions as humans do ![]() ![]() German 'dieselgate' investigators target Porsche employees |
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![]() Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Fighting global warming and climate change requires a broad energy portfolio ![]() ![]() Low-carbon trajectory is the only option, European leaders say ![]() ![]() Divestment streak continues for British energy company Centrica |
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![]() Bethlehem PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() PPPL researchers demonstrate first hot plasma edge in a fusion facility ![]() ![]() Smart transformers could make reliable smart grid a reality ![]() ![]() Conductive electrodes are key to fast-charging batteries |
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![]() Cherbourg, France (AFP) July 5, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() France could close a third of nuclear reactors: minister ![]() ![]() Mitsubishi, Assystem take stakes in France's nuclear reactors firm ![]() ![]() 1.5-bn pound cost overrun at UK's Hinkley nuclear plant: EDF |
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![]() Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Shocking case of indigestion in supermassive black hole ![]() ![]() Into the quantum world with a tennis racket ![]() ![]() A future without fakes thanks to quantum technology |
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![]() Hamburg (AFP) July 8, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China's COSCO in multi-billion buyout of Hong Kong rival ![]() ![]() Japan, EU seal landmark trade deal in challenge to Trump ![]() ![]() China's Wanda agrees to mammoth asset sale to slash debt |
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![]() Washington (AFP) July 5, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Egypt arrests dozens of Chinese Uighur students: HRW ![]() ![]() Mattis says NATO must finish the job in Afghanistan ![]() ![]() Kyrgyz court convicts three over China embassy attack |
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![]() Hamburg (AFP) July 9, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists upgrade database tracking global temperatures across millennia ![]() ![]() Two significant warming intervals in southern China since 1850 ![]() ![]() US isolated over climate: G20 host Merkel |
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![]() Seoul (AFP) July 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Israeli nuclear whistleblower spared jail over 2013 meeting ![]() ![]() 122 countries adopt global treaty banning nuclear weapons ![]() ![]() US bombers drill near Korea DMZ in show of force |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Chinese court jails author of Tiananmen report: lawyer ![]() ![]() With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy ![]() ![]() Chinese Nobel laureate too sick to travel abroad: hospital |
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![]() Addis Ababa (AFP) July 5, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() 3 killed in north Mali clashes as UN condemns violence ![]() ![]() Gambian army 'hostile elements' working against government ![]() ![]() I.Coast's Comoe park no longer endangered: UNESCO |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() OSI acquires Morpho explosive trace detection business ![]() ![]() Mosul victory marks win for Pentagon training plan ![]() ![]() Bahrain signs contract with Lockheed for sniper targeting pods |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Future Navy LPD USS Portland completes Builder's Trials ![]() ![]() Northrop Grumman to make torpedo Transducer arrays for Navy ![]() ![]() USS Gabrielle Giffords completes maiden voyage |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Counting calories in space ![]() ![]() Trump offers bold space goals but fills in few details ![]() ![]() Liftoff for Trump's bold space plans may have to wait |
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