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  New Delhi (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 India's top court Tuesday banned the use of petroleum coke - a cheap but dirty fuel - in New Delhi's neighbouring states, the latest crackdown aimed at improving air quality in one of the most polluted cities in the world. The Supreme Court also ordered a ban on the sale and use of furnace oil - a polluting refinery by-product - in industries in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan starting November 1. Furnace oil and pet-coke are the dirtiest by-products from the refinery proc ... read more |
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Delhi chokes on toxic haze despite Diwali fireworks banNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 New Delhi was shrouded in a thick toxic haze Friday after a night of frenzied Diwali fireworks sent the air quality plummeting despite a ban on their sale aimed at thwarting a repeat of last year's 'airpocalypse'. ... more 
New Delhi shuts power plant in fight against Diwali smogNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 India's environmental watchdog shut down a coal-fired power plant and banned the use of diesel generators in New Delhi as air quality plummeted in the world's most polluted capital on Wednesday, the start of the Diwali festival. ... more  
Warning for China as US hails India 'partnership'Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 The United States vowed Wednesday to work with India in preference to China over the next century to promote a "free and open" Asia-Pacific region led by prosperous democracies. ... more  
Beijing says US should 'abandon biased views' of ChinaBeijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 China said Thursday the United States should "abandon its biased views" towards the country, as it hit back at cutting remarks made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. ... more |
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Delhi braces for pollution 'airpocalypse' as smog looms Sonipat, India (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 As Hindus across India celebrate Diwali this week, scientists fear a ban on firecrackers and other emergency anti-pollution measures deployed by authorities may not be enough to prevent a repeat of last year's "airpocalypse" in Delhi. ... more 
Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: reportParis (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 Pollution claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published on Friday. ... more  
India to close colonial-era military farmsAllahabad, India (AFP) Oct 15, 2017 Under a hot afternoon sun workers scrub down cows at the Allahabad Military Farm, the latest hangover of India's colonial past being forced into the 21st century. ... more 
India, Russia to hold first 'tri-service' war gamesNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 16, 2017 India and Russia will hold large-scale military exercises engaging their armies, navies and air forces for the first time, the defence ministry in New Delhi said Monday. ... more  
India's TCS profits fall amid weak growth in retail, bankingMumbai (AFP) Oct 12, 2017 India's largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services blamed a two percent fall in quarterly earnings Thursday on muted growth in the retail and banking sectors, two of its largest revenue drivers. ... more  
Turkey, Russia to Enhance Cooperation in the Field of Space TechnologiesMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 10, 2017 Turkey is set to develop its space agency following the passing of a draft law by the Turkish Parliament. According to some experts, Turkey will collaborate with Russia, China and India in order to ... more |
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 Five killed as India military chopper crashes
Pesticide poisoning kills 20 farmers in Indian stateMumbai (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 Twenty Indian farmers have died and hundreds of others are in hospital after inhaling poisonous pesticides while spraying crops, officials said Monday, highlighting lax safety standards in the country. ... more  
India's top court bans firecracker sales before DiwaliNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 India's top court ordered a temporary ban on the sale of firecrackers in New Delhi on Monday, ahead of the Diwali festival that leaves the city shrouded in toxic smog. ... more  
Liquefied natural gas may carve out a niche in IndiaWashington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017 Liquefied natural gas could help satisfy growing energy demands in India, especially if commodity prices continue to improve, Wood Mackenzie found. ... more 
Earliest evidence for a native African cultigen discovered in Eastern SudanChicago IL (SPX) Oct 05, 2017 Archaeologists examining plant impressions within broken pottery have discovered the earliest evidence for domesticated sorghum in Africa. The evidence comes from an archaeological site (known ... more |
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  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2017 
The subscale X-56A is scheduled for a series of research flights in November to prove enabling technology for designing aircraft with highly flexible, lightweight wings. The use of less structurally-rigid wings could be critical to future long-range, fuel-efficient airliners.
A risk reduction flight Aug. 31 from Armstrong demonstrated that past challenges experienced during takeoffs and la ... more Athens (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Greece defends F-16 warplane upgrade amid cost criticism  Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017U.S. Air Force deploying a dozen F-35s to Japan  Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Trump order allows Air Force to tackle pilot shortage |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 
Automotive equipment maker Delphi said Tuesday it was acquiring US university spinoff nuTonomy in a move to bolster its technology for self-driving vehicles.
Delphi, a former General Motors unit now headquartered in Britain, said the deal was valued at $400 million, with another $50 million possible in incentive payments.
The deal is likely to expand the reach of nuTonomy, a company spun ... more San Francisco (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Lyft gets $1 bn from Google parent to rev up challenge to Uber  Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017Study: Millions of miles of planned roads shouldn't be built  Singapore (AFP) Oct 24, 2017Singapore to freeze number of cars on its roads |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017 
Utility companies in the Japanese market face an uphill battle in meeting targets for the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, Moody's reported Monday.
Moody's Investors Service reported that Japan faces challenges in meeting its commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Based on March levels, the report found emissions from the utility sector will need to be cut by as much as 50 p ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017IEA: An electrified world would cost $31B per year to achieve  Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017'Fuel-secure' steps in Washington counterintuitive, green group says  Menlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017SLAC-led project will use AI to prevent or minimize electric grid failures |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 
A key hurdle for fusion researchers is understanding turbulence, the ripples and eddies that can cause the superhot plasma that fuels fusion reactions to leak heat and particles and keep fusion from taking place. Comprehending and reducing turbulence will facilitate the development of fusion as a safe, clean and abundant source of energy for generating electricity from power plants around the wo ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 25, 2017Electronic entropy enhances water splitting  University Park PA (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Sulfur may be key for safe rechargeable lithium batteries  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 20, 2017The blob that ate the tokamak |
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 
South Korea on Friday decided to push ahead with the construction of two new nuclear reactors after months of heated debate over whether the country should start weaning itself off atomic energy.
A state commission, based on a survey of 471 jurors selected across the country, recommended finishing construction of the Shin Kori-5 and Shin Kori-6 reactors near the southeastern city of Ulsan. ... more Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Oct 20, 2017AREVA NP awarded contract for safety upgrades in seven reactors  Daniken, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 20, 2017AREVA NP installs a system allowing flexible electricity generation at Goesgen nuclear power plant  Paris (SPX) Oct 23, 2017MATRIX pitched as a game changer for used fuel dry storage |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 
Einstein's theory of general relativity has withstood 100 years of experimental scrutiny. However, these tests do not constrain how well the very strong gravitational fields produced by merging neutron stars obey this theory.
New, more sophisticated techniques can now search for deviations from general relativity with unprecedented sensitivity. Scientists at the Max Planck Institutes for G ... more Mainz, Germany (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Proton and antiproton share fundamental properties  Cracow, Poland (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Chaos reigns even in simple electronics  Swansea UK (SPX) Oct 23, 2017Swansea University's physicists develop a new quantum simulation protocol |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 
Fans of soft cheeses in China have reason to celebrate after the country reversed a ban on mould-ripened cheeses, allowing imports of Camembert, Brie and Roquefort, European Union officials said Monday.
From early September, businesses in the country were forbidden from importing cheeses made with certain moulds and bacteria.
The ban was lifted following meetings last week between Europe ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017China's economic growth slows in Q3 but on course to beat target  Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Cognac craze in US, China prompts Hennessy expansion  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 22, 2017Cashing out: The end of Hong Kong's historic trading floor |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 
The speed with which Iraqi troops this week overwhelmed Kurdish forces in oil-rich Kirkuk, days after ousting the Islamic State group, marks a radical change in the balance of power, analysts say.
For 14 years since the US-led invasion, the Kurds had taken advantage of the weakness of the federal army to slowly chip away at territory they had long claimed outside their autonomous region in n ... more Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Oct 24, 2017Iraqi Kurd parliament delays elections for 8 months  Baghdad (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Iraq's Barzani isolated by his drive for Kurdish independence Altun Kupri, Iraq (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Clashes as Iraq army takes last Kurd-held area of Kirkuk province |
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 Riyadh (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 
The world will be in deep trouble if it fails to tackle climate change and inequality, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde warned on Tuesday.
"If we don't address these issues... we will be moving to a dark future" in 50 years, she told a major economic conference in the Saudi capital.
On climate change, Lagarde said that "we will be toasted, roasted and grilled" if the world fails t ... more Managua (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Nicaragua signs Paris climate agreement  Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017GAO finds big U.S. costs from climate change  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 23, 2017US ocean observation critical to understanding climate change |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 23, 2017  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Monday to work with the US, China and Russia to contain North Korea's nuclear threat with "strong, resolute diplomacy", as he "humbly" accepted his landslide victory in a snap election.
Fresh from clinching a two-thirds "super-majority" that enables the nationalist premier to realise his dream of revising Japan's pacifist constitution, Abe vowed t ... more Baghdad (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Iraq PM challenges Tillerson on Iran remarks  Clark, Philippines (AFP) Oct 24, 2017Philippines says sanctions strengthen Kim as Chinese, SK defence chiefs meet  Seoul (AFP) Oct 19, 2017N. Korea cloud has silver lining for South's armsmakers |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Oct 20, 2017  The Shanghai site of the first Chinese Communist congress 96 years ago might be expected to draw admiring crowds as the party gathers in Beijing for its 19th such meeting.
But despite a nationwide propaganda blitz for China's most important political gathering, only a few scattered elderly comprise the noon rush at what is now a small museum, and visitor Cai Tian thinks he knows why.
"Th ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Echoes of Mao: China Communist Party fawns over 'Xi thought'  Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2017Xi's eyes and ears in Beijing: Red-armband army of 'volunteers' Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2017What is Xi thinking? China's leader makes the constitution |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 
The United States is considering a stepped-up military presence in Africa to pursue Islamic State group jihadists looking for new havens after the fall of their "caliphate," American officials say.
After IS lost its de facto capital Raqa in Syria this month, and its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul earlier, the group "has aspirations to establish a larger presence" in Africa, the US military's top ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2017US military to pursue Niger operations after deadly attack Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Niger raid highlights US forces' growing Africa role  Geneva (AFP) Oct 21, 2017UN anti-torture panel suspends Rwanda trip over 'obstructions' |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 
When military equipment such as weapons, ammunition, ordinance, missiles, PCs, or radio/communication gear is shipped or stored, special containers must keep it secure, prevent damage, and ensure it is ready when needed, anywhere around the world.
This often requires protection from shock, vibration, temperature, moisture, pressure, dust, or other environmental intrusions, which can compro ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017Northrop Grumman receives $13 million contract for munition system development  Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017Textron awarded $332.9M contract for mobile strike force vehicles  Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017Kentucky business awarded Army deal for medium tactical vehicle transmissions |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 
Germany on Monday signed a deal to sell three submarines to the Israeli navy in an agreement of "strategic importance" to the Jewish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu "welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Germany and the state of Israel to acquire the submarines," his office said in a Hebrew-language statement.
"This memorandum of understan ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Navy to commission 14th Virginia-class submarine  Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017Navy officers fired over 'preventable' USS McCain collision  Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Leonardo to provide new communications software for Australian submarines |
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 Miami (AFP) Oct 20, 2017 
Two American astronauts on Friday wrapped up crucial repairs to the International Space Station's robotic arm, with just weeks to spare before the next cargo ship arrives in early November, NASA said.
During a six hour, 49 minute spacewalk, NASA's Joe Acaba and Randy Bresnik put the finishing touches on repairs to the Canadian-made 57-foot (17-meter) long arm, called Canadarm 2.
The arm ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 23, 2017NASA develops and tests new housing for in-orbit science payloads  Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Plants and psychological well-being in space  Moscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Russia's space agency says glitch in manned Soyuz landing |
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