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  New Delhi (AFP) Feb 16, 2018 India's water-starved tech hub Bangalore received a much-needed boost on Friday when the country's top court altered a river-sharing arrangement in its favour, ruling on a bitter dispute that dates back more than a century. The Supreme Court said a 2007 ruling by a special tribunal on river-sharing had failed to take into account Bangalore's growing water needs, and awarded a greater share to the southern state of Karnataka. Bangalore was once known as India's garden city for its many lakes and ... read more |
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S. Africa widens hunt for Zuma allies to India, ChinaJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 South Africa has widened a corruption probe into allies of ex-president Jacob Zuma to other countries including India, China and Dubai, the police minister said Sunday. ... more  
Iran, India shake hands on energyWashington (UPI) Feb 19, 2018 After signing a handful of agreements in India, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country was ready to meet the country's energy needs. ... more  
Dutch shipping bosses in court over 'toxic' ship dumpingThe Hague (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 Six Dutch shipping company bosses will appear before a Rotterdam court Wednesday accused of deliberately dumping old ships on the beaches of India and Turkey. ... more  
Russia, India may sign contract on S-400 air defense systems supplies soonNew Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 12, 2018 Negotiations between Russia and India on the supplies of S-400 air defense systems are "at the final stage," the contract may be signed any day now, Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev told ... more |
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New Mumbai metro will beat traffic, but at what cost?Mumbai (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 A new underground metro is expected to ease the burden on Mumbai's notoriously congested roads and railways, but not everybody in India's sprawling financial capital is happy about the multi-billion-dollar project. ... more  
Stressed-out Dhaka to get 'Anger Management Park'Dhaka (AFP) Jan 28, 2018 Bangladesh started work Sunday on an "anger management park" in the capital Dhaka which the mayor said would help the 15 million inhabitants cope with rising daily stress. ... more  
Expert behind new MH370 search hopeful of find within a monthSydney (AFP) Jan 24, 2018 After years of futile efforts, a fresh hunt for MH370 has set off for the remote Indian Ocean - and the top Australian scientist who helped pinpoint the new search zone is hopeful the missing jet can be found within weeks. ... more
New hunt for flight MH370 gets under wayKuala Lumpur (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 A new hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 using high-tech underwater drones has started, officials said Tuesday, in the latest bid to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. ... more 
Iran reviewing data recorder from sunken Sanchi oil tankerWashington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 A committee set up to examine what happened to the Sanchi oil tanker, an Iranian vessel that sank in mid-January, said Monday it's looking at black box data. ... more |
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India seeks to reduce satellite launch costNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jan 24, 2018 The GSAT-11 to be launched by Arianespace may be India's last communication satellite to use foreign boosters as the country's space agency is set to launch its own rockets with double the payload c ... more  |
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Chinese officials staging 'takeover' of Tibetan Buddhist academy: HRWBeijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Chinese authorities are staging a "takeover" of the world's largest institution for Tibetan Buddhist learning, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday, the latest move to bring religion under strict Communist control. ... more 
ISRO hopes GSAT-11 is the last Indian satellite to be launched by a foreign space agencyNew Delhi (IANS) Jan 23, 2018 If things pan out as intended, the 5.7-tonne GSAT-11 will be most probably the last heavy Indian satellite to be launched by a foreign space agency, according to K. Sivan, Chairman of the Indian Spa ... more  
Exiled Maldives leader warns over China, radical IslamColombo (AFP) Jan 22, 2018 Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed accused China on Monday of seizing land in the politically-troubled Indian Ocean archipelago and undermining its sovereignty. ... more  
First ICEYE-X1 Radar Image from Space PublishedHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 ICEYE has published the first radar image obtained with the ICEYE-X1 SAR satellite. The image depicts Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, on Monday Jan. 15, at 21:47 UTC. ICEYE-X1 is the world's first ... more  
Mystery Solved for Mega-Avalanches in Tibet - and Perhaps on MarsTucson Az (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 An international scientific effort determined the cause of a highly unusual and deadly glacier avalanche in Tibet in 2016, a new Nature Geoscience paper says. In July 2016, a glacier in Tibet ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force has rolled out plans to phase out the B-1B and B-2 bomber fleets as it makes way for the new B-21 Raider, which is currently under development by Northrop Grumman.
Air Force officials on Monday made public their bomber fleet plans during a Pentagon press briefing for the service's 2019 fiscal year budget request.
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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
The added weight, electricity demand and aerodynamic drag of the sensors and computers used in autonomous vehicles are significant contributors to their lifetime energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.
However, when savings from the driving efficiencies associated with self-driving vehicles are factored into the equation, the net result is a reduction in lifetime ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 
Putting the Paris climate agreement into practice will trigger opposed reactions by investors on the one hand and fossil fuel owners on the other hand. It has been feared that the anticipation of strong CO2 reduction policies might - a 'green paradox' - drive up these emissions: before the regulations kick in, fossil fuel owners might accelerate their resource extraction to maximize profits.
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 Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
The current development of stretchable battery materials that mimic the functions of nature has emerged as a highly interesting research area, necessary for the next wave of wearable electronics.
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has presented a bioinspired Jabuticaba-like hybrid carbon/polymer (HCP) composite that was developed into a stretchable current collector using a simple and c ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said on Wednesday it would swing into the black for the full fiscal year as it completes the multi-billion-dollar sale of its chip business to restore its balance sheet.
The Tokyo-based firm said it now expects a net profit of 520 billion yen ($4.9 billion) for the year to March, reversing a net loss of 966 billion yen a year earlier.
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 Lemont IL (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
For the first time, physicists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and their collaborators, led by a team from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, demonstrated a long-theorized nuclear effect. This advance tests theoretical models that describe how nuclear and atomic realms interact and may also provide new insights into how star elements are created.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2018  The US Commerce Department on Friday recommended imposing heavy tariffs on China, Russia and other countries to counter a global glut in steel and aluminum which it says threatens national security.
The move gives President Donald Trump the opportunity to strike a highly public blow for his "America first" trade policy, but raises the prospect of retaliation from countries targeted and was s ... more |
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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 
A Turkish base in Iraqi Kurdistan came under attack on Tuesday, a witness and the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said, without claiming responsibility.
Intense fighting lasted some two hours around the base at Guerbya, near the city of Zakho close to the Turkish border, the witness told AFP.
There was no immediate word from the Turkish authorities.
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
Dust that blew into the North Pacific Ocean could help explain why the Earth's climate cooled 2.7 million years ago, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances.
One of the co-authors was Alex Pullen, an assistant professor of environmental engineering and earth sciences at Clemson University.
"Why study the past? It's a great predictor of the future," he said. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 20, 2018 
The US Secret Service denied Monday reports that one of its agents and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly wrestled with Chinese security officials over the "nuclear football" during President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing in November.
Chinese security officials blocked the US military aide carrying the briefcase that carries the procedures and communications equipment that allow the US ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 20, 2018 
The theft of a thumb of an ancient Terracotta Warrior statue on display in the US incited a wave of criticism on Chinese social media Tuesday, following China's calls to "severely punish" the thief.
Michael Rohana, 24, has been arrested over the theft during an after hours "ugly sweater party" just before Christmas at the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania where 10 of the figures are on disp ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 
South Africa has widened a corruption probe into allies of ex-president Jacob Zuma to other countries including India, China and Dubai, the police minister said Sunday.
Fikile Mbalula made the announcement days after South Africa issued an arrest warrant for one of the brothers of the Gupta business family, close associates of scandal-plagued Zuma who was forced from power on Wednesday.
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 19, 2018 
General Dynamics has been awarded a contract to provide supply parts for the entire U.S. Army Stryker program.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is a modification to a previously-awarded contract and is valued at more than $148.9 million.
The Interim Armored Vehicle, or IAV Stryker, is an eight-wheeled, armored fighting vehicle used for ground combat.
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 19, 2018 
Five companies have been awarded contracts for conceptual design on the Navy's next guided missile frigate, or FFG(X).
The deals, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, were awarded to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Austal USA, Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Marine and Huntington Ingalls.
The companies are competing for the Navy's plans to build 20 next-generation guided ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 20, 2018  A start-up company from an ESA business incubator is offering affordable air-quality monitors for homes, schools and businesses using technology it developed for the International Space Station.
"We realised that the problem astronauts face with limited of exchange of air inside the International Space Station is also the case for many people inside buildings that have little or no ventila ... more |
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