 | Notching a major milestone in its missile technology, India Friday successfully test fired its indigenous Dhanush missile - the nuclear-capable naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile - from a war ship off the Orissa coast. The... More |
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 | Pakistan Saturday test-fired a 200-km range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the state-run TV reported.
The Hatf-II Abdali missile can carry all type of warheads, Pakistan Television said.
On March 22, Pakistan had test fired a 700-km... More |
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An Indian researcher and fellow scientists in Japan have developed a new system that can effectively remove some harmful compounds from air that lead to smog and high ozone levels.
Many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air, including nitrogen... More |
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 | India Thursday test-fired its home grown air-to-air missile Astra from a military base in Orissa, for the third time this week.
Astra, meaning weapon in Hindi, was fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in the coastal district of... More |
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 | China's first coal liquefaction project, which will go into operation in 2008, will be able to produce more than one million tonnes of oil a year, significantly reducing the country's dependence on oil imports.
Shenhua Group Corporation Ltd,... More |
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Subramanya Sastry holds a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin but chooses to deploy his software skills for the development sector back home. His tool, NewsRack.in, allows one to track and archive news on the web in easily accessible... More |
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 | The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved two measures seeking formal agreements with India and China on international energy crisis response mechanisms and engaging them in a dialogue on climate change.
The first measure, an energy... More |
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 | The United States says some progress has been made on resolving a number of issues on the India-US nuclear deal at the just concluded talks in New Delhi, but it is going to take a little bit of time to work out.
"I know that there have been... More |
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When a UN-backed panel releases section two of a global climate report next week, one thing will be certain: scientists have grown increasingly confident of global warming's dire impact on human life.
The latest instalment - the second of three... More |
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 | You'd be surprised at just how much better your computer can run when it is freed from the digital clutter that piles up on your hard drive over time.
In some cases, your PC can go from sluggish to snappy without your having to reinstall... More |
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