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UAE launches global health mission for poor
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China plane crash:
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AMU Kishaganj Co-ordination meets with Sharad
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Mumbai
diamond heist solved, suspects held in Dubai |
Maharashtra celebrates Raksha Bandhan with fervour |
Madani’s
hand suspected in blasts at Chinnaswamy stadium |
Husain,
Raza works leave art lovers "floored" |
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New
phenomenon of 'saffron terrorism' in India, says PC
Warning that there has
been no let up in attempts to radicalise the youth, Home Minister P
Chidambaram today said a
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BJP in a
fix on supporting 'terror tainted' RSS
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Government ready to accept any formulation on n-bill: Chavan
The government is ready
to consider any formulation or modification to end the
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Nuclear
Liability Bill faces fresh hurdles from BJP, Left
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‘Police chief, officials helped Israeli drug
dealer escape’
Goa Police officials, including the director general of police (DGP),
colluded to allow an Israeli drug dealer escape, an opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said
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China
Plane crash: 42 dead, 54 injured
At least 42 people were
killed while 54 miraculously escaped with injuries Tuesday night
when a passenger aircraft
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Hindus, Muslims pray together to keep floods
away
In a rare show of harmony, Muslims recited the Quran while the
Hindus gathered for special prayers on the banks of river Indus near
Shahdad Kot town of Pakistan’s
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Maharashtra celebrates Raksha Bandhan with fervour
Raksha Bandhan, marking the start of the festive season, was
celebrated Tuesday with fervour in Maharashtra as sisters tied
rakhis (decorative threads) on the wrists of their brothers and
fishermen marked the beginning of the fishing
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Nepal
plane crash:
All 14 on board feared dead
The festival of Raksha Bandhan turned into stark tragedy in Nepal
Tuesday as all 14 people aboard a private aircraft carrying tourists
were feared to have been killed following a crash near Kathmandu.
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Haj 2010: India
gets additional quota of 10K hajis
The Government in Saudi Arabia has increased the quota of pilgrims
going for Haj from India by ten thousand Hajis. The decision
followed the
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Unsafe
electronic voting machines: Shooting the messenger
Over the weekend, the
Indian establishment demonstrated how bizarre the mix of political
insecurity
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Police
clueless as Israeli drug dealer goes ‘missing’
Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim alias Atala who was alleged to have
links with Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik’s son has gone missing for
more than a month, according to
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A view of ISRO pavilion at
International Space Exhibition-2007
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Bangalore:
The second international space exhibition and conference began here
Wednesday with global space agencies and vendors showcasing their
latest technologies, products and services.
Organised by the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the four-day
Bengaluru Space Expo 2010 focuses on commercialisation of space,
remote sensing and navigation.
Being held at the sprawling Bangalore International Exhibition
Centre (BIEC) on the outskirts of the city, the expo has attracted
delegations from dozen countries, including Britain, Denmark,
France, Indonesia Israel, Japan, Korea, Thailand and the US.
Global space majors such as National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (SA), EADS Astrium,
Glonass, Measat, SkyTerra, Japanese Space Agency, Asia Broadcast
Satellite, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and private
firms like Godrej & Boyce, L&T and Devas Media are participating in
the event.
The $120 billion global space satellite business is growing rapidly
to touch $1.2 trillion in the coming years. About 3,000 manmade
satellites are circling planet Earth.
With development of more space based land enabled applications and
reusable launch vehicles on anvil, the space industry is set for an
exponential growth.
The activity in two commercial satellite services-direct-to-home (DTH)
television and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment and
chipsets is driving the growth of the space industry.
India is ramping up its space capabilities to become a major global
space power, moving from developing communications and remote
sensing satellites to new frontiers like navigation.
According to CII immediate past president Venu Srinivasan, the
commercial space sector has experienced unprecedented growth over
the past decade. The increasing capacity in the launch services the
world over has driven down the cost of commercial space launches
drastically.
With the growing need of use of space technology in the field of
infrastructure, weather forecasting, disaster management,
telecommunications and agricultural guidance services, the expo is
aimed at developing a strong base to meet such demand.
The first edition of the space expo was held in this tech hub in
November 2008.
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