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India’s launches indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

India launched its first indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant which was a remarkable moment in the $5 billion project that seeks to enhance the country’s power and...

August 14, 2013

Foreign Telecom vendors’ refusal to share design details delays TTSCC

Foreign telecom equipment vendors have refused to share their design details with the India’s telecom equipment testing lab- Telecom Testing and Security Certification Centre (TTSCC) for it may conflict with...

August 12, 2013

India may get lesson from China’s plans to curtail brain drain

The government of China has taken an initiative to get back some of the country’s best and brightest minds. The brain drain problem was taking away top scientific...

August 11, 2013

China unveils first Giant Panda channel

China Network Television has launched an internet channel ipanda.com dedicated to the conservation of Giant Panda. The website will show live 24-hour high-definition (HD) Internet broadcasts of the...

August 8, 2013

Agni V missile expected to be operational by 2015

According to Tessy Thomas, director, Agni Missile Project, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), two or three more successful test firings, the Agni V missile is likely to be operational by 2015. Salient...

August 6, 2013

EM-DAT data: Surge in natural disasters linked to population density

As per a recent study report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), an increase in people living in perilous conditions, poverty, environmental degradation and climate change have...

August 6, 2013

India, China play key role to break potash cartel

India and China together played a significant role in busting a giant Russia-Belarus potash cartel. This move will benefit the importers of potash and ultimately the cultivators as...

August 3, 2013

MPA signed for the construction of Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)

Five countries participating in the project TMT- Canada, China, India, Japan and the U.S. have inked Master Partnership Agreement (MPA) for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope...

July 31, 2013

By 2016, India to be the 3rd largest automobile market: IHS

As per IHS Automotive, a global market information provider India will become the 3rd largest automotive market in the world by 2016 ahead of Japan, Germany and Brazil with...

July 31, 2013

Archery World Cup: India finished 4th

India finishes fourth in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 held in Medellin, Colombia. Deepika Kumari’s gold and bronze medal performances on the concluding day helped India finished...

July 25, 2013

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