Tag: india
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Iran, India and Afghanistan to Sign Sea Trade Pact
from stratrisks.com: A pact that would connect India to Afghanistan through a southern Iranian port is set to be signed by the three countries, Afghan and Indian officials said. The draft pact centers on Chabahar Port, which would allow India and Afghanistan to conduct trade and access Central Asia’s vast energy resources, has been reviewed…
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India Scours Jungle Islands for Lost Malaysia Jet
from in.reuters.com: Indian aircraft on Friday combed Andaman and Nicobar, made up of more than 500 mostly uninhabited islands, for signs of a missing Malaysia Airlines (MASM.KL) jetliner that evidence suggests was last headed towards the heavily forested archipelago. Popular with tourists and anthropologists alike, the islands form India’s most isolated state. They are best…
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Indian envoy indicted, but prosecutor says State allowing her to leave US
from foxnews.com: The Indian envoy at the center of a diplomatic dispute was indicted Thursday on criminal counts, but it remained unclear whether she would ever face the charges as the State Department apparently began clearing the way for her exit. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara initially said Thursday that Devyani Khobragade had already left the…
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India successfully launches cutting-edge cryogenic rocket
from channelnewsasia.com: India on Sunday successfully launched its first rocket using domestically produced booster technology after several previous missions had failed, taking another step forward in its ambitious space programme. The Indian-made cryogenically-powered rocket blasted off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota as scheduled, as Delhi tries to join an elite club of countries which…
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New World Next Week: Episode172 – Arafat Poisoned, India To Mars, Fukushima Cleanup
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode172 – Arafat Poisoned, India To Mars, Fukushima Cleanup Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Swiss Study Shows Polonium Found In Arafat’s Bones Swiss Scientists Confirm Polonium…
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India launches its first mission to Mars
from redicecreations.com: India will aim today to become the first Asian nation to launch a space probe to the planet Mars. (Update: The rocket carrying the probe successfully lifted-off at 09.08 UT). The cut-price mission is due to blast off carrying an unmanned craft to orbit the Red Planet, studying its geology, climate, atmosphere and…
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India’s PM Has No Mobile Phone, Email For NSA To Hack
xfrom ndtv.com: The Prime Minister does not own a mobile phone or use personal email, giving India “no cause for concern” about new US hacking revelations, his office said on Friday… Asked if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was concerned, his spokesman replied: “The prime minister doesn’t use a mobile phone and he doesn’t have an…
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NSA accused of hacking into India’s nuclear systems
from thehindu.com: The public assertions made by Indian and American officials that no content was taken from India’s internet and telephone networks by U.S.’s National Security Agency (NSA) and that the American surveillance programs just looked at “patterns of communication” as a counter-terrorism measure are far from the truth, if not outright misleading. According to…
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New World Next Week: Episode161 – War Games, David Kelly, Drug Deaths
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode161 – War Games, David Kelly, Drug Deaths Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Russia Amasses ‘Full Combat Readiness’ Strategic Bombers Russia In Largest War Games Since…
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Big Pharma Using India’s Poor as ‘Lab Rats’ to Test Meds
from southweb.org: Multinational pharmaceutical companies are treating patients in India like “lab rats,” distributing untested drugs for research purposes without the patients’ informed consent, Agency France-Presse highlighted on Thursday in a report pulling from personal accounts. The issue is ongoing and widespread and has been subject to a Supreme Court Case in India — which led…
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‘We Are The Aliens’
BBC Documentary “We Are The Aliens” provides near hour of lively discussion on theory of Panspermia.
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#BingeAndPurge: Nocebos, Mutants, Mess and More
Beware the Nocebo Effect: The nonexistent side effects of a placebo can be real for a patient who expects to have them // Monsanto Genetically Modified Crops Make the Drought Worse // NYT to White House: Move Forward on Food Safety Rules // Pfizer Pays $60 Million for Bribing Foreign Doctors // Here It Comes:…
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More #TitanicMemes: Resurrections, Regatta and #PandoraStrain
#Titanic II: Between replica ship and Hologram Tupac, resurrections abound // Collision suspected in yacht mishap // 35 dead, 165 missing in India boat accident // Bogart’s “African Queen” Saved From Scrapheap // #TheSimpsons latest was about a fake #PandoraStrain aboard a luxury cruise ship; “A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again”
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New World Next Week: Episode111 – SCO Grows, Bigger Banksters, Crowd-Sourced Research
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode111 – SCO Grows, Bigger Banksters, Crowd-Sourced Research Welcome back to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Becoming Full Member, India Will Strengthen SCO Background: Meet the Shanghai Cooperation…
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India’s Stonehenge Discovered in Karnataka
PDF: ‘Stone alignment with solar and other sightlines in South India’ from hindustantimes.com: India may have its own version of Stonehenge, England’s prehistoric monument with astronomical associations, in Karnataka. Researchers from the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Manipal University have discovered 26 megalithic constructions at Byse, 140 km from Mangalore, which were…