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Telenor moves for sole control of Indian unit
2014-06-13 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Norwegian operator files for government approval to buy Lakshdeep Investments out of Uninor.
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Indian Points Tritium Problem and N.R.C.s Regulatory Problem
2014-06-12 19:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Indian Point nuclear power plant, 30 miles from New York City (and 8 miles from my house), has been run safely and reliably for the most part. But its at a critical juncture, with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo having vowed to shut it down and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission weighing relicensing for the two operating reactors. Now news that two monitoring wells detected a spike in levels of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, has raised important questions about the aging infrastructure...
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Global Warming to Triple Frequency Drought, Floods Along Indian Ocean
2014-06-11 22:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: The frequency of extreme forms of a climate cycle that can cause devastating droughts and flood events from Indonesia to India to Kenya, may triple in the coming decades, according to a new study published Wednesday. The study, published in the journal Nature, ties manmade global warming to shifts in the behavior of a naturally-occurring climate cycle, known as the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). Like the Pacific Ocean, which gives rise to El Nio and La Nia events, the Indian Ocean has its own inherent...
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Extreme weather to occur more often around Indian Ocean rim
2014-06-11 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: A double whammy of weird ocean behavior washed over the world in 1997. The Pacific Ocean had already succumbed to an exceptionally strong El Nio, and then the Indian Ocean was hit fiercely by El Nios close cousin: the so-called Indian Ocean Dipole. Surface waters off the coast of Indonesia cooled and the oceans predominant westerly winds reversed, leading to catastrophic weather. Fires raged across a drought-stricken Indonesia, and floods across east African nations killed thousands. Climate...
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Indian Government plans new high-speed rail corridors
2014-06-11 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The Indian Government is planning to build new high-speed rail corridors to increase the country's railway infrastructure.
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