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PM concerned about ongoing financial crisis
Onboard Air India One, Oct 26 ANI: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh while talking to reporters on board his special aircraft on his way back to New Delhi from Beijing, has expressed concern about the ongoing inflation and financial crisis.Dr. Singh said: "To say that I am not worried would not be correct. Being a Prime Minister, it is my duty to be worried when things don't move as planned.""We have had a reasonably good run. I will be the last person to deny that last few months inflation had become a problem Because of the global factors; the financial crisis is having some effect on our economy. Therefore we are obliged to take corrective measures," he added.When asked how long the India will bore the brunt of international crisis, Dr. Singh said, "It all depends upon how long it takes to restore confidence to the global market financial markets. We are not in complete control. There are bigger players in this. We are victims of that." "The crisis is not of our making. It is which originated elsewhere in the US and Europe. A type of integrated world economy we live in, we are not immune of being affected," he added. he Prime Minister also confirmed that he has been invited by US President George W Bush to attend G 20 meeting on financial crisis, which will take place in Washington on November 15. On Thursday, riding on back of lower prices of food and non-food items inflation fell to 11.07 per cent for the week ended October 11, from 11.44 per cent a week ago.The prices of fruits and vegetables and eggs declined during the week. And in the non-food category, sunflower and raw cotton became cheaper.On account of lower prices of furnace oil the index of fuel group too declined marginally by 0.1 per cent.During the week, the prices of other goods that declined were imported edible oil, oilcakes, polyester, staple fibre and ingots of lead and zinc.However, tea, ghee, maize, rice, masoor, raw tobacco, mustard seed, lubricants, cotton yarn became expensive during the week. ANI
2008-10-26 03:00:00
Largest floating fortress for Chelsea owner
INT12International/LifestyleLargest floating fortress for Chelsea ownerBy Venkata VemuriLondon, Oct 6 IANS What would a billionaire do if pirates tried to board his yacht In the case of Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club, he would quietly slip out in his personal submarine.The submarine is just a part of an array of latest security gizmos adorning Eclipse, the superlative personal yacht commissioned by Abramovich, who is one of the richest Russians.At 200 million pounds $350 million and a 550 foot span, Eclipse will be the most luxurious and largest of all sea charters in its category. It is being built secretly at the shipyard in Germany that produced the World War II battleship the Bismarck, Daily Mail reports.The yacht will include radar equipment designed to warn the crew of incoming rockets, together with bullet-proof windows and armour plating on the bridge and around the 41-year-old Russian tycoon's cabin. There will be twin helicopter pads and anti-bugging equipment, while the crew of 70 will include former Special Air Service and Special Boat Service personnel. It will also have cabins for 24 guests as well as a cinema, aquarium, disco and hospital.If intruders make it on board the Eclipse, named so because it is intended to overshadow all other private boats, Abramovich could escape in a yellow submarine which can dive to 160 feet.Eclipse is Abramovich's answer to growing international piracy. According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirates attacked 269 vessels last year, took nearly 300 hostages and killed five people. Even the Mediterranean, where Abramovich usually keeps his yachts, is becoming less safe. In August, a gang boarded a 20 million pound yacht off Corsica and robbed guests and crew of 100,000 pounds.Under maritime law, non-naval ships are banned from carrying firearms. Some yacht owners are adopting high-powered water cannon, earsplitting klaxons and lubricant foam intended to make unwanted boarders slip.--Indo-Asian News Serviceven/sh/jg346 Words06100943
2008-10-06 00:00:00
Chinese astronauts return home after landmark spacewalk Lead
INT43International/Science/TechnologyChinese astronauts return home after landmark spacewalk LeadBeijing, Sep 28 Xinhua Three Chinese astronauts, who made history after conducting the country's first spacewalk Saturday, returned home safely in a Shenzhou-7 module that landed in China's central Inner Mongolia region Sunday.Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng returned to earth from a 68-hour space flight that included a 20-minute spacewalk. "It was a glorious mission, full of challenges, but the result was perfect. I'm proud of my country," said Zhigang, sitting on a chair after emerging from the module. The space capsule was suspended down by a 1,000-sq-meter parachute and landed on its flank at Siziwang Banner in central Inner Mongolia, where around 300 officials waited to conduct search and rescue. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, who arrived at the control centre to watch the landing, beamed with smile when the spacecraft touched ground. The astronauts were examined by doctors and adapted themselves to the gravitation on Earth before exiting the module, the search headquarters told Xinhua. They will be taken to a hospital in the Inner Mongolia capital Hohhot for medical examination and are scheduled to fly back to Beijing Monday. The trio will spend around two weeks in quarantine, before meeting their family, said Zhai's wife Zhang Shujing. The three men were blasted off aboard a Shenzhou-7 spacecraft at 9.10 p.m. Thursday. China had sent a lone Yang Liwei in space in 2003, and sent two men on a five-day journey in 2005. This successful spacewalk mission makes China the third to master the extra-vehicular activity EVA technology after the US and Russia. During the spacewalk Saturday, Zhai wore a $4 million homemade Feitian space suit and spent 20 minutes outside the spacecraft. Tethered to the craft with two safety wires and a long electric cord providing oxygen and communications, he moved slowly along a set of handrails around the orbital module. "I feel well. I am here greeting the Chinese people and people of the whole world," Zhai said. He waved a Chinese flag handed over by his companion Liu Boming, who helped the "walk" in the orbital module. Later Zhai retrieved a test sample of solid lubricant placed outside the orbiter, as part of an experiment to test the durability of the materials. After the spacewalk, he was congratulated by Chinese President Hu Jintao, who watched live transmission of the spacewalk from the Beijing control centre. Hu hailed the spacewalk as a breakthrough and thanked the astronauts for their devotion and excellent work.Other tasks of the mission included carrying out trials of satellite data relay and releasing a 40-kg companion satellite, which was left in the space with the orbital module and the extravehicular space suits. The live telecast of the historic moment was watched by tens of millions of Chinese on outdoor screens and television sets at homes.--Xinhuasnb/dg525 Words28091729
2008-09-28 08:01:10
Taikonaut Zhai completes China's first spacewalk Second lead
INT34International/ScienceTaikonaut Zhai completes China's first spacewalk Second leadBeijing, Sep 27 Xinhua Chinese taikonaut Zhai Zhigang slipped out of the Shenzhou VII spacecraft Saturday afternoon and completed the country's fist spacewalk mission, spending about half-an hour in the outer space and conducting experiments.Donning a $4-million homemade Feitian space suit, Zhai, the commander of the three-man mission, waved to the camera mounted on the service module after pulling himself out of the capsule in a head-out-first position at 4:43 p.m., video monitor at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre BACC showed."I am here greeting the Chinese people and people of the whole world," the astronaut told mission control in Beijing, which broadcast the entire event live. Minutes after Zhai was outside the capsule, teammate Liu Boming emerged from the orbital module hatch and handed Zhai a Chinese national flag. Zhai waved the flag to the camera. Video monitor at the ground control showed Zhai then slowly moved towards a test sample of solid lubricant placed outside the orbital module. He took the sample and handed it over to Liu.After the handover, Zhai, who dreamed of flying into space when he was an impoverished teenager, started the core part of the space adventure, spacewalk. The taikonaut, tethered to the spacecraft with two safety wires and a long electric "cord" providing oxygen and communications, moved slowly along a set of handrails around the orbital module.He walked step by step by shifting the wire hooks connecting him and the spacecraft before returning to the spacecraft.Chinese President Hu Jintao watched Zhai's manoeuvres at the mission control centre in the capital.Zhai made China the third nation to conduct a spacewalk after the US and Russia. The three countries are also the only ones to have conducted manned space missions.The Shenzhou-VII spacecraft took off from northwest China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 9:10 p.m. Thursday, and is scheduled to land on the Inner Mongolia steppe on Sunday. --Xinhuaskp/jg356 Words27091547
2008-09-27 06:00:00
Chinese astronauts test suit for spacewalk mission
INT78International/ScienceChinese astronauts test suit for spacewalk missionBeijing, Sep 26 Xinhua Astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou VII spacecraft Friday finished assembling a spacesuit for tests before carrying out the country's first spacewalk mission.Two of the three astronauts unpacked the Chinese-made suit inside the orbital module of the spacecraft as the third astronaut waited in the re-entry module.The spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity EVA, slated for 4.30 p.m. Saturday will last about 30 minutes, Wang Zhaoyao, spokesperson of the manned space programme said Friday.Astronaut Zhai Zhigang was slated to make the spacewalk and perform tasks such as retrieving a 3-kg solid lubricant experiment from the rear of the Shenzhou VII.The other two crew members, Jing Haiping and Liu Boming, are to assist Zhai with exiting and re-entering the spacecraft. The spacewalk would be broadcast live by the state television, Wang said.According to the schedule, the astronauts would finish testing the space suits at 1 a.m. Saturday when the spacecraft completes 19 orbits around the earth, he said. Then they would begin a 100-minute warm-up in the orbital module before undertaking the spacewalk, he said. The Shenzhou spaceship, the country's third manned space flight, was launched Thursday from Jiuquan satellite launch centre in the Gansu province in northwest and is considered as an important step to China's plan for a space station.--Xinhuaskp/vt245 Words26092006
2008-09-26 11:12:13
Ethiopia: Do Come. Just Don't Bring Anything With You
I don't know if there are that many places anywhere whose residents don't give and don't take presents. Gifts serve I presume, as social lubricants to a certain extent.
2008-09-03 17:31:05
Casual leaves of doctors in Punjab's flood hit areas cancelled
Chandigarh, Aug 19 UNI Punjab Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla today directed all the Civil Surgeons to take immediate steps to control the outbreak of water-borne diseases, especially in the flood affected areas of the state and ordered the cancellation of casual leaves of doctors posted in those areas. Funds amounting to Rs 1.06 crore has been allocated to all the Civil Surgeons in the state for medicines, insecticidal spray and POL Petrol Oil Lubricants.
2008-08-19 09:42:27
What Causes Acne
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2008-08-18 00:34:22
Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization
Cheap oil, the lubricant of inexpensive transportation links, may not return soon, upsetting the logic of diffuse global supply chains.&ltbr/>&ltbr/>&ltspan class="advertisement">
2008-08-05 13:16:26
Shipping costs start to crimp globalization
Cheap oil, the lubricant of inexpensive transportation links, may not return soon, upsetting the logic of diffuse global supply chains.
2008-08-03 11:52:21