New Delhi: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Thursday announced the completion of a pact between the US and India that will allow for the reciprocal certification of aviation products. Dorenda Baker, director of FAA’s Aircraft Certification Service, and Bharat Bhushan, director general of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for India, signed the Implementation [...]
New Delhi: According to a report appearing in the Times Of India, India’s largest circulated newspaper, India is poised to enter the superexclusive ICBM club within three months. ICBM (inter-continental ballistic missile) club, largely the preserve of countries like the US, Russia and China is feverishly working to adopt its nuclear-capable Agni-V ballistic [...]
New Delhi: With Pakistan warily watching its moves, India is firming up ambitious plans that include a rail link between Chabahar port in Iran and resource-rich Hajigak region in Afghanistan as it gears up to participate in a key international conference in Istanbul Wednesday. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna flew to on Turkey [...]
Agartala: The US and India are facing the “same challenge” of providing for the energy needs of their people while ensuring that environment is not harmed, US Consul General in Kolkata Dean R. Thompson has said. “India and USA are working to make progress in the areas of strategic cooperation, which includes security issues, energy [...]
Queen’s Park: Ontario is going to kick-start the widespread availability of electric car charging stations to make it more convenient for families to choose electric cars. Premier Dalton McGuinty demonstrated his commitment to the idea when during an outing in Markham recently, he charged an electric car at the PowerStream electrical utility operations centre [...]
Ottawa: Prime Minister Stephen Harper Thursday slammed a proposed $5.50 fee on North American travelers entering the United States by air or sea, saying it will hurt the economy. “In terms of the economic recovery, we want to ensure that trade and travel between our countries is easier, not more difficult, and we don’t need [...]
Kelly Bates has been married for 23 years and been pregnant for almost every year. The Bates couple has 18 children, with the latest entrant just a month old, and would love to have “many more children if god allows it”. Gil and Kelly Bates, who belong to Tennessee, US, are praying for more children, [...]
Indian-American Nikki Haley created history on Wednesday by becoming the first woman governor of South Carolina. Born to Sikh parents who migrated from Punjab, Ms. Haley is also the first woman to occupy the governor’s mansion of South Carolina. She is only the second India-American to be a Governor of a U.S. State after Bobby [...]
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