ONGC reports Q1 net profit of Rs.6,078 crore
August 11th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 11 (IANS) Public sector oil and gas producer ONGC Saturday reported a net profit growth of 48.4 percent at Rs.6,078 crore for the quarter ending June 30, ... Read more...
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India’s S. Rajan re-elected to UN sea body
June 7th, 2012 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, June 7 (IANS) In a keenly contested election, India's candidate Dr. S. Rajan, has been re-elected to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) for ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to push for expansion of sea boundary
June 3rd, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 3 (IANS) Sri Lanka will push for expansion of its sea boundary, also known as the continental shelf, and send a delegation to the UN to ... Read more...
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With China looking on, India to host Vietnamese, Myanmarese leaders
October 10th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India is set to give a major impetus to its Look East policy when it hosts the leaders of Vietnam and Myanmar this week ... Read more...
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Russia sends second team to support its Arctic claim
July 5th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker Rossiya will leave the port of Murmansk Tuesday to accompany the research vessel Academician Fyodorov on a second mission to determine the ... Read more...
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Putin urges clean-up operation in Arctic
July 1st, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Arctic ecosystem is very fragile, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said, and called for a "big clean-up" in the region to remove litter ... Read more...
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India confident of extending exclusive economic zone
June 11th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Vasco-da-Gama (Goa), June 11 (IANS) India Saturday said it was confident that the UN will soon clear its claim to almost double the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extending to the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh wants to redraw sea border with India
February 3rd, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 3 (IANS) Bangladesh will approach the UN seeking to delineate its maritime borders in the Bay of Bengal with India and Myanmar.Bangladesh claims over 450 nautical miles from its ... Read more...
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Polar bear’s record 9-day continuous swim blamed on global warming
January 26th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 26 (ANI): Scientists studying bears around the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska, have revealed that a polar bear swam continuously for over nine days, which could be the result of ... Read more...
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Polar bears at risk as melting ice is making them swim greater distances
January 26th, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 26 (ANI): Scientists studying polar bears have claimed that the melting sea ice is making the animals swim greater distances, at the risk of their own health and future generations.Researchers ... Read more...
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Norway to help African countries control coastal resources
September 21st, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 21 (IANS) Norway will help six African countries gain control of the oil and gas resources located off their coastal borders.
According to an agreement to be signed in New ... Read more...
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Include fishermen in coastal security: Antony
March 17th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 17 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday said there was an urgent need to incorporate fishermen into the coastal security framework to beef up the country's maritime intelligence network.
Speaking ... Read more...
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Spanish firm to look for oil near Falklands
February 26th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 26 (IANS/EFE) Spain's Repsol YPF is planning to begin exploring for oil in Argentine waters near the Falkland Islands late this year, CEO Antonio Brufau said.
The Falklands, known to Latin ... Read more...
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Scientists paint new picture of Earth’s ancient ocean chemistry
February 12th, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): In a new research, a team of scientists has developed a detailed and dynamic three-dimensional model of Earth's early ocean chemistry that can significantly advance our understanding of ... Read more...
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Argentina blocks supplies for oil exploration in Falklands
February 12th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 12 (IANS/EFE) The Argentine government said it blocked a shipment of steel pipes thought to be destined for British firms planning to explore for oil in the Falkland Islands, ... Read more...
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Argentina criticises Britain over Falklands oil drilling
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 3 (IANS/EFE) Argentina has criticised a plan by Britain to drill oil in the Falkland Islands.
Both countries have fought a brief war in 1982 for control of the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh backs India for UN seat, to fast-track boundary solution
January 13th, 2010 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Turning a new chapter in their ties, India and Bangladesh have decided to fast-track the solution to their boundary dispute and fight terrorism under a new ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh to discuss maritime dispute
January 8th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Resolution of the maritime boundary dispute will be an important item on their summit agenda when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks with his Bangladesh counterpart ... Read more...
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Vietnam protests China’s law on island protection
December 30th, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hanoi, Dec 30 (DPA) Vietnam has protested a new Chinese law aimed at protecting the nation's islands, including the disputed Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, local media reported ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh maritime dispute impacts oil prospecting
December 13th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Their relations are improving, but India and Bangladesh are yet to agree on the composition of a tribunal to resolve their old maritime dispute that ... Read more...
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Bangladesh takes marine border dispute with India to UN
November 10th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 10 (IANS) Bangladesh has registered its objection with the UN to India's claim over certain areas in the Bay of Bengal, three months after a similar missive was filed against ... Read more...
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Huge asteroid crashing off Indian coast may have wiped out dinos
October 16th, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 16 (IANS) A massive asteroid crashing off the western coast of India, creating the planet's largest known crater 40 km across, may have obliterated dinosaurs 65 million years ago, an ... Read more...
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Dinosaurs may have been wiped off because of giant impact near India
October 16th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 16 (ANI): If a new study is anything to go by, dinosaurs were killed by a giant impact near India, not Mexico.In the research, Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University ... Read more...
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Dhaka disputes maritime boundary claims of India, Myanmar
September 10th, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 10 (IANS) Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note to the UN against Myanmar's maritime boundary claim on the extended continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal and will soon register ... Read more...
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Gulf countries back UAE’s dominion over three isles
September 3rd, 2009 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Jeddah, Sep 2 (IANS) Foreign ministers of the Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG) have supported the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) claim over the islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser ... Read more...
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Iron isotopes can be used as a tool in oceanography
August 2nd, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 2 (ANI): A new research, involving scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), has highlighted the potential utility of iron isotopes for addressing important questions in ocean science.Pore-fluid iron ... Read more...
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Underwater exploration near Florida’s west coast seeks evidence of early Americans
July 10th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 10 (ANI): An underwater exploration is seeking to find evidence of early Americans in an area 100-to-200 miles off Florida's west coast, now about 300 feet under water.Last summer's ... Read more...
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Dhaka to protest Yangon’s maritime stand in Bay of Bengal
June 25th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 25 (IANS) Bangladesh is set to protest to the UN against Myanmar's claim to the territorial sea in the Bay of Bengal, where maritime boundaries have caused disputes and led ... Read more...
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Give us more ships, Bangladesh Navy tells MPs
June 23rd, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 23 (IANS) The Bangladesh Navy has sought modern ships and equipment and an overall maritime policy to better guard the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
A report submitted to the country's ... Read more...
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Scientists uncover surprising new pathway for North Atlantic circulation
May 14th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 14 (ANI): A new study has shown that much of the southward flow of cold water from the Labrador Sea moves not along the deep western boundary current, but along ... Read more...
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Dhaka to take its maritime boundary row with India to UN
May 12th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 12 (IANS) Bangladesh is preparing to take to the UN its maritime boundary row with India and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal.
"We are making preparations to put forward our ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s maritime area increases by 50,000 km after UN nod
May 7th, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 7 (ANI): Pakistan has increased its maritime area to over 50,000 kilometres, the Daily Times reports.Pakistan Science and Technology Minister Azam Khan Swati said following the UN Commission on the ... Read more...
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Sir Creek row unresolved, India to make claim to continental shelf
March 22nd, 2009 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) While the dispute over the Sir Creek maritime boundary with Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch remains to be resolved, India is filing its claim in the ... Read more...
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India finalising claims on continental shelf to extend economic sovereignty (Lead)
March 8th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) India is in the last stages of finalising its claims internationally on extending its claim into the continental shelf that will extend its economic sovereignty ... Read more...
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India finalising claims to continental shelf
March 8th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) India is in the last stages of finalising its claims on extending its claim into the continental shelf before an international convention, which will increase ... Read more...
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