By: Molly Barrow | 2010-04-04 | Environmental How often do you heed warnings? Have you noticed fixing errors later, rather than sooner, is really expensive? Complacent and egocentric Americans will eventually change light bulbs, buy fuel-efficient vehicles and bury coal emissions. The day will happen when American law says that we must or incur punishment with stiff fines, and probably not one day before then. read more
By: gaga | 2010-12-15 | Business Development The Invincible class has its origins in a sketch design for a 6,000 ton, guided-missile armed, helicopter carrying escort cruiser intended as a complement to the much larger CVA-01-class fleet aircraft carrier. The cancellation of CVA-01 in 1966 meant that the smaller cruiser would now have to provide the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) taskforce with command and control facilities. Two new designs were prepared for this requirement; a 12,500 ton cruiser with missiles forward read more
By: Arshad H Abbasi | 2010-05-26 | Environmental The war or ceasefire on the longest glacier known as 'Wild Roses" in the local language is not over now. It raises a concern over the melting of the Siachen Glacier known as the world's longest glacier in the non-polar regions. It has been melting so fast. Its retreat is evident from the snout (base of the glacier) and through the continuous thinning of ice along its entire length. read more
By: Saptarshi Majumdar | 2011-03-29 | Commentary China is cultivating India's immediate neighbors in the Indian Ocean littoral states by extending them financial and defence assistance to build up their naval forces purportedly against any possible India aggression against them. Even China built up a few naval facilties in countries surrounding India in South Asia - namely is Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Myanmar and Maldives. India should hav read more
By: Lawrence Losoncy | 2010-04-04 | Environmental Concerns are being raised by EPA and the wastewater industry regulators about nutrients in wastewater being discharged into the ground and water. The concern is about nitrates, that convert to usable nitrogen. These and other nutrients promote harmful growth in water and set off chain reactions that degrade water quality and make it dangerous to health. read more