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Larry Orr ( Arizona State University) and Govindjee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) have provided a great article on "Photosynthesis and the Web:2008". Photosynthesis is essential for our life for both oxygen and food. Clearly, our life depends upon this process. You can see everything that is to know about photosynthesis, on the internet, through the following web-based article: <http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/photoweb/>

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Biotechnology News

On the Energy Trail: Berkeley Researchers Find New Details Following the Path of Solar Energy During Photosynthesis   lbl.gov., April 25, '08

Bangalore drives India's biotech sector growth  S. India, April 26, '08

Biodiesel from algae in the offing  B. Standard, April 3, '08

ENHANCING RESEARCH CAPACITY IN THE AREA OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY  PIB.Press Release, April 7, '08

LGC brings Abcellute's cell revolutionary cell preservation technology to market  Pharma Live, March 31, '08

Growth Molecule  E. Times, Feb. 24, '08

Indian biotech's global designs  E. Pharma, Feb. 1-15, '08

Bioinformatics: cashing in on the opportunity  The Hindu, Jan 14, '08

‘No plans for FDA office in India’  The Hindu, Jan. 9, '08

Gujarat Biotech State of the Year  The Statesman, Dec. 28, '07

Take Your Pick  Forbes.com, Nov. 12, '07

In a first, scientists map bacteria genome  Livemint.com, Oct. 16, '07

India, China biofuels may sap water  B. Week, Oct, 11, '07

Centre slammed for not formulating GM crop policy  The Statesman , Oct. 4, '07

Photosynthesis and the Web: 2008     This article is based on a Review published in Photosynthesis Research (2007) 91: 107–131. June 14, 2007

Asia-Pacific Nations Urged To Study Biofuels More Carefully ...  Sciencedaily, Sept. 20, '07

India's Cipla: New Prescription Needed?  B. Week, Sept. 17, '07

Modified crops a must if India to feed itself: official  UK Reuters.com, Sept. 17, '07

Biotech to generate business of US$ 5 billion by 2010  Newkerala.com, July 30, '07

Crop data to help farmers across India within 6 months: Sibal Newkerala.com, July 30, '07

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States yet to set up panel for GM crops  T. of India, July 30, '07.

Agri biotech among fastest growing in India: USDA  Press Trust of India, July 26, '07

ICRI plans campuses in UK, US and Singapore  B. Standard, June 14, '07

Community Sequencing Program  Sequencing Plans for 2008  jgi.doe.org

SA gets international genetic engineering and biotech centre  Greater Kashmir.com, May 24, '07

Opinion: Commodification and Privatization of the Planet  dw-world, May 16, '07.

Future Of Biotechnology In India  Counter Currents. com, May 15, '07

Biotech mkt in India to touch five bn dlr by 2010  The E. Times, May 4, '07

‘Bt is the breakthrough technology’  The F. Express, April 17, '07

'Adopt biotechnology in agriculture'  Chennai OnLine, April 16, '07.

Commentary: Advancing the science of biotechnology  cfbf.com.April 11, '07.

GM pollution sends tremors  D. Herald, March 27, '07

Farmers abandoning cotton  BBC News, March 27, '07

New Technologies Coming Too Fast For Indian Farmers  Science Daily, March 12, '07.

GM technology alters too quickly in India  Science Daily, March 12, '07.

Why Did "Operation Cremate Monsanto" Fail? - .... Truth About Trade.org, March 2, '07

Policymakers yet to reach consensus on biotech crops  Daily Times, Jan. 27, '07.

CyberMedia's BioSpectrum Releases 3rd Top Bio Tech Colleges Listing Karnataka Contributes One-Third of the List  B. Wire, Jan. 22, '07

Global acceptance of agricultural biotechnology continues to grow  Checkbiotech.org, Jan. 19, '07.

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Space News

Isro to launch three more satellites to cover DTH demand  LiveMint.com, com, May 15, '08

India acquires capability to fire missiles from under water  IndiaeNews, May 12, '08

India may test fire 5000 km range missile  Sify News, May 12, '08

Agni test-fire sends 2 signals  The Telegraph, May 7, '08

Subsystems of Cartosat-2A, IMS-1 functioning satisfactorily  The Hindu, April 30, '08

Lakshya test flown successfully  The Hindu, April 30, '08

ISRO to send man into space in seven years  S. India, April 28, '08

PSLV goes into space with 10 satellites  S. India, April 27, '08

'India poised to become major collaborative space power'  S. India, April 27, '08

ISRO completes study on sending 2-member crew into space  ZEE News, April 17, '08

Aim for self-reliance in aerospace  NewIndPress, March 14, '08

NASA experiment brought in   B. Standard, Feb. 28, '08

India plans to launch satellite to study sun  IndiaeNews, Feb. 27, '08

US-India ties set to go over the moon  T. of India, Jan. 31, '08

India puts Israeli spy craft in orbit  T.of India, Jan. 22, '08

ISRO's Chandrayan-I launch in final stages  The Hindu, Jan. 13, '07

Kerala offers free land to keep Isro institute  Livemint.com, Dec. 26, '07

Israeli satellite launch by ISRO runs into 'tech difficulties'  The Hindu, Dec. 3, '07

Radhakrishnan to head Vikram Sarabhai space centre   India eNews, Dec. 1, '07

ISRO agrees to land offered by Kerala  IndiaeNews, Nov. 24, '07

ISRO to help MP in promoting satellite education: Nair  in.tech.yahoo.com, Nov. 26, '07.

India achieves self-reliance in GSLV technology   Sify.com, Nov. 16, '07

India crosses rocket science milestone  H. Times, Nov. 17, '07

Russia, India sign joint lunar research deal  S.India, Nov. 13, '07

Brahmos missile is internationally competitive  The Hindu, Nov. 13, '07.

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Space science as a development tool  The Hindu, Oct. 28, '07

Plundering the moon  The Guardian , Oct. 27, '07

India to launch a Third World satellite  Indiaenews, Oct. 11, '07

SPCIAL FEATURE: KARNATAKA    ISRO’s strides  Front line, Sep. 22-Oct. 05, 2007

Zip into space from 2012 for just Rs.11 million  S. India, Sept. 28, '07

European space agencies keen on outsourcing work to India  S. India, Sept. 27, '07

ISRO enters global satellite, launch vehicle market  S. India, Sept. 27, '07

ISRO developing cheaper satellite phone link
 S. India, Sept. 27, '07

New Horizons Beckon, Inspiring Vision if Not Certainty  NY Times, Sept. 25, '07 New Horizons Beckon, Inspiring Vision if Not Certainty  NY Times, Sept. 25, '07

India plans 60 space missions in next five years  Sify News, Sept. 24, '07

GSLV-FO4 blasts off from Sriharikota   ExpressIndia.com, Sept. 2, '07

Launch of a technology demonstrator in 2009  The Hindu, Aug. 21, '07

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India college students get chance at rocket science  Reuters India, Sept. 19, '07

IIST to offer courses in space technology Newstrackindia.com, Sept. 17, '07

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre opens its doors   H. Times, Sept. 15, '07

ISRO to launch new genre of micro-satellites  Sify News, Sept. 7, '07.

India to build constellation of seven navigation satellites  H. Times, Sept. 5, '07

New Indian communications satellite placed in orbit  IndiaeNews, Sept. 2, '07.

Asia dives into moon race  Asia Times, Aug. 29, '07

PSLV to launch Israeli satellite  The Hindu, Aug. 28, '07

India considering manned space mission  S.India, Aug. 10, '07

Indian will be put in space by 2015: ISRO Chairman  The Hindu, Aug. 4, '07.

Geared for lift-off?  The T. of India, July 29, '07

India’s First Space University to take off in AugustIndia’s First Space University to take off in August  Techshout.com, July 24, '07

India's first space varsity takes off in August  Sify News, July 22, '07.

Infotech takes majority stake in Geospace Integra  India eNews, May 15, '07.

ISRO to launch three more commercial satellites   India eNews, May 11, '07.

Spaceship India  The T. of India, April 25, '07.

PSLV-C8 Launch  T. of india, April 23, '07.

Indian space programme goes commercial  T. of India, April 22, '07

BrahMos test successful, to be inducted into army  The Hindu, April 22, '07.

India looks to the future, sees red  DNA India, April 13, '07

India to conduct test of Agni-III this week  Sify.com, April 8, '07

India's space sector starts a price war  A. Times, march 31, '07

Space scientist Goel bags Aryabhata award  India e News, March 27, '07

Assembling of moon mission spacecraft to begin this month  DNA News, March 28, '07

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ISRO to launch a foreign satellite for first time  H. Times, March 25, '07

Astra missile test fired from Chandipur  DNA News, March 25, '07

INSAT-4B launched successfully NDTV.com, March 12, '07

A major power  The Statesman, March 9, '07.

Space Science Institue gets Rs. 75 crores in budget  The Hindu, Feb. 28, '07

Talent crunch: ISRO plans space institute  Rediff.com, Feb. 27, '07.

Mooncraft, India's the First Dream Spacecraft  Rediff.com, Feb. 26, '07.

Defective heat shield caused Indian missile glitch  RxPG News, Feb. 14, '07.

Chennai developed micro-satellite set for take off  S. India, Feb. 15, '07

Race to explore moon The Tribune, Feb. 9, '07.

The BrahMos success story  The Hindu, Feb. 8, '07.

India enters the space race   Asia times, Feb. 6, '07

India's SRE-1 Space Capsule Successfully Recovered   
SpaceRef.com, Jan. 22, '

Indian space capsule returns to Earth  NDTV News, Jan. 22, '07.

ISRO puts 4 satellites into orbit  CIOL News, Jan. 11, '07.

Good start, but long way to go  H. Times, Jan. 10, '07.

ISRO on cloud nine post-PSLV launch  S. India, Jan. 7, '06.

India to launch space rocket on Wednesday  DNA News, Jan. 8, '07.

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US aerospace industry seeks Indian partnerships  The Hindu, Jan.3, '07.  

Scientist works to predict space weather  IBN News, Jan. 3, '06.

India to test fire Agni-III early next year  ZEE News, Dec. 28, '06.

ISRO carries out feasibility study on manned space mission  H. Times, Dec. 14, '06.

US helping India become global space power Daily Times, Dec. 20, '06.

India test-fires nuclear-capable missile  IHT, Nov. 19, '06.

System to support national disaster management by 
year-end: ISRO ...  Navhind Times, Nov. 13, '06.

Destination Moon: ISRO to draw blueprint today  DNA News, Nov. 7, '06.

ISRO gets scientists' nod for manned space mission  S.India, Nov. 8, '06.

GSLV F02 launch in January  DNA News, Nov. 6, '06.

GSLV booster recovered in Sriharikota  NDTV.com, Nov. 3, '06.

ISRO postpones Cartosat-2 launch to January  DNA New, Oct. 26, '06.

Future space programmes reviewed  Chennai Online, Oct. 18, '06.

Kalam visualises establishing space industry  The Hindu, Sept. 21, '06.

ISRO building satellite for multimedia  Chennai Online, Sept. 9, '06.

Space Tech A Solution: Towards safe C. Chronicle, Aug. 29, '06. 

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India's Cut-Price Space Program  Wired News, Aug. 14, '06.

India Rolls Its Own Space Tech  Wired News, Aug. 14, '06.

$ 2-billion market eludes ISRO  The F. Express, July 17, '06.

No space programme is foolproof: MGK Menon  ZEE News, July 13, '06.

Panel formed to look into GSLV failure  Chennai Online, July 12, '06.

'GSLV failure won't upset ISRO programmes'  Chennai Online, July 12, '06.

Agni missile programme to continue  Chennai Online, July 12, '06.

INSAT-4C goes down in smoke in what ISRO calls ‘rare event’  
The Indian Express, July 10, '06.

Shows why ISRO, with solid track record, needs more launches  
The I. Express, July 11, '06.

INSAT-4C to be launched Monday  Chennai On Line, July 9, '06.

INSAT-4C ready for launch   DNA News, July 4, '06.

ISRO: Ready for Lift-Off  India eNews.com, July 3, '06.

Latest satellite launch to rocket India to elite space club India eNews.com, June 30, '06.

Using satellite technology to enhance life  The Star.com, June 13, '06.

Space tech to boost India’s polar quest, says UR Rao  DNA News, May 28, '06.

ISRO ties up with British University  DNA News, May 25, '06.

A Ruler to Measure the Universe  "Lighthouses in the Sky" 
Yield Biggest-Ever 3-D Map of the Cosmos 
Berkeley News, May 15, '06.

Satellite for atmosphere and space study: Govt  S.India, May 12, '06.

NASA to see Indian space prowess  S.India, May 8, '06.

How IT is changing rural India  Rediff.com. April 7, '06.

INSAT 4C launch in July, says Madhavan Nair 
The Hindu, April, 13, '06

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ISRO to develop reusable rocket  DNA, Marcg 19, '06.

India to launch 3 major satellites in 3 years  H. Times, Feb. 9, '06.

India to spend 2k cr on satellite network  The F. Express. Jan. 24, '06.

Global launch countdown begins  The F. Express, Jan. 16, '06.

India seeking to position as cost-effective hub in satellites  ZEE News.com, Jan. 10, '06.

Comet dust brought to Earth: Paving The Way For Rosetta
 Space Daily, Jan. 13, '06.

ISRO to launch 'orbiting astronomical observatory'  
Web India 123.com, Jan. 15, '06

ISRO achieves breakthrough in supersonic combustion 
technology  ZEE News.com, Jan. 11, '06.

US joins India's space odyssey  India Monitor, Jan. 10, '06.

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