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Former Pres. Bush named U.N. Asia quake envoy

Former Pres. Bush named U.N. Asia quake envoy UNITED NATIONS -- Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush will represent the United Nations as special envoy in the international response to the South Asian earthquake disaster. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the appointment at U.N. World Headquarters in New York Thursday. "I am delighted that President Bush has accepted to play this role. I know the Pakistan authorities are too," he said in a statement. "We know that he is going to bring extraordinary leadership and attention to this

Bush Seeks India’s Cooperation

Bush Seeks India's Cooperation Days before he leaves for South Asia, President Bush publicly urged India yesterday to separate its civilian and military nuclear programs to pave the way for a new strategic alliance between Washington and New Delhi. Bush agreed in July to give India access, for the first time, to civilian nuclear assistance, breaking with decades of U.S. nuclear policies. For the Bush administration, the deal was part of a long-term Asian strategy designed to accelerate India's rise as a global power and as a counterweight to China. The White House had hoped to finalize the accord next week when

Bush in South Asia — Raising a political storm

Bush in South Asia — Raising a political storm As the US President moved from Afghanistan to India and then Pakistan, he raised political storm clouds. If India was obsessed with the nuclear deal, Pakistan wanted similar treatment and Afghanistan worried about the resurgence of Taliban. G. PARTHASARATHY reviews the Bush tour. Never before has the visit of an American President to South Asia created such a political storm as the recent visit of Mr George W. Bush to Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. India remained obsessed with whether or not the "nuclear deal" would move forward. Pakistan persisted with its insistence

IAF heads to become superpower in Asia

IAF heads to become superpower in Asia After operationalising mid-Air refuellers, Indian Air Force is now conducting research on enhancing physical sustainability of fighter aircrew into extended intercontinental flying. "We are conducting various research on enhancing the sustainability of our fighter pilots so that, if required they can go on intercontinental missions, undertake certain activities and come back," Chief Researcher at Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Group Captain V N Jha said. The Chief of the Bangalore-based institute said Indian Air Force would have to enhance the flying capabilities of its fighter pilots if it wants to become a super power in

DOST heads Asia-wide techno-entrepreneurship program

DOST heads Asia-wide techno-entrepreneurship program The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently assumed the chairmanship of the Science and Technology Policy Asian Network (STEPAN), a 20-country group of science and technology policy makers aiming at assisting countries to utilize scarce S&T resources for development goals. DOST Undersecretary Fortunato De la Peña met last week with several members of the STEPAN in Manila to discuss the implementation of the innovation-based entrepreneurship that encourages small-to-medium scale businesses to utilize new technologies for their livelihood. De la Peña said the group is finalizing the criteria for choosing projects that could be funded. By mid next