National   

We must show our capabilities: Kasturirangan

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE OCT. 21. India must demonstrate that it has the capability to develop new technologies and only then the country would be taken seriously by the developed nations, K. Kasturirangan, MP, said here on Tuesday.

Delivering a talk on `Space and Law' at the Karnataka Judicial Academy, the former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation referred to a debate on the benefits of a mission to the moon and said it was imperative to show that the country could do it.

Earlier, Dr. Kasturirangan traced the history of international treaties and conventions on outer space. He spoke about the challenges to legal experts when the Convergence Bill would take a comprehensive look at space and terrestrial communication. Then there were issues such as liabilities related to the launch of a spacecraft. The capability of some players to launch from the sea had legal implications on who would be held responsible if things went wrong.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

National

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |

Stories in this Section

• Chinese Minister coming today for border talks
• We must show our capabilities: Kasturirangan
• 'India should have 35 million more women'
• Cong. reacts sharply to BJP's remark against Sonia
• JPC on soft drinks to visit Plachimada in December
• 'No pesticide content in soft drinks before CSE expose'
• VHP rules out `any compromise' on Ram temple
• 2001 census to be basis for delimitation exercise
• 'India, Brazil, South Africa natural candidates for Security Council seat'
• Correction
• Panel for persons with disabilities notified
• Sonia's foreign origin a `non-issue'
• 'India committed to Kyoto Protocol'
• Panels to explore solution to Ayodhya issue
• Ready to meet LTTE's challenge if need be: Fernando
• Companies Bill returned
• Pak. team visits Baglihar Dam
• Private domestic carriers hail move
• Private Indian airlines to be allowed to fly to Colombo

Copyright © 2003, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu