India, Russia sign accords on scientific research

Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 20:30 IST
Printer Print Email Email
MOSCOW: India and Russia Wednesday signed two agreements for joint research on earthquakes and gas hydrates, regarded as a major potential energy source in the wake of dwindling gas and oil reserves around the world. The agreements were signed after visiting Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the Russian Academy and Sciences, the country's nodal body for guiding research in humanities and science. V.S. Ramamurthy, India's secretary in the department of science and technology, signed the two memorandums of understanding with the vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences. One was for setting up a centre for research in gas hydrates and the other was for a centre for earthquake research. No details, including the location of the proposed centres, were immediately available.
Source: IANS