Tokyo: The good thing is that Misaki Murakami's name was on his soccer ball. It was lost in last year's tsunami in Japan but has been found across the Pacific on a remote Alaskan island. Kyodo News agency says the 16-year-old from the devastated town of Rikuzentakata is surprised and thankful that the ball has been found. Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the ball is one...
02:05 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: More than 100 people were still feared trapped under the rubble after a three-storey building of a blanket manufacturing factory collapsed in Focal point area in Jalandhar on Sunday night. Six persons were killed in the incident while 58 people have been rescued so far. Rescue efforts were still to save those still trapped under the debris of the factory building. Police, Army and personnel from the National...
09:52 AM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding fears of a tsunami following a powerful earthquake off Indonesia on Wednesday, the navies of India and the US carried out their joint exercises off the coast of Chennai. The 10-day long annual exercise codenamed 'Malabar', in the Bay of Bengal which started on April 7, will continue without restriction, Indian Navy officials said in New Delhi. Tackling natural disasters such as Tsunami is part of the...
09:04 PM, Apr 11, 2012
The earth shook. The floor I was sitting on was shaking for about 5 seconds. I was in my world when I was shaken by ...
05:40 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Six teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been kept in readiness at Chennai and an equal number moved to Hindon airport to deal with any eventuality in the wake of Wednesday's massive temblors off the western coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia. A Home Ministry spokesperson said the Andaman Administration has moved people from Nicobar side to safer areas as a precautionary measure. The ministry has...
05:34 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: In the midst of the run-up to the French presidential elections, France has been in dialogue with India to clarify issues relating to the nuclear liability law, and is waiting for New Delhi to establish the legal framework before signing commercial contracts for setting up atomic reactors. Last month, French nuclear experts had come to India and held talks with Indian experts to clarify issues relating to the...
02:58 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Kathmandu: Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Thursday met Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and wished peace and prosperity for his country. Singh, who is in Nepal to attend the three-day Regional Seminar on Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, called on President Yadav at the Rastrapati Bhawan in the capital. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Jayant Prasad was also present at the meeting. Singh during the brief meeting wished "for...
09:51 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Vienna: Global use of nuclear energy could increase by as much as 100 per cent in the next two decades on the back of growth in Asia, even though groundbreakings for new reactors fell last year after the Fukushima disaster, a UN report says. The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has not yet been made public but has been seen by Reuters, said a somewhat slower...
02:16 AM, Mar 17, 2012
March 11 will mark the one-year anniversary of Japan's deadly earthquake and tsunami. It is hard to imagine the amount of work that still needs to be done to rebuild countless communities. And while Japan's economy may be struggling, in the disaster zone, there are plenty of jobs to be had. ...
08:35 AM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: Minor tremors measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale shook New Delhi-NCR on Monday afternoon. The tremors were also felt in several areas of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. The epicentre of the quake was Bahadurgarh near Delhi-Haryana border. Office buildings in Gurgaon in Haryana were reportedly told to evacuate following the medium intensity quake. The tremors were reportedly felt for 15-20 seconds. Five people were reportedly...
01:28 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said that the visiting Italian minister was satisfied with the probe in the fishermen killings case. He also said that the Italian Foreign Minister also will visit the country on Tuesday for further discussion and the improvement of the bilateral ties between the two countries. "Italian minister expressed satisfaction on the progress in Kerala. The Italian Foreign Minister will arrive on...
04:29 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: Nuclear energy still has a role in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said as he appeared to blame some US-based NGOs for difficulties at the Kudankulam nuclear plant. "Yes, where India is concerned, yes. The thinking segment of our population certainly is supportive of nuclear energy," he said. He was asked whether after the Fukushima disaster he still thought that nuclear energy has a role in India....
01:44 AM, Feb 24, 2012
Rome: Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said. Italy's national civil protection agency, which is monitoring the operation off a Tuscan island, said three of the bodies were recovered a few hours after being spotted by fire department divers. It said they are those of...
12:18 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan De Mistura said that a proper dialogue was needed to have a proper solution. ...
02:40 PM, Feb 22, 2012
The exercise is being carried out by the National Disaster Management Authority at more than 300 locations. ...
12:46 PM, Feb 15, 2012
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