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
Islamabad: The new Special Response Force created to protect Pakistan's nuclear arsenal held a passing out parade on Monday, with a top official saying that "all available resources" had been put in place to effectively guard the strategic assets. The newly raised Special Response Force will be part of the security force of the Strategic Plans Division, which is responsible for maintaining the nuclear arsenal. The passing out parade at...
03:58 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Washington: Ever wondered why men react more aggressively than women under stress? It's because all their response boil down to a single macho gene, scientists say. Australian researchers who discovered the YSR gene said it could explain why men have a fight or flight response while women are more likely to try and defuse the situation. The gene, found only on the Y chromosome, was previously thought to be involved...
05:01 PM, Mar 13, 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
Tokyo: Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an erroneous assumption an emergency cooling system was working and a delay in disclosing dangerous radiation leaks, a report revealed on Monday. The disturbing picture of harried and bumbling workers and government officials scrambling to respond to the problems at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was depicted in the report...
06:18 PM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: Facebook has come up with a response after Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal asked Internet companies to screen alleged derogatory, defamatory and inflammatory content about religious figures and Indian leaders. Facebook in a statement says, "We want Facebook to be a place where people can discuss things freely, while respecting the rights and feelings of others, which is why we have already have policies and on-site features in place...
12:59 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: There has been no breakthrough so far to free the seven Indian sailors held hostage on MV Asphalt Venture. After the UN security council's resolution on piracy, more global efforts are on to tackle the piracy menace. Govt and business leaders from over 50 countries are meeting in Dubai on Monday to firm up measures against piracy. This will be the first high-level public-private counter piracy meet where...
01:24 PM, Apr 17, 2011
New Delhi: On March 11, 2011 Japan witnessed one of the worst tragedies known to mankind - an earthquake of the magnitude of 9, followed by a tsunami and then the threat of nuclear radiation. But these are also times that unite the world. Within a fortnight, a 46-member team of the National Disaster Response Force left for Miyagi town in Japan, one of the worst affected areas to carry...
08:33 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Onagawa: On its first mission overseas, a 46-member Indian rescue and relief team has taken charge of the search for people still missing in this northeastern Japanese town after the March 11 mega quake and tsunami, as well as recovery of bodies and clearing of debris. The team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from India arrived on March 28 in Japan, where nearly 30,000 people were killed or unaccounted...
02:58 PM, Apr 03, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said that the United States strongly condemns the use of violence on protesters in Libya and said a unified international response was forming. "The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable," Obama said in his strongest and most direct statements to date on the unrest in Libya. "So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people...
09:18 AM, Feb 24, 2011
National Disaster Response Force organized fire drills in schools across India. ...
01:45 PM, Jan 22, 2011
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has just launched a new book on climate change, but is this more about an image make-over than going green? Meet Narendra Modi the author. Yes, this book on climate change is authored by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi - better known for his brand of hardline Hindutva and accused of allowing the terrible 2002 communal riots to happen. Modi's book - 'Convenient...
07:57 AM, Dec 22, 2010
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's first book in English, on the issue of climate change, will be released in Ahmedabad. The 250-page book titled "Convenient Action: Gujarat's response to Challenges of Climate Change", published by Macmillan, will be released at a function presided over by former president A P J Abdul Kalam. R.K. Pachauri, director general, The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), will be the guest of honour at...
11:05 AM, Dec 21, 2010
Authorities have asked all educational institutions, offices in Mumbai to close down. ...
04:00 PM, Nov 11, 2009
Pakistan's Investigation Agency has begun interrogations with accused. ...
09:37 PM, Feb 15, 2009
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