Wellington: The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck near a group of South Pacific islands. There are no reports of damage or risk of tsunami. A statement by the USGS says the quake struck Sunday 12 miles (19 kilometers) under the Kermadec Islands, a New Zealand group with no permanent population that lies 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) east of the city of Auckland. New Zealand has...
08:37 AM, May 22, 2011
On The Last Word, Karan Thapar discusses how post poll surveys and exit polls performed this time. ...
12:21 AM, May 21, 2011
London: Ever wondered how many rows does an average British couple have? Well, a survey says couples bicker 2,455 times a year. The Sun cited the survey as saying that single biggest reason for an argument is not listening to what the other person is saying. This leads to around 112 rows a year. There are other reasons too. Getting annoyed over spending leads to 109 disputes and money in...
04:33 PM, May 20, 2011
Mumbai: You've seen the ads - but have you wondered what it is exactly that Speak Asia does and how it makes money for you? Speak Asia claimed FMCG majors paid them for conducting market surveys, but after the companies denied it, Speak Asia said it was a miscommunication. Speak Asia CEO Manoj Kumar said, "We apologise to the companies concerned." So how does Speak Asia work? It say it ...
06:59 AM, May 19, 2011
Islamabad: A majority of Pakistani's surveyed in a poll appeared to be aggrieved over the death of Osama bin Laden, with 51 per cent describing their emotions as "grief" though one-third said they were unconcerned by the incident. The nation-wide poll was conducted by Gallup Pakistan during May 7-10, less than a week after bin Laden was killed in a raid by US special forces in the garrison city of...
05:51 PM, May 16, 2011
On Battle For States, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if corruption at the national level has affected the voting trends at the state level. ...
12:01 AM, May 13, 2011
Madrid: Two earthquakes struck southeast Spain in quick succession on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens and causing major damage to buildings, officials said. It was the highest quake-related death toll in Spain in more than 50 years. The epicenter of the quakes - with magnitudes of 4.4 and 5.2 - was close to the town of Lorca, and the second came about two hours after the first,...
07:29 AM, May 12, 2011
CNN-IBN, CSDS The Week bring you the seat projections for the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam. ...
07:16 AM, May 11, 2011
Catch CNN-IBN, The Week, CSDS Post-Poll survey on the state elections in West Bengal. ...
10:34 PM, May 10, 2011
On the show CNN-IBN, The Week, CSDS Post Poll survey, the 'Battle for the States', we give you a head start on the likely outcome of the State Elections in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Union Territory Pudducherry. ...
07:38 PM, May 10, 2011
Why are youngsters today prepared to use bribery and sexual favours as stepping stones to success. ...
10:08 PM, May 06, 2011
Washington: Planetary scientists claim to have created the largest-ever three-dimensional map of the distant universe, using the light of the brightest objects in the cosmos. Since this distant light took eons to reach Earth, the map is essentially a window back in time, providing an unprecedented view of what the universe looked like 11 billion years ago, say the scientists. In fact, they made the map using light from 14,000...
06:20 PM, May 02, 2011
New Delhi: With the UPA government in the dock over several scandals, and the Lokpal Committee meeting for the second time on Monday, MTV asked the youth, their views on corruption. The recent fight against corruption had India's youth passionately protesting in the streets, but not all of them practice what they preach. Out of the 2400 youth between the ages of 18-25 across 13 cities that were interviewed for...
07:45 AM, May 02, 2011
Washington: India has ranked 71st in happiness with only 17 per cent people describing themselves as "thriving" in a new study of well-being that gives Denmark the top spot among 124 countries surveyed. With Danes ranked the most contented people on the planet with a whopping 72 per cent of residents considering themselves "thriving," Sweden and Canada followed close behind, each at 69 per cent in Gallup's 2010 Global Wellbeing...
11:32 AM, Apr 21, 2011
Tokyo: A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off northeast Japan early Thursday morning, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The undersea quake struck at 5:57 local time at a depth of just 11.2 kilometres, 190 kilometres east of Morioka on Honshu island, it said. On March 11, a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated northeast region of the country,...
09:57 AM, Apr 14, 2011
London: Indians are the most likely members of the global super rich to spend more on private jets and yachts over the next five years while Africans and Russians are expected to increase their charitable giving, a survey showed on Wednesday. A poll of 160 advisers at a private bank within global financial firm Citigroup Inc, which represents 5,000 clients worth on average more than $100 million each, found super...
01:03 PM, Apr 07, 2011
We have learnt from reliable sources that certain data from a purported election related survey in Kerala are being attributed to CNN-IBN, which details the number of seats likely to be secured by various political parties and formations. CNN-IBN would like to clarify that it has not conducted such an opinion poll, or pre-poll. Any figures being currently discussed and circulated are an act of mischief and not attributable to...
05:44 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale on Tuesday hit Japan off the east coast of Honshu, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake struck at 12.38 pm (0338 GMT), the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre was at a depth of 11.40 km, Xinhua reported. A magnitude-9 quake hit northeast Japan March 11, triggering an enormous tsunami. More than 8,900 people have...
10:54 AM, Mar 22, 2011
New documents released by WikiLeaks show that Japan had been warned of a meltdown two years ago. ...
07:40 AM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi airport was a picture of chaos on Wednesday night with almost every one here wanting to catch a glimpse of the passengers who were brought back from Japan on a special flight. But the 500 passengers who got off the flight were composed. Passenger Ridhi Singla said, "If people want to come there are flights coming every day. I came because I am pregnant. For normal reason...
07:09 AM, Mar 17, 2011
