The MEA has downplayed the travel warnings issued by the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, reassuring everyone that India's safe. ...
06:08 PM, Oct 25, 2011
Richmond: In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use. Among the images to appear on cigarette packs are rotting and diseased teeth and gums and a man with a tracheotomy smoking. Also included among the labels are: the corpse of a smoker,...
05:57 PM, Jun 21, 2011
Tokyo: Japan's unemployment rate in April rose for the first time in six months, while the nation's factory output posted a weaker-than-expected rebound amid sluggish output following the March earthquake and tsunami. The April jobless rate climbed to 4.7 per cent from the March unemployment rate of 4.6 per cent, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Tuesday. The number of jobless people in Japan stood at 3.09 million...
08:07 AM, May 31, 2011
The Union Health Ministry has cleared a new set of pictorial warnings for tobacco products such as cigarettes, beedis, gutka, and cigars in India, which will be visible from December 1, 2011. ...
05:54 PM, May 28, 2011
After battling with brain cancer, Alan Marks wants cell phone warnings to be mandatory. ...
02:40 PM, May 24, 2011
Tokyo: Highly radioactive iodine seeping from Japan's damaged nuclear complex may be making its way into seawater farther north of the plant than previously thought, officials said on Monday, adding to radiation concerns as the crisis stretches into a third week. Mounting problems, including badly miscalculated radiation figures and no place to store dangerously contaminated water, have stymied emergency workers struggling to cool down the overheating plant and avert a...
10:41 AM, Mar 28, 2011
New York: A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast on Monday morning, the US Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, but the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that a tsunami of up to 1.6 feet may wash into Miyagi Prefecture. The tsunami alert was localized to Japan. The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no...
10:13 AM, Mar 28, 2011
Beijing: China has detected what it said were "abnormal" radiation levels on a Japanese merchant ship entering the port at Xiamen in eastern Fujian province, the country's quality and inspection watchdog said on Friday. The report did not say how high the radiation levels were on the ship, which belongs to Mitsui OSK Lines, or whether it had been turned away, Xinhua news agency reported. A notice, dated March 22,...
10:37 AM, Mar 25, 2011
Boston: Small amount of radioactive material, blowing from Japan's damaged nuclear power plants, is expected to reach California on Friday but experts have said the radiation would be "within safe limits" and poses no major risk, according to a media report. Radioactive isotopes are being blown toward North America "high in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean" and will reach California as soon as Friday, a report in the Los...
09:36 AM, Mar 18, 2011
Vienna: The situation at Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear plant is "very serious," but at the moment does not appear to be deteriorating, a senior official of the UN atomic agency said on Thursday. As emergency workers frantically worked to regain control of the dangerously overheated nuclear complex, Graham Andrew told reporters "there had been no significant worsening" over the past 24 hours at the crippled plant. Andrew, a senior aide to...
08:27 AM, Mar 18, 2011
Tokyo: Japan's major stock index rebounded about six per cent on Wednesday's opening bell after the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost more than 10 per cent in the previous trading session. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 520.7 points, or 6.05 per cent, to trade at 9,125.85 at 9:15 am (0015 GMT), while the broader Topix index was up 46.45 points, or 6.06 per cent, at 813.18. The...
07:07 AM, Mar 16, 2011
New Delhi: Earthquake, tsunami, and now a possible meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power station north of Tokyo. The plant comprising six reactors generates 4.7 gigawatts of power. So when this explosion happened the worst was feared. The government said the blast was caused by water vapour in the cooling process. But plant officials confirmed several workers were injured. There could have been damage to the reactor's cooling system, which...
07:18 AM, Mar 13, 2011
Tsunami warnings were issued for more than 50 countries. ...
07:53 AM, Mar 12, 2011
Tehran: Iran's opposition staged protests against the government on Monday despite warnings from the Interior Ministry that demonstrators would be confronted by police. The opposition, led by former prime minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi and ex-parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi, had applied for permits to demonstrate in support of popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. The government rejected the request, saying any support for Egypt and Tunisia could have been shown by participating...
09:55 PM, Feb 14, 2011
London: Fresh terror strike warnings have been sounded in Europe, particularly in France following new tip offs by the Saudi intelligence triggering authorities to put law enforcement agencies on high alert. The warning of a potential attack by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula was received "in the last few hours", the French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux told a European television network. "The threat is real", 'The Independent' reported quoting the...
12:50 PM, Oct 18, 2010
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