Downpour floods Agra streets
September 17th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 17 (IANS) An hour-long heavy downpour Monday evening flooded several parts of Agra and brought traffic to a halt on the otherwise busy Mahatma Gandhi Road.
Vehicles were ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Mexico to get its first marine research vessel
September 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 8 (IANS/EFE) Spanish shipmaker Astilleros Armon Vigo is building Mexico's first deep-water fisheries and oceanographic research vessel at a cost of roughly 460 million pesos ($35 million), ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
‘Raaz 3′: Bipasha shines in brutal supernatural take on Bollywood rat race (IANS Hindi Film Review)
September 8th, 2012 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Raaz 3"; Starring: Bipasha Basu, Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta; Directed by: Vikram Bhatt Sehgal; Rating: **"Voodoo karle saajna..." If your career starts to slip up, have no fear. Consult ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Mexico makes large offshore oil find
August 30th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 30 (IANS/EFE) Mexican state-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, has made a large deep-water light crude discovery in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Heavy rains disrupt rail, road traffic in Mumbai
August 27th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) After a long spell of scanty rains, the country's commercial capital woke up Monday to heavy rainfall which disrupted rail and road traffic. The weather office ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Mexican firm ordered to clean up oil spill
August 25th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 25 (IANS/EFE) Mexican environmental authorities are demanding that state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos clean up a crude spill that occurred when a loading buoy sank nearly two ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Colombian firm makes oil find
August 17th, 2012 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 17 (IANS/EFE) Colombia's Ecopetrol and two US joint venture partners have discovered oil and gas at a deep-water well in the US Gulf of Mexico, the Bogota-based firm ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Brazil oil giant announces new find
August 4th, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 4 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has announced the discovery of a new oil find at a deep-water well off the country's northeast coast.Petrobras said ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Myanmar invites foreign firms to explore oil, gas
July 19th, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, July 19 (IANS) Myanmar, which has vast reserves of oil and gas, is inviting foreign firms to explore them in 23 offshore blocks.US and European companies may accept the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Brazilian oil giant makes new deep-water find
July 13th, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 13 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras said that it has discovered a new deep-water crude deposit.In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Petrobras said the find was ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Rains lash Lucknow, parts of UP
July 5th, 2012 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 5 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Lucknow and other parts of Uttar Pradesh early Thursday, bringing respite from the hot and muggy weather. The downpour is likely to continue ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Rupee notes come floating in Guwahati!
June 25th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 25 (IANS) Monsoon rain which usually brings only water-logging brought riches in the form of floating Indian rupee notes in some parts of Guwahati Monday.When most people were ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Sri Lanka inks largest FDI deal with Indian firm
June 15th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka has signed its largest foreign direct investment (FDI) deal valued at $4 billion with an Indian company.Gateway Industries, an Indian venture, will oversee operation ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
China begins drilling in South China Sea
May 9th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) China's first deep-water drilling rig started operation in the South China Sea Wednesday, marking "a substantial step" by the country's oil industry, a newspaper reported.The sixth-generation ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Beijing-Manila row over island
May 8th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 8 (IANS) China has slammed Manila's attempt to rename Huangyan Island as Beijing is set to launch its first deep water oil rig in the South China Sea.Manila ... Read more...
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China’s to drill in South China Sea
May 7th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 7 (IANS) The first deep-water drilling rig developed in China will be put into service in the South China Sea Wednesday, the country's largest offshore oil producer said ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Brazilian firm declares oil field commercially viable
April 26th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 26 (IANS/EFE) The OGX oil firm, part of a consortium led by Brazilian magnate Eike Batista, Wednesday declared a crude discovery off the coast of Rio ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Kanpur boy who never missed a class in 14 years
April 8th, 2012 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Kanpur, April 8 (IANS) In a country where bunking classes is common, a 17-year-old Muslim boy stands out in stark contrast. He has not missed a single class in 14 ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Tamil Nadu to upgrade Nagapattinam port under PPP model
January 20th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will upgrade the Nagapattinam port as an all-weather, deep-water greenfield port at an outlay of Rs.380 crore under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model.A ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Typhoon Nesat kills 31 in Philippines
September 28th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Sep 28 (IANS) Typhoon Nesat that exited the Philippines Wednesday left at least 31 people dead, displaced over 60,000 families and damaged infrastructure and crops worth over $22 million, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Heavy rains hit Delhi again (Lead)
September 16th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A day after torrential downpour crippled the city, heavy rains again lashed the capital Friday, flooding many roads and causing traffic jams.The Met office has ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Rains lash parts of Delhi, more showers likely (Lead)
July 27th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A day after Delhi recorded its wettest day of the season, heavy showers lashed the capital once again Wednesday -- bringing down temperature and causing ... Read more...
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Government gives nod for Reliance Industries-BP deal
July 22nd, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The central government Friday gave its go-ahead to global energy major BP buying 30 percent stake in some of the oil and gas blocks held ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s historic town soon to be history!
July 10th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 10 (IANS) Pul Doda, the highway town that has connected tourist hubs in Jammu and Kashmir for many years, will soon disappear from the state's map as the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
New paddy variety for deepwater areas developed
April 16th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 16 (IANS) Scientists in Orissa Saturday claimed to have developed a new paddy variety for India's deepwater and rain-fed lowland areas that are handicapped by the absence of ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
US terms reports of BP resuming Gulf of Mexico drilling as ‘misconception’
April 5th, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 5(ANI): US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has rejected claims that British petroleum giant BP has reached an agreement to restart drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.Media reports have ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Brazilian firm to invest $9 bn in projects around the world
March 14th, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, March 14 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian mining giant Vale plans to invest $9 billion in about a dozen countries around the world through 2014, the O Globo newspaper reported, citing company ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Some sharks follow ‘mental map’ to navigate seas
March 10th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 10 (ANI): A new study has shown that some shark species are able to navigate to specific locations up to 50km away.Re-analysing tracking data from tagged sharks, ecologists found that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Some sharks navigate to specific locations up to 50km away: Study
March 2nd, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 02 (ANI): A new study has shown that some shark species are able to navigate to specific locations up to 50km away.Re-analysing tracking data from tagged sharks, ecologists found that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
BP announces $7.2 billion partnership in India
February 21st, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- BP on Monday announced a historic oil and gas transformational partnership with India's Reliance Industries Limited valued at $7.2 billion.Under the terms of the agreement, BP will take ... Read more...
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Gulf spill study shows long-term toxic effect of dispersants
January 27th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): A new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution examines the impact the deep-water residue of oil and dispersant-which some say has its own toxic effects-might have had ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
HMS Ambush: Biggest ever nuclear submarine in the UK Navy
December 15th, 2010 - 12:16 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United Kingdom Navy has announced that it is set to launch its biggest nuclear submarine ever.The submarine is dubbed HMS Ambush. It is a massive 291 ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Navy, Air Force conduct joint training exercise in Visakhapatnam
November 26th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by ANI
Visakhapatnam, Nov.26 (ANI): The Navy and the Air Force jointly conducted a training exercise here on Friday with the aim of strengthening the unified command of the Indian defence services.The objective of ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Devotees worship Sun god on Chhath Puja day
November 13th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
Allahabad/Patna, Nov.13 (ANI): Scores of devotees gathered at the riverbanks on Saturday morning to worship the Sun god on the occasion of Chhath Puja.Women performed religious rituals and presented offerings to ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Julian Assange Leading A Secretive life?
October 25th, 2010 - 2:07 am ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Julian Assange, the founder and head of WikiLeaks, the famous whistle blower website has been living a secretive life that resembles the lives of high profile ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |