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Flood-hit Indian state appeals for more help Saharsa, India (AFP) Sept 3, 2008 
Flood-hit northern India is in dire need of international aid on the scale of that seen after the 2004 Asian tsunami, a state official said Wednesday. A large swathe of the already desperately poor state of Bihar is likely to remain under water for several months, leaving authorities coping with millions of people who have lost everything, officials and aid workers said. "We will ... read more
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New controversy in India over US nuclear deal
New Delhi, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008India's government was Wednesday hit by a fresh storm over its nuclear energy deal with the United States following reports of new US stipulations. The agreement, which is entering the final stages of approval, offers India access to Western technology and cheap atomic energy on the condition that it allows UN nuclear inspections of some of its nuclear facilities. But Indian media ... more Mass exodus from Indian 'river of sorrow' 
Madhepura, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Distraught and destitute, countless numbers of poor Indian villagers are slowly wading out of their flood-hit region in a desperate search for food and drinking water. Huge swathes of the already impoverished state of Bihar are under water after a major river breached flood defences in neighbouring Nepal, changing course and washing away villages, crops, livestock and people. Survivors a ... more Disease fears for flood-devastated India, Nepal 
Saharsa, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Hundreds of thousands of flood victims huddled into makeshift camps in India and Nepal face major disease outbreaks if help fails to reach them quickly, aid workers warned Tuesday. They said several camps in India's northern Bihar state and across the border in Nepal, areas devastated when a monsoon-swollen river burst its banks and changed course, were already reporting cases of diarrhoea a ... more 15 drown as Indian flood relief boats capsize: officials 
Patna, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2008At least 15 people drowned overnight in two separate incidents in India's flood-ravaged northeast, an official said Tuesday. The dead were on two overcrowded rescue boats that capsized while ferrying people to relief camps and included children washed away by strong currents, said Bihar state's disaster management secretary Prataya Amrit. The boats were carrying people away from flooding ... more Analysis: Violence shakes India's north 
Kolkata, India (UPI) Aug 29, 2008 It is a separatist feud from within that India has rarely seen before: Jammu against Kashmir and Kashmir against Jammu, two regions literally at war. But as this northernmost state of India reels under a prolonged bout of communal violence -- after a long hiatus -- leading to renewed terror attacks, Jammu and Kashmir, already known as one of the world's most dangerous spots, may be growing ... more |
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Hyderabad, India (SPX) Aug 27, 2008Satyam Computer Services has announced that it has embarked on a revolutionary program to deliver world-class healthcare to remote villages in India. The public/private partnership between the government of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Satyam provides a fleet of healthcare vans - mobile health units (MHU) - that visit villages on designated days to deliver healthcare services to ... more 2.5 million trapped after Indian river changes course: govt
Madhepura, India (AFP) Aug 27, 2008Indian emergency services on Wednesday rushed supplies to 2.5 million people marooned after heavy monsoon rains caused a river to shift its course, a minister said Wednesday. Junior agriculture minister Akhilesh Prasad Singh said one million tonnes of rice and wheat would be doled out after the Kosi river breached its banks and flooded huge swathes of the eastern state of Bihar. ... more Outside View: Racism trumps reason 
Manipal, India (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 Contrary to the expectations of Congress Party boss Sonia Gandhi and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, last week's special meeting in Vienna of the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group ended in deadlock. The meeting had been requested by the United States to approve George W. Bush's quest for a "clean waiver" for the resumption of nuclear trade with India -- commerce that had been ... more One million trapped as Indian river shifts course
Patna, India (AFP) Aug 27, 2008More than one million people have been trapped by floodwaters in eastern India after heavy monsoon showers caused a major river to shift its course, a minister said Tuesday. Massive rains in Bihar state caused the Kosi river to swell, breach its banks and flow through a channel it had previously abandoned. Water levels in the new river, about one mile (1.6 kilometres) across, are not ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 22, 2008 Within the next four months, a first batch of eight Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighters will be positioned at India's Tezpur Air Base in the state of Assam, near the border with China, an Indian navy source has revealed. This is almost six months ahead of the timeline reported some time ago in the Indian media. This will be the first time for Su-30MKI fighters to be ... more Two million hit by Indian monsoon, toll reaches 800 
Lucknow, India (AFP) Aug 24, 2008The death toll from monsoon-related accidents reached 800 and two million people have been displaced by flooding following heavy rains across India, officials said on Sunday. At least 26 people died in overnight accidents in northern Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll to 686 in the country's most populous state since the monsoon struck in June, Relief Commissioner G. K. Tandon said. "Several ... more Earthquakes May Endanger New York More Than Thought 
Palisades NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2008A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among other things, they say that the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plants, 24 miles north of the city, sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones. ... more Nuke plant increases NYC earthquake risk 
New York (UPI) Aug 23, 2008 Seismologists said nuclear power plants located 24 miles north of New York increase the risk of serious damage from earthquakes. Columbia University researchers said the Indian Point nuclear power plants sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones, making the risk of earthquake substantially greater than formerly believed. The findings, publis ... more
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