Chennai, Dec 26: Relatives of thousands who perished in the December 2004 tsunami today observed the seventh anniversary of the tragedy by lighting candles and offering floral tributes at memorials in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.In
Tokyo, Aug 19: Japan has issued tsunami alert after a strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit off the northeast coast.A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan off Fukushima prefecture on Friday and
Tokyo, July 06: Japan is to conduct safety tests on all its nuclear plants after an earthquake and tsunami led to a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi plant, media say. Trade Minister Banri Kaieda announced
Tokyo, Japan Apr 21: Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometre) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety or possibly
Tokyo, Apr 14: A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off northeast Japan early today,the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.The undersea quake struck at 5:57 local time
Sanya (China), Apr 13: In the backdrop of nuclear radiation fears in Japan after a tsunami, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today discussed the need for reviewing safety mechanisms of atomic
New Delhi, Apr 12: Top nuclear scientists at IAEA are this week examining the raw data from the troubled atomic power plants at Fukushima and discussing changes in the safety features for such reactors even
Tokyo, Apr 12: As Japan raised its assessment of crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the worst rating of 7 on an international scale, putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion, the
Tokyo, Apr 12: Japan is preparing to urge more residents around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to evacuate, because of concerns over long-term exposure to radiation, The New York Times reported. The authorities have already
Tokyo/Fukushima, Apr 11: A strong aftershock of magnitude 7.1 jolted Japan's northeast today on the one-month anniversary of the devastating quake and tsunami that had left thousands of people dead, prompting authorities to evacuate workers
Tokyo/Fukushima, Apr 8: At least four people were killed and 140 injured in the most powerful aftershock that jolted Japan since the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami, heightening concerns over the crippled Fukushima nuclear
Mexico City, Apr 7: A strong earthquake measuring 6.5 struck southern and central Mexico today, but there were no initial reports of damage or casualties, Mexican and US officials said.The tremor was strong enough to
Tokyo, Apr 7: Japan's northeastern coast has been rattled by a strong aftershock. The Japan meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to one meter. The warning was issued for
Tokyo/Fukushima, Apr 6: Japanese workers at the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today plugged a crack leaking highly toxic water into the sea from a concrete pit, though authorities were concerned about a possible hydrogen blast
Tokyo, Mar 31: As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster—earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis—the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster
Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 27: Workers were evacuated from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant today after radiation levels surged 10 million times higher than usual, dealing a major blow to efforts to avoid a meltdown of the
Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 25: Concerns over more serious contamination mounted in Japan today as authorities said the core of one of the six reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant may have damaged, a day after three
Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 24: Three workers were today exposed to high radiation at Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, as authorities mulled plans to import bottled water amid a panicked rush to buy it after the tap
Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 22 : Japanese workers struggling to avert a nuclear disaster today succeeded in reconnecting all six reactors to power lines at the quake-hit Fukushima plant, marking a significant progress in the tedious task
Osaka, Mar 23: A strong earthquake struck near the troubled nuclear power plant at the centre of Japan's radiation crisis early today, the meteorological agency said.The agency said there was no fear of a tsunami
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