US Geological Survey sounds Tsunami alert for Indian Ocean

March 17th, 2005 A seismologist in India says that the country has moved closer to Indonesia due to the massive earthquake which triggered the tsunami in December. The findings of Dr Gahlaut's survey reveal that the geographical distance between India and Indonesia - the epicentre of the deadly earthquake - has reduced from distances of five meters to 15 millimetres.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Mines Minister B. K. Handique on Friday inaugurated the 45th Meeting of the Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) and exhibition in the national capital.

March 20th, 2009 LONDON - A scientist has used Google Earth to detect a spot in the Caribbean that can trigger a tsunami in the future.According to a report in New Scientist, the spot was found by Richard Teeuw from the Geohazard Research Centre at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and his colleagues. "We were doing fieldwork on the volcanic island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles and initially just used Google Earth to identify good study areas," he said.

May 10th, 2006 Few tips on pronounciation for non-native English speakers. You should focus on aspirating key consonant sounds and stretching certain vowel sound.

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Shiv Nadar-promoted HCL Infosystems has emerged as the best employer in the Indian information technology industry, followed by iGate, Rolta, RMSI and SAS Institute, says a survey by Dataquest magazine and International Data Corp. HCL rose two positions from last year, while iGate slipped one notch to number two, according to the "Best Employers Survey 2009" that covered 200 IT companies in India, out of which 31 were short-listed for the final round.

February 2nd, 2009 BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO - Academics and armchair explorers were as of Monday offered a unique insight into the world's seas through a new release of Google Earth, which now also features satellite imagery, photos and videos of the planet's oceans. The 5.0 version of the popular downloadable software was launched in San Francisco.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Investment in information technology (IT) by airlines the worldover this year is likely to be the lowest since 2002, says SITA, an air transport communication provider. The 2009 Airline IT Trends Survey report by SITA and Airline Business magazine released Wednesday in Cannes, France, has forecast that spend on IT and telecommunications is likely to be just 1.7 percent of airline revenue.

May 15th, 2008 A short survey on your programming language preferences, shouldn't take more than 1 minute of your time. Please participate and let others know too.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With young adults comprising 90 percent of cyber cafes visitors in India, these informal getaways offer significant potential for advertising and brand promotion that is yet untapped in the country, says a survey by global media and marketing consultancy Nielsen. Conducted by Nielsen with internet media solutions firm Ideacts Innovations at 3,500 cyber cafes in the top eight Indian cities, the survey indicates the untapped potential of interactive brand promotions through desktop advertising in cyber cafes.

July 9th, 2009 JAKARTA - Archaeologists have found up to 15 new prehistoric sites in Purbalingga regency, Central Java. According to Prayitno, the head of Purbalingga administration's Media Information Division, the sites were spread across the upper stream sections of the Klawing and Tungtung Gunung Rivers and the up and downstream areas of the Laban and Kuning Rivers.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - "Minister Twitter - that is how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi greeted Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on a Dubai stopover last week. In Dubai my old friend Sheikha Lubna, UAE foreign trade minister, hosted a friendly lunch at which she greeted me as 'Minister Twitter'! he tweeted June 24.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Already hit by a sluggish offshore market, export-dependent sectors such as information technology (IT), textiles, pharmaceuticals and export-oriented oil refiners will now likely be hit by the appreciation of the Indian rupee, says global investment bank Goldman Sachs. "We expect the Indian rupee to appreciate further from current levels as the stable government and relatively resilient domestic demand becomes a key catalyst for foreign inflows," said Goldman Sachs economist Tushar Poddar Monday.

September 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - The Latin American region, unaffected by the global meltdown, offers good business opportunities for Indian companies in sectors such as information technology (IT), pharmaceutical, renewable energy, agri-business and manufacturing, said a senior Indian diplomat here Tuesday. "Indian companies should formulate long-term strategies to tap the available potential.

November 14th, 2005 Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, Korea's two global electronics makers, have reduced their Indian workforce in India, opting instead to outsource its operations to India. "We work project-by-project, so we move between India and South Korea.

January 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Rs.70 billion ($1.4 billion) financial scam in Satyam Computer Services is an isolated case and does not tarnish the image of the Indian corporate sector in any way, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said here Saturday. 'India Inc has established its credentials.