Indonesia volcano spews more hot ash, lava
A volcano spewed more hot ash and lava on a tiny Indonesian island on Monday after causing six deaths over the weekend. More than 500 Palue island residents who had
People
Reduction in use of solid fuels for cooking for control of non-communicable diseases
Indian Health Ministry has added reduction in the usage of solid fuels in kitchens as one of the key targets to its national framework for control of non-communicable diseases. The
Surveillance overhaul in US, announces Obama
Shaken following the leak of secretive data by former CIA analyst Edward Snowden, President Barack Obama has announced a series of reviews of US surveillance programmes so as to bring
Pak concerns on Indian presence in Afghanistan exaggerated, says US
Pakistan’s concerns about India’s presence in war-torn Afghan cities like Kandahar and Jalalabad is simply “exaggerated”, a top Obama Administration official has said. Coming in the wake of a terrorist
Anniversary of Myanmar junta crackdown
Thousands thronged Yangon on Thursday marking the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on Myanmar rallies 25 years ago, in a historic commemoration urging further democratic reform. Some five thousand people
Diplomacy has failed to resolve crisis in Egypt
Egypt’s military-backed interim leadership proclaimed that crackdown against the two protest sites is inevitable, saying that nearly two weeks of foreign diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve its standoff with the
38 killed in Quetta Pakistan by a suicide bomber
Thirty-eight people, including three top police officers, were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide bomber targeted the funeral of a slain policeman in Quetta city of southwest
HUDCO to Provide Long Term Soft Loans of Rs. 3000 Crore For Construction of Houses in Uttarakhand
The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (M/o HUPA) will help in planning, designing and reconstruction of devastated houses in Uttarakhand by deputing a Technical Team drawn from Housing
BCCL Contributes Rs 20 Crore to Uttarakhand CM’S Relief Fund
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) ( BCCL ), a government undertaking under the Ministry of Coal has contribution of Rs.20 Crore to “Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, Uttarakhand” for the relief,
Airports Authority of India Adopts Villages in Uttarakhand
Airports Authority of India (AAI), as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitment, has decided to undertake rehabilitation of communities in couple of villages which are worst affected