Scars begin to heal at Nagapattinam
R Venkatramani | ENS Nagapattinam, December 26 ON December 26, 2004, the coastal Nagapattinam district witnessed the worst disaster in its history.
R Venkatramani | ENS Nagapattinam, December 26 ON December 26, 2004, the coastal Nagapattinam district witnessed the worst disaster in its history.
Japan's new government said on Friday it hoped to stick to a three year deadline to decide whether to restart all nuclear reactors after safety checks, despite the country's newly formed nuclear regulator
Tamil Nadu to undo plantations to save Olive Ridley turtles THE Tamil Nadu revenue department has sanctioned money to uproot casuarinas planted with World Bank fund along the coast because they were affecting the nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley Turtles. In January, Chennai-based Students
The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a plea seeking a stay on commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant till all safety measures are put in place. Following marathon arguments spanning
A recently published report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made an assessment of the extreme climate events. Their past trends, future projections and vulnerability and adaptation
The tsunami uncovers ancient sculptures
Move is aimed at reducing the concentration of slum tenements in one location The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) has decided to shift around 3,500 tenements from its Perumbakkam site to other sites that are coming up around the city. According to sources, this is being done as the Board is concerned about the concentration of slum tenements in one location, and wants to reduce this. The step was taken as a cautionary measure.
New Delhi, 18 Sept: A team of global nuclear watchdog IAEA will visit Rajasthan in November to conduct an in-depth operational safety review of two atomic power plants there, the first such exercise post-Fukushima
Chennai/New Delhi: The coastal districts in Tamil Nadu were on high alert on Sunday afternoon following an earthquake off Sumatra although the Union government as well as the scientists ruled out a tsunami threat to the Indian mainland or the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, in 2011 alone, 302 hazards resulted in disasters that claimed almost 30,000 lives, affected over 206 million people and inflicted damage
NEW DELHI: In the next four years, the Survey of India (SoI) will plant permanent pillars and wooden pegs at intervals all along the coast, clearly demarcating the hazard line to residents, visitors and prospective developers for the next century.
For several years, Shanti Teresa Lakra stayed away from her newborn son, working with a primitive, endangered people on an island in one of India
Tokyo: The nuclear accident at Fukushima was a manmade disaster rooted in government-industry collusion and the worst conformist conventions of Japanese culture, a high-level parliamentary inquiry concluded
Biometric cards for fishing workers will be distributed in three months. Minister for Fisheries and Excise K. Babu has said that projects worth Rs. 650 crore will be implemented this year for the development of fisheries sector. The projects will be implemented in association with the Fisheries department, Coastal Areas Development Corporation, Matsyafed, and Fishermen’s Welfare Fund Board, he said. He was talking after inaugurating the valedictory session of the State-level leadership camp of the Kerala Pradesh Matsya Thozhilali Congress here on Saturday.
An analytical overview on state of the environment of Maldives focuses on 10 key environmental challenges and includes emerging issues like chemical and toxicology & environmental governance. It highlights changing drivers,such as population growth, economic activities and consumption patterns that have put pressure on the environment.
TOKYO, 28 MAY: Mr Naoto Kan, Japan's Prime Minister at the time of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, apologised today and said the government and its push for nuclear energy bore most of the responsibility
British MPs and members of the European Parliament have signed a letter from South Asian anti-nuclear groups to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing "deep concern" over human rights and environmental
Wellington: Two major earthquakes rocked the Solomon Islands on Monday, destroying or damaging scores of homes and unleashing a tsunami that crashed ashore. Initial reports said no one was seriously hurt. One temblor registered a 7.2 magnitude and the South Pacific nation's National Disaster Management Office said reports of widespread damage were beginning to filter in late on Monday.
Scientists from 15 countries are calling for a better political response to the provision of water and energy to meet the challenge of feeding a world of 9 billion people within 30 years. The joint
The Asia-Pacific region may be home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies including China, Japan, India and Indonesia. But, last year at least, it also was the most vulnerable to natural disasters