Bruce Willis to wed girlfriend?WASHINGTON - Rumours are abuzz that Hollywood actor Bruce Willis is planning to tie the knot with his girlfriend, model Emma Heming. Rising climate warning affecting stability of West Antarctic Ice SheetWASHINGTON - New evidence has emerged which determines that even a slight rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that drives global warming, affects the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). Robot submarine in quest to find why Antarctic glacier is thinningWASHINGTON - Scientists are taking the help of a robot submarine to travel under an Antarctic glacier and learn why it has been thinning and accelerating over recent decades. ESA satellite to map Earth’s gravity field in unprecedented detailWASHINGTON - The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) has launched its Earth explorer satellite GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer), which will map Earth’s gravity field in unprecedented detail. Climate change also affecting microscopic life in AntarcticaWASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have used detailed satellite data to suggest that the changing climate is affecting not just the penguins at the apex of the food chain in Antarctica, but simultaneously the microscopic life that is the base of the ecosystem. Assam playing host to anti-insurgency playsJORHAT - Theatre artists have staged two plays at Jorhat in Assam to spread the message of peace. India should take leadership role in India Ocean region (Comment)When the Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, warned about terrorists potentially using shipping containers for transporting nuclear weapons, he was in a way referring to the need for comprehensive security measures against proliferation by sea, which incidentally is deemed as the most frequented route of proliferators, especially in the Indian Ocean region. British, French nuclear submarines collide in AtlanticLONDON - A British and a French nuclear submarine collided in the Atlantic Ocean, a media report said Monday. No deadline for Air India Kanishka inquiry reportTORONTO - The Canadian public inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing, which was expected to submit its final report last year, is nowhere near completion. 35 child workers rescued from leather sweatshops in DelhiNEW DELHI - Next time you go shopping and are looking up fancy bags and shoes, remember these may be products of labour of hapless children - like the 35 rescued Tuesday from the capital’s leather factories. Are the EU and US edging towards a new trade war?BRUSSELS - People instinctively react to a threat by protecting themselves. But when it comes to international trade, most experts argue that raising barriers is not the best response. At least five Somali pirates drown with ransomNAIROBI - At least five Somali pirates drowned with their share of ransom after their boat capsized off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation, reports Saturday said. ‘Coastal tree barriers cannot halt tsunami’SYDNEY - A team of marine scientists has dismissed claims that coastal tree barriers can halt the might of a tsunami as ‘false and dangerous’. Dhaka moves to repatriate boat tragedy survivors from IndiaDHAKA - Bangladesh has instructed its deputy high commission in Kolkata to arrange for the return of 67 Bangladeshis, who were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard that found them drifting in the Indian Ocean. India, Maldives to enhance marine anti-terror cooperationNEW DELHI - In the wake of the terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea route, India and the Maldives have decided to scale up anti-piracy and marine counter-terrorism operations in the Indian Ocean. Maldives is a model for democracy in Islamic world: NasheedNEW DELHI - Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Tuesday said his country was a model for bringing democracy into an Islamic nation. |
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