The Navy, which has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden from October 23, has prevented the hijack of an Indian merchant ship, ‘Jag Arnav’, in the Gulf of Aden - an area is infested by heavily-armed Somalian pirates.
The hijack was attempted when the 38,265-tonne bulk carrier, owned by the Great Eastern Shipping Company, was sailing 60 nautical miles east of Aden. The warship, ‘INS Tabar’, patrolling the area, was then 25 nautical miles away from the spot.
London, Nov 12 : Princess Diana''s former butler, Paul Burrell is returning to the UK for Christmas, it has emerged.
According to locals, the disgraced ex-butler, who’s currently based in Florida, also intends to help long-suffering wife Maria run the family business in the village of Farndon next month.
Reports that the couple’s marriage is on rocks have long been rife, as
London, Nov 12 : Indonesia has launched an early warning system that uses seabed sensors, land-based seismometers and satellite positioning equipment, to broadcast tsunami warnings within minutes of an undersea earthquake.
According to a report in the Times, the system is known as the Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System, and has been built with German technology and funded by five foreign governments.
Follow-on selling drops rate, cross-spreaders on the sell side of the sterling pairs kept the rate under pressure. Thin two-way action. Stops under the 1.5500 area drop rate into next support area around 1.5400. Technical trade overnight. Resistance at 1.6000 likely to cap near-term.
Likely more bad news also due this week which will pressure calls for another BOE rate cut next month but that might be factored in. Traders note unwinding of Yen cross-spreads driving a lot of trade after the open.
London, Nov 12 : A new research has dispelled fears that In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) may elevate women’s risk of developing breast cancer.
The nationwide study in the Netherlands found that the fertility treatment has no effect on the disease.
Although no firm link between IVF and breast cancer has been established, some boffins are worried about the potential effects of fertility drugs used to stimulate the ovaries so that eggs can be collected and fertilised, reports Times Online.