Jakarta - A tsunami early warning system developed and funded with German assistance is to begin operations Tuesday in Indonesia, nearly four years after the Asian tsunami of December 2004, which claimed 230,000 lives.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who attended the launch ceremony in Jakarta, called the system a "milestone for international disaster preparedness."
The German government financed the 45-million-euro (58-million- dollar) project.
Bhillai, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Nov. 11 : Kicking off the Congress party’s campaign in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Monday, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi urged the people to vote the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power.
Chhattisgarh is among the six states headed for staggered assembly polls in November-December this year.
The six state elections will test the political temperature in India before a general election in early 2009. Congress has been losing ground to the BJP in state elections over the past year.
Washington, Nov 11: Research has shown that several species of lizards have rapidly evolved an elongate, limbless body form, over geologically brief periods.
Adam Skinner of the University of Adelaide, and his colleagues, undertook the research.
The subject of their research was skinks, which are a common sight in Australia and many species have limbs that are either reduced or missing entirely.
Washington, Nov. 11 : America''s next first family -- President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle -- spent more than an hour at the White House Monday, getting a tour of what will soon be their new home and an orientation of sorts.
Obama started his day in Chicago, dropping his two daughters at school, each with a kiss, and then going to a gym for a workout. He traveled to Washington separately from his wife, who a spokeswoman said had a private schedule before being able to travel to the nation''s capital.
Washington, November 11: A beating heart may produce enough energy to power pacemakers and defibrillators implanted in cardiac patients, according to a new study.
Dr. Paul Roberts, a Consultant Electrophysiologist at Southampton University Hospital in the UK, revealed that a microgenerator powered by heartbeats was found to produce almost 17 per cent of the electricity needed to run an artificial pacemaker during an experiment.
Lahore, Nov 11: This year, Nigar Kirtan, the religious procession carried out by the Sikhs on the occasion of Guru Nanak’s birthday, will be taken out on a specially designed air-conditioned bus.
Lucky Dhillow, a British Sikh, is learnt to have donated this bus for the purpose.
Till last year, while carrying out the Nigar Kirtan, the Sri Guru Granth was placed on the handcart and taken to the various gurdwaras in Nankana Sahib, reported the Daily Times.
Bhillai, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Nov. 11 : Kicking off the Congress party’s campaign in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Monday, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi urged the people to vote the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power.
Washington, Nov 11: Research has shown that several species of lizards have rapidly evolved an elongate, limbless body form, over geologically brief periods.
Washington, Nov. 11 : America''s next first family -- President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle -- spent more than an hour at the White House Monday, getting a tour of what will soon be their new home and an orientation of sorts.
Washington, November 11: A beating heart may produce enough energy to power pacemakers and defibrillators implanted in cardiac patients, according to a new study.
Lahore, Nov 11: This year, Nigar Kirtan, the religious procession carried out by the Sikhs on the occasion of Guru Nanak’s birthday, will be taken out on a specially designed air-conditioned bus.
