India, along with 23 other countries, is participating in a major Indian Ocean-wide mock tsunami drill on September 9 and 10 that is aimed at testing the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System.
India on Wednesdy said there was no likelihood of tsunami tidal waves being formed anywhere in the Indian Ocean region after an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude hit waters off western coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia.
New Delhi's regional partners in restraining a belligerent China -- primarily the US, Japan, Australia and Singapore -- would like the Indian Navy to lock down the Indian Ocean Region, while the other partners can focus on deterring the PLA (navy) in the South China Sea, explains Ajai Shukla.
The quake has hit the same place where a quake triggered the Asian tsunami on December 26.
The permanent system, in development, is expected to be operational by July 2006.
It will now be possible to surmise the height of a tsunami at any given place along the coast.
'We have not even used 0.1% of the available resources.'
Some reports in the Indian media have also quoted Prof Murthy as warning that the project may result in Kerala being affected 'fiercely' in the event of a tsunami in the Indian Ocean in the future.
The US said it has provided $ 841 million for tsunami relief and reconstruction, and the American people have contributed more than $ 1.8 billion in private funds.
A decade after a massive tsunami triggered by an earthquake smashed the coastline of around 14 nations; India on Friday announced a $1 million (around Rs 6 crore) contribution to a United Nations fund for strengthening early warning systems for natural disasters.
More than 60 million people live within 10 metres of sea level at the bay's northern tip and heavily populated towns such as Chittagong, Dhaka and Kolkata could also be affected.
Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, has described flood-hit Pakistan as going through an experience that was far worse than the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the October 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the January 13, 2010 Haiti earthquake.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said a fund-raising match has been planned to help survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Five Sri Lankan fishermen have been arrested on charges of stealing an Indian tsunami warning equipment, police said on Tuesday. The arrested men were produced before the chief magistrate in the southern town of Matara, who remanded them in custody till April 30, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said.
The system is likely to be inaugurated by Earth Sciences Minister Kapil Sibal on October 15.
A siren giving a warning about tsunami erroneously started playing from the Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim near Panaji, triggering panic among the local residents, an official said on Thursday.
The warning system is designed to alert nations that potentially destructive waves may hit their coastlines within three to 14 hours.
All Indians staying in Thailand's Phuket island have been alerted by the Indian High Commission in Bangkok following the massive earthquake of 8.5 magnitude that hit waters off Indonesia triggering tsunami fears across the Indian Ocean nations.
India has progressed extremely well and probably better than any country near the Indian Ocean in establishing a tsunami warning system, an internationally acclaimed tsunami expert said on Thursday.
Estimated to cost Rs 125 crore, the centre, will be set up in Hyderabad.
A dramatic video footage of the tsunami hitting Palu shows the high waves sweeping away several buildings and then the large tilted mosque in the town, about 80km from the quake's epicentre.
Soccer's world and European governing bodies, FIFA and UEFA, are to organise a "solidarity match" in February to help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
An under-sea quake off the coast of Indonesia in December, 2004 had created a massive tsunami which had crashed into the Andaman and Nicobar islands resulting in large-scale death and destruction.
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'Trump's aggressive stance towards China and preference for military posturing could shift the Quad's balance towards overt militarisation.'
The Centre had issued the warnings across the Indian Ocean after a massive earthquake, measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale, off the Indonesian coast.
Pakistan's cricket team donated 25 percent of their match fees from the third Test against Australia to aid victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
It is speculated that the tsunami was caused by activity around a volcanic island in the strait, Krakatoa, which is 156 km west of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
The BARC system can be used along with the national tsunami alert system.
Warning that the risk of another tsunami hitting is real, a top United Nations official has called on the Indian Ocean countries to "really" commit themselves to setting up an early warning system within the next 14 months.
The infographic shows the total number of lives lost in India in natural disasters since 1990
Observing that India's seafood exports may decline by around 30 per cent as a result of the tsunami, a UN agency said on Friday that the impact of the disaster on the fishing community in the Indian Ocean region is worse and more complex than expecte
The countries hit hardest by the devastating tidal wave that lashed the Indian Ocean will experience slower economic growth in 2005, but the effects will not be severe, a new report has said.
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