The area affected by the tsunamis generated by a quake in distant Indonesia, in South East Asia.
Nasa has predicted a bumper food production in Bihar this year. On the basis of its satellite imagery system Nasa has recently found that during this spring, rice and maize production in eastern India, particularly in Bihar, would touch a record level. It has indicated the prospect of having a bumper Rabi crop in most parts of Bihar this year. State govt survey had predicted a sharp fall in this year's foodgrain crop in the state. Nasa says the survey is technically faulty.
Recent data on the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India show its commendable performance. But there is an urgent need to address certain issues related to the way it functions and its infrastructure, says A K Bhattacharya.
Lessons of Bengal's ill-advised restriction on potato trade.
Though their intensity has been less so far and the exact impact on the crop is not yet known.
Darryl D' Monte, the distinguished enviromental journalist, discusses how the media covers floods in Mumbai or Texas, but ignores Assam or Bangladesh.
National highways in India have seen a dramatic improvement over the last decade. Improvements are more evident in shorter stretches. For instance, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Agra are now well-connected with Delhi. Similarly, the highway that connects Mumbai with Pune can easily compare with the best anywhere in the world. This is true of many other national highways connecting major cities in southern and eastern India.
Speaking about fleet strength of the Indian Navy, Suthan said that it had a strength of about 150 ships, of which nearly 50 were in Eastern India.
Kaushalya Infrastructure has plenty to prove since it is yet to gain a critical mass.
Corporate sponsorships for B-school festivals are set to double and almost touch the Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) figure in 2008. While established annual festivals of B-schools in eastern India are likely to see a 20-30 per cent increase in sponsors and sponsorships, the newer B-school fests are likely to receive double the sponsorship amounts they received last year.
He also received the country's first container cargo transported on inland waterways from Kolkata.
The NDMA added that the National Capital Region, and Hisar, Kaithal, Jind, Kurukshetra, Karnal in Haryana is likely to be again hit by the unusual weather on Wednesday.
Filmmaker Prakash Jha, well known for his hard-hitting movies such as Gangajal and Apaharan, is set to change the entertainment and retail landscape of eastern India.
Indo-British economic ties are expected to receive a further boost with a four-day visit of Britain's Trade Minister Ian McCartney
Chinese officials have refuted allegations of the country's army assisting militants in northeast India, saying such charges are "absurd" and such a linkage is "impossible".
Eastern India, which has not been too well connected with the rest of the country, is now on the radar of airline operators.
Jahnavi is the most visible face of anti-AIDS campaign in eastern India.
Reaching out to the states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Centre and states should work together as 'Team India' to solve national problems like they have worked to resolve issues like the Indo-Bangla Land Boundary Agreement.
World Cup winning off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has admitted that he owes his success to the golden generation of Indian cricketers and said he was lucky to play under the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble.
'Manik Sarkar may have been able to hang on if he hadn't been a follower of the CPI-M's all-time hardliner Prakash Karat,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
The handsets would have a 1.3 mega pixel camera, 32 MB internal memory, video recording, and everything that people look for while buying a mobile, for less than Rs 3,000.
A recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
The South Central Railway as well as the East Coast Railway cancelled several trains while some were terminated midway, officials said, adding a few express trains were also diverted.
Railway authorities have increased the presence of security personnel in the Guwahati Railway Station.
From zeroing in on the best means for stake dilution to moving beyond microfinance, Bandhan navigates a tough path. Namrata Acharya reports.
Encouraged by the centre's 'open sky' policy and growth in air traffic in eastern India, two more private foreign airlines are likely to operate from Kolkata shortly after clearance.
It further said that the epic Valmiki's Ramayana, whose composition dated back to the period Before Christ (BC), was the main source of knowledge of Lord Ram and his deeds.
Singapore Airlines on Monday offered air tickets to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Bangkok from Kolkata at a promotional fare between July 22 and August 19.
Bandhan Bank is the first bank to be launched in eastern India post Independence.
Complicated social phenomena behind it, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
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