In its first sporting event after the tsunami, a charity football match was held at Port Blair.
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The massive earthquake that logged 8.9 on the Richter scale, and the tsunami that struck northeastern Japan, have wrecked enormous havoc on Japan taking a huge toll in terms of life and property.
Moments after becoming the first male swimmer to win an Olympic gold in the same event 16 years apart, 35-year-old Anthony Ervin said he would look to make the United States swimming team for the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Medical attention has been provided to the children and they have been quarantined.\n\n
With the December 26 tsunami casting its dark shadow, the Pongal celebrations in many parts of Tamil Nadu were subdued on Friday, the second day of the four-day festival.
Kutten and Priyanka of Valiyazheekal in Alappuzha district named their child Tsunami following her miraculous escape from the killer waves.
The members of the taskforce have undergone specialised training as paramedics, masons, plumbers, carpenters etc, the official said.
Shivraj Patil reviewed the situation with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
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The CM said, "He (Vivek) has done little but derived a lot of publicity. He has just done 10 percent of the relief work while the government did the rest."
What is particularly worrying is that the vast majority will not have access to testing or even to proper treatment. These cases could have been avoided if the government had shown the political will to do so, observes Rashme Sehgal.
Scientists said they have new evidence of increasing strain where two tectonic plates underlie the world's largest river delta.
The quake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, but there was no immediate report of death or destruction.
GST was 'flawed' and had unleashed a 'tsunami of tax terrorism', he said.
The port is a hub for exporting cement to Sri Lanka and importing edible oil from Indonesia and Malaysia.
He rescued the children while looking for wife and younger son, who were swept away by the waves.
The driver's manager Willi Weber announced the donation on a German television fundraising drive which raised over 34 million euros ($46.2 million) in pledges.
After returning to the capital from a tour of tsunami-affected areas in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made it known that he would soon tour Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Sri Lanka on Wednesday pulled out of their cricket tour of New Zealand in the wake of the tsunami disaster.
In India, Tamil Nadu is worst hit with over 2,500 deaths.
Unofficial reports, however, put the toll at 104.
Embassy trying to get further details about the victim.
'At this juncture, I would appeal to all citizens in the affected coastal districts to remain calm and to assist wherever possible in the provision of relief,' he said.
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