TAIWAN
An anti-nuclear activist set himself on fire on January 28, 2001, to protest against the construction of the country's fourth nuclear power plant. The incident took place in front of Taiwan's parliament, which was scheduled to debate on the fate of the project the following day.
The us $5.5 …
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Setting low standards
the oil industry held its annual jamboree, Petrotech in January 2001, in New Delhi. The conference focussed on the technology used for refining fuel. Little time was spent discussing the role of fuel quality in reducing emissions.
Immediately after, a workshop on
Immediately after, a workshop on
FOREST TAKEOVER
The Nepalese government has decided to hand over some community forests to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Local forest user committees have criticised the government for this decision. Three community forests in Kamalamai Municipality and six forests in Ranichuri village development council will be taken over by the RNA, to …
Standard & Specification Diesel
VARIOUS STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR DIESEL | |||||
| PARAMETERS | SPECIFICATIONS | ||||
India 20001 | Mukhapadhyay committee 20052 | Europe 20003 … | |||
No signs of science
D eath and earthquakes do not come by appointment. However, an earthquake gives definitive indications of its arrival. In Gujarat, there were many. A 4.2 magnitude quake rocked the Rann of Kachhch on December 24, 2000. Its epicentre was 22 km away from Bhuj. Bhavnagar, near Bhuj, also felt several …
Shaky business
T he Gujarat earthquake has proved that even in the highly seismic zones like Bhuj, Uttarakhand and the Northeast, our preparedness and crisis management is a monumental failure. Bhuj is one of the 13 hotspots on India's seismic hazard map that was prepared three years ago. The assessment was that …
Declared arrival
| Stage | How an earthquake develops | What symptoms does it leave behind for study and observation |
| I | In the first stage of an earthquake, the two sides of a fault move. Elastic strain slowly builds up in the rocks as a result … |
Hotter summers, colder winters
| NAME | PLACECHANGE | ClIMATE CHANGE |
| Kaushik Debnath | NAGPUR | Late summers. Prolonged monsoons with heavier rainfall |
| S Mundayoor | DIBRUGARH | No rains in winter anymore. Unprecedented drought. Forest fires. |
| Satish Kumar R | CHENNAI | …
Never again
China's Haicheng earthquake on February 5, 1975 is the only earthquake that was accurately predicted. The earthquake measuring 7.3 on Richter scale was predicted on the basis of observations of change in land elevation and groundwater levels. Study of animal behaviours prior to the earthquake was a part of the …
Continental drift
Earthquakes occur due to inter-continental collision, and also due to intra-continental rupture of rock plates. About a dozen continental plates float on the Earth's semi liquid crust, just like the floating islands in Manipur's Loktak lake. The Indian plate collided with the Asian one some 38 million years ago forming …