New Zealand civil defense authorities canceled a tsunami warning on Thursday but warned of possible stronger than normal ocean currents around the east coast of the country after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean north east of the country.

It said a tsunami was generated by the earthquake around the Kermadec Islands, around 1180 kilometers (737 miles) north east of New Zeal

The operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant met with angry shareholders on Tuesday, offering profuse apologies as hecklers shouted abuse from a rowdy floor.

On October 12, thousands of people living in tsunami-prone villages in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and 25 other countries in the Indian Ocean rim will be evacuated to safety.

Q&A: M Shashidhar Reddy, NDMA
M Shashidhar ReddyNational Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has taken a slew of initiatives on disaster management by involving states and concerned agencies. In an interview with Sanjay Jog, NDMA vice chairman M Shashidhar Reddy takes reviews the present state of disaster management.

The head of the UN nuclear agency urged a worldwide rethink of safety measures to prevent new nuclear disasters, declaring that in the wake of the Fukushima catastrophe "business as usual is not an option.&" But Yukiya Amano, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, also acknowledged that improvements are only effective if countries apply them, in opening comments to the IAEA's conference

U.N. Nuclear Report Shows Japan Safety Shortcomings Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Co/Handout
Workers in protective suits are seen at a cesium absorption tower at Tokyo Electric Power Co.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday launched new variants of Corolla Altis, priced between Rs.10.53-lakh and Rs.14.77-lakh for petrol versions and Rs.11.46-lakh and Rs.14.55-lakh for diesel versions.

The petrol variant comes with an all-new powerful 2ZR Dual VVT-I engine and super CVT-i with 7-speed sequential shiftmatic, producing output of 140 PS.

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The Central government has finally given the go-ahead to the proposed 10,000 MW nuclear power plant in Kovvada in Srikakulam after a review of the safety aspects following the tsunami-linked nuclear disaster in Japan.