Everything you need to know about Marine Lines Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Marine Lines Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The condition of Preeti Rathi, the young New Delhi woman targeted in an acid attack May 2 on the day she arrived here to take up a nurse's job, is deteriorating with the acid eating into her insides, her distraught family said Thursday.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India Monday signed four agreements with China that will boost Indian shipments of buffalo meat, fisheries and pharmaceuticals, and help reduce the trade deficit that rose to $40.77 billion in the financial year ended March 31, 2013.
Washington, May 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has called on the congress to work with him on budget request, in a bid to boost security for the American diplomatic posts abroad.
Beijing, May 13 (IANS) China conducted a tsunami drill Sunday as part of the transnational and pan-Pacific drill, the country's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) announced.
Beijing, May 12 (IANS) Between seven and nine typhoons will land along China's coastal areas this year, the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre said Sunday.
Chennai, May 12 (IANS) With the rise in popularity of marine ornamental aquarium, the breeding and retailing of clown fish in captivity in Tamil Nadu offers a good livelihood opportunity, said an expert here.
Tokyo, May 8 (ANI): The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the Brazilian government have made an announcement about the discovery of a large mass of granite on the seabed off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, suggesting a continent may have existed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): The U.S. Marine Corps have designed the future jet named F-35 Lighting II that will enable to attack a target in the enemy space with precision weapons at long ranges while in the air, not being detected in the process.
Washington, Apr. 29 (ANI): Alan Wood, the World War II veteran credited with providing the flag in the historic flag-raising on Iwo Jima, has died at the age of 90.
New York, Apr. 28 (ANI): The Taliban have announced they will launch their spring offensive, signaling plans to step up attacks as the weather warms across Afghanistan, making both travel and fighting easier.
London, April 27 (ANI): American country singer George Jones, who had a string of number one songs between the 1950s and 1990s, died on Friday. He was 81.
Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, it has been revealed.
Washington, April 26 (ANI): Prince Harry, who will become an uncle after the birth of Prince William and Kate's first child- due in July, got some hands-on training in the art of the diaper change on Thursday.
Panaji, April 25 (IANS) Six fishermen are missing after a trawler collided presumably with a merchant ship on the deep seas off the coast of Canacona sub-district, in south Goa, police said Thursday.
Tokyo, April 23 (IANS/WAM) Japan's Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in cooperation with Mitsui OSK Lines has demonstrated running an electronically-controlled engine for marine use, burning natural gas.
Washington, Apr.20 (ANI): Wild fires not only destroy millions of trees each year but the residue is transported to the sea by rivers which penetrates the carbon cycle, a recent study has revealed.
Melbourne, Apr. 18 (ANI): The world-famous Great Barrier Reef has been excluded from a list of the world's top dive sites, while a cave in the middle of the outback made the cut.
Washington, Apr. 9 (ANI): A young English bulldog, named Chesty XIV, has received his first much yearned emblem at a ceremony at the Marine Barracks in Washington, the oldest post in the Corps.
Los Angeles, April 4 (IANS) US socialite and TV personality Khloe Kardashian and her basketballer husband Lamar Odom, are suspected of a charity fraud.
Washington, Apr. 3 (ANI): Khloe Kardashian and her husband Lamar Odom have been accused of not giving a single cent to cancer-related causes from their charity despite saying so previously.
London, Mar. 26 (ANI): A team of scientists from the UK and the US have identified the power-generating mechanism used by well-known marine bacteria.
London, Mar. 25 (ANI): Japanese scientists have found vast reserves of rare earth metals on the Pacific seabed that can be mined cheaply.
Beirut, March 22 (IANS) The Lebanese Hezbollah Friday criticised US President Barack Obama's "appeasement" speech in Israel, saying the remarks were meant to "satisfy" the Jewish state.
London, Mar.20 (ANI): Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in the sea depths. The discovery was made almost a mile below the surface in an undersea crater and includes the find of at least nine new species of deep-sea organisms thriving on the bones.
Washington, March 19 (IANS) Seven Marines died and many were injured in an explosion during a drill at a Nevada army base in the US Monday night, Xinhua reported.
London, March 18 (ANI): An international research team has discovered that a highly active bacteria community exists in one of the most inaccessible places on Earth: the bottom of the Mariana Trench located nearly 11 kilometres below sea level in the western Pacific, which makes it the deepest site on Earth.
Washington, March 9 (IANS) US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday on his first overseas trip as the Pentagon chief, the defense department announced.
Washington, March 8 (ANI): The earthquake zones off of certain coasts-like those of Japan and Java-make them especially vulnerable to tsunamis, a new study has revealed.
Washington, March 8 (ANI): The earthquake zones off of certain coasts-like those of Japan and Java-make them especially vulnerable to tsunamis, a new study has revealed.
Melbourne, Mar 8 (ANI): An US airline is attempting to cure jet lag with a "light shower."
London, Mar 3 (ANI): Sharks need to be better protected or many species could face possible extinction, as nearly 100 million of them are killed every year, according to a new study.
Washington, March 1 (ANI): Inhospitable hydrodgen-sulphide rich waters could have delayed the spread of complex life forms in ancient oceans, a new study has suggested.
Sydney, Mar 1 (IANS) Two new shark species discovered in Australia will help scientists script a better understanding of the species.
London, February 26 (ANI): Using the latest carbon emissions scenarios and climate models, researchers have shown how rising sea temperatures are likely are likely to result in more frequent and severe coral bleaching events.
Washington, February 25 (ANI): Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have identified several genes linked to human neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury, in the sea lamprey, a vertebrate fish.
Washington, February 24 (ANI): It is well understood that the collision between India and Eurasia led to the formation of the Tibetan Plateau that has an average elevation of 5 km and a much thickened crust.
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) All flight operations of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter planes have been suspended over an engine problem discovered on one aircraft, the US Department of Defense said.
Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): The Pentagon has grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets after it discovered a cracked engine blade in one plane.
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US military is bracing for a looming wave of across-the-board budget cuts known as the "sequestration" that Pentagon officials say would dangerously erode the United States' defences.
London, Feb. 21 (ANI): A female Marine drank blood of a dead cobra during a military training exercise in jungles in Thailand.
Washington, February 20 (ANI): Findings from fieldwork along the North Yorkshire coast reveal strong parallels between the Early Jurassic era of 180 million years ago and current climate predictions over the next century, according to researchers at Plymouth University, UK.
London, Feb. 20 (ANI): Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen will retire instead of taking over as NATO chief in Europe, citing concerns over his wife's health.
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday visited the 26/11 attack memorial here and paid tributes to the policemen and other people who lost their lives to terrorism.
Washington, February 18 (ANI): Marine mussels can adhere to virtually all inorganic and organic surfaces, sustaining their tenacious bonds in saltwater, including turbulent tidal environments.
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) Citing several incidents of gun violence from the massacre of 20 innocent schoolchildren to the shooting of six worshippers at a Sikh gurdwara, President Barack Obama has sought support for "common sense" gun law reforms.
Sydney, Feb. 11 (ANI): A team of British-Australian explorers has successfully recreated Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary 1916 voyage across the Southern Ocean.
Sydney, Feb 5 (IANS) A particular crab species has been helping Great Barrier Reef coral combat white syndrome that causes disintegration of coral tissue, says a study.
London, Feb 4 (IANS) Some coral reefs in the Arabian or Persian Gulf are surviving harsher temperatures, even though many are gradually dying under the impact of global warming, say researchers.
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) A former US Navy Seal who recorded more than 150 sniper kills, the most in US military history, was reportedly gunned down by a former Marine at a shooting range in Texas, a media report said.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): The Indian Railways will host the 10th International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) Conference here from February 4 to 6.
Sydney, Feb 1 (IANS) Snakes may have finally met their match in a lizard species which can fight back if their eggs are threatened, researchers say.
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): Beyonce has admitted that she did lip sync when she performed the national anthem on Inauguration Day, but she has vowed that she will "absolutely be singing live" during her Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.
Washington, Jan 31(ANI): Marine General John Allen, the commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, has claimed he has suggested that the White House maintain a considerable U.S. military presence through the summer fighting season.
Panaji, Jan 28 (IANS) Buying fish for the rice plate has got dearer for Goans with prices escalating sharply due a strike by trawler owners.
Washington, January 28 (ANI): Researchers have used skin cells from patients with an inherited heart condition known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) to recreate the adult-onset disease in a laboratory dish-producing the first maturation-based disease model for testing new therapies.
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): A day after her triumphant rendition of the National Anthem at the Inauguration ceremony in Washington, DC on Monday, a rep for the US Marine Corp Band revealed that Beyonce chose to lip-synch the song over a pre-recorded track at the last minute.
Los Angeles, Jan 23 (IANS) Singer Beyonce Knowles is being praised for giving a spectacular performance at US President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony but the backing band says she mimed the national anthem.
Sydney, Jan. 23 (ANI): The Great Barrier Reef near Australia could be stripped of its heritage status and placed on a UN list of world treasures in danger if action is not taken to better protect the natural icon from coal and gas developments, environment groups have warned.
Sydney, Jan 22 (IANS) The Great Barrier Reef near Australia could be stripped of its world heritage status if action is not taken to better protect the natural icon from coal and gas developments, environment groups have said.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Harassment by a disbursing agency that withholds an instalment of a sanctioned amount is deficiency in service, the top consumer court has said while directing a Tamil Nadu government organisation to give Rs.26 lakh to a factory owner.
Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): After being sworn into office during a private ceremony on Sunday, President Obama publicly began his second term during Monday's presidential Inauguration on the Capitol Steps.
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Warmer soils spew additional carbon into the atmosphere under the impact of climate change, US research says.
Washington, January 21 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have found that warmer temperatures due to climate change could cause soils to release additional carbon into the atmosphere, thereby enhancing climate change - but that effect diminishes over the long term.
Washington, January 19 (ANI): Apart from declining over the past decade, the Arctic sea ice has also become distinctly thinner and younger.
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday ruled that the Kerala government has no independent jurisdiction to try two Italian marines for shooting down two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast last year.
Washington, Jan.17 (ANI): A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty in a court-martial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban extremists and then getting himself photographed with the corpses.
Washington, Jan. 15 (ANI): The number of US military personnel who committed suicide surged to a record 349 in 2012, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan.
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) Two bots (the word is derived from 'robots') equipped with listening devices helped detect nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine last month.
London, Jan 9 (ANI): A US military judge has ruled that Bradley Manning, the American soldier accused of handing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, was imprisoned under illegal conditions.
Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): Top outgoing top American commander in Afghanistan has said that the US would keep between 6,000 and 20,000 troops in the war-torn nation after 2014.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) Unidentified men killed eight people in different parts of Pakistan's port city of Karachi on the New Year eve, Geo News reported.
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) As this happening city readies with excitement to ring in the New Year, the city police too are gearing up to ensure that the celebrations Dec 31 night are not marred by any untoward incidents.
Tokyo, Dec 28 (IANS) Police in Japan Friday arrested a US Marine on suspicion of trespassing at an apartment in the southernmost Okinawa prefecture, Xinhua reported.
Tokyo, Dec 28 (IANS) Police in Japan Friday arrested a US Marine on suspicion of trespassing at an apartment in the southernmost Okinawa prefecture, Xinhua reported.
London, December 22 (ANI): Marine animal groups like ammonoids and conodonts already peaked three or four million years earlier, namely still during the Ear-ly Triassic, researchers say.
Brisbane, Dec. 21 (Xinhua-ANI): A section of sea floor is in the early stage of starting to break away from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, and could cause a tsunami when it happens catastrophically, Australian researchers warned on Friday.
Sydney, Dec 18 (IANS) Researchers have discovered two new species of lizards, which are small skinks belonging to the genus Carlia, in tropical Australia.
Jakarta, Dec 17 (IANS) Indonesia has ordered 37 amphibious tanks from Russia at an estimated cost of $100 million. The tanks can hit ground and air targets while stationary, on the move and afloat.
Panaji, Dec 16 (IANS) Goa loves its fish fried and curried. But fishermen in this coastal state are now fuming over trawlers from Karnataka and Maharashtra "poaching" in the state's waters.
London, Dec. 15 (ANI): Newly crowned Miss France beauty queen has become embroiled in accusations of racism and a catfight between previous winners.
Washington, Dec. 14 (Xinhua-ANI): The Obama administration on Thursday revved up the pressure on Iran over its controversial nuclear program by imposing sanctions on seven more entities and five individuals.
Tokyo, Dec 14 (ANI): A US Marine has been sentenced to four years in prison for molesting and assaulting a woman in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture in August.
Tokyo, Dec 13 (IANS) A 21-year-old US Marine was Thursday sentenced to four years in jail for molesting a Japanese woman in Okinawa region, a media report said.
London, December 12 (ANI): Michelle Obama has delivered about 900 gifts to the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots campaign.
Jakarta, Dec 11 (IANS) India and Indonesia have agreed to cooperate in the fisheries sector, particularly in processing, marketing and research and development.
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) For a millennium, the majestic, lily-white polar bear has lorded over the frozen wastes of the Arctic. But if two Russian experts are to be believed, the enigmatic "monarch of the ice" could be extinct in 25 years due to global warming and human incursions into their traditional habitat.
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Deep breaths and long periods of silent reflection are something one might associate with yoga or an ashram in India - not combat readiness.
London, Dec 4(ANI): The speedboat David Beckham used to carry the Olympic torch up the River Thames to the Olympic Park has failed to reach its reserve price at auction.
Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): A severer ban on off-base drinking issued Sunday by U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) has now applied to all U. S. Marines across Japan, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported Monday.
London, Dec. 3 (ANI): Singapore Airlines has said that it is in talks to sell its 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic.
London, Dec 3 (ANI): US Army private Bradley Manning, who has been accused of leaking a massive cache of classified US documents to WikiLeaks, had a history of suicidal thoughts, two former counselors have testified.
Washington, Nov 27 (ANI): US Army private Bradley Manning, who has been accused of leaking a massive cache of classified US documents to WikiLeaks, is expected to take the stand for the first time over claims that he was mistreated by military jailers.
Mumbai, Nov. 26 (ANI): Floral tributes were paid to martyrs and victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks amidst tight security here on Monday.
London, November 26 (ANI): Researchers have revealed that the shells of sea snails are dissolving in a small patch of the Southern Ocean, providing the first evidence that marine life is already suffering as a result of man-made ocean acidification.
Tokyo, Nov. 25 (ANI): Japan-U.S. relations during the second term of President Barack Obama will depend much on the stability of political leadership in Tokyo, a leading American expert on Japan has said.
Washington, Nov. 25 (ANI): The world's biggest aquarium which will house more than 100,000 marine animals of over 800 species in 45 million liters of water has opened in Singapore.
Singapore, Nov 25 (IANS) Shark fin soup, that exotic but pricey delicacy said to boost sexual potency and prevent heart disease, is going off menus in some Singapore hotels and restaurants in an effort to save sharks which face extinction from overfishing.
Singapore, Nov 22 (IANS) One of the dolphins bound for Singapore's Marine Life Park from the Philippines died Thursday on board a plane, Xinhua reported.
Washington, November 22 (ANI): Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for optimally combining models and observations to accurately simulate the seasonal extent of Arctic sea ice and the ocean circulation beneath.
Sydney, Nov. 20 (ANI): Jeep Australia has caused an uproar among Internet users after it posted a photo of a scantily clad woman on its Facebook page, with outraged users slamming the firm as 'sexist'.
