Cradled in the arms of the mighty Himalayas‚ Kashmir is the jewel of India and the Heaven on Earth. Writing about my visit to Kashmir in 2010 brings back the nostalgia of each day spent there. All across Kashmir you can see the CRPF‚ Army‚ and the local police on their toes‚ ready for action at any moment‚ guarding every temple‚ mosque‚ market and every nook and cranny. Kashmir is the place of contrasts and irony. It is the land of rivers‚ streams‚ the Dal Lake‚ gardens and flowers‚ old pines and
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India‚ Pakistan agree to ceasefire after recent Kashmir fighting NEW DELHI -- India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to ease tensions in disputed Kashmir by strictly observing a decade-old cease-fire after five soldiers were killed in recent clashes‚ an Indian army spokesman said. The military commanders of the two armies spoke by telephone for 10 minutes and reached an understanding not to allow the situation to escalate further‚ spokesman Col. Jagdeep Dahiya said. Three Pakistani soldiers
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Kashmir problem - Islamic Republic of Pakistan v/s Secular Republic of India Kashmir problem is with the world since 1947‚ the year of the partition of India. Indian part of the Kashmir is about 45 percent of the original Kingdom of the Jammu and Kashmir‚ about 35 percent is now in Pakistan‚ and China has occupied the other 20 percent in 1962. The UN and the U.S want both sides to keep on the discussions‚ but the important question is on what basis the discussion can take place. The unresolved
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Underwater earthquake causing Tsunami. * The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53UTC on Sunday‚ 26 December 2004‚ with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake. The resulting tsunami was given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ South Asian tsunami‚ Indonesian tsunami‚ and the Boxing Day tsunami. * The earthquake was caused
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2013 a calamity so unexpected and tragic struck the islands in Central Visayas. Recorded as the deadliest earthquake that struck the Philippines in 23 years‚ fear‚ anxiety and panic were felt all throughout the area. Houses collapsed‚ buildings got destroyed and churches had fallen. More crucially‚ lives had been taken. Currently‚ we’re still within weeks after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake‚ hit into the peaceful surfaces of Bohol and Cebu. The destruction brought about by the quake is heartbreaking—over
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INTRODUCTION: The Kashmir dispute is the oldest unresolved international conflict in the world today. Pakistan considers Kashmir as its core political dispute with India. So does the international community‚ except India. The exchange of fire between their forces across the Line of Control‚ which separates Azad Kashmir from Occupied Kashmir‚ is a routine affair. Now that both India and Pakistan have acquired nuclear weapons potential‚ the possibility of a third war between them over Kashmir‚ which may involve
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The Kashmir conflicts is a major contention between India and Pakistan over control of the region of Kashmir which was located on the Northern border of India and the Northeast of Pakistan. Both Pakistan and India lays claim over Kashmir due to nationalism and the controversial politics of the region as well as other reasons including the religion issues‚ the water issues‚ border crossing issues and the strategic location of Kashmir which are vital to both India and Pakistan‚ which will be summarized
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The so-called Kashmir problem came into being almost with the independence of the country. Through 50 years have passed‚ the problem still remain unsolved. Kashmir still remains the most important source of friction between India and Pakistan. The British withdrew from India on 15th august‚ 1947. The princely Indian states were given the option either to (a) accede to India; (b) accede to Pakistan (c) become independent. No serious difficulties arose in the case of the other states. But the position
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faults lead to be a lot more destruction. Earthquakes are a trembling or shaking of the ground caused by a sudden release of energy stored in rocks beneath earths surface. Earthquakes appear all over the planet‚ and there are many different sizes. Some earthquakes destroy entire cities while others only shake the ground for a moment. Faults are one of the causes of earthquakes‚ which I will tell about soon as well as the hazards and benefits they give. Earthquakes can be caused in many ways‚ some even
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INTRODUCTION 1 HOW EARTHQUAKES OCCUR 2 Fault types 3 Earthquake fault types 3 Different types of Faults 3 Tidal forces 5 Earthquake clusters 6 Aftershock 6 Earthquake swarm 6 Earthquake storm 6 METHODS USED IN MEASURING EARTHQUAKES 6 The Richter Scale 6 The Mercalli Scale 7 HAZARDS CONNECTED TO EARTHQUAKES 8 MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMIZE EARTHQUAKES 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur where the earth’s
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