Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Government of India: The Prime Minister announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs. 100,000 (one lakh rupees) to the next of kin of each deceased. The payment will be made from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. Government of Tamil Nadu: The Chief Minister announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs. 100,000 (one lakh) to the family of each victim. [19]
The Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( Sinhala : සත , Tamil : சதம் ), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to its low value.
off NW of Sumatra, India Sri Lanka Maldives see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami: 3.30°N 95.87°E 280,000 Third or fourth largest earthquake ever recorded 9.3 January 26, 2001 08:50:00 Local Time January 26 Kutchh see 2001 Gujarat earthquake: 23.6N 69.8E 20,000 Epicenter in Kutch, loss of life in Ahmedabad and Kutch 7.9 September 29, 1993
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred 6 miles (9 km) north-northwest of Dhekiajuli, India, at 7:51 a.m. Wednesday, local time, shaking portions of northeastern India, including Guwahati, Assam, India.
The train which was struck by the tsunami. Remains of a house near Telwatte, photographed in March 2008. In Ampara District alone, more than 10,000 people died. A holiday train, the "Queen of the Sea", was struck by the tsunami near the village of Telwatta as it travelled between Colombo and Galle carrying at least 1,700 passengers, killing all but a handful on board.
The reason for the intensity and high frequency of earthquakes is the Indian plate driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. [1] The following is a list of major earthquakes which have occurred in India , including those with epicentres outside India that caused significant damage or casualties in the country.
The Indian rupee was the official currency of Dubai and Qatar until 1959, when India created a new Gulf rupee (also known as the "external rupee") to hinder the smuggling of gold. [14] The Gulf rupee was legal tender until 1966, when India significantly devalued the Indian rupee and a new Qatar-Dubai riyal was established to provide economic ...
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami: Earthquake, Tsunami 2004 Southeast Asia (, , , others) $15.0 [64] $21 56,000 2010 Russian heat wave: Wildfire, Heatwave 2010 Russia: $15.0 [65] [66] [better source needed] $18.6 44 October 2017 Northern California wildfires: Wildfire 2017 United States $15 – $30 [67] $21 – $41.9 525 2010 Chile ...