Vijayawada faces worst flood in 100 years Oct 6, 2009
The situation in lanka villages island villages where the Krishna meets the Bay of Bengal however was grim as more than 50,000 people were trapped in floodwaters. Many colonies along the left bank of the Krishna in Vijayawada city submerged as the water level touched 6 feet in the evening. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Deadly floods take toll on southern India Oct 6, 2009
Weather officials say an area of low pressure in the Bay of Bengal has caused the sudden, torrential rains. More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- International)
Indian flood toll rises further Oct 5, 2009
The rains have been blamed by weather experts on the cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- South Asia)
* Death toll in Indian floods exceeds 200, officials say Oct 5, 2009
Weather officials say an area of low pressure in the Bay of Bengal has caused the sudden, torrential rains. This story has been viewed 277 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Flood recedes in Karnataka, still grim in Andhra Oct 5, 2009
The floods triggered by heavy rains under the influence of a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal inundated 400 villages and affected over 1. 8 million people in five districts, rendering 400,000 people homeless and damaging thousands of houses. (India Times, India)
PM, Sonia, Chidambaram to visit flood-hit Andhra, Karnataka Oct 5, 2009
Heavy rains due to depression in the Bay of Bengal and low pressure from the Arabian Sea from Sep 29 to Oct 2 have caused flash floods in north Karnataka and the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, leaving about 200 people dead and a million homeless ... Heavy rains due to depression in the Bay of Bengal and low pressure from the Arabian Sea have caused flash floods in north Karnataka and the Rayalaseema region of Andhra, leaving about 200 people dead. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Southern floods leave 172 dead Oct 4, 2009
Weather experts say the persistent presence of cyclonic winds over the Bay of Bengal and their movement towards the Deccan Plateau are the reasons for the heavy downpour in the districts. "The winds have been circulating at a height of six to seven km in the atmosphere and have been carrying moisture," a Met official in Bangalore said. (India Times, India)
Gimme Space: Dogfight over the hot seat Oct 3, 2009
The Centre has also allocated a sum of Rs 50 crore for what Isro calls "pre-project initiatives'' for the year 2007-2008 . A report related to this programme has, in turn, been cleared by the space commission. In anticipation of the Cabinet's green signal, Isro has begun preliminary design work for the three-tonne orbital vehicle that will carry a two-member crew into the low earth orbit for seven days at an altitude of 275 km. It will be carried by the three-stage Geo Synchronous Satellite... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Who Says It's a Picnic Up There? Oct 3, 2009
SRE, launched from Sriharikota by PSLV-C 7 on January 10, 2007 had returned to earth, splashing down in the Bay of Bengal, 12 days later. That was the first time Isro proved its re-entry capability, to bring back a launched capsule back from space to earth. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Scores killed in India flooding Oct 3, 2009
About 22,500 houses have been damaged in rains blamed by weather experts on the cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. The authorities say incessant rains have not only damaged crops but also disrupted communication and transport links in many areas of Karnataka and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Quake stress Oct 2, 2009
The associated tsunami wrought destruction throughout the Bay of Bengal, from Northern Sumatra to Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India. It was then followed by a Magnitude 8. (BBC News -- Science)
Heavy rain lashes Andhra Pradesh, six killed Oct 1, 2009
The heavy rain, which has been incessant since Wednesday, was due to a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. It continued to lash several parts of the state, throwing normal life out of gear. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Oil spill threatens rare turtles Sep 25, 2009
The Mongolian ship experienced difficulties on 9 September and then sank off the coast in the Bay of Bengal. At the time of the accident, the ship was sailing out of the harbour with about 24,000 tonnes of iron ore on board. (BBC News -- South Asia)
India's strides in space Sep 23, 2009
This was its 26th launch of a rocket from India's only space centre, Sriharikota, situated on the Bay of Bengal coast in southern India. Compare this to the hundreds of launches that have been undertaken by Nasa and their Russian and European counterparts. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Our door should always be open Sep 16, 2009
We believe there will be a global-warming advance of saltwater on, for example, the coast of Punjab and the Bay of Bengal. This will displace millions and create a tide of climatic refugees. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Reliance's $5.7 Billion Debt Burden Rising on Delay in Boosting Gas Output Sep 13, 2009
Reliance, Indias most company, has lost a potential $100 million in sales each month since May because its producing at 60 percent of its capacity of 60 million cubic meters a day, , president of Reliances oil and gas business, told reporters yesterday at the KG-D6 field in the Bay of Bengal ... The development of areas in the Bay of Bengal will offset shrinking supplies from ageing domestic fields that force fertilizer-makers and power producers to use more expensive naphtha and... (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Fierce cyclone hits Bangladesh Sep 7, 2009
The cyclone, which roared in from the Bay of Bengal just before dusk on Thursday, is packing winds of up to 240kph (150mph) and driving rain ... Residents of the low-lying country had been warned of possible tidal surges at least 3m (10ft) high, and rivers flowing into the Bay of Bengal were said to be swollen and rising. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Monsoon deficit shrinks Sep 7, 2009
A strong system in the Bay of Bengal is likely to bring rain in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh to start with ... A strong system has formed as a deep depression over Bay of Bengal that is slowly moving westwards. (India Times, India)
Cobalt International files for IPO Sep 6, 2009
Bangladesh has awarded three offshore blocks to two global energy companies to explore for gas in the Bay of Bengal, a senior energy official said Tuesday. The U.S.-based ConocoPhillips and Ireland's Tullow Oil could start exploration work by early next year, said Mohammad Muqtadir Ali, chairman of the state-owned Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation, or Petrobangla. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Lunar lessons Sep 1, 2009
India launched its $100m unmanned space craft on 22 October 2008 from Sriharikota on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. First, the spacecraft designed and built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) survived huge odds and successfully reached the Moon's orbit. (BBC News -- Science)
Idol rituals take toll Aug 31, 2009
PALLAVAKAM, India (CNN) -- South India's sun beats down on a long line of trucks wending to the Bay of Bengal. In the back of these trucks, giant, brightly painted statues of the Hindu god Ganesha are waiting to be dropped in the nearby ocean. (CNN -- International)
N Korean arms for Iran Aug 29, 2009
India earlier this month intercepted another North Korean ship in the Bay of Bengal between India and Myanmar and is investigating its contents. Iran and North Korea two of the top pariahs in Western eyes are suspected of cooperating to some extent on military technology. (iAfrica.com)
The Ambani brothers: Convoluted and heated Aug 28, 2009
The row centres on the pricing of natural gas from one of India s biggest fields, in the Krishna Godavari basin in the Bay of Bengal. In 2005 the brothers agreed that Reliance Industries, which controls the field, would sell gas from its D-6 lease (short for Dhirubhai-6, after the Ambanis late father) to Reliance Natural Resources for 17 years at $2. (The Economist)
Biomedical adhesives inspired by invasive species Aug 28, 2009
He then traced the species' movement from the Bay of Bengal to many other locations, including the coasts of Japan, Australia, Korea, China, the Philippines, and Indonesia. "One aspect that is kind of scary is that the green mussel is more successful than other kinds of mussels at living in polluted water," said Waite. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
All you want to know about gas row Aug 27, 2009
It includes part of the Bay of Bengal into which these rivers drain. The area has been identified as one of India's biggest oil and gas fields, several times the size of Bombay High. (India Times)
East & west can still hope for rain Aug 26, 2009
According to Met department, there is formation of a low pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining parts of coastal Orissa at present. This is causing heavy rains over Orissa and Chhattisgarh. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Oil firms win Bangladesh rights Aug 26, 2009
Bangladesh has granted Conoco Phillips of the US and Ireland's Tullow Oil three offshore exploration blocks in disputed waters in the Bay of Bengal ... "The government approved the leasing out of two deep-water offshore gas blocks to Conoco Phillips and one shallow water block to Tullow for oil and gas exploration in the untapped areas of the Bay of Bengal," said Mohammad Muqtadir Ali, of state-run Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation. (BBC News -- Business)
T.R. Reid's 'The Healing of America' Aug 25, 2009
For I had traveled to the Arya Vaidya clinicit's in the state of Tamil Nadu, at the southern tip of the subcontinent, where the Bay of Bengal meets the Arabian Seaon a kind of medical pilgrimage. I was on a global quest, searching for solutions to two different health problems, one personal and one of national dimensions. (ABC News)
Clean up the energy mess Aug 18, 2009
2 per unit, but only for gas from RILs D6 basin in the Bay of Bengal. But how will gas produced elsewhere in other exploration blocks be priced. (India Times)
RIL discovers gas in Mahanadi basin block Aug 15, 2009
RIL holds 90% interest in the Bay of Bengal block. RIL has so far made eight gas discoveries in NEC-25, off which six were declared commercially exploitable and development plans had been submitted to the directorate general of hydrocarbons (DGH) in 2007. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
* Indian officials say N Korean ship has no nuclear cargo Aug 15, 2009
Indian authorities have found no nuclear cargo aboard a North Korean ship held in the Bay of Bengal, but will proceed with investigations to ensure crew statements contain no discrepancies, officials said yesterday. The MV Mu San dropped anchor off Hut Bay island in the Andaman islands last week without permission and was detained by the coastguard after a more than six-hour chase. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
India says no nuclear cargo on North Korean ship Aug 14, 2009
PORT BLAIR (Reuters) - Indian authorities have found no nuclear cargo aboard a North Korean ship held in the Bay of Bengal, but will proceed with investigations to ensure crew statements contain no discrepancies, officials said on Friday. The MV Mu San dropped anchor off Hut Bay island in the Andaman islands last week without permission and was detained by the coastguard after a more than six-hour chase. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Southeast Asian Nations Risk Dissension by Ignoring Human Rights Aug 14, 2009
Burma could fast become the frontline of regional power rivalry between China and India, with the latter anxious at having its North-Eastern defenses outflanked and its dominance in the Bay of Bengal challenged. In the absence of a truly effective regional security framework, the keyword is stability. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Newsweek: Sentence shows junta's desperation Aug 12, 2009
The Chinese have a strategic military interest in controlling access to the Bay of Bengal. To achieve these goals they use their veto power in the UN security council and supply most of the weapons that the Burmese military needs. (MSNBC -- International)
India seizes, searches North Korean ship Aug 12, 2009
The ship anchored without authorization in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a territory of India in the Bay of Bengal, last week, according to the Indian military. Indian officials said it was carrying more than 16,000 tons of sugar bound for the Middle East. (Boston Globe)
India experts search N Korea ship Aug 11, 2009
The Andaman and Nicobar islands, India's easternmost territory, are located in the Bay of Bengal very close to the Burmese coast. In June the US Navy tracked a North Korean cargo vessel, the Kang Nam 1. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Tsunami alert after huge quake off India Aug 11, 2009
More than 350,000 people live in the territory flanked by the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and it comprises about 572 islands. The Andaman Sea area has frequent earthquakes caused by the meeting of the Indian plate with the Burmese microplate along an area known as the Andaman trench. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* Indian coast guard detains suspicious North Korean ship Aug 9, 2009
The ship will be thoroughly searched by additional coast guard officials who were on their way to the remote islands in the Bay of Bengal. North Korean ships have in the past been involved in clandestinely ferrying nuclear materials, missile parts and arms to trouble spots across the world. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Feud between wealthy brothers captivates India Aug 8, 2009
Speaking at the annual meeting of Reliance Natural Resources, one of the companies he took over, Anil accused the company run by his older brother, Reliance Industries Limited, of trying ''every trick in the book'' to back out of a 2005 price deal to provide Anil's company with gas from the Krishna-Godavari Basin in the Bay of Bengal. Mukesh wants to sell the gas at a Government-determined revised price nearly 80 per cent above the family arrangement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
India's navy build-up shows regional ambitions run deep Aug 1, 2009
Another factor in Indias military build-up is Delhis concern about growing Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. But India will have to overcome some big obstacles before it can claim to be the caretaker of the Indian Ocean region. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Gas clash fuelsAmbani divide Aug 1, 2009
20 per million Btu, the government-determined revised price, for gas he gets from the government-owned D6 block of the Krishna-Godavari basin in the Bay of Bengal. The price difference is unfair, illegal and will bring whopping profits for RIL, says Anil, at the cost not just to the interests of millions of investors and consumers but also to the government. (Asia Times Online)
Rains continue to elude UP, farming hit further Aug 1, 2009
The trough line that was passing over the state and was expected to bring rains to the state with the moisture feed from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea has now shifted 00004000 to the foothills of the Himalayas ... "We are expecting the revival of monsoon after a week as a low pressure area is developing over the Bay of Bengal," added Gupta. (India Times, India)
India rising, and flexing military muscles Aug 1, 2009
Another factor in India;s military build-up is New Delhi;s concern about growing Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. On Thursday a senior naval official revealed plans to add almost 100 warships to the navy over the next decade. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
India's 'enemy destroyer' sets sail Jul 28, 2009
After the harbor acceptance trials it will slip into the Bay of Bengal for sea acceptance trials. The final phase will involve weapons trials while the vessel is submerged. (Asia Times Online)
India launches its first nuclear sub Jul 27, 2009
Gurusharan Kaur, wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, yesterday broke an "auspicious" coconut on the bow of the boat as it entered water for the first time at the naval base at Visakhapatnam on the Bay of Bengal. Major-General (retired) Ashok Mehta, a Delhi-based strategic analyst, said yesterday's launch made a strategic statement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Forty years in the diplomatic engine room Jul 25, 2009
On a piano in one corner stands a forest of Buddhist figures from Indochina, while old maps of the Bay of Bengal and prints of Indonesian shadow puppets hang on the walls. This array of fine Asian artefacts is the legacy of an extraordinary diplomatic career that spans four decades and a host of countries. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Policy on Burma shouldn't pivot on Aung San Suu Kyi Jul 23, 2009
China has extensive trade relations with Burma and uses it as a back door to the Bay of Bengal. India sells arms to the junta as a counterpoint to China's influence, and the members of ASEAN are sticking to their guiding principle of "noninterference" and in pursuit of trade and investment. (Christian Science Monitor)
India Vows to Protect `National Property' as Ambanis Fight Over Gas Supply Jul 21, 2009
wants to enforce a 2005 agreement requiring , controlled by brother , to sell gas from a Bay of Bengal field to his at 44 percent less than the state-set price. Anils lawyers have questioned the governments decision to ask a bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan to scrap the pact based on an accord under which the family empire was split. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Jul 20, 2009
The Indian government has accused two billionaire brothers of holding the country "hostage" in a feud over gas supplies from their fields in the Bay of Bengal. Sunday, 19 July 2009. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Prepare for drought Jul 20, 2009
North India gets rain from deep depressions in the Bay of Bengal, and right now a deep depression in the Bay is drifting away from India towards China. If this continues, North India will not get the copious rain it badly needs. (India Times)
Obama's South Asia challenges Jul 18, 2009
Page last updated at 12:40 GMT, Monday, 10 November 2008. Guest columnist Ahmed Rashid says US President-elect Barack Obama will face some of his trickiest foreign policy challenges in South Asia. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Scientists assess flooding and damage from 2008 Myanmar cyclone Jul 18, 2009
It is one of seven tropical cyclones generated in the Bay of Bengal that had death tolls in excess of 100,000 ... "In the 21st century with modern communication and all that has been learned about cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, there is no need for 138,000 people to be killed by a storm like this," Fritz said. (EurekAlert!)
CLIMATE CHANGE Jul 17, 2009
Increasing glacial melt from the Himalayan ranges as a result of rising global temperatures is set to swell the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers and their hundreds of tributaries, flooding 30-70 percent of the country each year as the water makes its way to the Bay of Bengal in the south, where the coast is also vulnerable to flooding from rising sea levels. Vietnam is most threatened by rising sea levels: up to 16 percent of its area, 35 percent of its people, and 35 percent of its gross domestic... (AlertNet)
INDIA MONSOON Jul 16, 2009
"Active monsoon condition is likely to continue with the likely formation of a low pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal," it said in its outlook for July 19-21. "Fairly widespread rainfall activity is likely over west coast, central India, east and northwest India," it said. (AlertNet)
Life above the floods Jul 14, 2009
As a result of its position at the top of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh is already one of the countries most prone to tropical storms, and rising sea temperatures could lead to more frequent and more devastating cyclones. There could be worse floods as the monsoon rains become more erratic, and meltwater from the disappearing Himalayan glaciers hits Bangladesh. (BBC News -- Science)
OXFAM REPORT Jul 7, 2009
Island communities from Vanuatu, Tuvalu and the Bay of Bengal have already been forced to move because of sea level rise. TRADE: Across the world the effects of climate change on agriculture will be grossly unbalanced. (AlertNet)
South Asia Jul 5, 2009
Al-Qaeda planned and financed the mission because its key sanctuaries in the border areas with Afghanistan have been "violated'. - Syed Saleem Shahzad (May 28,'09) INTERVIEW General David Petraeus, the commander of United States Central Command, addresses head-on a wide range of sensitive issues, from "enhanced interrogation techniques" to Afghan civilian casualties. Some of his comments, though, contradict earlier reports, such as his thoughts on US troop withdrawal from Iraq. (May 27,'09) The... (Asia Times Online)
Southeast Asia Jul 5, 2009
China has secured an important alternative route for its Middle East oil supplies, bypassing the Malacca Strait, with an agreement with Myanmar to pump oil and gas from the Bay of Bengal to Yunnan province. The energy coup, while benefiting Myanmar's generals, will doubtless upset India. (Asia Times Online)
On the edge of the tide Jul 2, 2009
Nothing is more relaxing than when the launch gently moves from the Canning Port leaving the hustle-bustle of Kolkata behind and heading for a place where time almost stands still, even as the Bay of Bengal nibbles hungrily at its edges. Sundarban is the worlds largest delta formed by the mighty trio of rivers, the Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra, and forms the southern maritime border of West Bengal. (India Times)
India wilts as monsoon fears grow Jun 30, 2009
In May, a spoiler developed in the Bay of Bengal in the shape of Cyclone Aila. Its low pressure core sucked off huge volumes of moisture from the incipient monsoon system building up off the Arabian Sea coast in the southwest, pouring it down in torrential buckets over the eastern seaboard states of Orissa and West Bengal. (Asia Times Online)
Kobe Steel Opens Sales Unit in Kolkata to Market Steel Production Equipment in India Jun 30, 2009
"New steel plant projects are concentrated in the eastern part of India along the Bay of Bengal," said Managing Director Yutaka Nakamoto. "We selected Kolkata because of its excellent location," he said. (JCN Network, Japan)
Monsoon goes AWOL Jun 27, 2009
We can only hope that the rain god Varuna will once again come over the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. A delayed but good monsoon can take the sting out of the prolonged recession and ensure that India continues to be one of 00004000 the fastest-growing economies. (India Times)
Sundarbans: On the edge of the tide Jun 25, 2009
Nothing is more relaxing than when the launch gently moves from the Canning Port leaving the hustle-bustle of Kolkata behind and heading for a place where time almost stands still, even as the Bay of Bengal nibbles hungrily at its edges. Sundarban literally the beautiful forest in Bengali is the worlds largest delta formed by the mighty trio of rivers, the Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra, and forms the southern maritime border of West Bengal. (India Times)
Failing monsoon: El Nino may hit UPA Jun 23, 2009
The monsoon system, sucked of some of its moisture by the cyclonic storm Aila over the Bay of Bengal, has already recorded a substantial delay in travelling up north leaving large parts of central, north and northwest scorching and devoid of rains. Actual rainfall for the country as a whole for the first half of June (up to 17) has been recorded at 39. (India Times, India)
Monsoon down 45%, govt worried Jun 20, 2009
During the past week, no fresh surge developed either in the Bay of Bengal or in the Arabian Sea which could lead to further advance of monsoon,'' it noted in its release on Friday. For the government, which is also keen to put out a Food Security Act guaranteeing 25kg of foodgrain to those living below the poverty line, a bad monsoon is bound to raise concerns about the consequences of a bad sowing. (India Times, India)
