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These packets carrying potato bhujia & 'beef masala' were spotted in relief material sent from Pak to Nepal. After experiencing major devastation and loss of lives in the April 25 earthquake, Nepal is left with an unsavoury taste in the mouth when it received packets of 'beef masala' as part of the relief package from Pakistan. Since the majority-Hindu country treats cows as sacred and there is a blanket ban on slaughtering the animal, the development has the potential of triggering diplomatic acrimony between the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries. Indian doctors at Kathmandu's Bir Hospital told Mail Today that packets of 'beef masala' were sent by Pakistan on Tuesday as part of relief aid to the temblor survivors. These doctors - drawn from Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - are members of a 34-member medical team sent to Nepal for trea

China announced on Wednesday it would provide a second batch of humanitarian aid to Nepal worth US $6.54 million, tripling its aid to the quake-hit country even as around 300 Chinese personnel from military and humanitarian rescue teams have been pressed into action in the search for survivors. In a demonstration of Beijing's unusually proactive diplomatic and humanitarian response to the tragedy -- a response that many diplomats in the Chinese capital described as a marked contrast to a slow-moving and much criticised reaction to typhoon hit Philippines in 2013 -- authorities said on Wednesday they planned to increased the $3.4 million aid announced on Sunday as well as press more personnel into action. The Ministry of Commerce said a second batch of $6.54 million aid, including water purification equipment, first aid kits, tents and blankets, will be delivered to Nepal as soon as possible, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The Chinese government has been keen to u

Rajasthan stay second while Bangalore storm to third spot after sharing one point apiece Persistent pre-monsoon showers that started during innings break forced the abandonment of the game between hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in the 2015 Pepsi Indian Premier League on Wednesday.   Scorecard The rains commenced soon after RCB completed their innings on 200 for seven. The umpires, Johan Cloete and Paschim Pathak waited until close to midnight before calling off the match. As such, the teams picked up one point apiece. While Rajasthan Royals joined Chennai Super Kings at the top of the table with 12 points but placed second on net run rate, RCB tied with Kolkata Knight Riders whom they host Saturday, on seven. RCB, with superior NRR moved to third position ahead of KKR. Earlier, AB de Villiers (57, 45b, 9x4, 1x6) and 17-year old fresh face from Mumbai Sarfaraz Khan (45 not out, 21b, 6x4, 1x6) helped RCB post a total of 200 for seven wi

An unmanned Russian spacecraft carrying 6,000 pounds of food, fuel and scientific experiments for the crew at the International Space Station (ISS) has gone out of control and is probably going to crash into the earth's atmosphere soon, said media reports and NASA on Wednesday. According to NASA, "the Russian flight control team attempted to command the vehicle over four orbits flying over Russian ground sites with no success". Currently spinning out of control in orbit, the spacecraft "will probably burn up on re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere" The Progress M-27M was launched on Tuesday and was scheduled to dock at the International Space Station six hours later to deliver 2.5 tonnes of supplies, including food and fuel. But flight controllers were unable to receive data from the spacecraft, which had entered the wrong orbit. Mission Control spokesman Sergei Talalasov told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday that flight controlle

Nepalese people watch the rescue operation at the site of a residential building that collapsed in Saturday's earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 26, 2015. Photo: AP Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Wednesday faced earthquake victims' ire over mismanagement in distribution of relief material. People vented their anger when the Prime Minister visited their camps to assess relief work and complained that they were not getting any aid. Koirala told them that he had come to see for himself the difficult situation Nepal is faced with and assured them that help would reach them at the earliest. Thousands of desperate Nepalese, who have been staying in the open with no houses to return to and fearing more devastation from aftershocks, clashed with police and seized water-bottles and other essential supplies. Frayed tempers were also witnessed at the main bus station here where quake victims had gathered to get out of Kathmandu but the promised buses failed to a

An injured girl is carried by a Nepal Army personnel to a helicopter following Saturday's earthquake in Sindhupalchowk. At a 12-bed hospital deep in Nepal's Himalayan mountains, Indian Air Force helicopters bring in the casualties of a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 4,000: injured men, women and children plucked from hilltops and inaccessible valleys. In the capital Kathmandu, Chinese rescuers in red uniforms have been searching for survivors in the rubble. Television footage on Tuesday showed one crew pulling a man from the wreckage of a hotel, carrying him gingerly on a stretcher. Nepal's government has struggled in the wake of the country's worst earthquake in nearly a century, its officials have been largely absent from public view. Not so India and China: both promised rescuers, sniffer dogs, tents and food within hours, winning praise from stranded Nepalis. "We have no faith in our government, only India and (Prime Minister Narendra)

Nepal earthquake has rocked the world and at the same time has created fear among the people. Now, you can use your smartphone or a tablet to know the seismic activities. Your smart device can act as a basic seismometer to know whether the ground is really shaking or it is just you. All what you need is a smartphone that can work as basic seismometer. You don't need to install any app. A built in web browser is enough to do the job. It can be checked on almost any smartphone these as they have inbuilt accelerometers and gyroscopes. Launch Google Chrome or the Safari browser on your mobile phone or tablet. Open the page.  Once opened, you will find a continuously moving waveform. Keep the device on a flat surface and it will check the seismic activities. The graph will keep on capturing the movements in a real time in accordance with the movements of your device. It depends on the orientation of your phone- if you slightly shake or tilt your mobile device the graph wi

Family members eat their dinner in front of a makeshift shelter on open ground to keep safe after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal April 26, 2015. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar The death toll in earthquake-hit Nepal on Monday crossed 3,200 with another 6,000 people injured as rains and fresh tremors hampered rescue efforts to locate survivors trapped under tonnes of rubble of flattened homes and buildings. "The death toll has reached 3,218 and over 6,500 are injured," said Rameshwor Dangal, head of the home ministry's national disaster management division. Officials said five Indians, including the daughter of an Indian embassy employee, were among those killed in the quake. Thousands of desperate Nepalese huddled under tents and sought scarce food and medical supplies as overwhelmed authorities struggled to care for the wounded and homeless. With no electricity, capital Kathmandu resembled a ghost town with rains pounding the city, forcing the clo

Welcome to the   LIVE   coverage of Match 23 in the 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL) between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad from the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.   Scorecard Toss:   Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad.   Six matches, one win. Two points. A net run-rate of -0.830. On Thursday evening at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Mumbai Indians went into their match against Delhi Daredevils placed seventh on the IPL 2015 points table. Defeat by 37 runs has left them at the bottom of the pile. On Saturday, in front of their home crowd at the Wankhede Stadium, they will face Sunrisers Hyderabad who have two more points from five matches. How did it come to be so bad for Mumbai Indians? Injuries to Aaron Finch and Corey Anderson have obviously weakened the franchise, but the bottom line is that they just aren't good enough this year. They were beaten comprehensively in the tournament opener by Kolkata Knight Rider