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Prison authorities had evacuated roughly 2,000 inmates from their barracks into an open area of the prison compound during the earthquake. The situation quickly spiralled into chaos.
The earthquake that shook the city Monday morning was a moderate 4 on the Richter scale. The epicentre of the earthquake was in south Delhi’s Jheel Park.
There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. The earthquake, with its epicentre in New Delhi, struck at a depth of five kilometres at 5:36 am.
No abnormalities were reported at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant in western Japan or the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima prefecture, both nearest to the quake site.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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