China's large and mysterious dam project on Brahmaputra is alarming not just India but also expertsChina is building the world's largest hydropower dam, the Motuo Hydropower Station, in Tibet near the Indian border. This project aims to m...
27 Jan, 2025, 11.11 AM IST
Natural disaster losses hit $72 bn in first half 2022: Swiss ReThough the figure is lower than the $91 billion estimate for the first six months of 2021, it is close to the 10-year average of $74 billio...
02 Aug, 2022, 05.14 PM IST
View: Europe's floods proved one thing. India sells disaster differentlyIn the middle of July, I started getting messages from people I knew and people I didn’t. ‘Are you okay?’ Was I okay? I was better than oka...
14 Aug, 2021, 10.11 PM IST
Assam quake: Experts from IIT Guwahati proposes Seismic micro zonation of urban areasThe high-intensity earthquake early Wednesday has caused damage to houses and buildings with people running out of their homes and other pl...
30 Apr, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's addressThe Budget session 2018 began with President Ram Nath Kovind's joint address to both houses of the parliament. In his first address, he inv...
29 Jan, 2018, 01.11 PM IST
Keep national security in mind while taking a call on Rohingyas: RSS chief"We have been facing the problem of illegal Bangladeshi migrants and now Rohingyas have infiltrated into our country," Bhagwat said while a...
30 Sep, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
The idea of loss, being and regeneration through personal lens and public memoryThe first edition of this series of exhibitions, ‘Things Lost/Remembering the Things’, is underway in Kolkata’s Ganges Art Gallery.
15 Apr, 2017, 01.45 AM IST
India to push for balanced constitution, timely completion of projects during Oli visitPeople familiar with the Indo-Nepal developments pointed out that Nepal’s absorption capacity is limited compared with Delhi funded project...
18 Feb, 2016, 09.23 AM IST
Taiwan diaries: Rare snapshot into a country which in many ways is a place like no otherET Magazine’s intrepid writer spent a week there as an invitee of the Taiwanese government provides some rare snapshots.
23 Aug, 2015, 09.41 PM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
RSS backing to Narendra Modi may queer the pitch for alliesSupport for Modi has swelled as PM Manmohan Singh’s Congress-led alliance was caught in a series of graft allegations and the departure of ...
21 Mar, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Caritas India: The best networked NGO you haven't heard ofThe NGO, Caritas India, maintains a low profile but is present in almost every relief operation and has been around for 50 years.
25 Dec, 2011, 04.50 AM IST
- Insurance cos should seek safety certificate from schools
Insurance companies should inspire their policy holders to demand certificates of school safety from their respective education authorities.
13 Jul, 2008, 12.24 AM IST
- PM promises 'robust' disaster management system
Promising a "robust" disaster management system, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said it was time for a "paradigm shift" from re...
29 Nov, 2006, 01.40 PM IST