Delhi has survived nearly 500 tremors in 30 years but a specialist has a 8.0 magnitude warning for national capitalDelhi Earthquakes: The recent 4.0 magnitude tremor in Delhi-NCR highlights the potential threat of a major earthquake in the Himalayas, wit...
18 Feb, 2025, 12.05 PM IST
NGRI scientist warns of a possible 'greater earthquake' in UttarakhandDr. N Purnachandra Rao, chief scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute said, “The region referred to as the seismic gap bet...
22 Feb, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
Himalayas poised for a series of big earthquakes, says studyThe study notes that the sequence of future Himalayan earthquakes could be similar to the great earthquakes that occurred in the twentieth ...
23 Oct, 2020, 09.41 AM IST
India provides Rs 96 crore to Nepal as post-earthquake assistance: Indian EmbassyThe financial support was provided as housing and school sector assistance and would further help in the renovation of educational institut...
24 Sep, 2020, 04.58 PM IST
Nepal’s turnaround has helped Eastern Indian tourism sector tooDevastating 2015 earthquake shattered the tiny picturesque tourism hotspot Nepal causing a loss of 9000 lives and property worth $7 trillon.
26 May, 2017, 11.29 PM IST
Himalayan region at risk of worse quakes than Nepal 2015 eventIt is a part of the world that is prone to earthquakes, as the Indian plate makes its incremental, sticky descent beneath the Eurasian plat...
14 Jun, 2016, 06.00 PM IST
Scientists try to decipher signatures of past earthquakesSince predicting earthquakes is nearly impossible, scientists try to study the past records to try decipher some clues for future forecasti...
24 Jan, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
Great dream of developing Nepal hit by border blockade: Prime Minister KP Sharma OliOli said his "great dream" of developing the landlocked nation has been obstructed by the blockade at the border trade points with India.
13 Dec, 2015, 09.25 PM IST
Nepal earthquake was less catastrophic than expected: StudyScientists studying the earthquake combined data from the sparse seismic stations within Nepal with global observations and swift fieldwork.
28 Oct, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
Delhi needs to prepare for devastating earthquakes: ExpertsDelhi needs to prepare for devastating earthquakes as experts say it is prone to severe tremors and the region can be rattled by tectonic s...
27 Oct, 2015, 04.23 AM IST
India to share Gujarat reconstruction experience with NepalRecalling the great earthquake of Gujarat, where thousands of people were killed, Mishra said that he shared with Nepalese officials the ex...
20 May, 2015, 07.32 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee hails mountaineers' service during Kargil conflictIn May 1999, India and Pakistan, in their most serious military engagement since 1971, clashed in Kargil area of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmi...
20 May, 2015, 04.45 PM IST
Nepal Earthquake: India to share Gujarat reconstruction experienceIndia will share its experiences in dealing situations like earthquakes and tsunami to provide Nepal with post-quake restoration works and ...
20 May, 2015, 02.28 PM IST
Predicting earthquakes is very much a work in progressAfter the dust settles on the tragedy, the current Nepal earthquake will provide an opportunity to advance our understanding of earthquake ...
02 May, 2015, 05.11 AM IST
Nepal Earthquake: Strong possibility of quake in Central Himalayas; Himachal Pradesh in high strain region, say expertsWhile there is no way to predict an earthquake, sampling seismic data over past 150 years points to possibility of a huge quake over next f...
28 Apr, 2015, 07.40 AM IST
Earthquake in Himalayan region: A catastrophe waiting to happen?Earthquakes are inevitable in almost the entire cross-section of the Himalayas and a population of more than 50 million is at risk, says a ...
27 Apr, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
A catastrophe waiting to happen in cross-section of the Himalayas and adjoining plains?The study, Himalayan Seismic Hazard, published says the longer the time interval between the last big earthquake in the region the higher t...
27 Apr, 2015, 06.53 AM IST