Bangladesh Earthquake: Eight dead and over 300 injured as 5.5 quake rocks DhakaA powerful earthquake hit central Bangladesh on Friday morning. The tremor registered 5.5 magnitude. At least eight people died and over 30...
21 Nov, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
Kolkata earthquake: Why Eastern India felt short but strong tremors, what caused it, and which regions fall in high-risk zoneEarthquake Kolkata: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake originating near Dhaka, Bangladesh, caused noticeable tremors across Kolkata and Northeast I...
21 Nov, 2025, 11.52 AM IST
Kolkata Earthquake: Tremors in India's eastern city as 5.7-magnitude quake hits BangladeshKolkata Earthquake Today: Kolkata experienced mild tremors on Friday morning, lasting only a few seconds around 10:10 AM. These tremors are...
21 Nov, 2025, 11.51 AM IST
India seeks transparency from China over construction of mega dam on River BrahmaputraIndia is concerned about China building a big dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. This river becomes the Brahmaputra in India. The p...
10 Aug, 2025, 09.22 PM IST
China's Brahmaputra hydropower project raises alarm among Tibetan experts, downstream nationsConcerns are escalating among Tibetan experts regarding China's construction of a massive hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet....
02 Aug, 2025, 02.58 PM IST
Earthquakes in Tibet highlight vulnerability of area of proposed Chinese mega damA series of earthquakes in Tibet resulted in at least 95 fatalities and widespread devastation, affecting Nepal, India, Bhutan, and parts o...
09 Jan, 2025, 05.59 PM IST
OIL gets 25 blocks under Open Acreage Licensing Policy25 Sep, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
Assam jolted by 5.2 magnitude earthquake, impact felt in Meghalaya, Bengal tooThe jolt triggered panic in Lower Assam districts and Meghalaya, with media reporting that people ran out of their homes in many places inc...
07 Jul, 2021, 12.02 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
Russia will work with India for localisation of equipment for nuclear power plants: Andrey Shevlyakov, CEO, Rosatom South AsiaOn India’s request, additional safety measures are being put in place in Units 3 and 4 to withstand even higher seismic, climatic and techn...
27 Aug, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
Russia extends advanced nuclear power technology in Bangladesh, IndiaIn fact, training is already well underway. At present, around 50 students from Bangladesh are studying in Russia. This year, the first gro...
30 Nov, 2017, 05.14 PM IST
How IIT-Roorkee's laboratory is working on three earthquake-proof building modelsThe model building does not use cement at all. It's 40% cheaper than a conventional one, and is expected withstand earthquakes of 8.5 magni...
03 May, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
Santos pulls out of Indian oil and gas blocksAustralia's Santos wants to exit its two oil and gas exploration block in Bay of Bengal due to delays in getting approvals to start work.
09 Dec, 2013, 05.40 PM IST
Tremor felt in Delhi once again, but seismologists see no cause for panic37 quakes rocked region in and around India, but IMD sees no evidence of a major shock coming.
02 May, 2013, 05.13 AM IST
- Tsunami warning in Andaman, Orissa, Kerala & Indian Ocean after massive earthquake in Indonesia
A tsunami warning for Andaman & Nicobar Islands was issued. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service issued a red high-level wa...
11 Apr, 2012, 04.03 PM IST
- Undersea cable cut hits ISD, Net traffic
Three major undersea cables that carry a bulk of the internet traffic between Asia and the rest of the world - have been cut in the Mediter...
21 Dec, 2008, 12.04 AM IST
- ONGC wants change of Palk Bay exploration location
ONGC has requested the government to shift the location of its shallow water oil exploration project as the currently identified site comes...
13 Oct, 2007, 11.30 AM IST