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Road ministry to prioritise slope stabilisationRoad safety in hilly regions is set to improve. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will now focus on stabilizing slopes before bui...- India unveils new seismic map, puts entire Himalayan Arc in highest-risk zoneIndia has released a new seismic map. The entire Himalayan region is now in the highest risk Zone VI. This update means 61% of India faces ...
- 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...
- Uttarkashi flash flood adds to 700+ deaths in a decade as Uttarakhand’s climate disasters surgeUttarakhand faces a growing climate crisis, with flash floods and landslides claiming hundreds of lives in the past decade. Scientific stud...
- GSI charts roadmap with 1,065 programmes, 16% rise in mineral projectsThe 64th CGPB meeting in Bhubaneswar, chaired by VL Kantha Rao, gathered key stakeholders from the exploration, research, and mining sector...
- 300 deaths, 10,000 cracked building: Not rains, here's what destroyed picturesque HimachalMore than 110 landslides and floods occurred from 24 June to 14 July. The devastation is largely due to the unchecked building of cement an...
- 296 families from subsidence-hit Joshimath shifted to safer places: GovtThe Uttarakhand government has issued orders for payment of Rs 1,00,000 as an advance for rehabilitation, and Rs 50,000 as displacement all...
- NDMA panel says 'do not allow construction near high flood level'The NDMA panel was formed after a glacier crack in the Tapovan-Raini area of Chamoli in Uttrakhand, more than a year ago, killed at least 8...
- IIT Kharagpur's AI study finds 20 per cent of India has toxic levels of arsenic in groundwaterAccording to the researchers, the findings suggest a much greater extent of the high arsenic zones and total population exposed than alread...
- Geological Survey of India signs MoU with Finland counterpart for mineral explorationGTK and GSI will help each other through an exchange programme in the sphere of training and capacity building.
- Foreshocks, swarms caused recent earthquakes in India, says Geological Survey of India officialDr Sandip Som, the deputy director general of GSI, also said that foreshocks -- mild tremor preceding earthquakes -- or swarm activities --...
- IIT Kharagpur collaborates with British Geological Survey to turn Varanasi into smart cityThe preservation of archaeological sites and the management of flooding hazards and the sustainability of water supplies would also be unde...
- 95% households in India vulnerable to earthquakes: BMPTCThese colour coded maps which have tehsil level details and convey the location in five different zones of earthquake intensity were releas...
- Take up 'microzonation' of cities in high seismic zones: Parliamentary panelThe recommendation also assumes significance in light of the large-scale casualty witnessed in the Nepal quake, with close to 8,000 people ...
- Nearest earthquake zone just 100 km from Bengaluru: StudyThe last time Bengaluru suffered an earthquake was on January 29, 2001, whose magnitude was 4.3 on the Richter scale.
- Climate change is natural, not just man-made: ExpertsAs the world grapples with climate change and methods to tackle natural and man-induced disasters, the role of science should be to provide...
- Geological Survey of India to take over earthquake management from Indian Meteorological DepartmentThe GSI will now take over the work of seismic hazard risk mapping work at micro-level from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for 30 m...
- GSI partners with Kashmir University to promote researchGeological Survey of India & University of Kashmir have decided to join hands to promote advanced research in various fields of Geosciences...
- Meghalaya to implement new mines and mineral Policy by next yearMeghalaya will implement the new mines and mineral Policy by next year. The new policy has made room for joint venture in coal explorations...
- New coastal norms could find houses, businesses at seaBe it housing or building a factory on the shore, tighter coastal norms could be on the way.
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