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HIMALAYAN EARTHQUAKE THREAT
Nepal's shifting political landscape: Balen Shah's meteoric rise from rap battle stage to doorstep of PM's officeBalendra "Balen" Shah, a structural engineer and former underground rapper, defied political norms to become Kathmandu's Mayor in 2022. Now...- RBI builds secured data centre away from potential enemy strikes, seismic riskThe Reserve Bank of India has set up a high-security data centre in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, to protect critical financial systems and ensure c...
- Myanmar and Tibet hit by series of quakes; NCS reports multiple tremorsMyanmar and Tibet were shaken by earthquakes today. A shallow magnitude 3.3 quake hit Myanmar, raising concerns about aftershocks. Earlier,...
- School assembly news headlines (August 13): Key headlines, quotes, and thought of the dayIndia observes heightened security in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Independence Day. Lok Sabha Speaker forms committee to investigate allegat...
- Unscientific mining pushing Uttarakhand's Bageshwar toward disasters: Govt panel to NGTA government panel has cautioned that unscientific mining in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district is destabilizing slopes, endangering villages...
- A ticking time bomb in the Himalayas? Govt flags 100 dams at risk of glacial lake outburst floodsA government warning highlights the vulnerability of over 100 dams in six Himalayan states to flash floods caused by glacial lake outbursts...
- Hidden rift in Indian Plate may trigger future Himalayan quakesA rare geological process is tearing the Indian Plate apart deep beneath the surface, scientists have discovered. In a study published by t...
- India’s earthquake time bomb: A Himalayan quake could hit 300 million people — Here’s which cities could be most affectedA series of devastating earthquakes across Asia—including a deadly 7.7-magnitude quake in Myanmar—has reignited urgent warnings about the l...
- After Myanmar horror, Japan warns of "megaquake" that could kill over 3 lakh, experts say India faces even greater riskJapan has warned about a potential megaquake along the Nankai Trough. Experts say a similar or even more severe earthquake is overdue in th...
- Why does western Nepal face threat of a bigger earthquake?“There has been a collision between Indian and Eurasian plates going on underground for a long time which has accumulated tremendous energy...
- Climate change, pollution, construction: multiple whammy to fuel more Sikkim-like disasters, warn scientistsAs Sikkim picks up the pieces following flash floods that saw many thousands being displaced, major infrastructure projects destroyed and s...
- Hydropower projects fuelling disasters in Himalayas: ExpertsConstruction of hydropower projects in the fragile Himalayan region is leading to disasters, according to environmental experts and activis...
- Sikkim glacial lake sensors failed in 2013, 2016, this monthEarly warning sensors were installed in 2013, 2016 and even last month at the critical glacial lakes in Sikkim but none survived long enoug...
- View: Heritage anchors us with a sense of community and belonging; connects our pasts with the presentBuddhist texts such as the Nidanakatha, Buddhacarita and Mahavastu narrate moving accounts of the Buddha's return to Kapilavastu and his me...
- Are frequent tremors in Uttarakhand indicative of a big quake?Yes, according to a top disaster official, who adds that a major earthquake "is long overdue in the central seismic gap of the Himalayan fr...
- Major earthquake may shake Jammu & Kashmir, millions life endangered: StudyThough the Riasi fault is not very prominent on maps, they are based on the history of seismic activity rather than the potential for futur...
- India continues to supply a third of Nepal's fuel requirementState-owned IOC is using alternative entry points to Nepal from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal to reach 32-35 % of Nepal's daily requ...
- Home Ministry specifies standard operating procedures to monitor landslide damsThe home ministry has specified new standard operating procedures or SOPs to monitor the dams, which are also created mainly due to earthqu...
- How Nepal Earthquake affected the phony-tea business in DarjeelingQuake halts supply of Nepalese tea, which was till now spuriously sold as premium Darjeeling tea; Indian variety sees 15-20% price rise
- Recent tremors raise concerns on feasibility of 6 hydropower projects in UttarakhandThe Uttarakhand government, which has been demanding that the projects be given the goahead, demanded the state be part of the expert commi...
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