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Pema Khandu inaugurates Arunachal Pradesh Bamboo & Cane Technology Centre at Gungu near ItanagarArunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated a new Bamboo and Cane Technology Centre. with an aim to transform the state's bamb...- 'Ocean of energy' found in Andaman: What the new gas discovery means? Can it reduce India's import dependence?Andaman oil discovery news: Oil India has confirmed the discovery of natural gas in an exploratory well in the Andaman Sea, marking a signi...
- Govt awarded 172 oil & gas blocks in 10 years, but negligible output brings policy and execution into focusIndia's ambitious oil and gas policy has failed to boost domestic production. Despite billions invested and extensive exploration, only one...
- Quake code: It's about getting the safety-cost balance rightIndia has reverted to the 2016 seismic code after withdrawing IS 1893 (2025), sparking debate over earthquake safety. While the 2025 draft ...
- NDMA, J&K SDMA launch survey to study causes of cloudbursts, flash floods in HimalayasNDMA and J&K SDMA have started a survey. The survey aims to understand cloudbursts and flash floods in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Hi...
- Manipur CM N. Biren Singh unveils Rs. 58 crore Alternate Housing Complex at LangolManipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh inaugurated the Alternate Housing Complex at National Games Village, Langol. Constructed at the cost ...
- Dharmendra Pradhan dedicates Bengal basin to nation, says discovery would aid India's energy securityWhile dedicating the Asokenagar discovery to the nation, Pradhan said that the discovery would play a role for India's energy security. He ...
- Tripling oil exploration area on cards for boosting discoveriesRecent policy reforms and the emergence of new geological data from the National Seismic Programme should help attract big investments in t...
- Area under hydrocarbon exploration expected to double by 2020, says DGHThe first licensing round under the new Open Acreage Licensing Policy expanded exploration acreage to 150,000 sq km last year from 90,000 s...
- 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...
- Disruption of TV signals, mobiles may help predict earthquakes (Comment)A moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Uttarakhand on the night of February 6. As usual, there was the news rush -- breaking news, special...
- Corporates and government should not have acrimonious ties: Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan"The relationship is better when it is based on policies, when discretion is reduced and decision making in isolation is ended," he says.
- Dharmendra Pradhan launches Rs 5,000cr national seismic programme in Mahanadi BasinThe massive 2D seismic survey, which will cost the government more than Rs 5,000 crore, has been launched here on Mahanadi basin (onshore) ...
- DHL Group with UN to impart five day workshop for disaster preparednessParticipants in the workshop include a mix of staff from the airport's terminal management team, cargo operations, communication, navigatio...
- Nepal government unveils policy document for next fiscalThe programme also emphasizes to review the building code of 2008 and its implementation in all the municipalities across the country.
- Nepal earthquake: How defunct seismological instruments could make India payThe instruments were supposed to collect data for analysis by seismologists on the motion of the earth’s tectonic plates, which leads to ea...
- India lost chance to record shocks as project to collect data for analysis lose fundingThe ministry of earth sciences, in collaboration with IIT-Roorkee, had decided to install 294 strong motion accelerographs in the north, no...
- Nearly half of Americans threatened by earthquakesMore than 143 million Americans living in the 48 contiguous states are exposed to potentially damaging ground shaking from earthquakes, res...
- NDMA says residential high-rise towers don't conform to earthquake safety standards; comes up with norms on seismic retrofittingThe National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the home ministry has come out with norms on seismic retrofitting of deficient buil...
- China to build earthquake monitoring and warning systemChina, frequently hit by earthquakes, is now planning to build a national earthquake monitoring and warning system.
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