Iran is proposing new charges for security and services in the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to generate significant revenue and reshape its man...

A wave of deadly fires across India in recent months has exposed critical safety lapses and lax enforcement of regulations. From coaching c...

The Indian government is considering introducing durability certificates for buildings to address growing concerns over unsafe construction...

A medical college hostel complex destroyed in last year's Air India AI-171 plane crash in Ahmedabad will be rebuilt. The Gujarat government...

Marie Curie and her husband Pierre discovered polonium and radium in 1898. Their work changed physics, showing atoms were not stable. Radio...

In Haryana's Nuh, numerous government primary schools lack buildings, forcing children to learn in cattle sheds, open fields, and village c...

Americans are feeling more worried about retirement and money safety. Inflation, rising costs, and market ups and downs are causing fear. M...

Tenants ordered to vacate a dilapidated building in Varanasi can seek compensation or rehousing after demolition. The Allahabad High Court ...

The Gambhira Bridge collapse in Vadodara, resulting in 16 fatalities, exposes ignored warnings dating back to 2021 regarding its unsafe con...

Thane Municipal Corporation identified 4,297 dangerous buildings in Thane city. Some structures need to be vacated and demolished for safet...

The presence of chloride in concrete could be because of chloride in water or aggregate used in concrete, an IIT Delhi report said after a ...

The institute said that these dormitories have suffered damages beyond repairs over the years, due to various reasons including 2001 earthq...

This includes the works related to protection of building, shuttering, water proofing, flood protection, propping and structural repairs of...

The state government already permitted pre-monsoon work by BMC and other agencies. With the monsoon a month away, the government is focusin...

Nepal's Rastrapati Bhawan, a British-era structure, has been declared unsafe for use by a technical team after the building developed crack...

Delhi govt has lifted the ban on registration of properties that have been booked for unauthorized construction by the municipal corporatio...

With a survey finding that 70 pc of buildings on Yamuna floodplains were structurally unsafe, the DDA has been asked to deal with this prob...