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Fire broke out, elevators failed, earthquake struck: How this Indian startup’s balcony escape system could save lives in high-rise buildingsAn Indian startup, Skydrop, has unveiled a balcony-mounted safety cable system designed for high-rise residents facing emergencies. This in...- BIS scraps new seismic zonation plan after govt flags construction cost surgeIndia's new earthquake building safety code has been withdrawn. The Bureau of Indian Standards reversed its decision after the Cabinet Secr...
- 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 ...
- PM Modi to inaugurate 184 newly constructed Type-VII multi-storey flats for MPs on MondayPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate 184 newly built Type-VII Multi-Storey Flats for Members of Parliament at Baba Kharak Sing...
- Is New York earthquake prone? Recent quake and flood woes highlight city’s complex natural risk profileNew York City is experiencing more earthquake tremors. Recent quake was felt near Newark. Experts are concerned about the city's vulnerabil...
- Turkey earthquake: 6.2 magnitude quake in the Sea of Marmara shakes IstanbulA 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Istanbul on Wednesday. The epicenter was in the Sea of Marmara. Aftershocks followed. Residents were asked 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...
- Earthquake News: 7.7-Magnitude quake kills 144 in Myanmar, 117 missing in ThailandA 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar near Mandalay, causing significant destruction and leading to at least 144 deaths and over 730 in...
- Delhi earthquake: Why did a 4.0-magnitude tremor feel so scary?Delhi Earthquake Epicenter: Residents of Delhi-NCR and northern India experienced strong tremors early Monday morning from a 4.0 magnitude ...
- 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...
- Turkey's lax policing of building codes flagged before quakeThe lax enforcement, which experts in geology and engineering have long warned about, is gaining renewed scrutiny in the aftermath of this ...
- ET View: For Mumbai, sky is the limitThere are other niggling worries such as lack of clarity on how congested the plan would leave the city's roads, drains, parks and schools.
- 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...
- 2,508 cities selected under PM Narendra Modi's scheme for affordable housingThe scheme comes with an aim of constructing more than 2 cr houses within a span of 7 years. The scheme, started in 2015, would end in 2022.
- Centre says municipal corporations under Delhi government, startles HCObserving that Delhi falls in seismic zone IV, a high risk area, the bench had given the Centre three weeks time to submit an action plan .
- Nepal's Rastrapati Bhawan declared unsafe for useNepal's Rastrapati Bhawan, a British-era structure, has been declared unsafe for use by a technical team after the building developed crack...
- Are soft storey buildings earthquake safe?Many such type of buildings has open ground storey open which is used for parking. The columns in the ground storey do not have any partiti...
- Nepalese form WhatsApp group to trace relativesShahpur Jat has formed a WhatsApp group to share photos so that people back in their respective villages can help them in tracking their fa...
- 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...
- Urbanisation: Scrap FSI, stipulate norms for adequate infrastructureThe Planning Commission suggestion that building norms be revamped to have taller, viable cities needs to be concretised.
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