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1 killed 3 injured as Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derails in Odisha
Eleven coaches of the SMVT Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derailed...
Aftershocks rattle devastated city of Mandalay
The initial 7.7-magnitude quake struck near the central Myanmar...
Allahabad HC instructs state to form high-powered committee on fire safety measures
A bench of Justice AR Masoodi and Justice OP Shukla passed the order on a PIL registered by the court earlier, taking suo motu cognizance of a fire that broke out last year in Levana Suites Hotel in the city capital. The bench said had such a committee been...
Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to over 2,000
The United States Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Herat city. It was followed by three very strong aftershocks, measuring magnitude 6.3, 5.9 and 5.5, as well as lesser shocks Islamabad: Death toll from...
Earthquake-predicting tool driven by AI shows 70 per cent accuracy, new research reveals
“It’s a matter of milliseconds, and the only thing you can control is how prepared you are. Even with 70 per cent, that’s a huge result and could help minimise economic and human losses and has the potential to dramatically improve earthquake preparedness worldwide,”...
“If previous government had constructed properly…” Sikkim Chief Minister on hydel dam destroyed in flash floods
The Lhonak glacier in the Sikkim Himalayas burst and started to overflow breaching one side of the lake on October 3 leading to the rise in the water levels in Teesta and inundate several areas of the state. The 1200 MW dam Teesta Stage III hydel power project in...
Himachal govt to bring stringent laws to ensure safety of citizens from natural calamities
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu,Chief Minister,Himachal Pradesh The proposed laws will address issues such as structural engineering permissions, land weight limits, and effective drainage systems and appeal to people to support the government in its initiative Shimla:...
Pharma majors face disruptions in ops due to Sikkim flash floods
No major disruption is expected in supply chain as the manufacturing of the products has been diverted to other plants, Mankind Pharma New Delhi: Mankind Pharma Ltd on Thursday said operations at its manufacturing facility in South Sikkim have been disrupted due to...
The six weeks following flooding event critical for public health monitoring, new decadal study suggests
These flood-and-death associations varied with local climate types and were stronger in populations with low socioeconomic status or greater numbers of older people, said lead researcher Yuming Guo from the university's School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine,...
Nepal quake triggered Sikkim disaster? Scientists to find out
“Earthquake that hit Nepal might be a cause of flash floods in Sikkim. The lake was already vulnerable and was spread across 168 hectares. Its area has now reduced 60 hectares, so about 100 hectares of volume of water has breached the level,” a senior official at the...
Google unveils Android Earthquake Alerts System in India
"We hope to supplement the government's efforts on earthquake alerts and provide people with the advance notice they need to stay safe. In India, we have been working closely with the NDMA to provide users with helpful safety information about natural disasters such...
US energy regulator recommends revising reliability standards for extreme weather
FERC said the report recommends completing cold weather reliability standard revisions from Winter Storm Uri in 2021 – which resulted in the largest controlled blackout in U.S. history – and making U.S. natural gas infrastructure more reliable The Federal Energy...