The rubble speaks

Earthquakes may have played a major role in the destruction of 50 well-known ancient cities

After 7.9 shock

The earthquake that shook Nepal and northern India underscores the urgency to understand the seismicity of the Himalayas and to improve the …

Safe as houses

Earthquakes don't kill; badly built houses do. A look into houses in India that have withstood several earthquakes

North-East

Assam-type solution

Chaotic response to calamity

The killer quake struck unexpectedly in the still of the night. Entire villages were flattened and thousands perished. Though rescue and relief …

Kangra safe corners

The Himalaya is the youngest range of mountains in the world are immensely prone to earthquakes. The entire range falls in seismic zone 5 and 4 - …

Shale gas: dubious game-changer

If disaster strikes

Is India ready for a Japan-like catastrophe?

On the trail of tsunami

Since the 2004 tsunami, scientists have moved closer to understanding and predicting its trigger, the tectonic earthquake. Are governments …

Stumbling blocks

The Gujarat earthquake struck at the very foundation of urban India. The disaster highlighted the haphazard manner in which the country's towns …

Tehri: is it curtains?

The beginning of submergence of Tehri also marked the drowning of anti-dam sentiments. Any strong protest was conspicuous by its absence. Does …

Dam at fault

Maharashtra builds dam in quake zone without permission. High Court refuses stay

Passive neighbour

India remains indifferent as China builds dams on upper reaches of Brahmaputra  

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents

UTTARKASHI

Houses that hold on

Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

22 million people displaced by natural disasters globally last year

Floods, storms and quakes displaced 19 million people in Asia alone

Science and Technology - Briefs

No signs of science

Shaky business

A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat's homes to rubbles

Republic quaked

Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government-made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Can't tell or foretell

Floods, earthquakes, landslides: Why Arunachal’s Etalin hydel project can be a worry

Formation of glacial lakes driven by climate change and sesimic risks pose threat to nature and life; project’s environmental …

Murdering the Mekong river

The Lao and Thai governments plan to build mainstream dams and irrigation take offs on the river. This will convert this mighty waterway into …