KOLKATA: Two major floods caused by monsoon pattern anomalies, which inundated large parts of the subcontinent approximately 800 and 700 years ago, might have wiped out powerful dynasties across what is now known as India. Startling evidence of this has been unearthed by a group of geology experts from IIT Kharagpur. The group’s findings, published […]
“Let us not create a fear psychosis among people,” Javadekar told Lok Sabha in response to a query about studies that life expectancy is coming down due to pollution. During the Question Hour, he said the government has been taking pro-active actions to curb pollution and that the efforts are bearing fruits. (PTI) Union minister […]
KHARTOUM: At least 18 Indians were among the 23 people killed and over 130 injured in a horrific LPG tanker blast at a ceramic factory in Sudan, the Indian mission said here on Wednesday. Sixteen Indians were missing after the incident that happened at Seela Ceramic Factory in Bahri area in Khartoum, the national capital, […]
Participants at the international meeting on tsunami warning systems at INCOIS, Hyderabad. With heights of several metres, they pose enormous challenges to existing tsunami warning systems The Indian Ocean is likely to be affected by tsunamis generated by earthquakes at two potential source regions, the Andaman-Nicobar-Sumatra Island subduction zone and the Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ), […]
