This marks one of the most significant shifts in seismic hazard assessment in decades, revealing that 61% of the country now ...

Almost all of India’s Himalayan arc has now been placed in the newly created Zone VI, the highest seismic-hazard category.

The revised framework significantly reshapes the country’s understanding of earthquake exposure, showing that 61 per cent of ...

Most of Bhavani Thekkada's competitors grew up on skis. She grew up on a coffee farm — in southern India. So as a ...

India has updated its national seismic zonation map, placing the entire Himalayan arc in the highest-risk Zone VI for the first time.

India’s new seismic zonation map has rewritten the nation’s earthquake risk profile by elevating the entire Himalayan ...

Himalayas have been placed under the ‘highest-risk danger zone’ by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as it unveiled a ...

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) grouped the country into five categories based on expected levels of damage: Very high ...

KOHIMA — A research initiative led by Nagaland University is creating a detailed inventory and risk assessment of high-altitude glacial lakes in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, aiming to prevent ...

Nepal’s new banknote acts like a mirror. It reflects India’s own habit of drawing maps alone. By updating the map on its ...

The Himalayas and Kathmandu may lure all the tourists, but Nepal's Terai lowlands are teeming with wildlife, national parks ...

A common misconception about research is that it takes place in climate-controlled labs with microscopes, beakers, and Bunsen ...