If you enjoy checking out the Himalayas and catching a glimpse of Mt. Everest on Google Street View, then you will be pleased to learn that Google is kicking things up a notch. It has launched a fun ...

“Because it’s there,” George Mallory famously replied when asked in 1923 his motivation for challenging the world’s highest peak. Yet long before Mallory’s linguistic minimalism Everest was there, a ...

Google today released a new application designed to get kids to explore the world using maps and 3D imagery. The new app, which the company describes as “an experiment,” takes advantage of Google Maps ...

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A mountain map of the snowy Himalayas recently went viral on social media, Yangtse Evening Post reported. Dubbed the "the greatest ever map of Himalaya", the picture has received more than 20 million ...

This marks one of the most significant shifts in seismic hazard assessment in decades, revealing that 61% of the country now falls under moderate to high hazard zones.​ ...

Himalayas have been placed under the ‘highest-risk danger zone’ by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as it unveiled a radically updated seismic zonation map, part of its Earthquake Design Code.

India has released a new earthquake map. The entire Himalayan region is now in the highest risk zone. Over 60% of India faces moderate to high earthquake hazards. New building codes will ensure ...