New technology for retrofitting non-earthquake-resistant buildings can prevent damage in old settlements

Oct 26, 2022

The technology called semi-confined unreinforced brick masonry (SC-URBM) can resolve the problem of spread of settlements in earthquake-prone areas with constructions that have been...

PM Oli reopens Nepal's historic quake-hit tower, flouts COVID protocols

Apr 24, 2021

Kathmandu [Nepal], April 24 : Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday inaugurated the new Dharahara tower which was constructed after the old...

"Earthquake does not kill people it is the structure that does": NCS Director on Nepal quake

Nov 04, 2023

"The most disastrous occurrence of the earthquake is midnight. The severity of this earthquake in Nepal is because of the time and also the...

Tuberculosis cases surged for the first time in many years: WHO

Oct 28, 2022

The burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) also increased by 3 per cent between 2020 and 2021, with 450 000 new cases of rifampicin-resistant TB...

"Western wall is remaining part of pre-existing Hindu temple": ASI report on Gyanvapi mosque

Jan 25, 2024

"Based on the scientific studies and observations on central chamber and main entrance of the pre-existing structure in existing structure, western chamber and western...

Israeli researchers develop drought-resistant tomato

Apr 27, 2023

The study, recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was led by doctoral student Shai Torgeman and professor...