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The Indian subcontinent has a history of devastating earthquakes. The recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal has shaken the nation of Nepal and its neighbouring countries where the death toll continues to rise after it hit on 25 April, 2015. The quake destroyed homes and centuries-old temples. India is very prone to earthquakes as well. The major reason for the high frequency and intensity of the earthquakes is that the Indian plate is driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. As per the Geographical statistics, almost 54% of the land in India is vulnerable to earthquakes. According to the estimates shown by a World Bank and United Nations report; around 200 million city dwellers in India will be exposed to storms and earthquakes by 2050. The latest version of the seismic zoning map of India assigns four levels of seismicity for India in terms of zone factors, which means India is divided into 4 seismic zones: Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 5 is highl...

Engineers in Chemitz, Germany unveiled a prototype high-speed train cab made out of aluminium foam, a material that’s stronger, lighter, and better in a crash than fiberglass or regular old metal. The material consists of a 25 mm thick layer of the “foam,” actually a low-density, sponge-like composite of magnesium, silicon, and copper, and aluminum, which is sandwiched by two 2 mm thick aluminium sheets. There is no glue either, it’s all held together by metallic bonds. The foam results in a material that is 20 percent lighter than traditional fiberglass, the material commonly used these days for train cabs. Of course, this is beneficial for both improved speeds and efficiency. “The outer shell is so stiff that you need no ribs inside,” says Dr. Thomas Hipke, head of lightweight construction at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology, which helped to design the prototype train cab. To test the material the team performed experiments where they applie...

A year since Mr Narendra Modi have become the Prime Minister of the Country . With a high profile drama orchestrated by the RSS Modi was made into PM candidate removing the L K Advani . With a huge cry of Multi dollar scam the congress digs its own pity fall . It was due to arrongance of the Congress minister that made them suffer the biggest defeat of the History . It also became the biggest victory for the BJP with Modi becoming the image and finally the PM . It is almost an year now , but now the real question is whether anything changed or not ? For a common man like me nothing changed . All the Policy of the congress are dusted , polished and reimplemented . For eg the coal auction . it was intially the idea of Manmohan singh which was objected by the BJP ruled Chief Minister then. but now the Modi claim the aution is block buster . I really doubt who will benfit from this process .may it will back fire if the power price rise beyond a limit to make profit after paying s...

The 21 st Party Congress held at vishakaptanam elected Mr Sitaram Yechurys as its 5th General Secretary . 62 yr old is the most recongizable person in the party who is also a Rajya sabha member from the Westbengal . Yechury, who joined the Students Federation of India (SFI) in 1974 and became a member of the party the very next year, was arrested a few months later during the Emergency. Born on August 12, 1952, Yechury completed school education from Hyderabad and moved to Delhi to complete his graduation in ECONOMICS from St Stephen's College, standing first class first. He did his post-graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University again with a first class, but could not complete his Ph.D degree due to his arrest during Emergency, after having remained underground for some time and organising resistance. After his release, he got elected as President of the JNU Students' Union thrice. In the SFI, he became the All-India Joint Secretary in 1978 and its President soon thereafte...