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RBI’s new data centre far from seismic risks and cross-border threats — where is it?

The Reserve Bank of India has developed a high security data center in Bhubaneswar, in a move to safeguard critical financial systems and ensuring the continuity of its core operations. The location was chosen to minimise exposure to cross-border threats and seismic risks. The new greenfield facility, spread across 18.55 acres at Info Valley-II, Khordha,…

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India unveils new seismic map, entire Himalayan arc now in highest danger zone | Dehradun News

DEHRADUN: India has released a radically updated seismic zonation map under the new Earthquake Design Code, placing the entire Himalayan arc in a newly introduced highest-risk Zone VI for the first time, and reshaping the country’s understanding of earthquake exposure by showing that 61% of India now lies in moderate to high hazard zones, a…

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‘Collision during seismic equipment test’: Test train runs down railway workers in China; 11 killed, 2 injured

A test train crashed into railway workers in China’s southwestern Yunnan province on Thursday, killing 11 and injuring two, in what is being described as the region’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade. The incident reportedly occurred during a seismic- detection equipment test, reported Reuters.The collision took place at Luoyang Town (Luoyangzhen) railway station…

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