India, due to its unique geography and socio-economic factors, is highly vulnerable to a wide range of natural hazards. These include geophysical events such as earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis, as well as... Read more »
This tragic event, occurring on June 23, 1985, involved the bombing of a Boeing 747 en route from Montreal to London, resulting in the loss of all 329 passengers and crew. The... Read more »
The Bhopal gas tragedy, occurring in December 1984, remains one of the world’s worst industrial disasters. A leak of methyl isocyanate gas from a Union Carbide pesticide plant exposed over half a... Read more »