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Breakneck by Dan Wang: What the US can learn from China to maintain its supremacy
November 13, 2025 7:48 pm
Dan Wang’s Breakneck argues that China’s engineer-led culture builds rapidly while America’s lawyerly elite obstructs progress.
The curious case of Kolkata’s tilted buildings -- ‘if there’s space for two to stand, they’ll make a building’
February 06, 2025 4:50 pm
The case of the tilted buildings first came to light on January 11, when one such structure in South Kolkata’s Bagha Jatin tipped into a neighbouring structure. According to experts, unchecked construction and disregard for safety regulations are primarily responsible for the phenomenon.
Concrete material falls on under-construction building in Pune, scares neighbouring residents
March 01, 2023 7:39 pm
The concrete material fell on the tin shed of a driveway scaring the residents of Ganga Florentina Society, which is adjacent to Lodha Bella Vita.
Supertech Twin Towers demolition: Here's a health advisory on dos and don'ts to follow
August 28, 2022 12:30 pm
Change the bedsheets and pillow covers after the demolition; ideally, wash them, and keep your doors and windows closed
A look at the world's skinniest skyscraper: Steinway Tower
August 18, 2022 1:28 pm
The 84-story residential Steinway Tower, designed by New York architecture firm SHoP Architects, has the title of “most slender skyscraper in the world” thanks to its logic-defying ratio of width to height: 23 1/2-to-1
This is how Saudi Arabia's futuristic 'zero-gravity vertical city' will look like
July 27, 2022 10:22 am
"We cannot ignore the livability and environmental crises facing our world’s cities, and NEOM is at the forefront of delivering new and imaginative solutions to address these issues," said Saudi Arabia crown prince Mohammed bin Salman
Death toll in Pakistan factory collapse rises to 45
November 07, 2015 3:06 pm
The four-storey structure of polythene bag making factory collapsed on Wednesday evening in Lahore and dozens of workers of civilian and army have been busy to clear the debris.
Thane building collapse: 9 dead, FIR lodged against owners
July 30, 2015 2:05 am
At least 20 families residing in the structure are feared trapped in the debris.
Residents oppose proposal to list Shivaji Park building as heritage structure
July 10, 2013 2:18 am
Two residents of an over 70-year-old building in Shivaji Park,in their petition to Bombay High Court,have questioned the April 2012
Dahisar building collapse leaves seven dead,seven injured,three incidents in one month
June 23, 2013 4:26 am
The building,a dilapidated structure situated adjacent to the railway tracks.
BUILDING VIDEOS
Last rites of Pampore bravehearts performed with full state honours
February 22, 2016 2:51 pm
Udhampur/Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Feb 22 (ANI): The last rites of Captain Tushar Mahajan, who was martyred while fighting the terrorists at Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir, was performed with full military honours in Udhampur on Monday. Captain Mahajan was injured on Friday when he was leading a team to smoke-out the terrorists holed up inside a building near Srinagar. He succumbed to the injuries at 92 Base Hospital last evening. Meanwhile, last rites of Havaldar Raj Kumar Rana were performed by his daughter in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
Blast hits Turkish cultural centre in Sweden
February 18, 2016 5:13 am
Sweden, Feb 18 (ANI): An explosion severely damaged part of a building that housed a Turkish cultural association in a Stockholm suburb late on Wednesday. A police spokesman said that no injury has been reported yet. He added that no one has been arrested. The police officials further informed that all the windows of the centre were blown out and technicians were on site to investigate the cause. The centre was located in the basement of a building in Fittja, in southwest Stockholm. According to local media reports, witnesses had seen a person throw an object at the building. Media reports also said there was increased security around other Turkish association premises as well as mosques in the Swedish capital. Earlier on Wednesday, 28 people were killed and dozens wounded in Turkey's capital Ankar awhen a car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed forces' headquarters, parliament and other government buildings.
SC directs RBI to submit loan defaulters list
February 16, 2016 1:05 pm
New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): After the hearing of a public-interest litigation (PIL) against public sector organisation Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO), lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday informed that the Supreme Court has directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to submit details of all the private companies who have more than Rs 500 crore in outstanding dues. The state-owned HUDCO is mandated with building affordable housing and carrying out urban development.
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