Natural Disasters

Rai: NDRF funds for immediate relief, not resettlement

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India, stated that the central government…

3 months ago

Heatwave: Rajasthan HC urges Centre to declare National Emergency

Representative Image JAIPUR, Rajasthan: The Rajasthan High Court has urged the Central government to declare a national emergency as 54…

5 months ago

APEC to push concrete sustainable economic growth in the region

Representative Image NEW DELHI: A dialogue was held by the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) to…

2 years ago

GoI releases 648 crores as flood relief for Assam

Representative Image DISPUR, Assam: The Government of India has released a relief package worth Rs 648.80 crore in 2022-23, as…

2 years ago

Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years: WMO Report

Representative Image GENEVA: A report released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk…

3 years ago

Tamil Nadu all geared up to face cyclone ‘Gaja’

CHENNAI: RB Udhayakumar, MLA, Tirumangalam constituency, said that with eight national disaster response force teams and seven squads from the…

6 years ago

Natural disasters cost India $80 billion, reveals UNISDR

NEW DELHI: A study released by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on October 10, 2018 said that in a…

6 years ago

NCMC decides to mobilize unprecedented rescue & relief operations in Kerala

KERALA: The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) met for the second time in two days to review the rescue &…

6 years ago

When the cities sink, what’s the water that stinks?

Water that inundates our cities, when they flood due to extreme perceptional events or otherwise, is a complex mix of…

7 years ago

Are Indian cities ‘disaster’ ready?

Many recent natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and cyclones have raised concerns over the preparedness of Indian cities to…

8 years ago