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Proactive approach, tech key to minimise damage from natural disasters: PM Modi
March 11, 2023 3:59 am
During the programme, Modi also felicitated awardees of the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for 2023 — Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and the Lunglei Fire Station, Mizoram.
Can India confront the climate crisis and course-correct?
August 27, 2021 9:23 am
Sandip Chowdhury writes: The country is uniquely vulnerable to climate change impacts and should be forming strategies to push and shame other nations into urgent actions. But first, it must set its own house in order
Differing forecasts widen scope of Typhoon Hagupit
December 05, 2014 5:20 pm
Typhoon Hagupit is currently 450 kilometers from the country's eastern coast in the Pacific Ocean and moving slowly.
Ukhand floods: Rs 1,500 crore paid towards insurance claims
November 07, 2013 2:50 am
Srinivasan said disaster risk management was a profit-making venture for the companies.
Do not neglect home insurance
September 29, 2012 12:07 am
Fire,explosion of any domestic appliance like cooking gas,Damage due to riot,strike etc
Army holds disaster management exercise
January 08, 2012 3:36 am
In order to be prepared for the natural calamities and disasters,the Army conducted a two-day major disaster management exercise - ex-Mountain Rescue in Aid to Civil Authority - at the Annandale ground,Shimla,on January 6 and 7.
Mayawati announces Rs 1 lakh to victims of hailstorm,squall
May 23, 2011 1:22 am
More than 70 people had been killed in different districts of UP hit by dust storm and squall in the last two days
Architects discuss methods to rebuild habitat after calamities
December 20, 2009 2:02 am
To explore some of the key facets of natural disasters and sustainability,a one-day symposium Disaster,Sustainability and the Built Environment was held by the Chitkara Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture on Saturday.
Centre to revise relief fund norms
December 01, 2009 3:39 am
The Union Government will soon revise norms for providing relief to states for coping with natural calamities.
NATURAL CALAMITIES VIDEOS
Soldiers train for avalanche rescue at high altitude in Gulmarg
February 10, 2016 3:53 pm
Gulmarg, Feb 10 (ANI): After nine Indian Army soldiers died in the Siachen glacier avalanche on February 3, High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) trainers held training rescue sessions for soldiers at high altitudes near Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg region. Major Varun Khujuria, instructor at HAWS, stated the soldiers deployed on the high altitudes are given proper training for handling natural calamities. He added that only HAWS carries out rescue operations throughout the Himalayas. Ajpal Singh, a trainee, said that it's a nine-week basic course, which trains the soldiers to survive on higher altitudes. Proper knowledge of skiing equipments is also given to the soldiers.
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