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Himachal Lost ₹46,000 Cr to Natural Disasters in 4 Years: ReportCurrent Affairs
Himachal Lost ₹46,000 Cr to Natural Disasters in 4 Years: Report

Around 1,700 people lost their lives in the past five monsoon seasons

28 Oct 2025 6:32 AM IST

Modi Govt has Rescue-Centric Approach to Handle Disasters: Amit ShahCurrent Affairs
Modi Govt has Rescue-Centric Approach to Handle Disasters: Amit Shah

The disaster-response policy of the Modi government is based on the four pillars of capacity building, speed,...

20 Aug 2025 7:56 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Climate & Geology Posing Fresh Himalayan ThreatsColumnists
Syed Ata Hasnain | Climate & Geology Posing Fresh Himalayan Threats

In October 2023, the South Lhonark lake in Sikkim gave way, sending a wall of water downstream that obliterated the...

12 Aug 2025 8:20 PM IST

From Kedarnath to Dharali: Uttarakhands Unheeded Warnings and Rising DisastersNews
From Kedarnath to Dharali: Uttarakhand's Unheeded Warnings and Rising...

The 2013 disaster was triggered by more than 300 mm of rain in 24 hours as an early intense monsoon surge interacted...

7 Aug 2025 7:15 AM IST

Ocean Helps in Sustainable Economy: ExpertScience
Ocean Helps in Sustainable Economy: Expert

Hyderabad: Dr T.M. Balakrishnan Nair, director of the city-based Incois, said that the ocean held the key to mitigating...

11 Dec 2024 1:57 AM IST

Drones Take On New Roles, but Rules ApplyAndhra Pradesh
Drones Take On New Roles, but Rules Apply

Visakhapatnam: Drones are coming of age. Gone are the days when they were used only for simple purposes like photography...

30 Sept 2024 10:16 PM IST

Advanced Training Jets of Indian Navy release flares from the sky during the International City Parade and the Operations display by the Indian Navy at the biennial Multilateral Naval Exercise, MILAN 22 at Ramakrishna Beach in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. (DC Image/Opinion
Navy will play a bigger role in protecting India’s global interests

India has displayed a steady rise in the past few decades. The recent Covid-19 pandemic notwithstanding, it is being...

4 Dec 2022 12:02 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses delegates during the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP)Lifestyle
UN unveils global -'early warning-' system for disasters at COP27

Even as climate-enhanced extreme weather is multiplying, half the world-'s countries lack advanced early warning systems...

8 Nov 2022 11:14 AM IST

People wade through a flooded street in Andhra Pradeshs Nellore. (Photo: AP)Nation
Centre-'s assistance to Andhra Pradesh, four other states hit by...

The states include Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry

3 March 2022 1:06 PM IST

The immediacy of loss & amnesia afterOpinion
The immediacy of loss & amnesia after

Narratives of disasters are virtually summoned by the urgency and intensity of the event. They convey the immediacy of...

10 Dec 2015 1:00 PM IST

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