New Delhi: India loses USD 9.8 billion every year due to multi-hazard disasters as its 58.6 per cent land is prone to earthquake and 8.5 per cent area is vulnerable to cyclone.As per the United
New Delhi: India's response to disasters is not “adequate” and multiple agencies involved in this task need to step up their preparedness to a level ensuring that no person dies of human error, Union Minister
Baruipur (WB): It would be a disaster, if Narendra Modi became the next prime minister, CPI(M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said, alleging that the RSS wants only Hindus to stay in the country. “Don't
New Delhi: Not ruling out the “sabotage” angle behind explosions on Navy's destroyed submarine INS Sindhurakshak, Defence Minister A K Antony today said the incident has cast a shadow on the force's capability to safeguard
Lucknow, July 6: Ever since Uttarakhand was carved out of it, Uttar Pradesh has never been on the best terms with the hill state. The big brother has refused to play ball on contentious issues
New Delhi, Jun 28: With over 2,300 Uttarakhand villages being affected by the massive floods, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will undertake rebuilding and rehabilitation work in the some of the worst-hit villages."AAI intended
New Delhi,June 27: King Mohammed of Morocco has condoled the death of hundreds of lives in the Uttarakhand floods.In a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee, the king offered "sincere condolences and deepest sympathy" to the
United Nations, June 25: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has offered help to rebuild disaster-hit Uttarakhand.Commending the response by India's disaster management authorities, Ban said "the UN stands ready to lend its assistance to emergency recovery
Beijing,Jun 24: China today expressed grief over the loss of lives and damage to properties in the aftermath of devastating floods in Uttarakhand and surrounding areas.Premier Li Keqiang has sent a message of condolence to
New Delhi, Oct 10: BJP today reacted sharply to the Prime Minister's remark on attempts to create a “mindless atmosphere of negativity and pessimism” over graft issue, saying the use of government machinery and legal
Bagaha (Bihar), Jul 5: A woman was mauled to death and a girl injured when attacked by a crocodile near Tirput canal in Valmikinagar Tiger Reserve area today.The crocodile, which was resting in a field
Giglio Island, Italy, Jan 18: The judge investigating the Costa Concordia disaster today said the captain had shirked his responsibilities, as divers halted the search for survivors on the increasingly unstable wreck.Judge Valeria Montesarchio released
London, Oct 18: Official documents on the Hillsborough tragedy in which 96 football fans died at an FA Cup semifinal more than 20 years ago will be made public, the British government said Monday.Prime Minister
New York, Sept 24: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Friday that Japan will step up its contributions to the international community rather than “turn inward” after the devastating quake and tsunami that struck in March.Noda
New Delhi, Sept 8: The decision to acquire 111 planes by Air India through debt was "a recipe for disaster" and should have raised alarm in the government, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has
Jakarta : Indonesia 's Mount Merapi erupted on Thursday for the second time in a week, blasting vast plumes of ash into the sky, as the death toll from the initial eruption and a tsunami
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