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  NDMA had warned of massive life loss if quake of magnitude 8 hits Himalaya region

  India | April 25, 2015 14:59 IST

  New Delhi: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had in 2013 said that over 8 lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states from

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  PM Narendra Modi wants efficient NDMA, not parking lot for politicians: Kiren Rijiju

  Politics | December 15, 2014 17:46 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to have professionals as its members and this central body should not been seen as a "parking lot" for retired politicians, Union

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  Pakistan floods: Health emergency declared by Govt

  World | September 14, 2014 15:45 IST

  Islamabad: Eight districts in Pakistan's Sindh province have declared a health emergency due to the floods caused by heavy rains, the media reported Sunday.According to officials, Sindh Health Minister Saghir Ahmed declared an emergency in

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  We will reach you: Omar Abdullah to flood victims

  Politics | September 07, 2014 11:53 IST

  Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday promised the people of Jammu and Kashmir that help will reach them soon and asked them not to panic. The state is witnessing the worst floods in six decades."This

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  NDMA vice chairman M. Shashidhar Reddy resigns

  India | June 19, 2014 18:13 IST

  New Delhi: NDMA vice chairman M. Shashidhar Reddy on Thursday resigned from his post, an official said.Reddy, a Congress leader from Telangana, was appointed as the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) vice-chairman when the body

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  NDMA asks media to gain expertise on disaster reporting

  India | November 17, 2013 9:03 IST

  Bhubaneswar:  Describing extensive coverage of the recent cyclone Phailin as “commendable”, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) yesterday asked media houses to specially train scribes in disaster reporting and management.“As newspapers and news channels have separate

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  'Eight lakh may die if magnitude 8 quake hits Himalaya region'

  India | October 06, 2013 13:13 IST

  New Delhi: Over eight lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, National Disaster Management Authority's Vice

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  GoM to decide on including heat wave as natural calamity

  India | July 17, 2013 17:13 IST

  New Delhi, July 17: Taking note of large scale deaths due to heat wave in various parts of country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked a Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss and decide on

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  Uttarakhand: SC asks NDMA to give status of rescue operations

  India | July 12, 2013 16:18 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 12: The Supreme Court today asked the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to apprise it within two weeks about the status of rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.“NDMA to file an affidavit on

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  Uttarakhand:Hundred Badrinath pilgrims await evacuation, says NDMA

  India | July 03, 2013 17:00 IST

  Dehradun, July 3: Rescue operations at Badrinath in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand have not ended yet, as about hundred pilgrims and 200 local people are still to be evacuated, a disaster management official said Wednesday."Still we have

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  Badrinath rescue operations coming to end, says NDMA

  India | July 02, 2013 18:54 IST

  New Delhi, July 2: Rescue operations at Badrinath in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand will end Tuesday as all stranded pilgrims have been evacuated, vice chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said here."Pilgrims who were stranded

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  Uttarakhand: Death toll might reach 1,000, says NDMA

  India | June 26, 2013 21:50 IST

  New Delhi, June 26: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Wednesday said that the death toll in the Uttarakhand floods and landslides might touch 1,000 as more bodies are expected to be recovered from