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Student Police Cadets: Students to volunteer in regulating traffic on Rajasthan streets

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Updated on Jul 25, 2019, 9:21 AM IST

Disaster management in focus at Masonic Public School

An expert gave a demonstration of the dos and don’ts during a disaster

Updated on Jul 17, 2019, 1:18 PM IST

Monsoon flooding in Myanmar forces thousands from their homes

Flooding also forced 3,000 people in the western Rakhine state to relocate.

Published on Jul 15, 2019, 1:59 PM IST

Reasons why city floods every monsoon

Experts blamed the lack of advanced planning, concretization of Badshahpur drain and a misdirected approach towards solving the problem as the reasons for waterlogging becoming an inherent issue.

Updated on Jul 5, 2019, 7:51 AM IST

Odisha to give ₹10L health cover to women

Patnaik said that the budget has fulfilled two of the major poll promises — one to expand the Kalia scheme to include all eligible farmers, landless labourers, and the second to provide up to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1 million health cover to women.

Updated on Jun 28, 2019, 11:06 PM IST

Haryana, Delhi, UP to take part in interstate mock drill on earthquakes

Four districts from Haryana, along with Delhi and parts of Uttar Pradesh, will participate in an interstate mock drill on earthquakes to sensitise government departments and people about measures to be taken during a natural calamity.

Published on Jun 19, 2019, 1:49 AM IST

‘Help in flood rescue or face jail time’, BMC tells private entities

Private entities such as transport and food services, which do not aid citizens in distress after the BMC, will be punished under the Disaster Management (DM) Act this monsoon.

Updated on Jun 13, 2019, 1:52 PM IST

BMC plans 2-hour warning for spots prone to flooding

The local corporators and other officials will inform residents about how much time they have before flooding begins in the area.

Updated on Jun 11, 2019, 2:19 AM IST

Bihar State Disaster Management Authority workshop talks of better disaster preparedness

BSDMA organised a workshop to prepare an efficient strategy to deal with emergency situations and minimise the risk to lives and property.

Updated on Jun 8, 2019, 1:13 PM IST

Conduct fire safety audits at all schools, classes in Maharashtra: MNVS to state education department

A fire broke out on Friday at a coaching centre in Takshashila Complex, Surat, leaving 22 students dead.

Updated on May 28, 2019, 12:18 AM IST

5 months after Tilak Nagar fire, residents’ association to form disaster management team

5 months after Tilak Nagar fire, residents’ association to form disaster management team

Updated on May 26, 2019, 11:41 PM IST

Cyclone Fani creates panic in Kolkata; mayor orders removal of hoardings

Fishermen try to control their boat amidst rough sea waters at Odisha’s Puri beach, Tuesday, April 30 2019.

Published on May 2, 2019, 4:47 PM IST

JNU holds global symposium on artificial intelligence in governance and disaster management

The Special Centre for Disaster Research, JNU, New Delhi in collaboration with NITI Aayog, NDMA, NIDM, ICSSR, Skymet Weather and Springer Nature is organising a three day Global Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Governance and Disaster Management at Convention Centre, JNU from March 11-13, 2019.

Updated on Mar 11, 2019, 7:48 PM IST

Unsafe buildings biggest risk in Delhi’s quake zone

A five storey building had collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Sawan Park on Wednesday, September 26, 2018.

Updated on Oct 1, 2018, 11:48 AM IST

State-level meet to decide fate of Aravallis today

Officials from the forest, revenue and disaster management and the town and country planning (TCP) departments will discuss the delineation of the Natural Conservation Zone (NCZ) status for parts of the Aravallis.

Published on Sep 21, 2018, 3:42 AM IST

Nepal, China begin joint military exercises

Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 21, 2018.

Updated on Sep 17, 2018, 11:19 PM IST

Centre refutes Kerala CM Vijayan’s charge, says IMD issued warnings

An aerial view shows partially submerged houses at a flooded area in Kerala.

Updated on Sep 3, 2018, 11:30 PM IST

Disaster management: India is not completely ready

Members of the National Disaster Response Force distribute food, water and medicines to flood victims at Alappuzha district, Kerala, August 20, 2018

Updated on Sep 3, 2018, 1:24 PM IST

Gurugram’s defunct weather station hampers updates, forecast

An automatic weather system gives updates about the temperature, rainfall and humidity. It is remotely managed by the IMD and maintained by a third party.

Updated on Aug 30, 2018, 2:16 AM IST

Floods in India: is it weather or maladaptation to climate change?

A view of a submerged petrol pump at Alappuzha district, Kerala, August 22

Updated on Aug 23, 2018, 3:19 PM IST

10 fire tender chassis worth ₹1.16 crore gathering dust for four years in Jaipur

Unused chassis biting dust at fire station in Viishwakarma fire station, for past four years, in Jaipur.

Updated on Aug 23, 2018, 7:52 PM IST

Cloudburst in Chamoli: Two killed, 2 buried under rubble

Four people, including two kids, were inside a hut that collapsed due to a landslide triggered by a cloudburst in Chamoli district on Friday.

Published on Jul 20, 2018, 10:01 PM IST

BMC plans research centres to find solutions to Mumbai’s monsoon woes

Experts from the centre will be able to offer permanent solutions to bad roads and ensure the city is rain-ready.

Updated on Jul 20, 2018, 3:05 PM IST

Floods claim 11 lives, displace nearly 4 lakh in Northeast

People wade through a flooded National Highway 37 at Bokakhat in Golaghat district of Assam on Thursday. (HT Photo)

Published on Jun 14, 2018, 9:36 PM IST

Pre-monsoon rain leads to floods, landslides, evacuation of residents in parts of Northeast

Villagers cross a flooded area on a bamboo raft at a village in Dharmanagar in Tripura.

Updated on Jun 14, 2018, 10:25 AM IST

13 killed in Kerala in rain-related incidents

The MeT department has said strong winds with a speed of 40-50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph, are likely along and off Kerala coasts and over Lakshadweep areas in the next 24 hours.

Updated on Jun 10, 2018, 10:25 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh: ‘Weak walls, roofs behind rising hailstorm deaths’

Around 254 people died and 325 injured in spells of hailstorms that has hit 61 districts of UP since April 6.

Published on Jun 5, 2018, 12:54 PM IST

TMC issues list of high tide days for monsoon, July has the most

HT Image

Published on May 24, 2018, 10:56 AM IST

As forests burn, Uttarakhand CM fumes

Hundreds of hectares of forests in the hill state witnessed forest fires in the current season.

Published on May 23, 2018, 9:44 PM IST

You can get Mumbai weather updates all year round from BMC, starting June 1

The disaster management website will host weather updates round the year.

Updated on May 11, 2018, 4:44 PM IST

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