Disasters are no longer rare, isolated shocks. They are an escalating development challenge. In 2024 alone, global economic losses from disasters reached record levels, with the poorest countries hit ...

The government has been urged to implement the National Disaster Risk Management Act of 2021, which aims to reduce disaster risks and mitigate their impact. While appearing on Spice FM on Tuesday, ...

Wed, November 30, 2022 Published on Nov. 29, 2022 Published on 2022-11-29T21:16:13+07:00 he most recent earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, which claimed over 320 lives and demolished thousands of ...

From floods and forest fires to earthquakes—the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing. This also means ...

Innovative Technologies for European Disaster Response: BIBA completes iTEK re-search project | Study results published | Basis for EU-wide research created | Find-ings and technologies from ...

From time immemorial, cyclones and storm surges have been sweeping the large coastal population of 44 million people in Bangladesh. From historical records, 200,000 lives were lost in the 1876 cyclone ...

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Thursday introduced the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha. The Bill seeks to create a “disaster database at national and ...

UGC NET Disaster Management Questions: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has introduced Disaster Management as a new subject for the UGC NET December 2024 exam, alongside Ayurveda Biology. This ...

The disaster revealed important shortcomings in Haiti's overall national disaster risk management system. After the January 2010 earthquake, reducing vulnerability, improving emergency preparedness ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Govt notified a comprehensive, statewide disaster waste management protocol, making it mandatory for all ...

During a surprise inspection of the Panchkula Tehsil office on Wednesday, Dr Misra disclosed that security-embedded paper would soon be introduced for property registration to further strengthen ...