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Why in News? In May 2019, more than 20 young people died due to a deadly fire at a coaching centre in Surat. According to National Crime Records...
10 Jun 2019 Disaster Management
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Why in News? In May 2019, more than 20 young people died due to a deadly fire at a coaching centre in Surat. According to National Crime Records...
10 Jun 2019 Disaster Management
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Fire Safety Regulations In India
This editorial is based on the news "Fire and Laissez-faire: Fix Accountability for Surat Tragedy" which appeared in "The Hindu" on 27th May 2019....
27 May 2019 Disaster Management
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Water depletion in Haryana over the years has led to 60 dark zones in the State, which include 21 critical ones in 10 districts. Reasons for...
27 May 2019 Disaster Management
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Fire incident at a coaching centre in Surat has resulted in the death of 22 students. Facts As per National Crime Records Bureau figures, 17,700...
27 May 2019 Disaster Management
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Two-metre Sea Level Rise 'Plausible' by 2100
According to new projections, global sea levels could rise by two metres (6.5 feet) and displace tens of millions of people by the end of the...
22 May 2019 Disaster Management
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Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) has issued a heat wave warning to most of the districts in the Odisha state. Temperature rises...
22 May 2019 Disaster Management
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UNDRR Global Assessment Report
A Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has warned of new and...
16 May 2019 Disaster Management
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India to Co-chair Consultative Group of GFDRR
Recently, India is unanimously chosen as co-chair of the Consultative Group (CG) of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) for...
15 May 2019 Disaster Management
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More than 900 hectares of forest land has been gutted in wild-fire in Uttarakhand. The number of forest fires shot up to 14,107 from 4,225 between...
14 May 2019 Disaster Management
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Kerala’s New Protocols for Managing Disasters
Picking up valuable lessons from the Cyclone ‘Ockhi’ disaster and the 2018 floods, the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA)...
13 May 2019 Disaster Management
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Cyclone Fani Creates Four New Mouths in Chilika Lake
The recent ‘Cyclone Fani’ which hit the eastern coast of India, has created four new mouths in Chilika Lake. Key points Before Fani...
11 May 2019 Disaster Management
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Cyclone Fani, is the first severe, cyclonic storm to have formed in April in India’s oceanic neighbourhood since 1976, according to the...
01 May 2019 Disaster Management
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In Depth – Western Disturbance
An intense thunderstorm on 16th April, 2018 claimed over 64 lives in India. Rajasthan bore the brunt of the storm, as about 25 people lost their...
25 Apr 2019 Disaster Management
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A team from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal and Athabasca University, Canada, has compiled the first estimates of...
11 Apr 2019 Disaster Management
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction 2015-30 It was adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held from...
03 Apr 2019 Disaster Management
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction 2015-30 It was adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held from...
03 Apr 2019 Disaster Management
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International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Recently an International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) was held in New Delhi. The two-day workshop was organised by the...
20 Mar 2019 Disaster Management
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International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Recently an International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) was held in New Delhi. The two-day workshop was organised by the...
20 Mar 2019 Disaster Management
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Last Updated: October 2022 For Prelims: Dam Safety Act, DRIP Project, Tehri Dam, Hirakud Dam, Mullaperiyar Dam. For Mains: Provisions and related...
09 Jan 2019 Disaster Management
