This gives a brief account of disasters happening around India
Singer Kanika Kapoor, popularly known for her songs ‘Baby Doll’ and ‘Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan’, gets coronavirus test positive. She has been admitted to the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) hospital in Lucknow. She hid her travel history and also threw a party at a 5-star hotel where around 400 people gathered. Her reports: […]
What is ‘Janta Curfew’? ‘Janata curfew’ shall be a self-imposed ban by the citizens upon their movements on March 22, expect those who have to travel in the view of extreme importance or emergency duties. New Delhi: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to the nation said a ‘janata curfew’ will be implemented […]
NEW DELHI: The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 110 on Sunday with Uttarakhand reporting its first case and one fresh case each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the Union health ministry said. The number of cases includes two persons who died in Delhi and Karnataka. While a 76-year-old […]
Yogi Adityanath said 11 people have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh so far. All schools and colleges in Uttar Pradesh will remain shut till March 22, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday. The precautionary measure was taken as the number of COVID-19 cases in UP touched 11. In India, as on […]
India has suffered a huge loss as the average annual loss due to disaster is the US $9.8 billion in the last 20 years. Disaster Recovery in India is a big challenge. In the absence of resources in most of the disasters, long term recovery has not attempted. Super Cyclone Orissa 1999, Gujarat Earthquake 2001, Tsunami 2004, Kashmir earthquake 2005, Bihar flood 2008 are few exceptions. All these were supported by the World Bank and ADB. 15th Finance commission, for the first time, has allocated the budget for ex-ante risk reduction. It is certainly going to give new impetus in reducing disaster risk and economic losses but might not be very substantial.
The incident reportedly took place at around 3.15am when the lorry, which was coming from the opposite direction, lost control while trying to overtake and rammed into the 48-seater bus. Twenty people were reportedly killed and several injured when a Volvo bus of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on its way […]
Source: Livemint State Health Minister said the move was needed to take all necessary steps to ensure the outbreak is effectively controlled The third case confirmed, on Monday, was a student in Wuhan Kerala government on Monday declared novel coronavirus epidemic as “state calamity” after three people tested positive in the […]
The country’s heatwave death toll was 350 last year, with many others dying from other extreme weather likely linked to climate change, officials say By Annie Banerji NEW DELHI, Jan 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The past decade was India’s hottest on record, with extreme heat directly killing about 350 people last year, the national […]
IMD issues code red warning for cold wave in Delhi, Haryana New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) A code red warning has been issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for Sunday for the cold wave conditions in Delhi, Haryana, and Chandigarh. Code red, under the IMD’s classification, is the highest level and a warning for […]
NEW DELHI: The residents of Delhi are fighting a prolonged battle with the cold as the mercury continues its downward spiral. Delhi witnessed the coldest day of the season on Saturday with the temperature hovering around 1.7 Degrees Celsius at 8.30 am. at Lodhi Road, the […]
