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As the South West monsoon is yet to knock the door of India, the pre-monsoon activities have been started in some of the countries with miseries and fatalities. In a probably first in the season, as many as 10 deaths are reported due to lightning and thunderstorm related incidences in three districts of Andhra Pradesh […]
India: PM Modi announces COMPLETE LOCKDOWN for 21 days starting from March 24, 2020 till April 14, 2020. PM Modi emphasizes on the World Health Organisation figures. After the in-depth analysis of the increasing figures, this step was necessarily required! Stay updated with the figures: CORONAVIRUS TRACKER He also announced […]
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 […]
he deadliest virus in recent times has spread its wings to almost 29 countries around the world; India is also one of them. After China, Italy, Iran, and Korea have alerted their people regarding Coronavirus spread. Italy and Iran ordered lockdown for virus hit areas.
If we take a new phenomenon of China which is reeling under the severe impact of Coronavirus disaster, until late 2019, this was not known popularly in the public domain. Now it is well known and it is considered a global threat.
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 […]
More than 10 percent of the country’s population faces restrictions on how often they can leave their homes. READ UPDATES IN CHINESE: 新冠病毒疫情最新消息汇总 Here’s what you need to know: Half of China’s population is facing new travel restrictions. Japan announced 88 more cruise ship cases. Britain prepares to evacuate citizens from cruise ship. The new […]
The new coronavirus has killed more people than SARS did. The coronavirus death toll in China has risen to 811, surpassing the toll from the SARS epidemic of 2002-3, according to official data released on Sunday. The number of confirmed infections rose to 37,198, according to China’s National Health Commission. Eighty-nine deaths and 2,656 new […]
