Disasters

Reporting on natural disasters is particularly challenging because the situation demands a balance of risk-taking and safety. To tell the story, one has to jump right into the story.

The Delhi High Court Monday said that all spa operators have to abide by the conditions imposed upon them by order passed by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) for their re-opening amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

After Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) eased restriction for the Delhi Metro, sixteen additional entry gates of metro stations will be made operational from Monday.

Amid the rain havoc in parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said a separate force on the lines of the NDRF will be set up in all districts of the state and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) will also be strengthened.

Seventy-three bodies have been retrieved and 47 people are missing following landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the coastal regions of Maharashtra, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said on Sunday.

The move comes after the Odisha government had decided on May 29 to include disaster and pandemic management in high school and college curricula.

Tokyo Games: Naomi Osaka, whose identity had been kept secret ahead of the ceremony, was handed the torch by a group of children from the region around Fukushima which was devastated by a tsunami and a nuclear disaster in 2011.

Heavy rains lashed Maharashtra's Thane and Palghar districts adjoining Mumbai during the night and on Thursday morning, which caused inundation and boulder crashes at various places, disrupted train services and marooned some villages, officials said

The number of deaths from devastating floods has risen to 156 in Germany, police said Sunday morning, bringing the total to at least 183 fatalities from the disaster in western Europe.

The Delhi High Court on Friday said that if COVID-19 vaccines are administered to children without proper research may be a disaster while objecting to the submission of the petitioner seeking research on vaccines for children in a time-bound manner.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has rushed three teams to conduct rescue-and-search operations in the flash flood-affected regions in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Monday.

The central government has informed the Delhi High Court that it has asked all states and Union territories (UT) to ensure strict compliance with the national directives for COVID-19 management and take necessary measures under the Disaster Manageme

A "Graded Response Action Plan" prepared to deal with a possible third wave of coronavirus was passed in the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Friday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.

Rescuers from the Indian Navy, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Fire Services have left for their respective places of posting.

Seven Assam districts showing a high rate of Covid positivity have been put under a total curfew by the State Disaster Management Authority amid a piling up of cases. The body also issued revised directives for both rural and urban parts of Assam.

Reporting on natural disasters is particularly challenging because the situation demands a balance of risk-taking and safety. To tell the story, one has to jump right into the story.

The Delhi High Court Monday said that all spa operators have to abide by the conditions imposed upon them by order passed by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) for their re-opening amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

After Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) eased restriction for the Delhi Metro, sixteen additional entry gates of metro stations will be made operational from Monday.

Amid the rain havoc in parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said a separate force on the lines of the NDRF will be set up in all districts of the state and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) will also be strengthened.

Seventy-three bodies have been retrieved and 47 people are missing following landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the coastal regions of Maharashtra, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said on Sunday.

The move comes after the Odisha government had decided on May 29 to include disaster and pandemic management in high school and college curricula.

Tokyo Games: Naomi Osaka, whose identity had been kept secret ahead of the ceremony, was handed the torch by a group of children from the region around Fukushima which was devastated by a tsunami and a nuclear disaster in 2011.

Heavy rains lashed Maharashtra's Thane and Palghar districts adjoining Mumbai during the night and on Thursday morning, which caused inundation and boulder crashes at various places, disrupted train services and marooned some villages, officials said

The number of deaths from devastating floods has risen to 156 in Germany, police said Sunday morning, bringing the total to at least 183 fatalities from the disaster in western Europe.

The Delhi High Court on Friday said that if COVID-19 vaccines are administered to children without proper research may be a disaster while objecting to the submission of the petitioner seeking research on vaccines for children in a time-bound manner.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has rushed three teams to conduct rescue-and-search operations in the flash flood-affected regions in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Monday.

The central government has informed the Delhi High Court that it has asked all states and Union territories (UT) to ensure strict compliance with the national directives for COVID-19 management and take necessary measures under the Disaster Manageme

A "Graded Response Action Plan" prepared to deal with a possible third wave of coronavirus was passed in the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Friday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.

Rescuers from the Indian Navy, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Fire Services have left for their respective places of posting.

Seven Assam districts showing a high rate of Covid positivity have been put under a total curfew by the State Disaster Management Authority amid a piling up of cases. The body also issued revised directives for both rural and urban parts of Assam.