New Delhi: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had in 2013 said that over 8 lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states from
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to have professionals as its members and this central body should not been seen as a "parking lot" for retired politicians, Union
Islamabad: Eight districts in Pakistan's Sindh province have declared a health emergency due to the floods caused by heavy rains, the media reported Sunday.According to officials, Sindh Health Minister Saghir Ahmed declared an emergency in
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday promised the people of Jammu and Kashmir that help will reach them soon and asked them not to panic. The state is witnessing the worst floods in six decades."This
New Delhi: NDMA vice chairman M. Shashidhar Reddy on Thursday resigned from his post, an official said.Reddy, a Congress leader from Telangana, was appointed as the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) vice-chairman when the body
Bhubaneswar: Describing extensive coverage of the recent cyclone Phailin as “commendable”, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) yesterday asked media houses to specially train scribes in disaster reporting and management.“As newspapers and news channels have separate
New Delhi: Over eight lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, National Disaster Management Authority's Vice
New Delhi, July 17: Taking note of large scale deaths due to heat wave in various parts of country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked a Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss and decide on
New Delhi, Jul 12: The Supreme Court today asked the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to apprise it within two weeks about the status of rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.“NDMA to file an affidavit on
Dehradun, July 3: Rescue operations at Badrinath in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand have not ended yet, as about hundred pilgrims and 200 local people are still to be evacuated, a disaster management official said Wednesday."Still we have
New Delhi, July 2: Rescue operations at Badrinath in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand will end Tuesday as all stranded pilgrims have been evacuated, vice chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said here."Pilgrims who were stranded
New Delhi, June 26: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Wednesday said that the death toll in the Uttarakhand floods and landslides might touch 1,000 as more bodies are expected to be recovered from
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