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CYCLONE RECOVERY EFFORTS
Top Indian diplomat reaffirms New Delhi's support for cyclone-struck Sri LankaIndian envoy Santosh Jha met with Sri Lankan politician Namal Rajapaksa, reaffirming New Delhi's commitment to supporting Sri Lanka's recov...
Cyclone Ditwah: PM Modi holds call with Sri Lankan Prez Dissanayake, condoles loss of livesPrime Minister Modi expressed condolences to Sri Lankan President Dissanayake following Cyclone Ditwah's devastation. India assured continu...
Hyundai Motor's CSR arm contributes additional Rs 2 crore for relief efforts in Tamil NaduHMIF is the CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India. Earlier this month, the organisation had contributed Rs 3 crore to provide immediate assistance...
Cyclone Michaung: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin to donate one-month salary to the Chief Minister's Public Relief FundCM MK Stalin also requested the PM to send a central team to review the damages caused by the Cyclone in the state.
Cyclone Michaung: Congress MP demands Rs 5100 crore for relief efforts in Tamil Nadu, seeks discussion in Lok SabhaCalling the situation in Tamil Nadu, especially its capital city Chennai 'highly abnormal', Manickam Tagore, a Lok Sabha MP from Virudhunag...
Cyclone Biparjoy leaves devastation, chaos, sorrow and financial burden in its pathBiparjoy, which means “disaster” in Bengali, began making landfall at around 6:30 p.m. in India's western state of Gujarat and was projecte...
New Zealand creates new recovery visa to support cyclone, flooding rebuildingExperts such as insurance assessors, infrastructure and utilities engineers and technicians, heavy machinery operators and debris removal w...
India on alert ahead of second powerful cyclone in 10 daysCyclone Yaas is expected to make landfall on Wednesday and could pack sustained winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour (102 miles per hour)...
Cyclone destroys homes, cuts power to 31,500 on Australia's west coastOfficials said around 70% of the structures in the coastal town of Kalbarri, about 500 kilometres (310 miles) north of state capital Perth,...
Cyclone Ockhi: Fishermen take out march to Raj Bhavan,toll rises to 42The fishermen from coastal villages in the district under the aegis of the Latin Catholic church also demanded that the Centre declare the ...
PM Narendra Modi plans 10-point agenda to cut natural disaster riskPM Narendra Modi said there were daunting challenges ahead, with rapid urbanization in Asia-Pacific concentrating people, property and econ...
Encourage leadership of women in disaster risk management: PM Narendra ModiInaugurating the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) here, PM Modi emphasised on working towards risk coverage...
In a global first, World Bank funds a zoo in IndiaThe World Bank has extended an assistance of $20 million for the reconstruction of Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam. This is ...
World Bank to extend $20 million for reconstructing Visakhapatnam's Indira Gandhi Zoological ParkAccording to an assessment report by the World Bank, almost 40 per cent of the trees of the complex were flattened and a larger number were...
Kiren Rijiju: Huge task of giving relief, rehab when disaster strikes"This also reflects strong commitment for advancing scientific and technological innovations for the betterment of our people."
- Uttarakhand needs smarter projects: World Bank
India had sought assistance from multi-lateral agencies like the World Bank and the ADB for undertaking rehabilitation work in Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand needs smarter projects, World Bank's India head saysRuhl said disasters, like the one in Uttarakhand, can roll back decades of development and are a fundamental threat to economic development...