Concerns rise in Arunachal Pradesh over a possible Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in Tawang district. Authorities are enhancing preparedness m...

Flash floods in Kheer Ganga revive memories of past disasters for survivors. Uttarakhand faces increasing extreme rainfall and landslides. ...

A devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi's Harsil Valley triggered flash floods and landslides, killing at least four. This disaster highligh...

Over 45% of Himachal Pradesh is highly prone to floods, landslides, and avalanches according to IIT Ropar. The study used geospatial data t...

The 31-member committee chaired by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the Environment Ministry should prepare a practical and implementable...

The Himalayan ecosystem is a fragile one. So, building infrastructure in the region must take this into account. The region's carrying capa...

It is not surprising that the Himalayas have sent us a message which is sharp and clear: unbridled development will lead to damage. It is a...

“The DRDO team is analysing all available data but an initial aerial survey indicates that a hanging glacier broke away from the main glaci...

If India wants to reduce the risk of disasters, its natural habitats should not be disturbed, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju...

RSS Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said the nature was taking revenge for developmental policies driven by greed of consumptio...

Jamia Millia Islamia university will be offering a course in disaster management from the upcoming academic session 2015-2016.

An NIDM paper on the national disaster risk profile, referring to scientific assessments, warned that very severe earthquakes were likely t...

The study, Himalayan Seismic Hazard, published says the longer the time interval between the last big earthquake in the region the higher t...

Tarun Vijay said, "It has become a parking place for the retired...Even the CAG has criticised it in its report last year."

A year after a devastating deluge ravaged several parts of Uttarakhand, the state government has come under criticism for not framing a pol...

U'khand speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal rapped the Cong govt's ministers for doing nothing to reduce the plight of the people hit by cloudburs...

Amid a possible new row for 'wrongly' linking global warming to a rise in natural disasters, the UN climate panel has said it was reassessi...