Mumbai rains:7 apps every Mumbaikar needs that can help navigate heavy rainfallMumbai's monsoon is severe this year and staying informed is no longer optional. From BMC flood alerts and IIT Bombay's real-time water-lev...
Put a freeze on extreme heat: Why India needs more than just heatwave warningsIndia faces severe heatwaves. Dangerous heat now affects large areas with little relief. This crisis demands action beyond meteorology. Hea...
Heat, humidity of India's monsoon could extend summer heat stress as climate warms: Recent StudyIndia faces a growing threat of extreme heat stress. A recent study reveals that with a 2-degree Celsius global warming, the monsoon season...
Amit Shah lays foundation stones for 6 NDRF centres; says, "NDMA, NDRF have put India on global map in field of disaster relief"Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour Award to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Ghaziabad. This hono...
Amit Shah pushes early warning systems for high-risk Himalayan lakesUnion Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the nation's readiness for floods and heat waves. He emphasized developing early warning systems for...
NDMA asks Govt agencies not to share Joshimath details publiclyIn the wake of widespread media coverage on the Indian Space Research Organisation data on subsidence at Joshimath, the National Disaster M...
Keeping pace with pandemic: Parliament panel advises post-Covid update for NDMAAccording to the report, the government has already constituted a committee to review the NDMA. The government, the report said, has alread...
Three experts appointed members of NDMAFormer Director General of the Coast Guard Rajendra Singh and policy advisor, disaster recovery, climate change and disaster risk reduction...
Pakistan is in the process of offering India NDMA: WTO reportNDMA is a nomenclature chosen by Pakistan to avoid political ramifications at home of giving India MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status.
1445 Jammu and Kashmir flood victims to get compensation in bank accountsA total number of 1445 cases have been cleared by the NDMA and the payments are being transferred electronically to beneficiaries, state go...
No out-of-job netas: Modi government hires experts for NDMAThe three new members were selected on Sunday from a list of 82 names received after the home ministry invited applications from experts.
PM Narendra Modi wants efficient NDMA, not parking lot for politicians: Kiren RijijuRijiju said while making new policy changes in the constitution of NDMA, the Modi government was very serious as one cannot "play with the ...
NDMA says residential high-rise towers don't conform to earthquake safety standards; comes up with norms on seismic retrofittingThe National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the home ministry has come out with norms on seismic retrofitting of deficient buil...
Ajit Seth said to be the front-runner for the post of vice-chairman of NDMACabinet Secretary Ajit Seth is said to be the front-runner for becoming the vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority.
Ex-Vice-Chairman of NDMA asks PM to reconstitute the bodyThe NDMA has been virtually defunct even since Modi government asked the Reddy-led body to put in their papers in June.
Grant of NDMA to India by Pak will boost bilateral trade: FIEO"Grant of NDMA to India will allow trading of more goods. Businessmen of both the countries are willing to increase trade. The move will bo...
CAG slams NDMA functioning, calls it 'ineffective'NDMA has drawn flak from the CAG which said the apex planning and supervising body has been found to be ineffective in most of the key area...