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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...
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...
NDMA, NDRF strongly positioned India to become global leader in disaster management: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah declared India a global leader in disaster management, crediting the NDMA and NDRF's transformative work over...
Lok Sabha passes National Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024The National Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024, passed in Lok Sabha, aims to enhance India's disaster management by giving more re...
Batches of Strides' Ranitidine tablets now available for sale in AustraliaOut of the 135 batches of Ranitidine which were tested by TGA, 109 batches were found to have an NDMA level at or above the acceptable limi...
Drug regulator steps up monitoring of ranitidineThe US FDA announced an update of testing of NDMA in ranitidine, warning manufacturers not to use a high-temperature test for NDMA as it ge...
UAVs can be effectively used in disaster management: NDMA"UAVs can be effectively used in different phases of disaster management - they can help us identify areas affected by disasters. They can ...
India first to partner with Facebook on disaster response: Kiren RijijuAddressing an event on disaster management, Rijiju said technology can be leveraged in providing quick response and information to people i...
Parliamentary Panel slams government for not filling National Disaster Management Authority postsThe Committee has expressed its displeasure that critical posts in NDMA like those of the Vice-Chaiperson, some members, Financial Advisor ...
National Disaster Management Authority asks states to study the Gujarat model to beat heatThe NDMA has circulated the '2015 Heat Action Plan of Ahmedabad' to states, which is an updated version of the first comprehensive early wa...
States have adequate funds to deal with disasters: Kiren RijijuThe govt is in discussions with states for any help regarding dealing with disasters, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said ...
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...
All realty projects must display grading for earthquake resistance: SC to centreJustices MB Lokur and R Banumathi gave the directive after hearing a PIL filed by Sandeep Donald Shah, the country head of Miyamoto Interna...
Opposition slams government strategy to deal with natural calamitiesIn a discussion on situation like floods in J&K, cyclone in AP and Odisha Opposition says that the government was less than prepared to fac...
Home Ministry asks for experts to fill up posts at NDMAThe applicant should have contribution in the field of medical preparedness or capacity building for disaster situations and mitigation ini...
AP government yet to respond to suggestion on disaster forceThe Andhra Pradesh government is yet respond to a suggestion to set up two teams of National Disaster Response Force here, NDMA Vice Chairm...
Only 15 states have set up Disaster Response Force: NDMAOnly 15 states have so far set up their own respective State Disaster Response Force following direction from the NDMA this year.
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...
- NDMA to conduct 'mock drills' at all nuclear facilities
The exercise will be done "to review the off-site emergency plan" of different authorities.
- 38 Indian cities fall in moderate to high risk seismic zones
Top metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones of the country, the National Disaster Man...