India tells UN it is developing programmes to reduce risk of losses from all hazardsUnited Nations, India has told the UN General Assembly that it accords high importance to disaster risk reduction issues and is developing ...
19 May, 2023, 11.38 AM IST
Mass gatherings, virulent variants create perfect storm for virus to spread: UN Official"WHO has warned that when there are mass gatherings, more contagious variants and the vaccination coverage is still low, this can create a ...
14 Jun, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
Pakistan skips inaugural SCO meet on quake ops, may join todayShah said none of the global targets on reducing disaster losses, whether enshrined in the Sendai Framework or Sustainable Development Goal...
05 Nov, 2019, 09.06 AM IST
UN report warns of greater economic threat to nations not investing in DRR15 May, 2019, 09.44 PM IST
Delhi most vulnerable UT in India’s first disaster risk index, Maharashtra leads statesThe index factors in exposure of population, agriculture and livestock and environmental risk in drawing up the rankings.
10 Jun, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
- Disaster mitigation: India working to build up a global coalition27 May, 2017, 03.26 AM IST
India hailed for disaster management planIndia is the only country which has drawn a comprehensive national plan on its roadmap to fully achieve the Sendai framework by 2030, and a...
25 May, 2017, 11.29 AM IST
India favours strategies for sharing knowledge on disasterThe Home Minister said the conference has provided a platform not only to share each other's experiences and best practices but also arrivi...
05 Nov, 2016, 05.33 PM IST
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...
04 Nov, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
India to host international meet on disaster risk reductionThis is the first AMCDRR after the advent of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRRR), adopted at the third UN World Confe...
06 Oct, 2016, 01.57 PM IST
PM releases first ever national plan for disaster managementThe National Disaster Management Plan provides a framework and direction for all phases of disaster management -- prevention, mitigation, r...
01 Jun, 2016, 07.33 PM IST
India to play larger role in combating disasters: Kiren RijijuIndia envisages a bigger role for itself in building capacity against disasters in the Asia-Pacific region, Union Minister of State for Hom...
02 Feb, 2016, 11.22 PM IST
Government pursuing a paradigm shift in disaster management: Rajnath SinghIndia has taken initiative for the paradigm shift in disaster management from relief centric to a holistic one and drawing the best practic...
17 Nov, 2015, 07.43 PM IST
Government asks private sector to engage in disaster risk reductionThe minister said global warming and climate change were making the earth more prone to disasters and this year has been perhaps the warmes...
28 Oct, 2015, 08.18 PM IST
India to implement Sendai framework for disaster reductionIndia will implement the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction in letter and spirit, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju s...
24 Aug, 2015, 09.42 PM IST
Rajnath Singh to attend international meet on disaster in JapanHome Minister Rajnath Singh will attend an international conference on disaster risk reduction in Japan beginning March 14.
11 Mar, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
India, China plan disaster management agendaIt is important for New Delhi to have the framework agreement modelled to its needs as it could impact infrastructure projects worth $1 tri...
08 Mar, 2015, 10.46 AM IST