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Quote of the day by founder of American Red Cross Clara Barton: 'I have no right to easy comfortable days when our poor men are suffering and dying thirsting' ; life lessons on caring for humanity from Florence Nightingale of America- Death toll in Venezuela earthquakes rises to 589 with almost 3,000 injured
- Venezuela earthquake: Overseas aid arrives after tremors kill at least 235
- Swiss healthcare united against immigration cap planAt a Swiss nursing home, Marcelle Mivelaz celebrated her 80th birthday surrounded by friends, as a team of mostly foreign nurses and caregi...08 Jun, 2026, 10.59 AM IST
- The green strategic partnership: India and Norway chart a sustainable futurePrime Minister Narendra Modi’s May 2026 visit to Norway — the first by an Indian Prime Minister in over 40 years — upgraded bilateral ties ...24 May, 2026, 11.28 AM IST
- War, death and disaster? Nostradamus’ 4 terrifying predictions for 2026 revealedNostradamus’ centuries-old quatrains continue to attract global attention as they are revisited during periods of uncertainty and debate. W...21 Mar, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
- Five 2026 predictions from Nostradamus that will give you the chills: Sudden deaths, climate problems, secret attacksAs 2026 approaches, interest in the centuries-old writings of French astrologer Nostradamus has resurfaced, with several of his cryptic qua...31 Dec, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
- Switzerland Glacier collapse: Two more villages in danger of being wiped out, risk of floods loomsSwitzerland glacier collapse has left a quiet Alpine valley reeling, after a massive chunk of the Birch Glacier broke off and triggered a l...29 May, 2025, 07.20 PM IST
- Switzerland Glacier Collapse: Swiss Alpine village buried under tons of ice; one missingSwitzerland Glacier Collapse: A massive chunk of the Birch Glacier collapsed into the Swiss Alpine village of Blatten, burying 90% of it un...29 May, 2025, 10.48 AM IST
- India and Switzerland to collaborate on urban search and rescueThe International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG), of which Switzerland is a founding member, is a UN based and globally recogni...26 Feb, 2024, 10.10 PM IST
- Heat waves becoming more frequent, deadly, study findsA study published in Nature Communications reveals that the risk of fatal heat waves has significantly increased in the last 20 years and w...27 Aug, 2023, 10.41 AM IST
- Rate rises could add $8.6 trillion to global borrowing costs: S&PMajor central banks have delivered a record 2,700 basis points of rate hikes in 2022 to stamp out high inflation while concerns have been g...13 Jan, 2023, 06.58 PM IST
- Uttarakhand disaster: Glacial lake flood threat rising with temperature in hill statesThe highest threat from glacial lake outburst floods is in J&K and Sikkim, while in Uttarakhand’s Badrinath and Kedarnath areas, major new ...11 Feb, 2021, 11.39 PM IST
- India to get UN tag of international disaster response force for NDRF"Just like we have the Bureau of Indian Standards in the country, the UN agency INSARAG standardises disaster response teams across the wor...10 Jan, 2021, 02.48 PM IST
- Axa agrees to buy US insurer XL Group for $15.3 billionAxa fell as much as 10 per cent to 22.55 euros, the lowest in a year.05 Mar, 2018, 03.29 PM IST
- World's space agencies propose setting up climate observatoryThe countries that adopted the declaration initiated by France were China, Japan, India, Europe, Britain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Aust...12 Dec, 2017, 02.07 PM IST
- Salman Khan in Kashmir for shooting 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', exhorts other film makersThe actor, who is shooting Kabir Khan's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' in this tourist resort of Kashmir. He said the prime reason for his shooting th...18 May, 2015, 06.35 PM IST
- Avid woman mountaineer perishes in Nepal avalanche49-year-old Renu Fotedar, who hailed from Srinagar and is now settled in Australia, was among several mountaineers consumed by the killer a...27 Apr, 2015, 07.08 PM IST
- Switzerland hosts international conference on disaster risk reductionAt the United Nations here, ministers, ambassadors, mayors and other stakeholders from across the world met on Tuesday to draw a strategy o...21 May, 2013, 11.12 PM IST
- 'IPCC based ice report on student essay'The UN climate change panel based claims about ice disappearing from the world's mountain peaks on an essay by a student and an anecdotal a...01 Feb, 2010, 12.44 AM IST
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