India showcases world's largest DRR financing system at UN disaster platform in GenevaP.K. Mishra highlighted India's Disaster Risk Reduction financing at a Geneva event. India's system exceeds USD 28 billion. He advocated fo...
05 Jun, 2025, 07.47 AM IST
India committed to strengthen geospatial capabilities in Asia-Pacific: Jitendra SinghIndia is committed to boosting geospatial capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region to tackle urbanisation and environmental challenges, Scie...
26 Nov, 2024, 06.13 PM IST
India sends humanitarian aid to Palestine; consignment comprises 30 tons of essential itemsIndia has dispatched 30 tons of essential humanitarian aid to Palestine, including medicines, medical supplies, and food items, amidst the ...
22 Oct, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
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
India will do its best to promote South-South cooperation: UN envoy KambojSouth-South cooperation is a broad framework of collaboration among countries of the South in the political, economic, social, cultural, en...
14 Sep, 2022, 11.18 AM IST
EU joins PM Modi initiated Coalition for Disaster Resilient InfrastructureLaunched in 2019 by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi at the UN Climate Change Summit, the CDRI is an international collabora...
18 Mar, 2021, 03.41 PM IST
India taking lead role to bolster cooperation among South Asian nations to reduce disasters: MoS MEAHe also said the Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) formed last year will conduct country-specific and global activities...
29 Sep, 2020, 07.58 PM IST
Fulfil pre-2020 emission pledge: India urges nations“The pre-2020 implementation gaps should not present an additional burden to developing countries in the post-2020 period,” the Indian gove...
03 Dec, 2019, 07.09 AM IST
India has received satellite data on flood-hit regions from 8 nations: MEALarge parts of India's northeast and Bihar are grappling with a worsening flood situation.
26 Jul, 2019, 04.39 PM 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
Disasters could cost Asia-Pacific region $160 bn per year by 2030: UNHead of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori highlighted the importance of both disaster risk financing and resources t...
26 Apr, 2018, 01.30 PM 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
- UN ropes in MNC chiefs for climate talks breakthrough
UN climate bodies today launched a platform, where chief executives of major MNCs will join top government officials to share solutions, co...
27 Nov, 2013, 05.03 PM IST
- Switzerland hosts international conference on disaster risk reduction
At 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