The index factors in exposure of population, agriculture and livestock and environmental risk in drawing up the rankings.

Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori highlighted the importance of both disaster risk financing and resources t...

India ranks the highest among the world’s most disaster-prone countries for displacement of residents, with 23 lakh, on average, uprooted d...

India is the only country which has drawn a comprehensive national plan on its roadmap to fully achieve the Sendai framework by 2030, and a...

This is the first AMCDRR after the advent of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRRR), adopted at the third UN World Confe...

India's estimated economic losses are pegged at around $10 billion annually on account of disasters -almost equal to what the country spend...

They say quakes with higher intensity than the one that struck Manipur on Monday are likely to rock the region in future.

In India, 805 million people were affected by weather-related disasters during 1995-2015, second only after China where 2,274 million were ...

India has taken initiative for the paradigm shift in disaster management from relief centric to a holistic one and drawing the best practic...

India loses $9.8 bn every year due to multi-hazard disasters as its 58.6% land is prone to earthquake and 8.5% area is vulnerable to cyclon...

The GAR 2015, produced by the UNISDR has urged countries, particularly in Asia, to treat this as a wake-up call and make adequate investmen...

India made a strong case for consolidating Asian strategies to move forward after the completion of Hyogo Framework of Action 2005-15.

The United Nations has not advised India to avoid public-private partnership mode of investment for developing infrastructure.

The Global Assessment Report, released by UNISDR has also estimated the loss of revenue as over Rs 4,100 cr if a disaster had struck Delhi ...

At the United Nations here, ministers, ambassadors, mayors and other stakeholders from across the world met on Tuesday to draw a strategy o...

A top UN official has lauded efforts by authorities in New Delhi for carrying out a mock drill to assess their preparedness in the event of...