Severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' is likely to make landfall between Bangladesh's Khepupara and West Bengal's Sagar Island by midnight Sunday w...

India's flood early warning systems (EWSs) only cover a third of people exposed to extreme flood events, according to a report by the Counc...

A report by The Council on Energy Environment and Water reveals that although 72% of districts in India are exposed to extreme flood events...

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chaired a high-level meeting to review the public health preparedness for management of heat-relate...

In his monthly radio program ‘Mann ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the strength of the country’s disaster management. He app...

India aims to completely eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 through the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, stated Prime Minister Nare...

CEEW estimates that the direct costs of India’s lack of disaster preparedness in the last two decades amounted to Rs 13.14 lakh crore. Extr...

"WHO has warned that when there are mass gatherings, more contagious variants and the vaccination coverage is still low, this can create a ...

Cyclone Amphan crossed West Bengal-Bangladesh coast between Digha and Hatiya Islands, Bangladesh across Sunderbans between 3.30 and 5.30 pm...

Over 10 lakh consumers in Bangladesh were without power after strong winds snapped electricity lines and destroyed many houses as the count...

Kiren Rijiju said in times of natural disasters, focus should also be on saving livestock and animals apart from shielding human lives as a...

AP Chief Secretary I Y R Krishna Rao held a video-conference today with Collectors of coastal districts and reviewed the preparedness.

Rijuju said the efforts included channelising of technological developments into community based preparedness and creation of infrastructur...

Citing recent natural disasters in Uttarakhand, Odisha and AP, PM Manmohan Singh pressed for urgent steps to strengthen early warning syste...

India had sought assistance from multi-lateral agencies like the World Bank and the ADB for undertaking rehabilitation work in Uttarakhand.

Ruhl said disasters, like the one in Uttarakhand, can roll back decades of development and are a fundamental threat to economic development...

Myanmar's junta has appealed for aid personnel from Bangladesh, China, India and Thailand to help its relief efforts for victims of Cyclone...