Maharashtra is grappling with severe flooding due to heavy rains. Six people have died, and hundreds are displaced. Mumbai and other distri...

Uttarakhand faces a growing climate crisis, with flash floods and landslides claiming hundreds of lives in the past decade. Scientific stud...

The Union Cabinet has approved 'Mission Mausam,' a ₹2,000 crore initiative aimed at significantly improving India’s weather forecasting and...

Five people were killed and about 45 went missing after cloudbursts struck several areas in Himachal Pradesh, damaging homes, roads, and hy...

Floods and storms led to the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, and the impact of heat waves intensified, said the ...

India is set for a significant surge in hydroelectric power potential, with current projects aiming to boost capacity by over 50% to 67 GW ...

India needs to put in place a multi-hazard early warning system (EWS) with a focus on floods to mitigate the damage caused by excess monsoo...

Dr P K Mishra is leading the Indian delegation at the SFDRR-Midterm Review meeting taking place from May 18-19 at the United Nations Headqu...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has maintained that no nation should be left alone in the collective fight against climate change, not only be...

While India was more or less prepared for the multiple heat waves and five cyclones that made landfall during the pandemic, mainly due to b...

The report of the IMCT is considered by the Sub-Committee of the National Executive Committee (SC-NEC). Thereafter, the High-Level Committe...

The scheme approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will ensure transfer of benefits...

Dr Shamshad Akhtar highlighted India's ongoing commitment to supporting disaster risk management in Asia and the Pacific.

The government today inked loan agreements worth $412.4 million with the World Bank for the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project.

Due to unprecedented heavy rainfall in September 2014, J & K suffered severe floods with massive loss of lives and infrastructure.

Unchecked and unplanned construction is seen to have worsened the disaster caused by the June 16-17 cloud bursts that triggered flash flood...

India to step up financial support for developing an integrated multi-hazard warning system for the Asia-Africa region for better coordinat...