Disaster resilience requires innovative finance: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi highlights the importance of strong disaster early warning systems. Coastal regions face great risk from clima...
07 Jun, 2025, 03.31 PM IST
Cyclone preparedness: 76 multi-purpose shelters built in coastal districts of GujaratThe Gujarat government, with the Centre and World Bank, has built 76 multi-purpose cyclone shelters (MPCS), mainly in coastal districts, to...
14 Jun, 2024, 06.59 PM IST
Avoiding disaster pre- & post-BiparjoyThere is little doubt that, by and large, India's pre-disaster preparedness, and rescue and recovery systems, are working. The focus now mu...
17 Jun, 2023, 01.05 AM IST
Phailin to Amphan: A look at deadliest cyclones that hit India in last 10 yearsWith Biparjoy bringing the vulnerability of India's coastal communities to natural disasters back into focus, here is a look at the notable...
15 Jun, 2023, 07.06 PM IST
Factor in 'calamity' in infra developmentRBI estimates ₹85.6 lakh crore investment required in climate adaption by 2030 to help avoid increasing that amount. The upfront costs are ...
12 Jun, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
IISER New Campus built by renowned infrastructure developers - NKG Infrastructure Ltd12 Jul, 2022, 06.49 PM IST
To build resilience into infrastructureIndia’s emergency response to extreme weather events has improved. This is evident from the fact that loss of life has been greatly minimis...
19 May, 2021, 11.02 PM IST
Cyclone: Flight operations resume at Kolkata and Bhubaneswar airportsAlliance Air is a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India. It mainly operates domestic routes under regional connectivity scheme UDAN.
04 May, 2019, 06.10 PM IST
Government approves cyclone risk mitigation projects of Rs 4,693 croreThe Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, approved the cost estimates for Phase-I of the scheme of National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project.
16 Jul, 2015, 08.41 PM IST
East Godavari district suffered Rs 507 crore loss in 'Hudhud'The East Godavari district suffered losses to the tune of Rs 507 crore in the cyclone 'Hudhud' which hit coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh la...
27 Nov, 2014, 10.20 PM IST
Odisha to seek funding from World Bank, ADB for disaster mitigationOdisha government today decided to seek funding from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank and central government, official sources sai...
13 Nov, 2013, 09.13 PM IST
- Uttarakhand needs smarter projects: World Bank
India had sought assistance from multi-lateral agencies like the World Bank and the ADB for undertaking rehabilitation work in Uttarakhand.
27 Oct, 2013, 12.57 PM IST
Uttarakhand needs smarter projects, World Bank's India head saysRuhl said disasters, like the one in Uttarakhand, can roll back decades of development and are a fundamental threat to economic development...
27 Oct, 2013, 11.44 AM IST
World Bank praises India's cyclone Phailin evacuation effortsThe World Bank has praised India's evacuation of nearly 10 lakh people in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, which ensured minimal loss of human li...
18 Oct, 2013, 10.30 AM IST
Post Cyclone Phailin: Odisha steps up electricity restoration workEnergy secretary P K Jena claimed that the government have been successful in providing partial power to one block and one township of Ganj...
16 Oct, 2013, 10.03 PM IST
Odisha to set up NGO coordination centres in 7 affected districtsThe NGOs will work on the ground with volunteers and other materials in close coordination with the district administration, sources said.
15 Oct, 2013, 10.51 PM IST
- Natural disaster-prone Orissa roping ISRO, NRSC
A decade after the natural calamity-prone Orissa got devastated by Super Cyclone, the Naveen Patnaik government is taking help of technolog...
29 Oct, 2009, 07.40 PM IST