Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Natural disasters and climate change are interrelated macro-critical issues affecting all Pacific small states to varying degrees. In addition to their devastating human costs, these events damage growth prospects and worsen countries’ fiscal positions. This is the first cross-country IMF study assessing the impact of natural disasters on growth in …
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday released a report on the Odisha Government's Action Plan on climate change to be implemented in the next five years. Optimistic that the action plan prepared by the state government would help reduce the impact on climate change, Patnaik said it would also protect …
The advocate general told the Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday that no illegal mining activity will be permitted in Ganga river at Haridwar. The high court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Jai Prakash Badoni on Monday alleging that despite a ban on illegal mining activities by several …
The death toll due to severe heat wave conditions claimed 884 lives in Andhra Pradesh so far with no respite in sweltering conditions on Tuesday. According to the details given by the department of Disaster Management here on Tuesday, 202 people succumbed to sun stroke in Prakasam district so far. …
KATHMANDU, MAY 27 - It has been a month since the devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck the country last month. But, the country is continued to feel aftershocks since then. A total of 270 aftershocks over 4 Richter scale were recorded in a period of a …
At least 145 people died due to intense heat wave in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana since Saturday, raising to 368 the death toll in the blistering weather conditions which continued in many parts of the country on Sunday, including national capital Delhi. In Delhi, the day temperature was recorded at …
Eight thousand six hundred and fifty-four (8,654) people have died and twenty-two thousand and fifty-three (22,053) injured due to the earthquake. As per the count as of 4 pm today, of the total casualties, Kathmandu Valley accounted for 1,731 deaths, the eastern region 58, the central region 6,412, the western …
Thousands of centuries-old homes could be demolished in Nepal's historic cities as the government begins the long process of tearing down buildings rendered unsafe by last month's 7.8 earthquake. More than 600 temples, statues and museums across the country were damaged in Nepal's deadliest earthquake on record, including Kathmandu's 200-foot …
The Jammu and Kashmir Government will soon get a 3D terrain model of major rivers called digital elevation model to improve disaster management planning to deal with a deluge like the one in September 2014, which led to large-scale destruction of infrastructure in the state. Officials have said when completed, …
The number of people killed in Nepal by two major earthquakes has surpassed 8,500, making the disaster the deadliest to hit the Himalayan country on record, as rescuers on Sunday searched for dozens of people still missing in remote villages. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, killing thousands …
Will have a list of low-lying areas, dilapidated buildings, ham radios A disaster management plan for Chennai is in the works, following alarm over a series of earthquakes that have recently occurred in Nepal, and the tremors felt in various parts of the country, including here. The Commissionerate of Revenue …
The death toll in the two high intensity quakes that rattled Bihar on Tuesday rose to 19 on Wednesday, with two more deaths reported from Vaishali and Siwan districts. “The death toll in the quakes that hit Bihar on Tuesday has gone up to 19. Altogether 82 persons have been …
Praveen Jose GURGAON: The tremors felt in NCR as a result of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on Tuesday triggered a demand for a structural audit of all buildings in highrise-dense Gurgaon to determine if these can withstand a strong earthquake. "A structural audit should be made mandatory …
National Planning Commission Vice-chairman Govinda Raj Pokharel has said that a detailed programme for rehabilitation of earthquake victims would be ready by Friday. The NPC is preparing the plan in coordination with various government agencies after taking stock of the situation such as the destruction of houses and properties and …
This report provides an overview on the state of play of most adaptation platforms in Europe. It offers information on the scope, history, targeted users and funding models of the identified national, transnational and EU-level adaptation platforms. It also analyses existing and potential links of these platforms to climate services …
The search for missing trekkers, guides and residents feared buried in Nepal village by a massive landslide and avalanche triggered by last month's magnitude 7.8 earthquake has been suspended due to bad weather, officials said on Sunday. The suspension of the search in Langtang underscores the challenging conditions facing rescuers, …
KATHMANDU: A new Disaster Management Bill registered at Parliament Secretariat on May 5 proposes to create National Disaster Management Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs with broader mandate to mitigate the risk of natural calamity and carry out search, rescue and rehabilitation works. The Bill, if enacted into law, …
Emergency workers were able to identify four men who'd been trapped in Nepal's rubble—and then save them—thanks to a novel technology: advanced heartbeat detection. The recent rescues represent the first ever real-world use of advanced sensing technology developed by NASA and the Department of Homeland Security. Two prototype units of …
District collector Saurabh Rao on Tuesday told the authorities concerned to prepare a disaster management plan for 24 villages located in the landslide-prone areas in Pune district. Every village will have a separate set of standard operating procedure depending on its location, approach to human habitats and tool of communication …
Six weeks before Nepal was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, the country's foreign minister told a global conference on disasters that a major quake in the Kathmandu Valley would likely cause "catastrophic" loss of life. With the death toll from the April 25 earthquake now above 7,500 and rising, …
