Order of the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) 6444/2021 in the matter of Ratiram Ahirwar & Others Vs Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board & Others dated 13/07/2021. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in exercise of his power under Section 22 of the Building and Other Construction …
The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and Islamic Relief (IR), a humanitarian and development organisation, have signed an agreement worth 1 million pounds (PKR 118,382,000) to provide relief to flood hit people of Sindh. The project will focus on providing the means to save and rehabilitate lives and …
Bowing to pressure from the opposition, the government has announced a package of Rs2,000 crore to the farmers of cotton, soya, and paddy in the regions of Vidarbha (eastern Maharashtra), Marathwada (southeastern Maharashtra) and Khandesh (northern Maharashtra). Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, who announced the package in the council and later …
The United Nations released what are probably the most optimistic figures on AIDS since the disease was first identified. New infections have fallen drastically, mainly through the use of drugs that can stop people passing on the virus. (Editorial)
Bhubaneswar: Expressing grave concern over the inordinate delay in sanction and release of flood assistance, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to intervene in the matter to consider the state's claim and make the aid available early. In a letter, Patnaik requested Mukherjee to …
President Barack Obama called Thursday for an intensified fight against HIV/AIDS, directing an extra $50 million to the care and treatment of patients domestically and significantly raising the U.S. goal for the number of people globally who would receive lifesaving drugs in the next two years. The pledges, though involving …
The drought-induced famine crisis in Somalia has eased somewhat, United Nations officials said on Friday, with the number of people facing imminent starvation dropping to nearly 250,000 from 750,000 because of rainfall and increased aid deliveries. The situation remains bleak, however, and Somalia’s food security is still the worst in …
The high water is devastating even for a country inured to monsoon rains and waterlogged rice fields: wide swaths of Cambodia’s countryside have become giant lakes, with villagers and livestock marooned on scattered patches of dry land. Many areas in Battambang are reachable only by boat. The floods that have …
Rising food prices contribute to food insecurity, which is a clear and serious threat to human security. Interest in food security as a catalyst for political instability and conflict has grown rapidly since 2007–2008, when food protests and riots broke out in 48 countries as a result of record world …
The US government through its premier development agency, US Agency for International Development, is funding a four-year $40.5 million project to construct 100 primary school/cyclone shelters in the disaster prone areas of Bangladesh. These shelters will provide accommodation for up to 180,000 inhabitants during an emergency and will serve as …
Indonesia, the current chair of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), has provided financial assistance to the six Asean countries currently affected by natural disasters. The Indonesian government is providing Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines with $ 400,000, Vietnam with $ 500,000 and Thailand with $ 1,000,000, said a …
Saudi King Abdullah’s Relief Campaign for Pakistani People (KARCPP) dispatched on Friday a relief convoy of 265 trucks loaded with relief items to flood-hit areas of Sindh and Balochistan. “We are launching the relief work today on the order of Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz to reach areas of Pakistan …
Bangladesh will provide US$ 1 million as relief support to the flood victims of Thailand as the country is experiencing a devastating flood, which is worse in more than 50 years. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it through a statement yesterday. “The government and the people of Bangladesh are …
The European Commission released on Monday an extra 6.5 million euros ($9.0 million) in emergency aid for flood victims in Pakistan, amid a UN warning that three million people urgently need food. The new relief effort will bring water, shelter, medical care and food to victims of monsoon floods, especially …
Russia plans to step up its international role in fighting infectious disease across eastern Europe and central Asia, in what some observers see as the latest effort by the Kremlin to reassert its political influence over its former Soviet neighbours. The move offers prospects for extra funding to tackle HIV …
THE cat is out of the bag. Developed countries take back a large chunk of their development assistance by forcing recipient countries to buy goods and services from them. This was stated in a report released ahead of a meeting of rich countries to be held in November at Busan …
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged the Centre for urgent release of Rs 1000-crore ad hoc flood assistance to Odisha in advance from the National Disaster Response Fund even as the Centre provided the second installment of its share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) much early. In …
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged the Centre for urgent release of Rs 1000-crore ad hoc flood assistance to Odisha in advance from the National Disaster Response Fund even as the Centre provided the second installment of its share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) much early. …
US Ambassador to the Maldives Patricia Butenis has today announced a water supply infrastructure to be established in Dhidhdhoo of Haa Alif atoll and Hinnavaru of Lhaviyani atoll. Ambassador Butenis announced this project at a press conference held at the President’s Office this afternoon, following her courtesy call on President …
In response to appeals by Pakistan to international community for humanitarian relief assistance for victims of recent floods in the country, Government of Brazil will distribute up to 710,000 tons of food items. It comprises 500,000 tons rice, 100,000 tons brown beans, 100,000 tons maize, 10,000 tons dried full milk …
BHUBANESWAR: The inter-ministerial Central team on Friday hinted that the State is likely to get higher flood assistance this time than that in previous occasions. Describing the damages caused by the recent spate of floods in the State as ‘huge’ and ‘extensive’, team leader O P Mahey, Joint Secretary in …
